Head to head · 2026 batting

Jackson Merrill vs Shohei Ohtani

So far in 2026 Shohei Ohtani has been worth 0.2 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.

Jackson Merrill SD

Shohei Ohtani LAD

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jackson Merrill	Shohei Ohtani
G	151	130
PA	641	596
H	151	139
HR	26	30
RBI	86	80
SB	26	11
AVG	.255	.277
OBP	.305	.380
SLG	.447	.522
OPS	.751	.902
ISO	.191	.245
BB%	6.2%	13.4%
K%	24.0%	24.2%
wOBA	.325	.384
wRC+	110	146
WAR	3.6	3.8

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	Jackson Merrill	Shohei Ohtani
G	419	1,148
PA	1,717	4,925
H	429	1,189
2B	81	217
3B	17	49
HR	66	310
RBI	243	749
BB	102	621
SO	363	1,248
SB	43	176
AVG	.271	.281
SLG	.468	.575
WAR	11.4	42.0

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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.