Head to head · 2026 batting

Ben Rice vs Bobby Witt Jr.

In 2026 Bobby Witt Jr. has been worth 0.5 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.

Ben Rice NYY

Bobby Witt Jr.KC

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ben Rice	Bobby Witt Jr.
G	154	143
PA	667	632
H	151	156
HR	41	18
RBI	97	54
SB	3	45
AVG	.264	.280
OBP	.363	.358
SLG	.534	.439
OPS	.897	.797
ISO	.271	.159
BB%	12.7%	10.6%
K%	24.3%	17.2%
wOBA	.386	.346
wRC+	142	114
WAR	4.4	4.9

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	Ben Rice	Bobby Witt Jr.
G	337	769
PA	1,375	3,354
H	296	878
2B	58	184
3B	8	35
HR	74	123
RBI	185	427
BB	155	243
SO	310	596
SB	6	193
AVG	.248	.288
SLG	.497	.492
WAR	6.8	29.6

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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.