89% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Yandy Díaz is top-10 in the majors in hits and batting average
He is 3rd in hits at 171, 6th in batting average at .303 — placements on MLB's own season boards, which rank every QUALIFIED hitter in the sport rather than the few dozen this site tracks. Qualified is MLB's own bar, and it is the reason a part-season player with a big number is not on these boards at all.
This has been his headline for 32 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 171 3rd in hits at 171, 6th in batting average at .303 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .303 .835 OPS, 22 home runs, 80 RBI and 3 stolen bases over 142 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 — 633 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 Houston Astros. 29 more to reach 200 HITS.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 3rd in hits at 171, 6th in batting average at .303 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .835 OPS, 22 home runs, 80 RBI and 3 stolen bases over 142 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
- 59-1 Hits Significant · WATCH No. 3 of 3hits chases 171 record 262 — Ichiro Suzuki, 2004 188projected, against 200 · near pace
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
0-for-4
W 3-1 vs Houston Astros · 2026-09-11
carries a .303 average into today
What to watch next
vs Houston Astros
Tropicana Field · 6:10 p.m. ET
Facing Peter Lambert
Yandy Díaz faces a right-hander in Peter Lambert. He is hitting .305 with 14 home runs in 407 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 407 | .305 | 14 | 53 | .825 |
| vs LHP | 158 | .297 | 8 | 27 | .863 |
| Home | 264 | .345 | 16 | 46 | .993 |
| Away | 301 | .266 | 6 | 34 | .697 |
| Day | 224 | .339 | 4 | 31 | .818 |
| Night | 341 | .279 | 18 | 49 | .848 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
142G
565AB
171H
.303AVG
22HR
80RBI
3SB
252B
13B
.835OPS
Chasing .400
.303Current AVG
92Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
95-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.362Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (79-for-58)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .303 | .303 | .828 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .303 | .303 | 1.138 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .303 | .303 | 1.362 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .303 | .303 | 1.414 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .303 | .303 | 2.069 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 22 | 24 | 28 in 15 g · 1 per 2.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 22 | 24 | 38 in 15 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 22 | 24 | 40 in 15 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 22 | 24 | 48 in 15 g · 1 per 1.2 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 22 | 24 | 51 in 15 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 171 | 188 | 29 in 15 g | NEAR PACE |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 171 | 188 | 54 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 171 | 188 | 79 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 171 | 188 | 91 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 3 | 3 | 47 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 3 | 3 | 77 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 3 | 3 | 97 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 3 | 3 | 127 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 25 | 28 | 25 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 25 | 28 | 35 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 25 | 28 | 42 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 1 | 1 | 19 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 1 | 1 | 24 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 1 | 1 | 35 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 80 | 88 | 45 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 80 | 88 | 70 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 80 | 88 | 95 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 80 | 88 | 111 in 15 g | EXTREME |
How likely is the finish?
0%finishes with 40+ home runs
0%finishes with 50+ home runs
0%finishes with 60+ home runs
His rate of 34.760 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 33.920 after regressing toward the league's 30.170 — a leaderboard selects for players who have outperformed, so an unregressed rate projected forward overstates every one of them. That puts the expected finish at 23.8, against a straight team-game pace of 24. Exact beta-binomial over 65 remaining plate appearances, averaged across playing-time scenarios. Calibrated against Retrosheet finishes: within 7 points of observed frequency in every band, and within 2 in three of five. It is a model, not a measurement.
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=1680); median finish 24. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | Houston Astros | W 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .303 |
| 2026-09-10 | Atlanta Braves | L 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .305 |
| 2026-09-09 | Atlanta Braves | W 7-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
| 2026-09-08 | Atlanta Braves | W 7-1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .306 |
| 2026-09-06 | Texas Rangers | L 6-8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .305 |
| 2026-09-05 | Texas Rangers | W 6-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| 2026-09-04 | Texas Rangers | W 7-6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| 2026-09-02 | New York Mets | L 4-10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| 2026-09-01 | New York Mets | W 6-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .302 |
| 2026-08-31 | New York Mets | L 2-3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .302 |
Recent highlights
Lahman + Retrosheet context
How this season fits history
Through 147 team games; 64 in 2001