Head to head · 2026 batting

Elly De La Cruz vs Gunnar Henderson

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.

Elly De La Cruz CIN

Gunnar Henderson BAL

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	Gunnar Henderson
G	136	153
PA	605	682
H	152	136
HR	28	23
RBI	74	58
SB	27	10
AVG	.286	.224
OBP	.367	.308
SLG	.517	.399
OPS	.884	.707
ISO	.231	.175
BB%	11.2%	9.5%
K%	27.4%	21.8%
wOBA	.384	.313
wRC+	150	99
WAR	6.5	2.9

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	Gunnar Henderson
G	556	650
PA	2,427	2,806
H	569	644
2B	111	128
3B	29	27
HR	88	109
RBI	280	318
BB	239	277
SO	709	638
SB	166	72
AVG	.263	.259
SLG	.462	.463
WAR	19.3	21.6

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More head to heads

The same seasons, measured against somebody else.

Elly De La Cruz vs

Gunnar Henderson vs

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.