90% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Freddie Freeman is 17 from 400 career home runs
He sits at 383 — one of the counting milestones the sport stops for.
This has been his headline for 5 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 383 career home runs, 17 from 400 career_watch ledger (live-verified before publication)
- .302 6th in batting average at .302, 6th in hits at 155, 6th in doubles at 32 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
The honest caveat
A milestone is arithmetic on a career, not a statement about this season. Reaching it depends on playing time between now and then, which nothing here predicts.
What to watch next
Next up: vs Washington Nationals.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 383 career home runs, 17 from 400 career_watch ledger (live-verified before publication)
- 6th in batting average at .302, 6th in hits at 155, 6th in doubles at 32 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
Other cases this page considered and did not lead with: Freddie Freeman is top-10 in the majors in batting average, hits and doubles.
The evidence
What changed last night
0-for-3
W 6-5 vs Washington Nationals · 2026-09-05
carries a .302 average into today
What to watch next
vs Washington Nationals
UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium · 10:10 p.m. ET
Facing Andrew Alvarez
Freddie Freeman faces a left-hander in Andrew Alvarez. He is hitting .273 with 5 home runs in 172 at-bats against left-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 342 | .316 | 11 | 52 | .889 |
| vs LHP | 172 | .273 | 5 | 14 | .741 |
| Home | 254 | .264 | 8 | 24 | .713 |
| Away | 260 | .338 | 8 | 42 | .962 |
| Day | 132 | .227 | 3 | 20 | .632 |
| Night | 382 | .327 | 13 | 46 | .912 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
137G
514AB
155H
.302AVG
16HR
66RBI
6SB
322B
13B
.840OPS
Chasing .400
.302Current AVG
85Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
91-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.111Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (80-for-72)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .302 | .302 | .708 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .302 | .302 | .944 ROS | EXTREME |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .302 | .302 | 1.111 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .302 | .302 | 1.153 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .302 | .302 | 1.653 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 16 | 18 | 34 in 20 g · 1 per 2.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 16 | 18 | 44 in 20 g · 1 per 1.6 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 16 | 18 | 46 in 20 g · 1 per 1.6 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 16 | 18 | 54 in 20 g · 1 per 1.3 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 16 | 18 | 57 in 20 g · 1 per 1.3 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 155 | 177 | 45 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 155 | 177 | 70 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 155 | 177 | 95 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 155 | 177 | 107 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 6 | 7 | 44 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 6 | 7 | 74 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 6 | 7 | 94 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 6 | 7 | 124 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 32 | 37 | 18 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 32 | 37 | 28 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 32 | 37 | 35 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 1 | 1 | 19 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 1 | 1 | 24 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 1 | 1 | 35 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 66 | 75 | 59 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 66 | 75 | 84 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 66 | 75 | 109 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 66 | 75 | 125 in 20 g | EXTREME |
Home run pace vs the benchmark seasons
0.0%of comparable chases reached 40 HR
0.0%of comparable chases reached 50 HR
0.0%of comparable chases reached 60 HR
Empirical: seasons within ±2 HR of his total at the same team-game checkpoint (n=2626); median finish 18. Retrosheet.
Recent game log
Derived nightly from the snapshot ledger — each row is the difference between consecutive days; multi-day rows are labeled.
| Date | Opp | Result | AB | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | Washington Nationals | W 6-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .302 |
| 2026-09-03 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .303 |
| 2026-09-02 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 6-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| 2026-09-01 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 8-13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .306 |
| 2026-08-31 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .303 |
| 2026-08-30 | Detroit Tigers | W 6-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .304 |
| 2026-08-29 | Detroit Tigers | L 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| 2026-08-28 | Detroit Tigers | W 2-1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .302 |
| 2026-08-27 | Atlanta Braves | L 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| 2026-08-26 | Atlanta Braves | L 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .301 |
Recent highlights
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Freddie Freeman's go-ahead single2026-08-28 · Freddie Freeman's tiebreaking single in the 8th put the Dodgers ahead for good in a 2-1 win over the Tigers
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Freddie Freeman's go-ahead sacrifice fly2026-08-19 · Freddie Freeman's tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th put the Dodgers ahead for good in a 6-4 win over the Rockies
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Freddie Freeman's go-ahead single2026-08-10 · Freddie Freeman's tiebreaking single in the 7th put the Dodgers ahead for good against the Royals
Lahman + Retrosheet context