Head to head · 2026 batting

Kyle Manzardo vs Taylor Ward

So far in 2026 Taylor Ward has been worth 0.9 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.

Kyle Manzardo CLE

Taylor Ward BAL

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Kyle Manzardo	Taylor Ward
G	102	140
PA	356	604
H	67	110
HR	13	7
RBI	39	35
SB	0	4
AVG	.215	.222
OBP	.306	.358
SLG	.378	.309
OPS	.684	.667
ISO	.163	.087
BB%	10.1%	16.4%
K%	32.0%	21.5%
wOBA	.308	.315
wRC+	91	100
WAR	0.2	1.1

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	Kyle Manzardo	Taylor Ward
G	296	835
PA	1,043	3,437
H	211	725
2B	41	144
3B	3	9
HR	45	120
RBI	124	380
BB	93	379
SO	290	819
SB	2	28
AVG	.228	.243
SLG	.424	.417
WAR	1.4	11.7

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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.