89% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Kody Clemens is top-10 in the majors in triples
He is 6th in triples at 6 — 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 23 straight days.
The case in 30 seconds
- 6 6th in triples at 6 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .236 .764 OPS, 24 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 123 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
A top-ten finish is a position on a board, not a verdict on a player. The men just below him on it are not meaningfully worse, and one good week moves several places.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 6th in triples at 6 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .764 OPS, 24 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 123 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-4
W 15-2 vs Detroit Tigers · 2026-09-01
carries a .236 average into today
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 335 | .236 | 19 | 49 | .784 |
| vs LHP | 118 | .237 | 5 | 21 | .710 |
| Home | 212 | .264 | 12 | 37 | .858 |
| Away | 241 | .212 | 12 | 33 | .678 |
| Day | 195 | .236 | 9 | 29 | .737 |
| Night | 258 | .236 | 15 | 41 | .785 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
123G
453AB
107H
.236AVG
24HR
70RBI
8SB
212B
63B
.764OPS
Chasing .400
.236Current AVG
124Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
115-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.400Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (105-for-75)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .236 | .236 | 1.040 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .236 | .236 | 1.253 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .236 | .236 | 1.400 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .236 | .236 | 1.440 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .236 | .236 | 1.867 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 24 | 28 | 26 in 23 g · 1 per 2.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 24 | 28 | 36 in 23 g · 1 per 2.1 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 24 | 28 | 38 in 23 g · 1 per 2.0 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 24 | 28 | 46 in 23 g · 1 per 1.6 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 24 | 28 | 49 in 23 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 107 | 125 | 93 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 107 | 125 | 118 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 107 | 125 | 143 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 107 | 125 | 155 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 8 | 9 | 42 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 8 | 9 | 72 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 8 | 9 | 92 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 8 | 9 | 122 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 21 | 24 | 29 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 21 | 24 | 39 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 21 | 24 | 46 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 6 | 7 | 14 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 6 | 7 | 19 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 6 | 7 | 30 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 70 | 82 | 55 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 70 | 82 | 80 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 70 | 82 | 105 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 70 | 82 | 121 in 23 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 48.190 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 44.280 after regressing toward the league's 30.360 — 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 27.0, against a straight team-game pace of 28. Exact beta-binomial over 82 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=1333); median finish 26. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | Detroit Tigers | W 15-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .236 |
| 2026-08-31 | Detroit Tigers | W 11-1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .238 |
| 2026-08-30 | Chicago White Sox | W 5-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 |
| 2026-08-29 | Chicago White Sox | L 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .239 |
| 2026-08-28 | Chicago White Sox | L 4-7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .240 |
| 2026-08-26 | Athletics | L 4-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .238 |
| 2026-08-25 | Athletics | L 2-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .237 |
| 2026-08-24 | Athletics | W 9-6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .239 |
| 2026-08-23 | San Diego Padres | L 1-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .238 |
| 2026-08-22 | San Diego Padres | L 5-7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
Recent highlights
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Kody Clemens' go-ahead single2026-08-19 · Kody Clemens' tiebreaking single in the 7th put the Twins ahead for good in a 6-4 win over the Braves
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Clemens walks it off with an ultimate grand slam 2026-07-30 · Kody Clemens hit a WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM — walk-off grand slams happen about 5 times a season
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Kody Clemens' walk-off ultimate GRAND SLAM (19)2026-07-30 ·
Lahman + Retrosheet context
How this season fits history
Through 139 team games; 59 in 2001