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Freddie Freeman

Los Angeles Dodgers · 1B · through 2026-09-03

Milestone watch

Why he matters right now

Freddie Freeman is 17 from 400 career home runs

He sits at 383 — one of the counting milestones the sport stops for.

This has been his headline for 3 straight days.

The case in 30 seconds

  • 383 career home runs, 17 from 400 career_watch ledger (live-verified before publication)
  • .303 5th in batting average at .303, 5th in hits at 155, 5th in doubles at 32 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 milestone is arithmetic on a career, not a statement about this season. Reaching it depends on playing time between now and then, which nothing here predicts.

What to watch next

Next up: vs Washington Nationals.

Every claim above, with its source (2)
  1. 383 career home runs, 17 from 400 career_watch ledger (live-verified before publication)
  2. 5th in batting average at .303, 5th in hits at 155, 5th in doubles at 32 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: Freddie Freeman is top-10 in the majors in batting average, hits and doubles.

The evidence

What changed last night

0-for-1 W 3-2 vs St. Louis Cardinals · 2026-09-03 carries a .303 average into today

What to watch next

vs Washington Nationals UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium · 10:10 p.m. ET Facing Jackson Kent

Freddie Freeman faces a left-hander in Jackson Kent. He is hitting .275 with 5 home runs in 171 at-bats against left-handers this season.

Situational splits

SplitABAVGHRRBIOPS
vs RHP 340 .318 1152 .892
vs LHP 171 .275 514 .746
Home 251 .267 824 .718
Away 260 .338 842 .962
Day 132 .227 320 .632
Night 379 .330 1346 .918

2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.

136G
511AB
155H
.303AVG
16HR
66RBI
6SB
322B
13B
.844OPS

Chasing .400

.303Current AVG
83Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
90-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.025Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (82-for-80)

Status: IMPOSSIBLE

Milestone tracker

ChaseTargetCurrentPaceNeeded from hereStatus
.350 AVG .350 .303 .303 .650 ROS EXTREME
.380 AVG .380 .303 .303 .875 ROS EXTREME
.400 AVG .400 .303 .303 1.025 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.406 AVG .406 .303 .303 1.062 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.466 AVG .466 .303 .303 1.512 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
50 HR 50 16 19 34 in 22 g · 1 per 2.4 AB EXTREME
60 HR 60 16 19 44 in 22 g · 1 per 1.8 AB EXTREME
62 HR 62 16 19 46 in 22 g · 1 per 1.7 AB EXTREME
70 HR 70 16 19 54 in 22 g · 1 per 1.5 AB EXTREME
73 HR 73 16 19 57 in 22 g · 1 per 1.4 AB EXTREME
200 Hits 200 155 179 45 in 22 g EXTREME
225 Hits 225 155 179 70 in 22 g EXTREME
250 Hits 250 155 179 95 in 22 g EXTREME
262 Hits 262 155 179 107 in 22 g EXTREME
50 SB 50 6 7 44 in 22 g EXTREME
80 SB 80 6 7 74 in 22 g EXTREME
100 SB 100 6 7 94 in 22 g EXTREME
130 SB 130 6 7 124 in 22 g EXTREME
50 2B 50 32 37 18 in 22 g EXTREME
60 2B 60 32 37 28 in 22 g EXTREME
67 2B 67 32 37 35 in 22 g EXTREME
20 3B 20 1 1 19 in 22 g EXTREME
25 3B 25 1 1 24 in 22 g EXTREME
36 3B 36 1 1 35 in 22 g EXTREME
125 RBI 125 66 76 59 in 22 g EXTREME
150 RBI 150 66 76 84 in 22 g EXTREME
175 RBI 175 66 76 109 in 22 g EXTREME
191 RBI 191 66 76 125 in 22 g EXTREME

Home run pace vs the benchmark seasons

36730162 gJudge 62Bonds 7316
Cumulative home runs by team game against straight 62 (Judge 2022) and 73 (Bonds 2001) paces. The homepage checkpoint card uses the exact game-by-game Retrosheet curves; these reference lines are straight-line paces.
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=2626); median finish 18. Retrosheet.

Recent game log

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

DateOppResultABHHRRBIRSBBBKAVG
2026-09-03 St. Louis Cardinals W 3-2 10 0 00 00 1 .303
2026-09-02 St. Louis Cardinals L 6-8 30 0 00 00 0 .304
2026-09-01 St. Louis Cardinals L 8-13 22 1 31 03 0 .306
2026-08-31 20 0 01 01 2 .303
2026-08-30 Detroit Tigers W 6-1 22 0 03 02 0 .304
2026-08-29 Detroit Tigers L 1-2 41 0 10 00 0 .301
2026-08-28 Detroit Tigers W 2-1 42 0 10 01 2 .302
2026-08-27 Atlanta Braves L 0-1 41 0 00 00 0 .300
2026-08-26 Atlanta Braves L 5-6 42 0 02 01 0 .301
2026-08-25 Atlanta Braves L 3-4 50 0 00 00 1 .299

Recent highlights

Lahman + Retrosheet context

How this season fits history

Historical twinMarquis Grissom · 2003

88% season-shape match

Chase history

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Batting average, day by day
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Projected HR, day by day