Head to head · 2026 batting

Ben Rice vs James Wood

In 2026 James Wood has been worth 0.6 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

James Wood WSH

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Ben Rice	James Wood
G	154	135
PA	667	623
H	151	136
HR	41	30
RBI	97	77
SB	3	21
AVG	.264	.265
OBP	.363	.388
SLG	.534	.503
OPS	.897	.891
ISO	.271	.238
BB%	12.7%	16.4%
K%	24.3%	28.7%
wOBA	.386	.386
wRC+	142	141
WAR	4.4	5.0

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	James Wood
G	337	371
PA	1,375	1,648
H	296	367
2B	58	81
3B	8	5
HR	74	70
RBI	185	212
BB	155	226
SO	310	497
SB	6	50
AVG	.248	.261
SLG	.497	.475
WAR	6.8	10.5

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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.