Batter Chases

No one in the AL or NL has hit .400 since Ted Williams in 1941 — 85 seasons and counting. Every serious flirtation with .400 after June is a national story.

#	Player	Team	AVG	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	.316	179/567	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Gabriel Moreno	AZ	.311	147/473	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
3	Luis Arraez	PHI	.310	185/596	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
4	Chandler Simpson	TB	.306	175/571	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
5	Otto Lopez	MIA	.305	191/627	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
6	Nick Gonzales	PIT	.303	167/551	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
7	TJ Rumfield	COL	.300	164/547	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Michael Harris II	ATL	.294	174/591	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
9	Yandy Díaz	TB	.293	180/614	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE
10	Jackson Chourio	MIL	.291	152/522	.400 finish	— ROS	IMPOSSIBLE

The ladder every slugger climbs: 50 makes a season famous, 60 touches Ruth and Maris, 62 is the 'clean era' AL mark (Judge, 2022), and 73 is Bonds' summit no one has approached since 2001.

#	Player	Team	HR	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	45	45	50 HR	5 more	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	45	45	50 HR	5 more	IMPOSSIBLE
3	Pete Alonso	BAL	43	43	50 HR	7 more	EXTREME
4	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	42	42	50 HR	8 more	IMPOSSIBLE
5	Junior Caminero	TB	42	42	50 HR	8 more	IMPOSSIBLE
6	Matt Olson	ATL	41	41	50 HR	9 more	IMPOSSIBLE
7	Hunter Goodman	COL	41	41	50 HR	9 more	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Ben Rice	NYY	41	41	50 HR	9 more	EXTREME
9	Rafael Devers	SF	37	37	50 HR	13 more	IMPOSSIBLE
10	Brandon Lowe	PIT	35	35	50 HR	15 more	IMPOSSIBLE

200 hits defines an elite contact season; 262 is Ichiro's 2004 record, which broke a mark that had stood for 84 years. Nobody has reached 240 since.

#	Player	Team	H	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Otto Lopez	MIA	191	191	200 H	9 more	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Luis Arraez	PHI	185	185	200 H	15 more	IMPOSSIBLE
3	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	181	181	200 H	19 more	IMPOSSIBLE
4	Yandy Díaz	TB	180	180	200 H	20 more	IMPOSSIBLE
5	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	179	179	200 H	21 more	IMPOSSIBLE
6	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	175	175	200 H	25 more	IMPOSSIBLE
7	Chandler Simpson	TB	175	175	200 H	25 more	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Michael Harris II	ATL	174	174	200 H	26 more	IMPOSSIBLE
9	Junior Caminero	TB	170	170	200 H	30 more	IMPOSSIBLE
10	Alec Burleson	STL	169	169	200 H	31 more	IMPOSSIBLE

Rickey Henderson's 130 steals in 1982 defines a lost style of baseball. Since the bigger-bases era began in 2023, 70+ steals is back in play for the first time in decades.

#	Player	Team	SB	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Nasim Nuñez	WSH	49	49	50 SB	1 more	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Chandler Simpson	TB	46	46	50 SB	4 more	IMPOSSIBLE
3	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	45	45	50 SB	5 more	IMPOSSIBLE
4	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	41	41	50 SB	9 more	EXTREME
5	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	41	41	50 SB	9 more	IMPOSSIBLE
6	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	38	38	50 SB	12 more	IMPOSSIBLE
7	José Ramírez	CLE	37	37	50 SB	13 more	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Esteury Ruiz	MIA	34	34	50 SB	16 more	IMPOSSIBLE
9	Otto Lopez	MIA	34	34	50 SB	16 more	IMPOSSIBLE
10	José Caballero	NYY	34	34	50 SB	16 more	EXTREME

Earl Webb's 67 doubles in 1931 has survived nearly a century. 50 doubles is a star season; 60 has happened only three times since World War II.

#	Player	Team	2B	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	40	40	50 2B	10 more	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Wilyer Abreu	BOS	38	38	50 2B	12 more	IMPOSSIBLE
3	Brice Turang	MIL	37	37	50 2B	13 more	IMPOSSIBLE
4	Alec Burleson	STL	37	37	50 2B	13 more	IMPOSSIBLE
5	Brandon Nimmo	TEX	36	36	50 2B	14 more	IMPOSSIBLE
6	Rafael Devers	SF	36	36	50 2B	14 more	IMPOSSIBLE
7	Michael Harris II	ATL	36	36	50 2B	14 more	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Bryson Stott	PHI	36	36	50 2B	14 more	IMPOSSIBLE
9	Carter Jensen	KC	35	35	50 2B	15 more	IMPOSSIBLE
10	Matt Olson	ATL	34	34	50 2B	16 more	IMPOSSIBLE

The most extinct stat in baseball: Chief Wilson's 36 triples in 1912 is untouchable in the modern game, where leading the league takes about a dozen. Anyone at 15+ is doing something genuinely rare.

#	Player	Team	3B	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Corbin Carroll	AZ	17	17	20 3B	3 more	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Jake McCarthy	COL	13	13	20 3B	7 more	IMPOSSIBLE
3	Otto Lopez	MIA	9	9	20 3B	11 more	IMPOSSIBLE
4	Geraldo Perdomo	AZ	9	9	20 3B	11 more	IMPOSSIBLE
5	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	8	8	20 3B	12 more	IMPOSSIBLE
6	Daylen Lile	WSH	8	8	20 3B	12 more	IMPOSSIBLE
7	Luis Arraez	PHI	7	7	20 3B	13 more	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Kody Clemens	MIN	7	7	20 3B	13 more	IMPOSSIBLE
9	Jakob Marsee	MIA	7	7	20 3B	13 more	IMPOSSIBLE
10	Leody Taveras	BAL	6	6	20 3B	14 more	EXTREME

Hack Wilson's 191 RBI in 1930 may be the safest record in baseball — no one has driven in 170 since the 1930s. But 130+ still headlines an MVP case.

#	Player	Team	RBI	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Alec Burleson	STL	116	116	125 RBI	9 more	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Pete Alonso	BAL	113	114	125 RBI	12 more	EXTREME
3	Sal Stewart	CIN	112	112	125 RBI	13 more	IMPOSSIBLE
4	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	107	107	125 RBI	18 more	IMPOSSIBLE
5	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	106	106	125 RBI	19 more	IMPOSSIBLE
6	CJ Abrams	WSH	106	106	125 RBI	19 more	IMPOSSIBLE
7	Jordan Walker	STL	102	102	125 RBI	23 more	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Junior Caminero	TB	101	101	125 RBI	24 more	IMPOSSIBLE
9	Brice Turang	MIL	100	100	125 RBI	25 more	IMPOSSIBLE
10	Rafael Devers	SF	98	98	125 RBI	27 more	IMPOSSIBLE

Ruth crossed the plate 177 times in 1921. In the modern game 120 runs wins most league titles, and 130+ signals a historic offensive engine.

#	Player	Team	R	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	119	119	120 R	1 more	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Randy Arozarena	SEA	113	113	120 R	7 more	IMPOSSIBLE
3	Miguel Vargas	CWS	106	106	120 R	14 more	IMPOSSIBLE
4	James Wood	WSH	106	106	120 R	14 more	IMPOSSIBLE
5	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	105	105	120 R	15 more	IMPOSSIBLE
6	Ben Rice	NYY	105	106	120 R	15 more	EXTREME
7	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	102	102	120 R	18 more	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Brice Turang	MIL	102	102	120 R	18 more	IMPOSSIBLE
9	Zach Neto	LAA	102	102	120 R	18 more	IMPOSSIBLE
10	Trea Turner	PHI	101	101	120 R	19 more	IMPOSSIBLE

Total bases is the purest measure of a complete offensive season. Ruth's 457 in 1921 has never been seriously threatened — 400 has happened just twice since 1950.

#	Player	Team	TB	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	357	357	400 TB	43 more	IMPOSSIBLE
2	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	341	341	350 TB	9 more	IMPOSSIBLE
3	Junior Caminero	TB	323	323	350 TB	27 more	IMPOSSIBLE
4	Matt Olson	ATL	314	314	350 TB	36 more	IMPOSSIBLE
5	Pete Alonso	BAL	314	316	350 TB	36 more	EXTREME
6	Ben Rice	NYY	306	308	350 TB	44 more	EXTREME
7	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	294	294	350 TB	56 more	IMPOSSIBLE
8	Rafael Devers	SF	293	293	350 TB	57 more	IMPOSSIBLE
9	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	292	292	350 TB	58 more	IMPOSSIBLE
10	Michael Harris II	ATL	290	290	350 TB	60 more	IMPOSSIBLE