Head to head · 2026 batting

Joshua Báez vs Byron Buxton

In 2026 Byron Buxton has been worth 2.4 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.

Joshua Báez STL

Byron Buxton MIN

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Joshua Báez	Byron Buxton
G	29	93
PA	108	408
H	23	94
HR	7	25
RBI	18	46
SB	2	7
AVG	.230	.254
OBP	.278	.319
SLG	.510	.511
OPS	.788	.829
ISO	.280	.257
BB%	3.7%	7.4%
K%	30.6%	24.5%
wOBA	.335	.355
wRC+	116	128
WAR	0.5	2.9

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	Joshua Báez	Byron Buxton
G	29	959
PA	108	3,825
H	23	862
2B	7	196
3B	0	32
HR	7	193
RBI	18	482
BB	4	264
SO	33	1,078
SB	2	124
AVG	.230	.248
SLG	.510	.490
WAR	0.5	22.9

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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.