Head to head · 2026 batting

Christian Encarnacion-Strand vs Austin Hedges

So far in 2026 Christian Encarnacion-Strand has been worth 0.2 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.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand BAL

Austin Hedges CLE

2026 batting, season in progress. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Austin Hedges
G	53	71
PA	197	236
H	48	52
HR	10	5
RBI	36	24
SB	1	1
AVG	.267	.251
OBP	.316	.323
SLG	.500	.372
OPS	.816	.695
ISO	.233	.121
BB%	5.1%	9.3%
K%	27.4%	18.2%
wOBA	.349	.312
wRC+	124	94
WAR	1.1	0.9

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	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Austin Hedges
G	181	847
PA	698	2,775
H	157	474
2B	29	76
3B	0	2
HR	31	79
RBI	108	272
BB	31	182
SO	190	737
SB	3	17
AVG	.242	.190
SLG	.431	.318
WAR	0.8	-3.7

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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.