89% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
TJ Rumfield is top-10 in the majors in batting average
He is 9th in batting average at .295 — 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 28 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- .295 9th in batting average at .295 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- on the 2026 rookie leaderboard (15 HR) snapshot rookie_leaders board
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.
What to watch next
Next up: vs St. Louis Cardinals.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 9th in batting average at .295 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- on the 2026 rookie leaderboard (15 HR) snapshot rookie_leaders board
Other cases this page considered and did not lead with: TJ Rumfield is doing this in his first big-league season.
The evidence
What changed last night
1 RBI
W 10-7 vs St. Louis Cardinals · 2026-09-05
carries a .295 average into today
What to watch next
vs St. Louis Cardinals
Coors Field · 3:10 p.m. ET
Facing Kyle Leahy
TJ Rumfield faces a right-hander in Kyle Leahy. He is hitting .303 with 11 home runs in 333 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 333 | .303 | 11 | 45 | .868 |
| vs LHP | 152 | .276 | 4 | 21 | .785 |
| Home | 247 | .300 | 10 | 46 | .877 |
| Away | 238 | .290 | 5 | 20 | .807 |
| Day | 165 | .273 | 6 | 26 | .815 |
| Night | 320 | .306 | 9 | 40 | .857 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
138G
485AB
143H
.295AVG
15HR
66RBI
0SB
272B
33B
.843OPS
Chasing .400
.295Current AVG
85Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
91-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.162Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (79-for-68)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .295 | .295 | .750 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .295 | .295 | 1.000 ROS | EXTREME |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .295 | .295 | 1.162 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .295 | .295 | 1.206 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .295 | .295 | 1.691 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 15 | 17 | 35 in 20 g · 1 per 2.0 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 15 | 17 | 45 in 20 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 15 | 17 | 47 in 20 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 15 | 17 | 55 in 20 g · 1 per 1.2 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 15 | 17 | 58 in 20 g · 1 per 1.2 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 143 | 163 | 57 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 143 | 163 | 82 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 143 | 163 | 107 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 143 | 163 | 119 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 0 | 0 | 80 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 0 | 0 | 130 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 27 | 31 | 23 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 27 | 31 | 33 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 27 | 31 | 40 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 3 | 3 | 17 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 3 | 3 | 22 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 3 | 3 | 33 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 66 | 75 | 59 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 66 | 75 | 84 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 66 | 75 | 109 in 20 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 66 | 75 | 125 in 20 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=2798); median finish 16. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 10-7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .295 |
| 2026-08-08 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 8-6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .299 |
| 2026-08-04 | Tampa Bay Rays | L 7-9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| 2026-08-03 | Tampa Bay Rays | L 9-13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
| 2026-08-02 | Kansas City Royals | W 8-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
| 2026-08-01 | Kansas City Royals | W 12-6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .297 |
| 2026-07-31 | Kansas City Royals | W 3-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .293 |
| 2026-07-26 | Milwaukee Brewers | L 2-11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .298 |
| 2026-07-25 | Milwaukee Brewers | L 5-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .298 |
| 2026-07-24 | Milwaukee Brewers | W 5-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
Recent highlights
Lahman + Retrosheet context