SS · 2026
Elly De La Cruz
- Age
- 24
- B/T
- S/R
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Number
- #44
- Born
- January 11, 2002 in Sabana Grande de Boya, Dominican Republic
- MLB debut
- June 6, 2023
- dbWAR
- 14.7 3 season(s)
- PA
- 439
- AVG
- .271
- OBP
- .353
- SLG
- .499
- wRC+
- 138 100 = avg
Elly De La Cruz is a shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds. In 2026 he hit 20 home runs and knocked in 54 RBIs, notching 105 hits across 439 plate appearances in 98 games. His batting average was .271, 11.3% higher than the league average of .244. He reached base at a .353 clip and slugged .499, for an OPS of .852, 18.4% higher than the league mark of .719 — the best on his team, and 31st of 417 among MLB batters with 100+ plate appearances. He averaged 93.7 mph off the bat, hit 52.5% of balls in play at 95 mph or better and made contact on 72.0% of his swings. Adjusted for his ballpark and league, his 138 wRC+ puts his offence 38% above average. That comes to 4.0 dbWAR — +19.1 runs with the bat, +1.1 on the bases, +4.9 for the position he plays, against replacement level. It includes no fielding: defensive runs are proprietary and are not estimated here, so the figure credits playing a demanding position but not playing it well.
League context
Percentile among qualified batters, 2026.
How the WAR is built
Runs above replacement, 2026. These four terms sum to +39.7 runs, divided by runs-per-win to give WAR.
WAR by season
Platoon splits
How he hits left- and right-handed pitching.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHP | 122 | 107 | 35 | 8 | 13 | 33 | .327 | .402 | .654 | .447 | 27.0% |
| vs RHP | 317 | 280 | 70 | 12 | 35 | 84 | .250 | .334 | .439 | .342 | 26.5% |
Spray chart
Where every ball he put in play landed, 2026.
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Hot and cold zones
Batting average by pitch location, 2026.
Batting
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 98 | 439 | 105 | 20 | 54 | 21 | 48 | 117 | .271 | .353 | .499 | .227 | .337 | 10.9% | 26.7% | .371 | +19.1 | 138 | 4.0 | |
| 2025 | 162 | 699 | 166 | 22 | 86 | 37 | 67 | 181 | .264 | .336 | .440 | .176 | .337 | 9.6% | 25.9% | .334 | +11.0 | 113 | 4.6 | |
| 2024 | 160 | 696 | 160 | 25 | 76 | 67 | 69 | 218 | .259 | .339 | .471 | .212 | .359 | 9.9% | 31.3% | .351 | +22.2 | 122 | 6.1 |
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Similar players
Nearest 2026 seasons by discipline, contact, power and speed, on rate statistics rather than totals.
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.