Head to head · 2026 batting

Jackson Merrill vs Mike Trout

In 2026 Mike Trout has been worth 0.8 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 center fielders of 2026 by dbWAR.

Jackson Merrill SD

Mike Trout LAA

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jackson Merrill	Mike Trout
G	157	142
PA	664	634
H	156	124
HR	26	22
RBI	87	54
SB	27	11
AVG	.254	.242
OBP	.303	.382
SLG	.440	.421
OPS	.743	.803
ISO	.186	.179
BB%	6.2%	16.9%
K%	24.1%	26.0%
wOBA	.322	.358
wRC+	106	134
WAR	3.6	4.4

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	Jackson Merrill	Mike Trout
G	16	3
PA	64	15
H	16	1
HR	2	1
RBI	9	1
BB	5	3
SO	16	2
SB	2	0
AVG	.281	.083
OBP	.333	.267
SLG	.474	.333
OPS	.807	.600

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	Jackson Merrill	Mike Trout
G	425	1,788
PA	1,740	7,837
H	434	1,878
2B	82	351
3B	17	55
HR	66	426
RBI	244	1,072
BB	103	1,174
SO	369	1,828
SB	44	225
AVG	.270	.290
SLG	.465	.558
WAR	11.3	89.9

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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.