Head to head · 2026 batting

Elly De La Cruz vs Ben Rice

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.

Elly De La Cruz CIN

Ben Rice NYY

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Elly De La Cruz	Ben Rice
G	143	154
PA	636	667
H	158	151
HR	30	41
RBI	79	97
SB	30	3
AVG	.283	.264
OBP	.365	.363
SLG	.515	.534
OPS	.880	.897
ISO	.233	.271
BB%	11.3%	12.7%
K%	27.5%	24.3%
wOBA	.382	.386
wRC+	148	142
WAR	6.7	4.4

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	Ben Rice
G	563	337
PA	2,458	1,375
H	575	296
2B	112	58
3B	29	8
HR	90	74
RBI	285	185
BB	243	155
SO	718	310
SB	169	6
AVG	.262	.248
SLG	.463	.497
WAR	19.5	6.8

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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.