83% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
José Ramírez is 4 from 300 career home runs
He sits at 296 — one of the counting milestones the sport stops for.
This has been his headline for 11 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 296 career home runs, 4 from 300 career_watch ledger (live-verified before publication)
- 31 7th in stolen bases at 31 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: at Minnesota Twins.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 296 career home runs, 4 from 300 career_watch ledger (live-verified before publication)
- 7th in stolen bases at 31 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: José Ramírez is top-10 in the majors in stolen bases.
The evidence
What changed last night
0-for-5
W 5-2 vs Minnesota Twins · 2026-09-11
carries a .232 average into today
What to watch next
at Minnesota Twins
Target Field · 4:10 p.m. ET
Facing Connor Prielipp
José Ramírez faces a left-hander in Connor Prielipp. He is hitting .282 with 5 home runs in 117 at-bats against left-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 306 | .212 | 6 | 28 | .621 |
| vs LHP | 117 | .282 | 5 | 20 | .867 |
| Home | 202 | .248 | 5 | 23 | .719 |
| Away | 221 | .217 | 6 | 25 | .661 |
| Day | 158 | .234 | 4 | 18 | .683 |
| Night | 265 | .230 | 7 | 30 | .694 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
113G
423AB
98H
.232AVG
11HR
48RBI
31SB
242B
03B
.689OPS
Chasing .400
.232Current AVG
119Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
112-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
2.200Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (88-for-40)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .232 | .232 | 1.625 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .232 | .232 | 1.950 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .232 | .232 | 2.200 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .232 | .232 | 2.250 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .232 | .232 | 2.950 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 11 | 12 | 39 in 14 g · 1 per 1.0 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 11 | 12 | 49 in 14 g · 1 per 0.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 11 | 12 | 51 in 14 g · 1 per 0.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 11 | 12 | 59 in 14 g · 1 per 0.7 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 11 | 12 | 62 in 14 g · 1 per 0.6 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 98 | 107 | 102 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 98 | 107 | 127 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 98 | 107 | 152 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 98 | 107 | 164 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 31 | 34 | 19 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 31 | 34 | 49 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 31 | 34 | 69 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 31 | 34 | 99 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 24 | 26 | 26 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 24 | 26 | 36 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 24 | 26 | 43 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 48 | 53 | 77 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 48 | 53 | 102 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 48 | 53 | 127 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 48 | 53 | 143 in 14 g | EXTREME |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | Minnesota Twins | W 5-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .232 |
| 2026-09-09 | Baltimore Orioles | L 5-9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 |
| 2026-09-08 | Baltimore Orioles | W 9-5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| 2026-09-06 | Detroit Tigers | W 3-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| 2026-09-05 | Detroit Tigers | L 0-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .237 |
| 2026-09-04 | Detroit Tigers | W 7-6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| 2026-09-02 | Toronto Blue Jays | L 0-11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
| 2026-09-01 | Toronto Blue Jays | W 6-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| 2026-08-31 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| 2026-08-30 | Kansas City Royals | W 11-1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .243 |
Recent highlights
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José Ramírez's two-run home run (11) 2026-08-30 · José Ramírez drove in 4 runs
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José Ramírez's game-tying double2026-08-25 · José Ramírez's tiebreaking double in the 10th put the Guardians ahead for good in a 8-6 win over the Angels
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José Ramírez's go-ahead double2026-08-25 · José Ramírez drove in 5 runs
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