89% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Bobby Witt Jr. is top-10 in the majors in stolen bases
He is 3rd in stolen bases at 45 — 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 83 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 45 3rd in stolen bases at 45 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .281 .800 OPS, 18 home runs, 54 RBI and 45 stolen bases over 143 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 — 632 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)
- 3rd in stolen bases at 45 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .800 OPS, 18 home runs, 54 RBI and 45 stolen bases over 143 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
- 40 Stolen Bases Notable · WATCH No. 3 of 3stolen bases chases 45 record 130 — Rickey Henderson, 1982 45projected, against 50 · impossible
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
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 410 | .276 | 14 | 41 | .783 |
| vs LHP | 148 | .297 | 4 | 13 | .845 |
| Home | 292 | .308 | 13 | 34 | .889 |
| Away | 266 | .252 | 5 | 20 | .703 |
| Day | 194 | .284 | 6 | 17 | .796 |
| Night | 364 | .280 | 12 | 37 | .802 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
143G
558AB
157H
.281AVG
18HR
54RBI
45SB
332B
13B
.800OPS
Chasing .400
.281Current AVG
111Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
107-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (67-for-0)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .281 | .281 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .281 | .281 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .281 | .281 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .281 | .281 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .281 | .281 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 18 | 18 | 32 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 HR | 60 | 18 | 18 | 42 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 62 HR | 62 | 18 | 18 | 44 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 70 HR | 70 | 18 | 18 | 52 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 73 HR | 73 | 18 | 18 | 55 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 157 | 157 | 43 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 157 | 157 | 68 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 157 | 157 | 93 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 157 | 157 | 105 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 SB | 50 | 45 | 45 | 5 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 80 SB | 80 | 45 | 45 | 35 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 100 SB | 100 | 45 | 45 | 55 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 130 SB | 130 | 45 | 45 | 85 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 2B | 50 | 33 | 33 | 17 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 2B | 60 | 33 | 33 | 27 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 67 2B | 67 | 33 | 33 | 34 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 20 3B | 20 | 1 | 1 | 19 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 25 3B | 25 | 1 | 1 | 24 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 36 3B | 36 | 1 | 1 | 35 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 54 | 54 | 71 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 54 | 54 | 96 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 54 | 54 | 121 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 54 | 54 | 137 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
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=2266); median finish 18. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 (6d) | — | — | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .281 |
| 2026-09-25 | Cleveland Guardians | L 9-12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| 2026-09-24 | Chicago White Sox | L 1-9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
| 2026-09-23 | Chicago White Sox | W 5-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| 2026-09-22 | Chicago White Sox | L 11-14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| 2026-09-20 | Pittsburgh Pirates | L 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .279 |
| 2026-09-19 | Pittsburgh Pirates | L 5-6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| 2026-09-18 | Pittsburgh Pirates | L 5-8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| 2026-09-17 | Houston Astros | L 2-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .276 |
| 2026-09-16 | Houston Astros | W 5-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .278 |
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
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