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Wilyer Abreu

Boston Red Sox · RF · through 2026-09-01

Elite season

Why he matters right now

Wilyer Abreu leads the majors in doubles

Through 137 games he is first in doubles. It is a real league lead in a category that depends on opportunity as much as on the hitter, so the rate statistics below are the better read on how he has hit.

The story changed tonight — this page led with a different case yesterday.

The case in 30 seconds

  • 34 No. 1 in doubles on MLB's own leaderboards — 34 doubles MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  • .260 .808 OPS, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 137 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 — 599 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: at Baltimore Orioles.

Every claim above, with its source (3)
  1. No. 1 in doubles on MLB's own leaderboards — 34 doubles MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  2. No. 1 in doubles on MLB's leaderboard MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
  3. .808 OPS, 23 home runs, 70 RBI and 8 stolen bases over 137 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

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 →

What changed last night

3-for-4 L 6-9 vs Seattle Mariners · 2026-09-01 carries a .260 average into today

What to watch next

at Baltimore Orioles Oriole Park at Camden Yards · 7:15 p.m. ET Facing Brandon Young

Wilyer Abreu faces a right-hander in Brandon Young. He is hitting .238 with 17 home runs in 370 at-bats against right-handers this season.

Situational splits

SplitABAVGHRRBIOPS
vs RHP 370 .238 1747 .762
vs LHP 154 .312 623 .918
Home 257 .261 1042 .788
Away 267 .258 1328 .828
Day 189 .254 719 .765
Night 335 .263 1651 .834

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

137G
524AB
136H
.260AVG
23HR
70RBI
8SB
342B
43B
.808OPS

Chasing .400

.260Current AVG
123Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
114-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.253Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (109-for-87)

Status: IMPOSSIBLE

Milestone tracker

ChaseTargetCurrentPaceNeeded from hereStatus
.350 AVG .350 .260 .260 .897 ROS EXTREME
.380 AVG .380 .260 .260 1.115 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.400 AVG .400 .260 .260 1.253 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.406 AVG .406 .260 .260 1.299 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
.466 AVG .466 .260 .260 1.713 ROS IMPOSSIBLE
50 HR 50 23 27 27 in 23 g · 1 per 3.2 AB EXTREME
60 HR 60 23 27 37 in 23 g · 1 per 2.3 AB EXTREME
62 HR 62 23 27 39 in 23 g · 1 per 2.2 AB EXTREME
70 HR 70 23 27 47 in 23 g · 1 per 1.8 AB EXTREME
73 HR 73 23 27 50 in 23 g · 1 per 1.7 AB EXTREME
200 Hits 200 136 159 64 in 23 g EXTREME
225 Hits 225 136 159 89 in 23 g EXTREME
250 Hits 250 136 159 114 in 23 g EXTREME
262 Hits 262 136 159 126 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 34 40 16 in 23 g EXTREME
60 2B 60 34 40 26 in 23 g EXTREME
67 2B 67 34 40 33 in 23 g EXTREME
20 3B 20 4 5 16 in 23 g EXTREME
25 3B 25 4 5 21 in 23 g EXTREME
36 3B 36 4 5 32 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 38.400 home runs per 1,000 plate appearances is read as 36.870 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 26.0, against a straight team-game pace of 27. Exact beta-binomial over 99 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

36730162 gJudge 62Bonds 7323
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=1485); median finish 25. Retrosheet.

Recent game log

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

DateOppResultABHHRRBIRSBBBKAVG
2026-09-01 Seattle Mariners L 6-9 43 0 01 00 0 .260
2026-08-31 Seattle Mariners W 9-8 102 0 01 00 3 .256
2026-08-30 New York Yankees L 1-16 32 0 00 01 0 .257
2026-08-29 New York Yankees W 6-0 82 1 12 00 2 .254
2026-04-17 Detroit Tigers W 1-0 40 0 00 00 2 .314
2026-04-14 Minnesota Twins L 0-6 40 0 00 00 1 .333
2026-04-13 Minnesota Twins L 6-13 32 0 10 01 1 .355
2026-04-12 St. Louis Cardinals W 9-3 40 0 01 01 1 .339
2026-04-11 St. Louis Cardinals W 7-1 40 0 00 01 0 .364
2026-04-10 St. Louis Cardinals L 2-3 42 0 00 00 0 .392

Lahman + Retrosheet context

How this season fits history

Historical twinDolph Camilli · 1935

92% season-shape match

HR checkpoint-36 vs Barry Bonds

Through 139 team games; 59 in 2001

Chase history

.254.342.42903-3109-01
Batting average, day by day
19508103-3109-01
Projected HR, day by day