84% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Jake McCarthy is top-10 in the majors in triples and stolen bases
He is 2nd in triples at 8, 10th in stolen bases at 29 — 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.
The case in 30 seconds
- 8 2nd in triples at 8, 10th in stolen bases at 29 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- 72 72 RBI, past his previous best of 56 in 2024; 29 stolen bases, past his previous best of 26 in 2023 year-by-year record, 4 prior seasons since 2022 (MLB Stats API, cached)
The honest caveat
It is still a partial season — 510 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 St. Louis Cardinals.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 2nd in triples at 8, 10th in stolen bases at 29 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- 72 RBI, past his previous best of 56 in 2024; 29 stolen bases, past his previous best of 26 in 2023 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 8 record 36 — Chief Wilson, 1912 9projected, against 20 · 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-for-3
W 10-7 vs St. Louis Cardinals · 2026-09-05
carries a .290 average into today
What to watch next
vs St. Louis Cardinals
Coors Field · 3:10 p.m. ET
Facing Kyle Leahy
Jake McCarthy faces a right-hander in Kyle Leahy. He is hitting .282 with 10 home runs in 333 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 333 | .282 | 10 | 47 | .789 |
| vs LHP | 133 | .308 | 4 | 25 | .865 |
| Home | 239 | .310 | 8 | 45 | .877 |
| Away | 227 | .269 | 6 | 27 | .742 |
| Day | 152 | .283 | 5 | 23 | .827 |
| Night | 314 | .293 | 9 | 49 | .803 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
127G
466AB
135H
.290AVG
14HR
72RBI
29SB
292B
83B
.811OPS
Chasing .400
.290Current AVG
86Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
92-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.182Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (78-for-66)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .290 | .290 | .788 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .290 | .290 | 1.030 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .290 | .290 | 1.182 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .290 | .290 | 1.227 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .290 | .290 | 1.712 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 14 | 16 | 36 in 20 g · 1 per 1.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 14 | 16 | 46 in 20 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 14 | 16 | 48 in 20 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 14 | 16 | 56 in 20 g · 1 per 1.2 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 14 | 16 | 59 in 20 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 135 | 154 | 65 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 135 | 154 | 90 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 135 | 154 | 115 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 135 | 154 | 127 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 29 | 33 | 21 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 29 | 33 | 51 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 29 | 33 | 71 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 29 | 33 | 101 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 | 8 | 9 | 12 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 8 | 9 | 17 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 8 | 9 | 28 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 72 | 82 | 53 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 72 | 82 | 78 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 72 | 82 | 103 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 72 | 82 | 119 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 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 10-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .290 |
| 2026-09-04 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 6-7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .289 |
| 2026-09-01 | Baltimore Orioles | W 4-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .292 |
| 2026-08-31 | Baltimore Orioles | L 1-2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| 2026-08-30 | Atlanta Braves | L 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .290 |
| 2026-08-29 | Atlanta Braves | L 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 |
| 2026-08-28 | Atlanta Braves | L 4-6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .291 |
| 2026-08-27 | Washington Nationals | L 1-7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .290 |
| 2026-08-26 | Washington Nationals | W 13-1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .294 |
| 2026-08-25 | Washington Nationals | W 3-1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .292 |
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
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