Is Austin Hedges Better Than Dylan Crews? MLB Stats Decide

This is as close as it gets. Austin Hedges and Dylan Crews split the statistical categories evenly — 3 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested Batter comparisons in MLB history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

Austin Hedges's RBI of 273 compared to Dylan Crews's 79 represents a 245.6% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Dylan Crews falls 88.7% below the career average of 700 in this category while Austin Hedges exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Austin Hedges's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is OPS, where Austin Hedges posts .569 against Dylan Crews's .648 — a gap of just 13.9%. Dylan Crews can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 3-3 tally suggests. In any debate, OPS is the statistical ammunition for the Dylan Crews side.

Offensive production in baseball requires looking beyond batting average to on-base percentage and slugging — the components of OPS that most completely capture a hitter's value across a full career.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. Austin Hedges claims the tiebreaker through RBI advantage — a 245.6% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this MLB debate.