89% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Wilyer Abreu is top-10 in the majors in doubles
He is 8th in doubles 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.
The case in 30 seconds
- 31 8th in doubles 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)
- .254 .798 OPS, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 135 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 doubles 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)
- .798 OPS, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 135 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-5
W 9-8 vs Seattle Mariners · 2026-08-31
carries a .254 average into today
135G
515AB
131H
.254AVG
23HR
70RBI
8SB
312B
43B
.798OPS
Chasing .400
.254Current AVG
125Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
115-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.233Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (111-for-90)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .254 | .254 | .900 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .254 | .254 | 1.100 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .254 | .254 | 1.233 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .254 | .254 | 1.278 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .254 | .254 | 1.678 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 23 | 27 | 27 in 24 g · 1 per 3.3 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 23 | 27 | 37 in 24 g · 1 per 2.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 23 | 27 | 39 in 24 g · 1 per 2.3 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 23 | 27 | 47 in 24 g · 1 per 1.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 23 | 27 | 50 in 24 g · 1 per 1.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 131 | 154 | 69 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 131 | 154 | 94 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 131 | 154 | 119 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 131 | 154 | 131 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 8 | 9 | 42 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 8 | 9 | 72 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 8 | 9 | 92 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 8 | 9 | 122 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 31 | 36 | 19 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 31 | 36 | 29 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 31 | 36 | 36 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 4 | 5 | 16 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 4 | 5 | 21 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 4 | 5 | 32 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 70 | 82 | 55 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 70 | 82 | 80 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 70 | 82 | 105 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 70 | 82 | 121 in 24 g | EXTREME |
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=1485); 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.
| Date | Opp | Result | AB | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | Seattle Mariners | W 9-8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 |
| 2026-08-30 | New York Yankees | L 1-16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .257 |
| 2026-08-29 | New York Yankees | W 6-0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .254 |
| 2026-04-17 | Detroit Tigers | W 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .314 |
| 2026-04-14 | Minnesota Twins | L 0-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| 2026-04-13 | Minnesota Twins | L 6-13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .355 |
| 2026-04-12 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 9-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .339 |
| 2026-04-11 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 7-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .364 |
| 2026-04-10 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 2-3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .392 |
| 2026-04-08 | Milwaukee Brewers | W 5-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .383 |
Lahman + Retrosheet context
How this season fits history
Through 138 team games; 58 in 2001