92% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Kody Clemens is top-10 in the majors in triples
He is 7th in triples at 7 — 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 44 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 7 7th in triples at 7 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .239 .758 OPS, 27 home runs, 81 RBI and 10 stolen bases over 145 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.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 7th in triples at 7 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .758 OPS, 27 home runs, 81 RBI and 10 stolen bases over 145 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
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 381 | .241 | 22 | 58 | .789 |
| vs LHP | 150 | .233 | 5 | 23 | .679 |
| Home | 248 | .274 | 13 | 44 | .860 |
| Away | 283 | .208 | 14 | 37 | .665 |
| Day | 228 | .232 | 10 | 34 | .719 |
| Night | 303 | .244 | 17 | 47 | .787 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
145G
531AB
127H
.239AVG
27HR
81RBI
10SB
222B
73B
.758OPS
Chasing .400
.239Current AVG
143Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
126-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (86-for-0)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .239 | .239 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .239 | .239 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .239 | .239 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .239 | .239 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .239 | .239 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 27 | 27 | 23 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 HR | 60 | 27 | 27 | 33 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 62 HR | 62 | 27 | 27 | 35 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 70 HR | 70 | 27 | 27 | 43 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 73 HR | 73 | 27 | 27 | 46 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 127 | 127 | 73 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 127 | 127 | 98 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 127 | 127 | 123 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 127 | 127 | 135 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 SB | 50 | 10 | 10 | 40 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 80 SB | 80 | 10 | 10 | 70 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 100 SB | 100 | 10 | 10 | 90 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 130 SB | 130 | 10 | 10 | 120 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 2B | 50 | 22 | 22 | 28 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 2B | 60 | 22 | 22 | 38 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 67 2B | 67 | 22 | 22 | 45 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 20 3B | 20 | 7 | 7 | 13 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 25 3B | 25 | 7 | 7 | 18 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 36 3B | 36 | 7 | 7 | 29 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 81 | 81 | 44 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 81 | 81 | 69 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 81 | 81 | 94 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 81 | 81 | 110 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
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 46.310 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 43.190 after regressing toward the league's 30.200 — 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 27.0, against a straight team-game pace of 27. Exact beta-binomial over 0 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=1162); median finish 27. 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) | — | — | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| 2026-09-25 | Texas Rangers | W 10-2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| 2026-09-23 | San Francisco Giants | W 4-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| 2026-09-22 | San Francisco Giants | W 3-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 |
| 2026-09-21 | San Francisco Giants | L 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .236 |
| 2026-09-20 | Los Angeles Angels | W 8-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| 2026-09-18 | Los Angeles Angels | W 3-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| 2026-09-17 | Los Angeles Angels | L 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .242 |
| 2026-09-16 | New York Yankees | W 5-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .241 |
| 2026-09-15 | New York Yankees | L 1-8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
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 162 team games; 73 in 2001