84% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Fernando Tatis Jr. is top-10 in the majors in stolen bases and hits
He is 6th in stolen bases at 31, 8th in hits at 154 — 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 2 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 31 6th in stolen bases at 31, 8th in hits at 154 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .280 .791 OPS, 19 home runs, 70 RBI and 31 stolen bases over 140 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 New York Yankees.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 6th in stolen bases at 31, 8th in hits at 154 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .791 OPS, 19 home runs, 70 RBI and 31 stolen bases over 140 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
Tracked on Live Chases
- 79 Longest Ball Historic · STATCAST only one tracked
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
0-for-3
L 1-5 vs New York Yankees · 2026-09-05
carries a .280 average into today
What to watch next
vs New York Yankees
Petco Park · 4:10 p.m. ET
Facing Gerrit Cole
Fernando Tatis Jr. faces a right-hander in Gerrit Cole. He is hitting .276 with 11 home runs in 421 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 421 | .276 | 11 | 53 | .743 |
| vs LHP | 129 | .295 | 8 | 17 | .947 |
| Home | 259 | .313 | 7 | 33 | .841 |
| Away | 291 | .251 | 12 | 37 | .745 |
| Day | 202 | .272 | 6 | 26 | .755 |
| Night | 348 | .284 | 13 | 44 | .812 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
140G
550AB
154H
.280AVG
19HR
70RBI
31SB
292B
23B
.791OPS
Chasing .400
.280Current AVG
110Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
106-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.260Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (97-for-77)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .280 | .280 | .857 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .280 | .280 | 1.104 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .280 | .280 | 1.260 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .280 | .280 | 1.312 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .280 | .280 | 1.805 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 19 | 22 | 31 in 20 g · 1 per 2.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 19 | 22 | 41 in 20 g · 1 per 1.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 19 | 22 | 43 in 20 g · 1 per 1.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 19 | 22 | 51 in 20 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 19 | 22 | 54 in 20 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 154 | 176 | 46 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 154 | 176 | 71 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 154 | 176 | 96 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 154 | 176 | 108 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 31 | 35 | 19 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 31 | 35 | 49 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 31 | 35 | 69 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 31 | 35 | 99 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 | 2 | 2 | 18 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 2 | 2 | 23 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 2 | 2 | 34 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 70 | 80 | 55 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 70 | 80 | 80 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 70 | 80 | 105 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 70 | 80 | 121 in 20 g | EXTREME |
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=2120); median finish 21. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | New York Yankees | L 1-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .280 |
| 2026-09-04 | New York Yankees | W 3-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| 2026-09-01 | Cincinnati Reds | L 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .284 |
| 2026-08-31 | Cincinnati Reds | W 5-0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| 2026-08-30 | Tampa Bay Rays | L 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| 2026-08-29 | Tampa Bay Rays | L 6-7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .284 |
| 2026-08-28 | Tampa Bay Rays | L 4-9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| 2026-08-26 | Pittsburgh Pirates | W 3-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .285 |
| 2026-08-25 | Pittsburgh Pirates | L 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 |
| 2026-08-24 | Pittsburgh Pirates | L 2-3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .287 |
Recent highlights
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Fernando Tatis Jr.'s second home run of the game (19)2026-09-01 · Fernando Tatis Jr. hit 2 home runs
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Fernando Tatis Jr.'s second home run of the game2026-08-23 · Fernando Tatis Jr. hit 2 home runs, driving in 4
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Fernando Tatis Jr.'s leadoff home run (14)2026-08-18 · Fernando Tatis Jr. hit 2 home runs
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