Head to head · 2026 batting

Michael Busch vs Nico Hoerner

In 2026 Michael Busch 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.

Teammates: two of the 3 most valuable hitters on the 2025 Chicago Cubs.

Michael Busch CHC

Nico Hoerner CHC

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Nico Hoerner
G	160	159
PA	710	689
H	145	165
HR	20	8
RBI	77	72
SB	3	23
AVG	.242	.263
OBP	.352	.316
SLG	.393	.350
OPS	.745	.667
ISO	.152	.088
BB%	13.0%	6.2%
K%	23.2%	8.4%
wOBA	.336	.299
wRC+	111	86
WAR	2.3	1.8

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	Nico Hoerner
G	10	10
PA	38	41
H	8	17
HR	4	1
RBI	4	3
BB	5	0
SO	5	2
SB	0	1
AVG	.250	.436
OBP	.368	.439
SLG	.625	.564
OPS	.993	1.003

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	Nico Hoerner
G	489	856
PA	1,950	3,562
H	417	903
2B	83	157
3B	9	16
HR	77	44
RBI	239	350
BB	219	235
SO	493	373
SB	10	154
AVG	.246	.278
SLG	.443	.377
WAR	8.7	17.3

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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.