93% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Sal Stewart is top-10 in the majors in RBI
He is 3rd in RBI at 112 — 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 38 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 112 3rd in RBI at 112 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .263 .787 OPS, 32 home runs, 112 RBI and 15 stolen bases over 162 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 — 700 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 (2)
- 3rd in RBI at 112 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .787 OPS, 32 home runs, 112 RBI and 15 stolen bases over 162 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
- 51 RBI Notable · WATCH No. 3 of 3rbi chases 112 record 191 — Hack Wilson, 1930 112projected, against 125 · impossible
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 →
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 464 | .263 | 24 | 87 | .782 |
| vs LHP | 159 | .264 | 8 | 25 | .802 |
| Home | 303 | .257 | 15 | 53 | .795 |
| Away | 320 | .269 | 17 | 59 | .780 |
| Day | 242 | .244 | 15 | 44 | .793 |
| Night | 381 | .276 | 17 | 68 | .784 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
162G
623AB
164H
.263AVG
32HR
112RBI
15SB
252B
03B
.787OPS
Chasing .400
.263Current AVG
143Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
126-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
—Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (86-for-0)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .263 | .263 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .263 | .263 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .263 | .263 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .263 | .263 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .263 | .263 | — | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 32 | 32 | 18 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 HR | 60 | 32 | 32 | 28 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 62 HR | 62 | 32 | 32 | 30 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 70 HR | 70 | 32 | 32 | 38 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 73 HR | 73 | 32 | 32 | 41 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 164 | 164 | 36 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 164 | 164 | 61 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 164 | 164 | 86 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 164 | 164 | 98 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 SB | 50 | 15 | 15 | 35 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 80 SB | 80 | 15 | 15 | 65 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 100 SB | 100 | 15 | 15 | 85 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 130 SB | 130 | 15 | 15 | 115 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 2B | 50 | 25 | 25 | 25 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 60 2B | 60 | 25 | 25 | 35 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 67 2B | 67 | 25 | 25 | 42 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 20 3B | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 25 3B | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 36 3B | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 112 | 112 | 13 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 112 | 112 | 38 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 112 | 112 | 63 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 112 | 112 | 79 in 0 g | IMPOSSIBLE |
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 45.710 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 43.130 after regressing toward the league's 30.200 — 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 32.0, against a straight team-game pace of 32. Exact beta-binomial over 0 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=731); median finish 32. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 (6d) | — | — | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .263 |
| 2026-09-25 | Toronto Blue Jays | L 5-6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .265 |
| 2026-09-24 | Atlanta Braves | W 7-6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| 2026-09-23 | Atlanta Braves | L 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .266 |
| 2026-09-22 | Atlanta Braves | W 4-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
| 2026-09-20 | Chicago Cubs | L 1-9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .268 |
| 2026-09-19 | Chicago Cubs | L 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .269 |
| 2026-09-18 | Chicago Cubs | W 6-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| 2026-09-17 | Los Angeles Dodgers | L 2-8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| 2026-09-16 | Los Angeles Dodgers | W 6-2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .269 |
Lahman + Retrosheet context
How this season fits history
Through 162 team games; 73 in 2001