89% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
TJ Rumfield is top-10 in the majors in batting average
He is 10th 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 34 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- .295 10th 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)
- .295 .841 OPS, 15 home runs and 67 RBI over 142 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.
What to watch next
Next up: at Detroit Tigers.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 10th 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)
- .841 OPS, 15 home runs and 67 RBI over 142 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 to watch next
at Detroit Tigers
Comerica Park · 1:10 p.m. ET
Facing Andrew Sears
TJ Rumfield faces a left-hander in Andrew Sears. He is hitting .271 with 4 home runs in 155 at-bats against left-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 344 | .305 | 11 | 46 | .868 |
| vs LHP | 155 | .271 | 4 | 21 | .778 |
| Home | 251 | .307 | 10 | 47 | .890 |
| Away | 248 | .282 | 5 | 20 | .790 |
| Day | 169 | .284 | 6 | 27 | .835 |
| Night | 330 | .300 | 9 | 40 | .842 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
142G
499AB
147H
.295AVG
15HR
67RBI
0SB
282B
33B
.841OPS
Chasing .400
.295Current AVG
88Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
93-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.431Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (73-for-51)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .295 | .295 | .902 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .295 | .295 | 1.216 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .295 | .295 | 1.431 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .295 | .295 | 1.510 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .295 | .295 | 2.157 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 15 | 17 | 35 in 15 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 15 | 17 | 45 in 15 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 15 | 17 | 47 in 15 g · 1 per 1.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 15 | 17 | 55 in 15 g · 1 per 0.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 15 | 17 | 58 in 15 g · 1 per 0.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 147 | 162 | 53 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 147 | 162 | 78 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 147 | 162 | 103 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 147 | 162 | 115 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 0 | 0 | 80 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 0 | 0 | 130 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 28 | 31 | 22 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 28 | 31 | 32 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 28 | 31 | 39 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 3 | 3 | 17 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 3 | 3 | 22 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 3 | 3 | 33 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 67 | 74 | 58 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 67 | 74 | 83 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 67 | 74 | 108 in 15 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 67 | 74 | 124 in 15 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=2802); 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | New York Yankees | L 3-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .295 |
| 2026-09-09 | New York Yankees | L 1-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .297 |
| 2026-09-08 | New York Yankees | L 3-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .299 |
| 2026-09-06 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 8-10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .299 |
| 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 |
Recent highlights
Lahman + Retrosheet context