Head to head · 2026 batting

Michael Busch vs Freddie Freeman

In 2026 Freddie Freeman has been worth 0.5 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.

Two of the 6 most valuable first basemen of 2025 by dbWAR.

Michael Busch CHC

Freddie Freeman LAD

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Freddie Freeman
G	160	153
PA	710	657
H	145	167
HR	20	16
RBI	77	70
SB	3	7
AVG	.242	.288
OBP	.352	.362
SLG	.393	.430
OPS	.745	.792
ISO	.152	.142
BB%	13.0%	10.0%
K%	23.2%	17.7%
wOBA	.336	.350
wRC+	111	123
WAR	2.3	2.8

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Freddie Freeman
G	10	87
PA	38	381
H	8	84
HR	4	18
RBI	4	42
BB	5	45
SO	5	71
SB	0	4
AVG	.250	.256
OBP	.368	.354
SLG	.625	.479
OPS	.993	.833

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, 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 season table.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Freddie Freeman
G	489	2,323
PA	1,950	10,020
H	417	2,598
2B	83	579
3B	9	34
HR	77	383
RBI	239	1,392
BB	219	1,136
SO	493	1,879
SB	10	111
AVG	.246	.299
SLG	.443	.505
WAR	8.7	70.6

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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.