91% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Daylen Lile is top-10 in the majors in triples
He is 4th in triples at 7 — 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 5 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 7 4th in triples at 7 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .248 .731 OPS, 20 home runs, 81 RBI and 14 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 — 605 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.
What to watch next
Next up: vs Los Angeles Angels.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 4th in triples at 7 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .731 OPS, 20 home runs, 81 RBI and 14 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
What changed last night
0-for-2
W 4-3 vs Los Angeles Angels · 2026-09-11
carries a .248 average into today
What to watch next
vs Los Angeles Angels
Nationals Park · 4:05 p.m. ET
Facing Walbert Ureña
Daylen Lile faces a right-hander in Walbert Ureña. He is hitting .255 with 19 home runs in 408 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 408 | .255 | 19 | 63 | .780 |
| vs LHP | 148 | .230 | 1 | 18 | .595 |
| Home | 265 | .257 | 12 | 48 | .789 |
| Away | 291 | .241 | 8 | 33 | .677 |
| Day | 239 | .209 | 1 | 16 | .553 |
| Night | 317 | .278 | 19 | 65 | .864 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
147G
556AB
138H
.248AVG
20HR
81RBI
14SB
272B
73B
.731OPS
Chasing .400
.248Current AVG
141Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
125-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
2.122Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (104-for-49)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .248 | .248 | 1.510 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .248 | .248 | 1.878 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .248 | .248 | 2.122 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .248 | .248 | 2.204 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .248 | .248 | 2.939 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 20 | 22 | 30 in 13 g · 1 per 1.6 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 20 | 22 | 40 in 13 g · 1 per 1.2 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 20 | 22 | 42 in 13 g · 1 per 1.2 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 20 | 22 | 50 in 13 g · 1 per 1.0 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 20 | 22 | 53 in 13 g · 1 per 0.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 138 | 150 | 62 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 138 | 150 | 87 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 138 | 150 | 112 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 138 | 150 | 124 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 14 | 15 | 36 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 14 | 15 | 66 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 14 | 15 | 86 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 14 | 15 | 116 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 27 | 29 | 23 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 27 | 29 | 33 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 27 | 29 | 40 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 7 | 8 | 13 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 7 | 8 | 18 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 7 | 8 | 29 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 81 | 88 | 44 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 81 | 88 | 69 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 81 | 88 | 94 in 13 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 81 | 88 | 110 in 13 g | EXTREME |
How likely is the finish?
0%finishes with 40+ home runs
0%finishes with 50+ home runs
0%finishes with 60+ home runs
His rate of 33.060 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 32.510 after regressing toward the league's 30.170 — a leaderboard selects for players who have outperformed, so an unregressed rate projected forward overstates every one of them. That puts the expected finish at 21.4, against a straight team-game pace of 22. Exact beta-binomial over 53 remaining plate appearances, averaged across playing-time scenarios. Calibrated against Retrosheet finishes: within 7 points of observed frequency in every band, and within 2 in three of five. It is a model, not a measurement.
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=2031); median finish 21. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | Los Angeles Angels | W 4-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
| 2026-09-09 | San Diego Padres | L 2-9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| 2026-09-08 | San Diego Padres | L 4-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .253 |
| 2026-08-30 | Miami Marlins | L 2-6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| 2026-08-29 | Miami Marlins | W 5-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .252 |
| 2026-07-30 | Atlanta Braves | L 4-5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .248 |
| 2026-07-29 | Toronto Blue Jays | L 2-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 |
| 2026-07-28 | Toronto Blue Jays | W 8-6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .245 |
| 2026-07-27 | Toronto Blue Jays | L 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .244 |
| 2026-07-26 | Arizona Diamondbacks | W 10-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
Recent highlights
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Daylen Lile's go-ahead homer (20)2026-08-31 · Daylen Lile hit 2 home runs, driving in 4 — his first career multi-homer game.
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Daylen Lile's two-run homer (19)2026-08-31 · Daylen Lile's go-ahead home run in the 7th put the Nationals ahead for good in a 6-3 win over the Marlins
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Daylen Lile's three-run home run (16)2026-08-24 · Daylen Lile drove in 5 runs
Lahman + Retrosheet context
How this season fits history
Through 149 team games; 64 in 2001