Head to head · 2026 batting

Nick Gonzales vs Max Kepler

So far in 2026 Nick Gonzales has been worth 3.7 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.

Nick Gonzales PIT

Max Kepler AZ

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Nick Gonzales	Max Kepler
G	142	41
PA	588	145
H	162	27
HR	6	2
RBI	60	15
SB	7	0
AVG	.304	.205
OBP	.367	.262
SLG	.392	.303
OPS	.759	.565
ISO	.088	.098
BB%	7.0%	7.6%
K%	16.3%	22.1%
wOBA	.343	.251
wRC+	111	53
WAR	3.1	-0.6

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	Nick Gonzales	Max Kepler
G	367	1,223
PA	1,511	4,870
H	382	1,010
2B	72	231
3B	8	16
HR	20	181
RBI	152	575
BB	86	471
SO	279	914
SB	12	38
AVG	.275	.234
SLG	.382	.421
WAR	4.8	12.1

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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.