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Nasim Nuñez

Washington Nationals · 2B · through 2026-10-30

Elite season

Why he matters right now

Nasim Nuñez leads the majors in stolen bases

Through 147 games he is first in stolen bases. It is a real league lead in a category that depends on opportunity as much as on the hitter, so the rate statistics below are the better read on how he has hit.

This has been his headline for 83 straight days.

The case in 30 seconds

  • 49 No. 1 in stolen bases on MLB's own leaderboards — 49 stolen bases MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  • .209 .535 OPS, 1 home run, 37 RBI and 49 stolen bases over 147 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 — 493 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 (3)
  1. No. 1 in stolen bases on MLB's own leaderboards — 49 stolen bases MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  2. No. 1 in stolen bases on MLB's leaderboard MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  3. .535 OPS, 1 home run, 37 RBI and 49 stolen bases over 147 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

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 →

147G
431AB
90H
.209AVG
1HR
37RBI
49SB
62B
33B
.535OPS

Chasing .400

.209Current AVG
138Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
123-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (83-for-0)

Status: IMPOSSIBLE

Milestone tracker

ChaseTargetCurrentPaceNeeded from hereStatus
.350 AVG .350 .209 .209 — IMPOSSIBLE
.380 AVG .380 .209 .209 — IMPOSSIBLE
.400 AVG .400 .209 .209 — IMPOSSIBLE
.406 AVG .406 .209 .209 — IMPOSSIBLE
.466 AVG .466 .209 .209 — IMPOSSIBLE
50 HR 50 1 1 49 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
60 HR 60 1 1 59 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
62 HR 62 1 1 61 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
70 HR 70 1 1 69 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
73 HR 73 1 1 72 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
200 Hits 200 90 90 110 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
225 Hits 225 90 90 135 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
250 Hits 250 90 90 160 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
262 Hits 262 90 90 172 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
50 SB 50 49 49 1 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
80 SB 80 49 49 31 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
100 SB 100 49 49 51 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
130 SB 130 49 49 81 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
50 2B 50 6 6 44 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
60 2B 60 6 6 54 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
67 2B 67 6 6 61 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
20 3B 20 3 3 17 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
25 3B 25 3 3 22 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
36 3B 36 3 3 33 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
125 RBI 125 37 37 88 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
150 RBI 150 37 37 113 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
175 RBI 175 37 37 138 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE
191 RBI 191 37 37 154 in 0 g IMPOSSIBLE

Recent game log

Derived nightly from the snapshot ledger — each row is the difference between consecutive days; multi-day rows are labeled.

DateOppResultABHHRRBIRSBBBKAVG
2026-10-01 (6d) — — 51 0 11 00 1 .209
2026-09-23 Detroit Tigers W 4-2 21 0 01 21 0 .209
2026-09-22 Detroit Tigers W 3-1 30 0 00 10 1 .208
2026-09-21 Detroit Tigers L 2-9 10 0 00 00 0 .209
2026-09-20 St. Louis Cardinals L 3-5 30 0 00 00 0 .210
2026-09-19 St. Louis Cardinals W 8-5 41 0 11 01 1 .211
2026-09-18 St. Louis Cardinals W 9-1 10 0 00 00 0 .211
2026-09-16 Philadelphia Phillies L 0-3 20 0 00 00 0 .211
2026-09-15 Philadelphia Phillies W 6-3 11 0 00 01 0 .212
2026-09-09 San Diego Padres L 2-9 10 0 01 11 0 .210

Recent highlights

Lahman + Retrosheet context

How this season fits history

Historical twinGary Pettis · 1988

81% season-shape match

Chase history

.173.213.25304-0310-30
Batting average, day by day
01204-0310-30
Projected HR, day by day