The Chase
Longest active hit streak: Otto Lopez — 6 games .400 watch: Otto Lopez at .346 HR pace: Kyle Schwarber 30 (proj 53, 11 behind Barry Bonds's 73 pace) hits pace: Otto Lopez 123 (proj 219, 24 behind Ichiro Suzuki's 262 pace) SB pace: Nasim Nuñez 32 (proj 57, 41 behind Rickey Henderson's 130 pace) K pace: Jacob Misiorowski 156 (proj 287, record 383) Best team: LAD 59-32 (proj 105 W, record 116)

About Chasing .400

Most stat sites answer "who leads MLB today?" This site answers a better question: who is on a historic pace, how far from immortality are they, and what exactly must happen from here?

The math, shown in full

Every number on this site comes from simple, explainable formulas. Projections default to team-game pace: current total ÷ team games played × 162.

Consecutive hits to reach .400 now:   ceil((.400 × AB − H) / 0.6)
Hits needed over the next N at-bats:  ceil(.400 × (AB + N) − H)
Projected full-season AB:             AB ÷ team games × 162
Rest-of-season hits to finish .400:   ceil(.400 × projected AB) − H
Counting-stat pace:                   total ÷ team games × 162

Feasibility labels

On pace — projection meets the target. Near pace — within about 8% of it. Long shot — reachable with a modest acceleration. Extreme — requires a historically implausible run. Impossible — the math has closed the door this season.

Record modes

The brand is anchored to Ted Williams' .406 in 1941 — the last .400 season in the AL/NL. The official MLB record book now also includes Negro Leagues seasons, led by Josh Gibson's .466 in 1943, so record pages show both views.

Data

Player and team statistics come from MLB's public Stats API; pitch velocity, exit velocity, and launch angle come from Baseball Savant (Statcast). Snapshots are taken once daily after all games are final; the timestamp on every page tells you exactly how fresh the data is.