Head to head · 2026 batting

Jake Bauers vs Elly De La Cruz

In 2026 Elly De La Cruz has been worth 2.3 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.

Jake Bauers MIL

Elly De La Cruz CIN

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Jake Bauers	Elly De La Cruz
G	144	143
PA	578	636
H	127	158
HR	26	30
RBI	86	79
SB	11	30
AVG	.266	.283
OBP	.389	.365
SLG	.484	.515
OPS	.874	.880
ISO	.218	.233
BB%	16.3%	11.3%
K%	27.0%	27.5%
wOBA	.384	.382
wRC+	145	148
WAR	4.4	6.7

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	Jake Bauers	Elly De La Cruz
G	743	563
PA	2,540	2,458
H	487	575
2B	100	112
3B	7	29
HR	84	90
RBI	297	285
BB	321	243
SO	725	718
SB	50	169
AVG	.223	.262
SLG	.391	.463
WAR	6.2	19.5

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

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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.