91% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Kody Clemens is top-10 in the majors in triples
He is 6th in triples at 6 — 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 26 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 6 6th in triples at 6 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .241 .770 OPS, 24 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 124 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
A top-ten finish is a position on a board, not a verdict on a player. The men just below him on it are not meaningfully worse, and one good week moves several places.
What to watch next
Next up: at Chicago White Sox.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 6th in triples at 6 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .770 OPS, 24 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 124 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
What changed last night
3-for-4
L 1-4 vs Chicago White Sox · 2026-09-04
carries a .241 average into today
What to watch next
at Chicago White Sox
Rate Field · 7:10 p.m. ET
Facing Anthony Kay
Kody Clemens faces a left-hander in Anthony Kay. He is hitting .250 with 5 home runs in 120 at-bats against left-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 337 | .237 | 19 | 49 | .785 |
| vs LHP | 120 | .250 | 5 | 21 | .730 |
| Home | 212 | .264 | 12 | 37 | .858 |
| Away | 245 | .220 | 12 | 33 | .692 |
| Day | 195 | .236 | 9 | 29 | .737 |
| Night | 262 | .244 | 15 | 41 | .795 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
124G
457AB
110H
.241AVG
24HR
70RBI
8SB
212B
63B
.770OPS
Chasing .400
.241Current AVG
122Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
113-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.471Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (100-for-68)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .241 | .241 | 1.088 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .241 | .241 | 1.324 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .241 | .241 | 1.471 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .241 | .241 | 1.529 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .241 | .241 | 1.985 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 24 | 28 | 26 in 21 g · 1 per 2.6 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 24 | 28 | 36 in 21 g · 1 per 1.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 24 | 28 | 38 in 21 g · 1 per 1.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 24 | 28 | 46 in 21 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 24 | 28 | 49 in 21 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 110 | 126 | 90 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 110 | 126 | 115 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 110 | 126 | 140 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 110 | 126 | 152 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 8 | 9 | 42 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 8 | 9 | 72 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 8 | 9 | 92 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 8 | 9 | 122 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 21 | 24 | 29 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 21 | 24 | 39 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 21 | 24 | 46 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 6 | 7 | 14 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 6 | 7 | 19 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 6 | 7 | 30 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 70 | 80 | 55 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 70 | 80 | 80 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 70 | 80 | 105 in 21 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 70 | 80 | 121 in 21 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 47.810 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 43.950 after regressing toward the league's 30.130 — 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 26.7, against a straight team-game pace of 28. Exact beta-binomial over 75 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=1333); median finish 26. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | Chicago White Sox | L 1-4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| 2026-09-01 | Detroit Tigers | W 15-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .236 |
| 2026-08-31 | Detroit Tigers | W 11-1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .238 |
| 2026-08-30 | Chicago White Sox | W 5-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 |
| 2026-08-29 | Chicago White Sox | L 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .239 |
| 2026-08-28 | Chicago White Sox | L 4-7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| 2026-08-26 | Athletics | L 4-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 |
| 2026-08-25 | Athletics | L 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .237 |
| 2026-08-24 | Athletics | W 9-6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .239 |
| 2026-08-23 | San Diego Padres | L 1-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
Recent highlights
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Kody Clemens' go-ahead single2026-08-19 · Kody Clemens' tiebreaking single in the 7th put the Twins ahead for good in a 6-4 win over the Braves
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Clemens walks it off with an ultimate grand slam 2026-07-30 · Kody Clemens hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM — walk-off grand slams happen about 5 times a season
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Kody Clemens' walk-off ultimate GRAND SLAM (19)2026-07-30 ·
Lahman + Retrosheet context
How this season fits history
Through 141 team games; 60 in 2001