89% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Kody Clemens is top-10 in the majors in triples
He is 7th 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 33 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 6 7th 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)
- .243 .778 OPS, 26 home runs, 74 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 130 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: vs Cleveland Guardians.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 7th 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)
- .778 OPS, 26 home runs, 74 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 130 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
2-for-4
L 2-5 vs Cleveland Guardians · 2026-09-11
carries a .243 average into today
What to watch next
vs Cleveland Guardians
Target Field · 4:10 p.m. ET
Facing Daniel Espino
Kody Clemens faces a right-hander in Daniel Espino. He is hitting .241 with 21 home runs in 348 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 348 | .241 | 21 | 52 | .803 |
| vs LHP | 130 | .246 | 5 | 22 | .710 |
| Home | 216 | .273 | 12 | 37 | .870 |
| Away | 262 | .218 | 14 | 37 | .701 |
| Day | 203 | .236 | 10 | 30 | .746 |
| Night | 275 | .247 | 16 | 44 | .802 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
130G
478AB
116H
.243AVG
26HR
74RBI
8SB
212B
63B
.778OPS
Chasing .400
.243Current AVG
126Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
116-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.939Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (95-for-49)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .243 | .243 | 1.408 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .243 | .243 | 1.735 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .243 | .243 | 1.939 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .243 | .243 | 2.000 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .243 | .243 | 2.653 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 26 | 29 | 24 in 15 g · 1 per 2.0 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 26 | 29 | 34 in 15 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 26 | 29 | 36 in 15 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 26 | 29 | 44 in 15 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 26 | 29 | 47 in 15 g · 1 per 1.0 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 116 | 128 | 84 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 116 | 128 | 109 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 116 | 128 | 134 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 116 | 128 | 146 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 8 | 9 | 42 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 8 | 9 | 72 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 8 | 9 | 92 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 8 | 9 | 122 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 21 | 23 | 29 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 21 | 23 | 39 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 21 | 23 | 46 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 6 | 7 | 14 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 6 | 7 | 19 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 6 | 7 | 30 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 74 | 82 | 51 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 74 | 82 | 76 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 74 | 82 | 101 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 74 | 82 | 117 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 49.430 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 45.380 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 28.0, against a straight team-game pace of 29. Exact beta-binomial over 54 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=1110); median finish 28. 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 | Cleveland Guardians | L 2-5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| 2026-09-09 | Detroit Tigers | L 2-7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
| 2026-09-08 | Detroit Tigers | W 3-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 |
| 2026-09-06 | Chicago White Sox | L 1-10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .238 |
| 2026-09-05 | Chicago White Sox | W 6-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .239 |
| 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 |
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 147 team games; 64 in 2001