Head to head · 2026 batting

Francisco Alvarez vs Taylor Ward

So far in 2026 Francisco Alvarez has been worth 0.1 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Francisco Alvarez NYM

Taylor Ward BAL

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Francisco Alvarez	Taylor Ward
G	107	140
PA	399	604
H	81	110
HR	16	7
RBI	40	35
SB	0	4
AVG	.229	.222
OBP	.310	.358
SLG	.398	.309
OPS	.708	.667
ISO	.169	.087
BB%	9.5%	16.4%
K%	30.8%	21.5%
wOBA	.315	.315
wRC+	98	100
WAR	1.2	1.1

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2015 begins at 2015, not at his real first game.

Career batting totals. AVG and SLG are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; OBP, wOBA and wRC+ need each season’s own constants and are left to the table above.
Statistic	Francisco Alvarez	Taylor Ward
G	397	835
PA	1,455	3,437
H	299	725
2B	51	144
3B	3	9
HR	64	120
RBI	183	380
BB	131	379
SO	396	819
SB	3	28
AVG	.230	.243
SLG	.421	.417
WAR	6.5	11.7

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The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season’s own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.