Head to head · 2026 batting

Drake Baldwin vs Will Smith

In 2026 Drake Baldwin has been worth 2.0 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.

Two of the 6 most valuable catchers of 2025 by dbWAR.

Drake Baldwin ATL

Will Smith LAD

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Drake Baldwin	Will Smith
G	138	73
PA	615	276
H	156	61
HR	25	10
RBI	79	34
SB	3	0
AVG	.284	.260
OBP	.358	.355
SLG	.459	.426
OPS	.817	.781
ISO	.175	.166
BB%	8.9%	12.3%
K%	21.5%	16.3%
wOBA	.359	.348
wRC+	126	121
WAR	4.0	2.0

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	Drake Baldwin	Will Smith
G	7	80
PA	30	335
H	3	61
HR	0	10
RBI	2	39
BB	3	32
SO	8	76
SB	0	1
AVG	.111	.204
OBP	.200	.284
SLG	.148	.358
OPS	.348	.641

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	Drake Baldwin	Will Smith
G	261	792
PA	1,061	3,222
H	267	722
2B	39	137
3B	2	10
HR	44	138
RBI	159	476
BB	93	364
SO	200	599
SB	3	12
AVG	.280	.263
SLG	.463	.471
WAR	7.5	26.2

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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.