Head to head · 2026 batting

Byron Buxton vs Elly De La Cruz

So far in 2026 Elly De La Cruz has been worth 3.6 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.

Byron Buxton MIN

Elly De La Cruz CIN

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Byron Buxton	Elly De La Cruz
G	93	136
PA	408	605
H	94	152
HR	25	28
RBI	46	74
SB	7	27
AVG	.254	.286
OBP	.319	.367
SLG	.511	.517
OPS	.829	.884
ISO	.257	.231
BB%	7.4%	11.2%
K%	24.5%	27.4%
wOBA	.355	.384
wRC+	128	150
WAR	2.9	6.5

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	Byron Buxton	Elly De La Cruz
G	959	556
PA	3,825	2,427
H	862	569
2B	196	111
3B	32	29
HR	193	88
RBI	482	280
BB	264	239
SO	1,078	709
SB	124	166
AVG	.248	.263
SLG	.490	.462
WAR	22.9	19.3

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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.