Head to head · 2026 batting

Austin Hedges vs Carson Kelly

In 2026 Carson Kelly has been worth 0.7 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.

Their 2026 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Austin Hedges CLE

Carson Kelly CHC

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Austin Hedges	Carson Kelly
G	74	116
PA	247	425
H	53	98
HR	6	10
RBI	25	58
SB	1	0
AVG	.247	.258
OBP	.325	.336
SLG	.377	.376
OPS	.702	.713
ISO	.130	.118
BB%	10.1%	9.4%
K%	18.2%	16.5%
wOBA	.315	.322
wRC+	97	102
WAR	1.1	1.8

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	Austin Hedges	Carson Kelly
G	21	10
PA	42	37
H	3	6
HR	0	1
RBI	0	1
BB	8	1
SO	14	13
SB	0	0
AVG	.091	.176
OBP	.286	.243
SLG	.121	.265
OPS	.407	.508

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	Austin Hedges	Carson Kelly
G	850	755
PA	2,786	2,648
H	475	547
2B	76	99
3B	2	3
HR	80	81
RBI	273	315
BB	185	259
SO	739	518
SB	17	5
AVG	.190	.234
SLG	.318	.382
WAR	-3.6	9.9

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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.