Head to head · 2026 batting

Nick Kurtz vs Jeremy Peña

In 2026 Jeremy Peña 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.

Both near the front of the 2025 AL MVP race: among the league's 8 most valuable hitters by dbWAR.

Nick Kurtz ATH

Jeremy Peña HOU

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Nick Kurtz	Jeremy Peña
G	99	111
PA	434	483
H	90	124
HR	21	22
RBI	69	56
SB	7	12
AVG	.256	.277
OBP	.396	.325
SLG	.483	.477
OPS	.879	.802
ISO	.227	.199
BB%	18.2%	5.0%
K%	32.5%	24.0%
wOBA	.384	.348
wRC+	130	123
WAR	3.0	3.8

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	Nick Kurtz	Jeremy Peña
G	—	28
PA	—	119
H	—	32
HR	—	5
RBI	—	10
BB	—	4
SO	—	26
SB	—	0
AVG	—	.286
OBP	—	.316
SLG	—	.473
OPS	—	.789

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	Nick Kurtz	Jeremy Peña
G	216	678
PA	923	2,868
H	212	718
2B	41	129
3B	3	11
HR	57	86
RBI	155	303
BB	142	149
SO	292	584
SB	9	76
AVG	.275	.272
SLG	.557	.427
WAR	8.2	17.7

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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.