Head to head · 2026 batting

Michael Busch vs Ben Rice

So far in 2026 Ben Rice has been worth 1.8 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.

Michael Busch CHC

Ben Rice NYY

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Michael Busch	Ben Rice
G	153	147
PA	680	637
H	137	144
HR	20	39
RBI	77	95
SB	3	3
AVG	.239	.263
OBP	.350	.361
SLG	.397	.531
OPS	.747	.892
ISO	.159	.268
BB%	12.9%	12.6%
K%	23.1%	24.0%
wOBA	.337	.384
wRC+	112	141
WAR	2.3	4.1

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	Michael Busch	Ben Rice
G	482	330
PA	1,920	1,345
H	409	289
2B	83	56
3B	9	8
HR	77	72
RBI	239	183
BB	215	150
SO	485	301
SB	10	6
AVG	.245	.248
SLG	.445	.494
WAR	8.7	6.5

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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.