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Wilyer Abreu

Boston Red Sox · RF · through 2026-10-21

Elite season

Why he matters right now

Wilyer Abreu is top-10 in the majors in doubles

He is 2nd in doubles at 38 — 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 35 straight days.

The case in 30 seconds

  • 38 2nd in doubles at 38 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  • .248 .773 OPS, 24 home runs, 76 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 157 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

It is still a partial season — 681 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)
  1. 2nd in doubles at 38 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  2. .773 OPS, 24 home runs, 76 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 157 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

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

SplitABAVGHRRBIOPS
vs RHP 407 .226 1849 .735
vs LHP 190 .295 627 .854
Home 301 .256 1148 .772
Away 296 .240 1328 .773
Day 209 .239 721 .730
Night 388 .253 1755 .796

2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.

157G
597AB
148H
.248AVG
24HR
76RBI
8SB
382B
43B
.773OPS

Chasing .400

.248Current AVG
152Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
131-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (91-for-0)

Status: IMPOSSIBLE

Milestone tracker

ChaseTargetCurrentPaceNeeded from hereStatus
.350 AVG .350 .248 .248 — IMPOSSIBLE
.380 AVG .380 .248 .248 — IMPOSSIBLE
.400 AVG .400 .248 .248 — IMPOSSIBLE
.406 AVG .406 .248 .248 — IMPOSSIBLE
.466 AVG .466 .248 .248 — IMPOSSIBLE
50 HR 50 24 24 26 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
60 HR 60 24 24 36 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
62 HR 62 24 24 38 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
70 HR 70 24 24 46 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
73 HR 73 24 24 49 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
200 Hits 200 148 148 52 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
225 Hits 225 148 148 77 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
250 Hits 250 148 148 102 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
262 Hits 262 148 148 114 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
50 SB 50 8 8 42 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
80 SB 80 8 8 72 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
100 SB 100 8 8 92 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
130 SB 130 8 8 122 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
50 2B 50 38 38 12 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
60 2B 60 38 38 22 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
67 2B 67 38 38 29 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
20 3B 20 4 4 16 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
25 3B 25 4 4 21 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
36 3B 36 4 4 32 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
125 RBI 125 76 76 49 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
150 RBI 150 76 76 74 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
175 RBI 175 76 76 99 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
191 RBI 191 76 76 115 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE

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 35.240 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 34.380 after regressing toward the league's 30.200 — 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 24.0, against a straight team-game pace of 24. Exact beta-binomial over 0 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

36730162 gJudge 62Bonds 7324
Cumulative home runs by team game against straight 62 (Judge 2022) and 73 (Bonds 2001) paces. The homepage checkpoint card uses the exact game-by-game Retrosheet curves; these reference lines are straight-line paces.
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=1521); median finish 24. Retrosheet.

Recent game log

Derived nightly from the snapshot ledger — each row is the difference between consecutive days; multi-day rows are labeled.

DateOppResultABHHRRBIRSBBBKAVG
2026-10-01 (6d) — — 30 0 00 01 1 .248
2026-09-25 Chicago Cubs W 4-3 81 0 20 00 2 .249
2026-09-24 Cleveland Guardians L 0-1 40 0 00 00 1 .251
2026-09-23 Cleveland Guardians W 1-0 42 0 00 00 1 .253
2026-09-22 Cleveland Guardians L 2-3 41 0 00 00 1 .251
2026-09-19 Tampa Bay Rays L 1-2 20 0 00 02 2 .251
2026-09-18 Tampa Bay Rays W 4-2 50 0 00 00 3 .252
2026-09-17 Texas Rangers W 4-3 31 0 01 01 0 .254
2026-09-16 Texas Rangers L 3-7 40 0 01 00 0 .254
2026-09-15 Texas Rangers L 2-4 40 0 00 00 3 .255

Recent highlights

Lahman + Retrosheet context

How this season fits history

Historical twinGary Gaetti · 1983

88% season-shape match

HR checkpoint-49 vs Barry Bonds

Through 162 team games; 73 in 2001

Chase history

.248.339.42903-3110-21
Batting average, day by day
19508103-3110-21
Projected HR, day by day