82% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Luis Arraez leads the majors in batting average and hits
Through 134 games he is first in batting average and hits — the kind of line that decides awards.
This has been his headline for 18 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- .318 No. 1 in batting average and hits on MLB's own leaderboards (the batting average against the qualified pool) — .318 batting average, 170 hits MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .318 .781 OPS, 6 home runs, 56 RBI and 10 stolen bases over 134 games snapshot batting board — the union of MLB's top-10 hitting boards, then MLB's 3.1 PA per team game rule applied; not the league's full qualified pool
The honest caveat
It is still a partial season — 584 plate appearances so far. A rate moves fastest against the strongest arms a schedule has left, and the schedule ahead is not the schedule behind.
What to watch next
Next up: vs Atlanta Braves. 30 more to reach 200 HITS.
Every claim above, with its source (4)
- No. 1 in batting average and hits on MLB's own leaderboards (the batting average against the qualified pool) — .318 batting average, 170 hits MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- No. 1 in batting average on MLB's qualified leaderboard MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- No. 1 in hits on MLB's leaderboard MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .781 OPS, 6 home runs, 56 RBI and 10 stolen bases over 134 games snapshot batting board — the union of MLB's top-10 hitting boards, then MLB's 3.1 PA per team game rule applied; not the league's full qualified pool
The evidence
Tracked on Live Chases
- 62+1 Hits Significant · MILESTONE No. 1 of 3hits chases 170 record 262 — Ichiro Suzuki, 2004 194projected, against 200 · near pace
- 50 Batting Average Notable · WATCH No. 1 of 3batting average chases .318 record .406 — Ted Williams, 1941 .318projected, against .400 · extreme
The score is an editorial score, not a measurement on a common scale. The rank above is this player's position on his own category's board — the ordering the site stands behind. See all tracked chases →
What changed last night
1 RBI
W 4-2 vs Atlanta Braves · 2026-09-05
carries a .318 average into today
What to watch next
vs Atlanta Braves
Citizens Bank Park · 1:10 p.m. ET
Facing Tyler Mahle
Luis Arraez faces a right-hander in Tyler Mahle. He is hitting .328 with 3 home runs in 293 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 293 | .328 | 3 | 28 | .808 |
| vs RHP | 78 | .282 | 2 | 10 | .716 |
| vs RHP | 371 | .318 | 5 | 38 | .790 |
| vs LHP | 37 | .324 | 0 | 3 | .693 |
| vs LHP | 127 | .315 | 1 | 15 | .782 |
| vs LHP | 164 | .317 | 1 | 18 | .762 |
| Home | 56 | .375 | 2 | 9 | .933 |
| Home | 191 | .361 | 0 | 23 | .856 |
| Home | 247 | .364 | 2 | 32 | .874 |
| Away | 229 | .293 | 4 | 20 | .756 |
| Away | 59 | .220 | 0 | 4 | .496 |
| Away | 288 | .278 | 4 | 24 | .703 |
| Day | 155 | .303 | 1 | 19 | .747 |
| Day | 23 | .087 | 0 | 3 | .257 |
| Day | 178 | .275 | 1 | 22 | .686 |
| Night | 92 | .348 | 2 | 10 | .822 |
| Night | 265 | .336 | 3 | 24 | .832 |
| Night | 357 | .339 | 5 | 34 | .829 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
134G
535AB
170H
.318AVG
6HR
56RBI
10SB
292B
73B
.781OPS
Chasing .400
.318Current AVG
74Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
84-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
.987Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (74-for-75)
Status: EXTREME
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .318 | .318 | .587 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .318 | .318 | .827 ROS | EXTREME |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .318 | .318 | .987 ROS | EXTREME |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .318 | .318 | 1.040 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .318 | .318 | 1.533 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 6 | 7 | 44 in 20 g · 1 per 1.7 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 6 | 7 | 54 in 20 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 6 | 7 | 56 in 20 g · 1 per 1.3 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 6 | 7 | 64 in 20 g · 1 per 1.2 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 6 | 7 | 67 in 20 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 170 | 194 | 30 in 20 g | NEAR PACE |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 170 | 194 | 55 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 170 | 194 | 80 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 170 | 194 | 92 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 10 | 11 | 40 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 10 | 11 | 70 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 10 | 11 | 90 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 10 | 11 | 120 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 29 | 33 | 21 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 29 | 33 | 31 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 29 | 33 | 38 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 7 | 8 | 13 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 7 | 8 | 18 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 7 | 8 | 29 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 56 | 64 | 69 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 56 | 64 | 94 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 56 | 64 | 119 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 56 | 64 | 135 in 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | Atlanta Braves | W 4-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| 2026-09-04 | Atlanta Braves | L 2-5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .316 |
| 2026-09-01 | Arizona Diamondbacks | W 7-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .315 |
| 2026-08-31 | Arizona Diamondbacks | W 2-1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .317 |
| 2026-08-29 | Los Angeles Angels | W 4-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .317 |
| 2026-08-28 | Los Angeles Angels | W 5-3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .320 |
| 2026-08-26 | Seattle Mariners | W 6-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| 2026-08-25 | Seattle Mariners | L 1-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| 2026-08-24 | Seattle Mariners | L 2-9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| 2026-08-23 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 6-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .322 |
Recent highlights
Lahman + Retrosheet context