Head to head · 2026 Wild Card Series batting

Michael Busch vs Fernando Tatis Jr.

In 2026 Fernando Tatis Jr. has been worth 2.3 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.

Opponents in the 2026 Wild Card Series, where the San Diego Padres won 2-0 over the Chicago Cubs.

Michael Busch CHC

Fernando Tatis Jr.SD

Postseason

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

2026 Wild Card Series.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Fernando Tatis Jr.
G	2	2
PA	7	8
H	0	2
HR	0	1
RBI	0	1
BB	2	1
SO	1	2
SB	0	1
AVG	.000	.286
OBP	.286	.375
SLG	.000	.714
OPS	.286	1.089

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Fernando Tatis Jr.
G	10	22
PA	38	96
H	8	23
HR	4	8
RBI	4	15
BB	5	11
SO	5	19
SB	0	3
AVG	.250	.274
OBP	.368	.365
SLG	.625	.619
OPS	.993	.984

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Fernando Tatis Jr.
G	160	159
PA	710	704
H	145	181
HR	20	25
RBI	77	83
SB	3	38
AVG	.242	.289
OBP	.352	.358
SLG	.393	.470
OPS	.745	.828
ISO	.152	.181
BB%	13.0%	9.1%
K%	23.2%	18.5%
wOBA	.336	.360
wRC+	111	134
WAR	2.3	4.6

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	Fernando Tatis Jr.
G	489	829
PA	1,950	3,643
H	417	901
2B	83	168
3B	9	15
HR	77	177
RBI	239	476
BB	219	357
SO	493	820
SB	10	162
AVG	.246	.279
SLG	.443	.505
WAR	8.7	28.6

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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.