Head to head · 2026 batting

Ben Rice vs Kyle Schwarber

In 2026 Ben Rice has been worth 0.7 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.

Two of the 6 most valuable designated hitters of 2026 by dbWAR.
Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Ben Rice NYY

Kyle Schwarber PHI

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ben Rice	Kyle Schwarber
G	154	156
PA	667	701
H	151	135
HR	41	45
RBI	97	97
SB	3	3
AVG	.264	.232
OBP	.363	.354
SLG	.534	.503
OPS	.897	.857
ISO	.271	.270
BB%	12.7%	15.0%
K%	24.3%	31.4%
wOBA	.386	.371
wRC+	142	130
WAR	4.4	3.7

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	Ben Rice	Kyle Schwarber
G	11	76
PA	43	309
H	12	61
HR	5	24
RBI	13	38
BB	5	48
SO	14	83
SB	0	5
AVG	.324	.239
OBP	.395	.366
SLG	.784	.549
OPS	1.179	.915

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	Ben Rice	Kyle Schwarber
G	337	1,446
PA	1,375	6,085
H	296	1,185
2B	58	195
3B	8	15
HR	74	385
RBI	185	881
BB	155	869
SO	310	1,747
SB	6	40
AVG	.248	.231
SLG	.497	.500
WAR	6.8	33.3

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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.