Head to head · 2026 batting

Nick Kurtz vs Shohei Ohtani

So far in 2026 Shohei Ohtani 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.

Nick Kurtz ATH

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	Nick Kurtz	Shohei Ohtani
G	99	130
PA	434	596
H	90	139
HR	21	30
RBI	69	80
SB	7	11
AVG	.256	.277
OBP	.396	.380
SLG	.483	.522
OPS	.879	.902
ISO	.227	.245
BB%	18.2%	13.4%
K%	32.5%	24.2%
wOBA	.384	.384
wRC+	131	146
WAR	3.0	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	Nick Kurtz	Shohei Ohtani
G	216	1,148
PA	923	4,925
H	212	1,189
2B	41	217
3B	3	49
HR	57	310
RBI	155	749
BB	142	621
SO	292	1,248
SB	9	176
AVG	.275	.281
SLG	.557	.575
WAR	8.2	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.