Head to head · 2026 batting

Christian Encarnacion-Strand vs Heston Kjerstad

So far in 2026 Christian Encarnacion-Strand has been worth 1.2 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

Heston Kjerstad BAL

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	Heston Kjerstad
G	53	11
PA	197	19
H	48	4
HR	10	0
RBI	36	2
SB	1	0
AVG	.267	.211
OBP	.316	.211
SLG	.500	.263
OPS	.816	.474
ISO	.233	.053
BB%	5.1%	0.0%
K%	27.4%	47.4%
wOBA	.349	.207
wRC+	124	23
WAR	1.1	-0.1

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	Heston Kjerstad
G	181	115
PA	698	333
H	157	66
2B	29	9
3B	0	2
HR	31	10
RBI	108	38
BB	31	18
SO	190	97
SB	3	2
AVG	.242	.217
SLG	.431	.359
WAR	0.8	-0.5

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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.