Head to head · 2026 batting

Christian Encarnacion-Strand vs Heston Kjerstad

In 2026 Christian Encarnacion-Strand has been worth 1.5 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.

Their 2025 seasons were among each other's nearest on rate statistics.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand BAL

Heston Kjerstad BAL

2026 season

2026 batting. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for strikeout rate that is the lower one.
Statistic	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Heston Kjerstad
G	58	11
PA	213	19
H	54	4
HR	11	0
RBI	39	2
SB	1	0
AVG	.277	.211
OBP	.325	.211
SLG	.513	.263
OPS	.838	.474
ISO	.236	.053
BB%	5.2%	0.0%
K%	25.8%	47.4%
wOBA	.358	.207
wRC+	132	23
WAR	1.4	-0.1

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	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Heston Kjerstad
G	—	2
PA	—	2
H	—	0
HR	—	0
RBI	—	0
BB	—	0
SO	—	1
SB	—	0
AVG	—	.000
OBP	—	.000
SLG	—	.000
OPS	—	.000

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	Christian Encarnacion-Strand	Heston Kjerstad
G	186	115
PA	714	333
H	163	66
2B	30	9
3B	0	2
HR	32	10
RBI	111	38
BB	32	18
SO	191	97
SB	3	2
AVG	.246	.217
SLG	.436	.359
WAR	1.1	-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.