Head to head · 2026 batting

Michael Busch vs Kyle Tucker

In 2026 Michael Busch has been worth 0.2 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

Kyle Tucker LAD

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Kyle Tucker
G	160	153
PA	710	627
H	145	126
HR	20	17
RBI	77	70
SB	3	12
AVG	.242	.233
OBP	.352	.330
SLG	.393	.385
OPS	.745	.715
ISO	.152	.152
BB%	13.0%	12.4%
K%	23.2%	16.7%
wOBA	.336	.321
wRC+	111	102
WAR	2.3	2.1

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	Kyle Tucker
G	10	80
PA	38	310
H	8	66
HR	4	10
RBI	4	31
BB	5	35
SO	5	63
SB	0	9
AVG	.250	.243
OBP	.368	.327
SLG	.625	.390
OPS	.993	.717

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	Kyle Tucker
G	489	918
PA	1,950	3,785
H	417	874
2B	83	183
3B	9	24
HR	77	164
RBI	239	560
BB	219	441
SO	493	603
SB	10	131
AVG	.246	.266
SLG	.443	.487
WAR	8.7	24.9

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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.