Head to head · 2026 batting

Elly De La Cruz vs Zach McKinstry

So far in 2026 Elly De La Cruz has been worth 7.0 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.

Elly De La Cruz CIN

Zach McKinstry DET

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Elly De La Cruz	Zach McKinstry
G	136	121
PA	605	415
H	152	74
HR	28	4
RBI	74	26
SB	27	3
AVG	.286	.202
OBP	.367	.286
SLG	.517	.298
OPS	.884	.584
ISO	.231	.096
BB%	11.2%	9.9%
K%	27.4%	16.4%
wOBA	.384	.268
wRC+	150	66
WAR	6.5	-0.5

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	Elly De La Cruz	Zach McKinstry
G	556	636
PA	2,427	2,133
H	569	431
2B	111	89
3B	29	27
HR	88	41
RBI	280	176
BB	239	181
SO	709	466
SB	166	62
AVG	.263	.226
SLG	.462	.365
WAR	19.3	4.3

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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.