83% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
José Caballero is top-10 in the majors in stolen bases
He is 6th in stolen bases at 31 — 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 19 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 31 6th in stolen bases at 31 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .235 .661 OPS, 13 home runs, 47 RBI and 31 stolen bases over 121 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: at San Diego Padres.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 6th in stolen bases at 31 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .661 OPS, 13 home runs, 47 RBI and 31 stolen bases over 121 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
0-for-2
W 5-1 vs San Diego Padres · 2026-09-05
carries a .235 average into today
What to watch next
at San Diego Padres
Petco Park · 4:10 p.m. ET
Facing Michael King
121G
379AB
89H
.235AVG
13HR
47RBI
31SB
122B
03B
.661OPS
Chasing .400
.235Current AVG
105Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
103-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.585Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (84-for-53)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .235 | .235 | 1.189 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .235 | .235 | 1.434 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .235 | .235 | 1.585 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .235 | .235 | 1.642 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .235 | .235 | 2.132 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 13 | 15 | 37 in 20 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 13 | 15 | 47 in 20 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 13 | 15 | 49 in 20 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 13 | 15 | 57 in 20 g · 1 per 0.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 13 | 15 | 60 in 20 g · 1 per 0.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 89 | 102 | 111 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 89 | 102 | 136 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 89 | 102 | 161 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 89 | 102 | 173 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 | 12 | 14 | 38 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 12 | 14 | 48 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 12 | 14 | 55 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 47 | 54 | 78 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 47 | 54 | 103 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 47 | 54 | 128 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 47 | 54 | 144 in 20 g | EXTREME |
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 | San Diego Padres | W 5-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .235 |
| 2026-09-01 | Los Angeles Angels | W 7-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .236 |
| 2026-08-31 | Los Angeles Angels | L 1-10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .236 |
| 2026-08-30 | Boston Red Sox | W 16-1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| 2026-08-29 | Boston Red Sox | L 0-6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .236 |
| 2026-08-28 | Boston Red Sox | W 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| 2026-08-27 | Houston Astros | L 1-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| 2026-08-26 | Houston Astros | W 9-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| 2026-08-25 | Houston Astros | L 7-9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| 2026-08-23 | Toronto Blue Jays | W 8-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .232 |
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