Head to head · 2026 batting

Elly De La Cruz vs Gunnar Henderson

In 2026 Elly De La Cruz has been worth 3.5 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.

Both among the 25 most valuable hitters of 2025 by dbWAR.
Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Elly De La Cruz CIN

Gunnar Henderson BAL

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Elly De La Cruz	Gunnar Henderson
G	143	158
PA	636	702
H	158	141
HR	30	24
RBI	79	60
SB	30	10
AVG	.283	.226
OBP	.365	.311
SLG	.515	.404
OPS	.880	.715
ISO	.233	.178
BB%	11.3%	9.5%
K%	27.5%	22.2%
wOBA	.382	.316
wRC+	148	102
WAR	6.7	3.2

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	Elly De La Cruz	Gunnar Henderson
G	2	5
PA	8	22
H	0	6
HR	0	1
RBI	2	2
BB	2	3
SO	4	8
SB	0	0
AVG	.000	.316
OBP	.250	.409
SLG	.000	.474
OPS	.250	.883

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	Elly De La Cruz	Gunnar Henderson
G	563	655
PA	2,458	2,826
H	575	649
2B	112	128
3B	29	28
HR	90	110
RBI	285	320
BB	243	279
SO	718	645
SB	169	72
AVG	.262	.259
SLG	.463	.464
WAR	19.5	21.9

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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.