87% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Nick Gonzales has already passed his career best in hits
He has 167; his previous best was 99, in 2025. That is measured over the two seasons of at least 200 at-bats he has played.
This has been his headline for 40 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 167 167 hits, past his previous best of 99 in 2025 year-by-year record, 2 prior seasons since 2024 (MLB Stats API, cached)
- .303 6th in batting average at .303 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
The honest caveat
A career-best total is measured against his own record and nobody else's, and for most players that record is short. Beating it says this year is his best; it says nothing about where the season sits in the league, and a young player passing an early-career mark is closer to normal than to remarkable.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 167 hits, past his previous best of 99 in 2025 year-by-year record, 2 prior seasons since 2024 (MLB Stats API, cached)
- 6th in batting average at .303 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
Other cases this page considered and did not lead with: Nick Gonzales is top-10 in the majors in batting average.
The evidence
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 376 | .316 | 5 | 46 | .790 |
| vs LHP | 175 | .274 | 1 | 15 | .681 |
| Home | 261 | .287 | 1 | 25 | .702 |
| Away | 290 | .317 | 5 | 36 | .802 |
| Day | 218 | .298 | 5 | 26 | .798 |
| Night | 333 | .306 | 1 | 35 | .726 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
148G
551AB
167H
.303AVG
6HR
61RBI
7SB
272B
13B
.755OPS
Chasing .400
.303Current AVG
90Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
94-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (54-for-0)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .303 | .303 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .303 | .303 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .303 | .303 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .303 | .303 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .303 | .303 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 6 | 6 | 44 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 HR | 60 | 6 | 6 | 54 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 62 HR | 62 | 6 | 6 | 56 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 70 HR | 70 | 6 | 6 | 64 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 73 HR | 73 | 6 | 6 | 67 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 167 | 167 | 33 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 167 | 167 | 58 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 167 | 167 | 83 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 167 | 167 | 95 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 SB | 50 | 7 | 7 | 43 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 80 SB | 80 | 7 | 7 | 73 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 100 SB | 100 | 7 | 7 | 93 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 130 SB | 130 | 7 | 7 | 123 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 2B | 50 | 27 | 27 | 23 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 2B | 60 | 27 | 27 | 33 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 67 2B | 67 | 27 | 27 | 40 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 | 61 | 61 | 64 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 61 | 61 | 89 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 61 | 61 | 114 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 61 | 61 | 130 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.
| Date | Opp | Result | AB | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 (6d) | — | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| 2026-09-25 | Detroit Tigers | L 7-8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .302 |
| 2026-09-24 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 2-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .301 |
| 2026-09-23 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 1-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .301 |
| 2026-09-20 | Kansas City Royals | W 4-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .302 |
| 2026-09-19 | Kansas City Royals | W 6-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .304 |
| 2026-09-18 | Kansas City Royals | W 8-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 |
| 2026-09-17 | Milwaukee Brewers | W 7-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .304 |
| 2026-09-15 | Milwaukee Brewers | L 1-5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .307 |
| 2026-09-13 | Chicago Cubs | W 4-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .304 |
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