Esteury Ruiz

Miami Marlins · RF · through 2026-10-21

On the league boards

Why he matters right now

Esteury Ruiz is top-10 in the majors in stolen bases

He is 8th in stolen bases at 34 — 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 73 straight days.

The case in 30 seconds

34 8th in stolen bases at 34 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
.216 .699 OPS, 6 home runs, 17 RBI and 34 stolen bases over 109 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)

8th in stolen bases at 34 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
.699 OPS, 6 home runs, 17 RBI and 34 stolen bases over 109 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

109G

213AB

46H

.216AVG

6HR

17RBI

34SB

122B

13B

.699OPS

Chasing .400

.216Current AVG

66Consecutive hits needed to reach .400

80-for-100Needed over next 100 AB

—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (40-for-0)

Status: IMPOSSIBLE

Milestone tracker

Chase	Target	Current	Pace	Needed from here	Status
.350 AVG	.350	.216	.216	—	IMPOSSIBLE
.380 AVG	.380	.216	.216	—	IMPOSSIBLE
.400 AVG	.400	.216	.216	—	IMPOSSIBLE
.406 AVG	.406	.216	.216	—	IMPOSSIBLE
.466 AVG	.466	.216	.216	—	IMPOSSIBLE
50 HR	50	6	6	44 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
60 HR	60	6	6	54 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
62 HR	62	6	6	56 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
70 HR	70	6	6	64 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
73 HR	73	6	6	67 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
200 Hits	200	46	46	154 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
225 Hits	225	46	46	179 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
250 Hits	250	46	46	204 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
262 Hits	262	46	46	216 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
50 SB	50	34	34	16 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
80 SB	80	34	34	46 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
100 SB	100	34	34	66 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
130 SB	130	34	34	96 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
50 2B	50	12	12	38 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
60 2B	60	12	12	48 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
67 2B	67	12	12	55 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
20 3B	20	1	1	19 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
25 3B	25	1	1	24 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
36 3B	36	1	1	35 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
125 RBI	125	17	17	108 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
150 RBI	150	17	17	133 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
175 RBI	175	17	17	158 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE
191 RBI	191	17	17	174 in 0 g	IMPOSSIBLE

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	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG
2026-09-24	Chicago Cubs	L 1-2	2	0	0	0	1	0	.217
2026-09-23	Chicago Cubs	W 3-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.220
2026-09-22	Chicago Cubs	W 8-2	6	0	0	1	0	4	.216
2026-09-20	San Diego Padres	L 3-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222
2026-09-15	Arizona Diamondbacks	W 4-2	3	1	3	0	0	0	.225
2026-09-14	Arizona Diamondbacks	L 7-8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.223
2026-09-13	Los Angeles Dodgers	W 6-4	3	1	0	1	0	0	.225
2026-09-12	Los Angeles Dodgers	W 4-3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.223
2026-09-11	Los Angeles Dodgers	L 2-6	4	0	0	0	0	1	.227
2026-09-08	New York Mets	L 5-7	2	0	0	0	0	1	.232

Recent highlights

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Esteury Ruiz's three-run double2026-09-15 · Esteury Ruiz's tiebreaking double in the 11th put the Marlins ahead for good in a 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks

Lahman + Retrosheet context

How this season fits history

Historical twinOtis Nixon · 1989

79% season-shape match

Chase history

Batting average, day by day

Projected HR, day by day