Wilyer Abreu headshot

Wilyer Abreu

Boston Red Sox · RF · through 2026-09-05

Elite season

Why he matters right now

Wilyer Abreu co-leads the majors in doubles

Through 140 games he is tied for first in doubles. It is a real league lead in a category that depends on opportunity as much as on the hitter, so the rate statistics below are the better read on how he has hit.

This has been his headline for 4 straight days.

The case in 30 seconds

  • 34 No. 1, shared, in doubles on MLB's own leaderboards — 34 doubles (tied with 2 others) MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  • .256 .799 OPS, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 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

It is still a partial season — 612 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.

What to watch next

Next up: at Baltimore Orioles.

Every claim above, with its source (3)
  1. No. 1, shared, in doubles on MLB's own leaderboards — 34 doubles (tied with 2 others) MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  2. No. 1 in doubles on MLB's leaderboard, tied with 2 others MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  3. .799 OPS, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 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

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

1-for-5 W 5-0 vs Baltimore Orioles · 2026-09-05 carries a .256 average into today

What to watch next

at Baltimore Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards · 1:35 p.m. ET Facing Kyle Bradish

Wilyer Abreu faces a right-hander in Kyle Bradish. He is hitting .235 with 17 home runs in 379 at-bats against right-handers this season.

Situational splits

SplitABAVGHRRBIOPS
vs RHP 379 .235 1747 .753
vs LHP 156 .308 623 .907
Home 257 .261 1042 .788
Away 278 .252 1328 .808
Day 189 .254 719 .765
Night 346 .257 1651 .817

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

140G
535AB
137H
.256AVG
23HR
70RBI
8SB
342B
43B
.799OPS

Chasing .400

.256Current AVG
129Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
117-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.493Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (106-for-71)

Status: IMPOSSIBLE

Milestone tracker

ChaseTargetCurrentPaceNeeded from hereStatus
.350 AVG .350 .256 .256 1.070 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.380 AVG .380 .256 .256 1.324 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.400 AVG .400 .256 .256 1.493 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.406 AVG .406 .256 .256 1.549 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.466 AVG .466 .256 .256 2.056 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
50 HR 50 23 26 27 in 19 g · 1 per 2.6 AB EXTREME
60 HR 60 23 26 37 in 19 g · 1 per 1.9 AB EXTREME
62 HR 62 23 26 39 in 19 g · 1 per 1.8 AB EXTREME
70 HR 70 23 26 47 in 19 g · 1 per 1.5 AB EXTREME
73 HR 73 23 26 50 in 19 g · 1 per 1.4 AB EXTREME
200 Hits 200 137 155 63 in 19 g EXTREME
225 Hits 225 137 155 88 in 19 g EXTREME
250 Hits 250 137 155 113 in 19 g EXTREME
262 Hits 262 137 155 125 in 19 g EXTREME
50 SB 50 8 9 42 in 19 g EXTREME
80 SB 80 8 9 72 in 19 g EXTREME
100 SB 100 8 9 92 in 19 g EXTREME
130 SB 130 8 9 122 in 19 g EXTREME
50 2B 50 34 39 16 in 19 g EXTREME
60 2B 60 34 39 26 in 19 g EXTREME
67 2B 67 34 39 33 in 19 g EXTREME
20 3B 20 4 5 16 in 19 g EXTREME
25 3B 25 4 5 21 in 19 g EXTREME
36 3B 36 4 5 32 in 19 g EXTREME
125 RBI 125 70 79 55 in 19 g EXTREME
150 RBI 150 70 79 80 in 19 g EXTREME
175 RBI 175 70 79 105 in 19 g EXTREME
191 RBI 191 70 79 121 in 19 g EXTREME

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 37.580 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 36.200 after regressing toward the league's 30.150 — 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 25.4, against a straight team-game pace of 26. Exact beta-binomial over 81 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 7323
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=1524); median finish 25. Retrosheet.

Recent game log

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

DateOppResultABHHRRBIRSBBBKAVG
2026-09-05 Baltimore Orioles W 5-0 51 0 00 00 1 .256
2026-09-04 Baltimore Orioles W 1-0 20 0 00 02 1 .257
2026-09-02 Seattle Mariners L 3-8 40 0 00 00 2 .258
2026-09-01 Seattle Mariners L 6-9 43 0 01 00 0 .260
2026-08-31 Seattle Mariners W 9-8 102 0 01 00 3 .256
2026-08-30 New York Yankees L 1-16 32 0 00 01 0 .257
2026-08-29 New York Yankees W 6-0 82 1 12 00 2 .254
2026-04-17 Detroit Tigers W 1-0 40 0 00 00 2 .314
2026-04-14 Minnesota Twins L 0-6 40 0 00 00 1 .333
2026-04-13 Minnesota Twins L 6-13 32 0 10 01 1 .355

Lahman + Retrosheet context

How this season fits history

Historical twinDolph Camilli · 1935

91% season-shape match

HR checkpoint-37 vs Barry Bonds

Through 143 team games; 60 in 2001

Chase history

.254.342.42903-3109-05
Batting average, day by day
19508103-3109-05
Projected HR, day by day