Head to head · 2026 batting

Javier Báez vs Christian Encarnacion-Strand

So far in 2026 Christian Encarnacion-Strand has been worth 1.2 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.

Javier Báez DET

Christian Encarnacion-Strand BAL

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Javier Báez	Christian Encarnacion-Strand
G	53	53
PA	185	197
H	42	48
HR	2	10
RBI	17	36
SB	1	1
AVG	.237	.267
OBP	.265	.316
SLG	.345	.500
OPS	.609	.816
ISO	.107	.233
BB%	2.7%	5.1%
K%	20.5%	27.4%
wOBA	.268	.349
wRC+	66	124
WAR	-0.1	1.1

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	Javier Báez	Christian Encarnacion-Strand
G	1,322	181
PA	5,074	698
H	1,212	157
2B	239	29
3B	31	0
HR	186	31
RBI	682	108
BB	218	31
SO	1,346	190
SB	111	3
AVG	.255	.242
SLG	.435	.431
WAR	18.6	0.8

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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.