86% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Jake McCarthy is top-10 in the majors in triples
He is 2nd in triples at 13 — 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 29 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 13 2nd in triples at 13 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- 83 83 RBI, past his previous best of 56 in 2024; 159 hits, past his previous best of 126 in 2024; 32 stolen bases, past his previous best of 26 in 2023; 80 runs, past his previous best of 66 in 2024 year-by-year record, 4 prior seasons since 2022 (MLB Stats API, cached)
The honest caveat
It is still a partial season — 596 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.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 2nd in triples at 13 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- 83 RBI, past his previous best of 56 in 2024; 159 hits, past his previous best of 126 in 2024; 32 stolen bases, past his previous best of 26 in 2023; 80 runs, past his previous best of 66 in 2024 year-by-year record, 4 prior seasons since 2022 (MLB Stats API, cached)
Other cases this page considered and did not lead with: Jake McCarthy has already passed his career best in RBI.
The evidence
Tracked on Live Chases
- 40 Triples Notable · WATCH No. 2 of 3triples chases 13 record 36 — Chief Wilson, 1912 13projected, against 20 · impossible
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 →
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 381 | .278 | 11 | 51 | .771 |
| vs LHP | 166 | .319 | 4 | 32 | .896 |
| Home | 285 | .312 | 9 | 53 | .886 |
| Away | 262 | .267 | 6 | 30 | .726 |
| Day | 176 | .284 | 6 | 28 | .841 |
| Night | 371 | .294 | 9 | 55 | .794 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
147G
547AB
159H
.291AVG
15HR
83RBI
32SB
302B
133B
.809OPS
Chasing .400
.291Current AVG
100Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
100-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (60-for-0)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .291 | .291 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .291 | .291 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .291 | .291 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .291 | .291 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .291 | .291 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 15 | 15 | 35 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 HR | 60 | 15 | 15 | 45 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 62 HR | 62 | 15 | 15 | 47 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 70 HR | 70 | 15 | 15 | 55 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 73 HR | 73 | 15 | 15 | 58 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 159 | 159 | 41 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 159 | 159 | 66 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 159 | 159 | 91 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 159 | 159 | 103 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 SB | 50 | 32 | 32 | 18 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 80 SB | 80 | 32 | 32 | 48 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 100 SB | 100 | 32 | 32 | 68 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 130 SB | 130 | 32 | 32 | 98 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 2B | 50 | 30 | 30 | 20 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 2B | 60 | 30 | 30 | 30 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 67 2B | 67 | 30 | 30 | 37 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 20 3B | 20 | 13 | 13 | 7 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 25 3B | 25 | 13 | 13 | 12 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 36 3B | 36 | 13 | 13 | 23 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 83 | 83 | 42 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 83 | 83 | 67 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 83 | 83 | 92 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 83 | 83 | 108 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
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=2812); median finish 15. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 (6d) | — | — | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .291 |
| 2026-09-25 | Chicago White Sox | L 1-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .293 |
| 2026-09-24 | Arizona Diamondbacks | L 8-12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| 2026-09-23 | Arizona Diamondbacks | L 3-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| 2026-09-22 | Arizona Diamondbacks | L 2-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .295 |
| 2026-09-20 | Seattle Mariners | L 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| 2026-09-19 | Seattle Mariners | W 5-3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| 2026-09-18 | Seattle Mariners | L 4-5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| 2026-09-17 | San Diego Padres | L 2-9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| 2026-09-16 | San Diego Padres | L 3-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .295 |
Recent highlights
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Jake McCarthy's walk-off triple2026-06-22 ·
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Jake McCarthy's leadoff inside-the-park home run (5)2026-06-20 · Jake McCarthy hit a LEADOFF INSIDE-THE-PARK home run — years pass between one and the next
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Jake McCarthy's two-run home run (1)2026-05-06 · Jake McCarthy hit his first home run of the season — in his game No. 27
Lahman + Retrosheet context