87% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Gabriel Moreno is top-10 in the majors in batting average
He is 2nd in batting average at .311 — 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 37 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- .311 2nd in batting average at .311 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- 83 83 RBI, past his previous best of 50 in 2023; 147 hits, past his previous best of 97 in 2023 year-by-year record, 3 prior seasons since 2023 (MLB Stats API, cached)
The honest caveat
It is still a partial season — 549 plate appearances so far. A rate moves fastest against the strongest arms a schedule has left, and the schedule ahead is not the schedule behind.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 2nd in batting average at .311 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- 83 RBI, past his previous best of 50 in 2023; 147 hits, past his previous best of 97 in 2023 year-by-year record, 3 prior seasons since 2023 (MLB Stats API, cached)
Other cases this page considered and did not lead with: Gabriel Moreno has already passed his career best in RBI.
The evidence
Tracked on Live Chases
- 50 Batting Average Notable · WATCH No. 2 of 3batting average chases .311 record .406 — Ted Williams, 1941 .311projected, against .400 · impossible
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 →
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 344 | .323 | 12 | 54 | .909 |
| vs LHP | 129 | .279 | 4 | 29 | .780 |
| Home | 228 | .289 | 6 | 29 | .822 |
| Away | 245 | .331 | 10 | 54 | .923 |
| Day | 143 | .308 | 9 | 29 | .957 |
| Night | 330 | .312 | 7 | 54 | .839 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
130G
473AB
147H
.311AVG
16HR
83RBI
6SB
332B
13B
.874OPS
Chasing .400
.311Current AVG
71Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
83-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (43-for-0)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .311 | .311 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .311 | .311 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .311 | .311 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .311 | .311 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .311 | .311 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 16 | 16 | 34 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 HR | 60 | 16 | 16 | 44 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 62 HR | 62 | 16 | 16 | 46 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 70 HR | 70 | 16 | 16 | 54 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 73 HR | 73 | 16 | 16 | 57 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 147 | 147 | 53 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 147 | 147 | 78 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 147 | 147 | 103 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 147 | 147 | 115 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 SB | 50 | 6 | 6 | 44 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 80 SB | 80 | 6 | 6 | 74 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 100 SB | 100 | 6 | 6 | 94 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 130 SB | 130 | 6 | 6 | 124 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 2B | 50 | 33 | 33 | 17 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 2B | 60 | 33 | 33 | 27 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 67 2B | 67 | 33 | 33 | 34 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 | 83 | 83 | 42 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 83 | 83 | 67 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 83 | 83 | 92 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 83 | 83 | 108 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
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=2659); median finish 16. 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) | — | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .311 |
| 2026-09-25 | San Diego Padres | W 11-4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .311 |
| 2026-09-24 | Colorado Rockies | W 12-8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| 2026-09-23 | Colorado Rockies | W 5-3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
| 2026-09-22 | Colorado Rockies | W 7-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| 2026-09-20 | New York Yankees | W 8-4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .307 |
| 2026-09-19 | New York Yankees | W 5-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| 2026-09-18 | New York Yankees | L 2-9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .304 |
| 2026-09-16 | Miami Marlins | L 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .307 |
| 2026-09-15 | Miami Marlins | L 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .303 |
Recent highlights
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Gabriel Moreno's go-ahead single2026-09-05 · Gabriel Moreno's tiebreaking single in the 10th put the Diamondbacks ahead for good in a 4-3 win over the Astros
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Gabriel Moreno: Home Run Statcast Analysis2026-08-18 · Gabriel Moreno hit a grand slam
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Gabriel Moreno's grand slam (10) 2026-08-18 · Gabriel Moreno drove in 4 runs
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