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Batter Chases

The batting board starts with the .400 chase, then follows power, contact, speed, run production, and total-base pace. The page is ordered from national-story chases to deeper leaderboard context.

The .400 Watch

Otto Lopez MIA

The site's signature chase: how close the batting leader is to the last sacred line in modern hitting.

.331Current AVG

.069Distance from .400

48Consecutive hits to get there

.536Rest-of-season AVG for .400

Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941 — the last .400 season in the AL or NL. Full chase math →

Batting Average Otto Lopez MIA .331 Home Runs Yordan Alvarez HOU 34 Hits Otto Lopez MIA 136

All-time record .406 Ted Williams · Boston Red Sox · 1941 Official MLB record: .466 — Josh Gibson, 1943

.350 .380 .400 .406

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.

1 Otto Lopez MIA .331 2 Luis Arraez SF .326 3 Yordan Alvarez HOU .323 4 Nick Gonzales PIT .315 5 Yandy Díaz TB .303

#	Player	Team	AVG	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Otto Lopez	MIA	.331	136/411	.400 finish	.536 ROS	EXTREME
2	Luis Arraez	SF	.326	130/399	.400 finish	.540 ROS	EXTREME
3	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	.323	124/384	.400 finish	.557 ROS	EXTREME
4	Nick Gonzales	PIT	.315	120/381	.400 finish	.566 ROS	EXTREME
5	Yandy Díaz	TB	.303	119/393	.400 finish	.582 ROS	EXTREME
6	Jung Hoo Lee	SF	.302	109/361	.400 finish	.586 ROS	EXTREME
7	Freddie Freeman	LAD	.301	117/389	.400 finish	.587 ROS	EXTREME
8	Michael Harris II	ATL	.298	114/382	.400 finish	.594 ROS	EXTREME
9	TJ Rumfield	COL	.298	109/366	.400 finish	.601 ROS	EXTREME
10	Jake McCarthy	COL	.298	95/319	.400 finish	.604 ROS	EXTREME

All-time record 73 Barry Bonds · San Francisco Giants · 2001

50 60 62 70 73

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.

1 Yordan Alvarez HOU 34 2 Kyle Schwarber PHI 33 3 Ben Rice NYY 31 4 Hunter Goodman COL 31 5 James Wood WSH 30

#	Player	Team	HR	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	34	51	50 HR	16 more	ON PACE
2	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	33	50	50 HR	17 more	NEAR PACE
3	Ben Rice	NYY	31	47	50 HR	19 more	NEAR PACE
4	Hunter Goodman	COL	31	47	50 HR	19 more	NEAR PACE
5	James Wood	WSH	30	45	50 HR	20 more	LONG SHOT
6	Junior Caminero	TB	29	45	50 HR	21 more	LONG SHOT
7	CJ Abrams	WSH	27	41	50 HR	23 more	EXTREME
8	Matt Olson	ATL	27	41	50 HR	23 more	EXTREME
9	Byron Buxton	MIN	25	38	50 HR	25 more	EXTREME
10	Colson Montgomery	CWS	24	37	50 HR	26 more	EXTREME

All-time record 262 Ichiro Suzuki · Seattle Mariners · 2004

200 225 250 262

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.

1 Otto Lopez MIA 136 2 Luis Arraez SF 130 3 Yordan Alvarez HOU 124 4 Nick Gonzales PIT 120 5 Yandy Díaz TB 119

#	Player	Team	H	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Otto Lopez	MIA	136	206	200 H	64 more	ON PACE
2	Luis Arraez	SF	130	199	200 H	70 more	NEAR PACE
3	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	124	186	200 H	76 more	NEAR PACE
4	Nick Gonzales	PIT	120	182	200 H	80 more	LONG SHOT
5	Yandy Díaz	TB	119	184	200 H	81 more	LONG SHOT
6	Ernie Clement	TOR	119	180	200 H	81 more	LONG SHOT
7	Freddie Freeman	LAD	117	179	200 H	83 more	LONG SHOT
8	Alec Burleson	STL	116	177	200 H	84 more	EXTREME
9	Michael Harris II	ATL	114	174	200 H	86 more	EXTREME
10	CJ Abrams	WSH	114	173	200 H	86 more	EXTREME

All-time record 130 Rickey Henderson · Oakland Athletics · 1982

50 80 100 130

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.

1 Nasim Nuñez WSH 38 2 Bobby Witt Jr. KC 30 3 Jazz Chisholm Jr. NYY 29 4 Chandler Simpson TB 26 5 Pete Crow-Armstrong CHC 26

#	Player	Team	SB	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Nasim Nuñez	WSH	38	58	50 SB	12 more	ON PACE
2	Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	30	45	50 SB	20 more	LONG SHOT
3	Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	29	44	50 SB	21 more	EXTREME
4	Chandler Simpson	TB	26	40	50 SB	24 more	EXTREME
5	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	26	40	50 SB	24 more	EXTREME
6	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	25	38	50 SB	25 more	EXTREME
7	José Ramírez	CLE	24	36	50 SB	26 more	EXTREME
8	José Caballero	NYY	23	35	50 SB	27 more	EXTREME
9	Otto Lopez	MIA	22	33	50 SB	28 more	EXTREME
10	Josh Naylor	SEA	21	32	50 SB	29 more	EXTREME

All-time record 67 Earl Webb · Boston Red Sox · 1931

50 60 67

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.

1 Otto Lopez MIA 27 2 Freddie Freeman LAD 27 3 Rafael Devers SF 27 4 Ernie Clement TOR 26 5 Alec Burleson STL 26

#	Player	Team	2B	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Otto Lopez	MIA	27	41	50 2B	23 more	EXTREME
2	Freddie Freeman	LAD	27	41	50 2B	23 more	EXTREME
3	Rafael Devers	SF	27	41	50 2B	23 more	EXTREME
4	Ernie Clement	TOR	26	39	50 2B	24 more	EXTREME
5	Alec Burleson	STL	26	40	50 2B	24 more	EXTREME
6	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	26	39	50 2B	24 more	EXTREME
7	Matt Olson	ATL	26	40	50 2B	24 more	EXTREME
8	Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	25	39	50 2B	25 more	EXTREME
9	James Wood	WSH	25	38	50 2B	25 more	EXTREME
10	Brandon Nimmo	TEX	25	38	50 2B	25 more	EXTREME

All-time record 36 Chief Wilson · Pittsburgh Pirates · 1912

20 25 36

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.

1 Corbin Carroll AZ 12 2 Otto Lopez MIA 7 3 Luis Arraez SF 7 4 Jake McCarthy COL 7 5 Chandler Simpson TB 6

#	Player	Team	3B	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Corbin Carroll	AZ	12	18	20 3B	8 more	LONG SHOT
2	Otto Lopez	MIA	7	11	20 3B	13 more	EXTREME
3	Luis Arraez	SF	7	11	20 3B	13 more	EXTREME
4	Jake McCarthy	COL	7	11	20 3B	13 more	EXTREME
5	Chandler Simpson	TB	6	9	20 3B	14 more	EXTREME
6	Xavier Edwards	MIA	6	9	20 3B	14 more	EXTREME
7	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	6	9	20 3B	14 more	EXTREME
8	Bryson Stott	PHI	6	9	20 3B	14 more	EXTREME
9	Daylen Lile	WSH	5	8	20 3B	15 more	EXTREME
10	Kody Clemens	MIN	5	8	20 3B	15 more	EXTREME

All-time record 191 Hack Wilson · Chicago Cubs · 1930

125 150 175 191

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.

1 CJ Abrams WSH 82 2 Yordan Alvarez HOU 78 3 Jordan Walker STL 77 4 Sal Stewart CIN 76 5 Ben Rice NYY 73

#	Player	Team	RBI	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	CJ Abrams	WSH	82	124	125 RBI	43 more	NEAR PACE
2	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	78	117	125 RBI	47 more	NEAR PACE
3	Jordan Walker	STL	77	118	125 RBI	48 more	NEAR PACE
4	Sal Stewart	CIN	76	118	125 RBI	49 more	NEAR PACE
5	Ben Rice	NYY	73	112	125 RBI	52 more	LONG SHOT
6	James Wood	WSH	72	109	125 RBI	53 more	EXTREME
7	Alec Burleson	STL	71	109	125 RBI	54 more	EXTREME
8	Luis García Jr.	WSH	71	107	125 RBI	54 more	EXTREME
9	Nick Kurtz	ATH	69	105	125 RBI	56 more	EXTREME
10	Andy Pages	LAD	69	105	125 RBI	56 more	EXTREME

All-time record 177 Babe Ruth · New York Yankees · 1921

120 140 150 177

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.

1 James Wood WSH 96 2 Yordan Alvarez HOU 73 3 Bryan Reynolds PIT 72 4 Matt Olson ATL 72 5 Trea Turner PHI 72

#	Player	Team	R	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	James Wood	WSH	96	145	120 R	24 more	ON PACE
2	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	73	110	120 R	47 more	LONG SHOT
3	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	72	109	120 R	48 more	LONG SHOT
4	Matt Olson	ATL	72	110	120 R	48 more	LONG SHOT
5	Trea Turner	PHI	72	109	120 R	48 more	LONG SHOT
6	Miguel Vargas	CWS	72	111	120 R	48 more	NEAR PACE
7	Zach Neto	LAA	71	107	120 R	49 more	LONG SHOT
8	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	70	107	120 R	50 more	EXTREME
9	Brice Turang	MIL	70	107	120 R	50 more	EXTREME
10	Ben Rice	NYY	69	105	120 R	51 more	EXTREME

All-time record 457 Babe Ruth · New York Yankees · 1921

350 400 457

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.

1 Yordan Alvarez HOU 246 2 James Wood WSH 229 3 Ben Rice NYY 221 4 CJ Abrams WSH 220 5 Junior Caminero TB 217

#	Player	Team	TB	Pace	Next milestone	Needs	Status
1	Yordan Alvarez	HOU	246	369	350 TB	104 more	ON PACE
2	James Wood	WSH	229	347	350 TB	121 more	NEAR PACE
3	Ben Rice	NYY	221	338	350 TB	129 more	NEAR PACE
4	CJ Abrams	WSH	220	333	350 TB	130 more	NEAR PACE
5	Junior Caminero	TB	217	335	350 TB	133 more	NEAR PACE
6	Matt Olson	ATL	216	330	350 TB	134 more	NEAR PACE
7	Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	214	327	350 TB	136 more	NEAR PACE
8	Kyle Schwarber	PHI	210	318	350 TB	140 more	LONG SHOT
9	Otto Lopez	MIA	204	309	350 TB	146 more	EXTREME
10	Hunter Goodman	COL	204	309	350 TB	146 more	EXTREME

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