Head to head · 2026 Wild Card Series batting

Jackson Merrill vs Dansby Swanson

In 2026 Jackson Merrill has been worth 1.3 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.

Opponents in the 2026 Wild Card Series, where the San Diego Padres won 2-0 over the Chicago Cubs.

Jackson Merrill SD

Dansby Swanson CHC

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

2026 Wild Card Series.
Statistic	Jackson Merrill	Dansby Swanson
G	2	2
PA	8	6
H	4	0
HR	0	0
RBI	2	0
BB	1	0
SO	2	2
SB	1	0
AVG	.571	.000
OBP	.625	.000
SLG	.571	.000
OPS	1.196	.000

Every published postseason, batting, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Jackson Merrill	Dansby Swanson
G	16	47
PA	64	183
H	16	38
HR	2	5
RBI	9	16
BB	5	13
SO	16	62
SB	2	3
AVG	.281	.225
OBP	.333	.279
SLG	.474	.373
OPS	.807	.651

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jackson Merrill	Dansby Swanson
G	157	125
PA	664	486
H	156	91
HR	26	19
RBI	87	69
SB	27	17
AVG	.254	.213
OBP	.303	.297
SLG	.440	.397
OPS	.743	.694
ISO	.186	.185
BB%	6.2%	10.5%
K%	24.1%	23.7%
wOBA	.322	.308
wRC+	106	92
WAR	3.6	2.3

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	Dansby Swanson
G	425	1,398
PA	1,740	5,749
H	434	1,277
2B	82	253
3B	17	24
HR	66	183
RBI	244	703
BB	103	508
SO	369	1,401
SB	44	123
AVG	.270	.247
SLG	.465	.412
WAR	11.3	28.0

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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.