Head to head · 2026 batting

Sal Frelick vs Josh Smith

So far in 2026 Josh Smith has been worth 0.6 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.

Sal Frelick MIL

Josh Smith TEX

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Sal Frelick	Josh Smith
G	104	71
PA	369	224
H	77	42
HR	4	6
RBI	39	15
SB	7	4
AVG	.236	.218
OBP	.299	.311
SLG	.325	.342
OPS	.624	.653
ISO	.089	.124
BB%	7.9%	11.2%
K%	10.3%	22.8%
wOBA	.281	.296
wRC+	74	86
WAR	-0.2	0.4

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	Sal Frelick	Josh Smith
G	445	514
PA	1,710	1,864
H	399	379
2B	68	70
3B	8	5
HR	21	37
RBI	158	143
BB	143	179
SO	233	377
SB	51	32
AVG	.263	.234
SLG	.359	.352
WAR	4.5	5.7

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

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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.