85% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Bobby Witt Jr. is top-10 in the majors in stolen bases
He is 4th in stolen bases at 39 — 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 34 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 39 4th in stolen bases at 39 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .280 .811 OPS, 18 home runs, 54 RBI and 39 stolen bases over 129 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 — 572 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 Boston Red Sox.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 4th in stolen bases at 39 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .811 OPS, 18 home runs, 54 RBI and 39 stolen bases over 129 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-3
W 3-2 vs Boston Red Sox · 2026-09-11
carries a .280 average into today
What to watch next
at Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park · 4:10 p.m. ET
Facing Ranger Suarez
Bobby Witt Jr. faces a left-hander in Ranger Suarez. He is hitting .278 with 4 home runs in 133 at-bats against left-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 370 | .281 | 14 | 41 | .807 |
| vs LHP | 133 | .278 | 4 | 13 | .821 |
| Home | 268 | .306 | 13 | 34 | .895 |
| Away | 235 | .251 | 5 | 20 | .716 |
| Day | 174 | .293 | 6 | 17 | .831 |
| Night | 329 | .274 | 12 | 37 | .802 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
129G
503AB
141H
.280AVG
18HR
54RBI
39SB
302B
13B
.811OPS
Chasing .400
.280Current AVG
101Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
101-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.667Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (80-for-48)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .280 | .280 | 1.083 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .280 | .280 | 1.438 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .280 | .280 | 1.667 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .280 | .280 | 1.729 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .280 | .280 | 2.417 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 18 | 20 | 32 in 14 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 18 | 20 | 42 in 14 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 18 | 20 | 44 in 14 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 18 | 20 | 52 in 14 g · 1 per 0.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 18 | 20 | 55 in 14 g · 1 per 0.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 141 | 154 | 59 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 141 | 154 | 84 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 141 | 154 | 109 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 141 | 154 | 121 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 39 | 43 | 11 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 39 | 43 | 41 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 39 | 43 | 61 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 39 | 43 | 91 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 30 | 33 | 20 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 30 | 33 | 30 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 30 | 33 | 37 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 1 | 1 | 19 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 1 | 1 | 24 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 1 | 1 | 35 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 54 | 59 | 71 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 54 | 59 | 96 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 54 | 59 | 121 in 14 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 54 | 59 | 137 in 14 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=2291); median finish 19. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | Boston Red Sox | W 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .280 |
| 2026-09-09 | Arizona Diamondbacks | W 5-2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| 2026-09-08 | Arizona Diamondbacks | L 3-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .280 |
| 2026-09-06 | Toronto Blue Jays | W 6-1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .283 |
| 2026-09-05 | Toronto Blue Jays | L 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| 2026-09-04 | Toronto Blue Jays | L 2-9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .283 |
| 2026-09-02 | Miami Marlins | L 6-9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 |
| 2026-09-01 | Miami Marlins | L 3-6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .285 |
| 2026-08-31 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .285 |
| 2026-08-30 | Cleveland Guardians | L 1-11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
Recent highlights
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Bobby Witt Jr.'s walk-off single2026-08-18 · Bobby Witt Jr.'s walk-off single in the 9th beat the Athletics 4-3
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Bobby Witt Jr.'s inside-the-park home run (5)2026-05-09 · Bobby Witt Jr. hit an INSIDE-THE-PARK home run — a half-dozen or so happen a season
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Condensed Game: CLE@KC - 5/7/262026-05-07 · Bobby Witt Jr. — a bench bat with 38 games played — went a perfect 4-for-4
Lahman + Retrosheet context