89% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Nick Gonzales is top-10 in the majors in batting average and hits
He is 4th in batting average at .310, 9th in hits at 152 — 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.
The case in 30 seconds
- .310 4th in batting average at .310, 9th in hits at 152 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- 152 152 hits, past his previous best of 99 in 2025 year-by-year record, 2 prior seasons since 2024 (MLB Stats API, cached)
The honest caveat
It is still a partial season — 542 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: vs San Francisco Giants.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 4th in batting average at .310, 9th in hits at 152 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- 152 hits, past his previous best of 99 in 2025 year-by-year record, 2 prior seasons since 2024 (MLB Stats API, cached)
Other cases this page considered and did not lead with: Nick Gonzales has already passed his career best in hits.
The evidence
What changed last night
1 RBI
W 13-12 vs San Francisco Giants · 2026-09-01
carries a .310 average into today
What to watch next
vs San Francisco Giants
PNC Park · 12:35 p.m. ET
Facing Blade Tidwell
Nick Gonzales faces a right-hander in Blade Tidwell. He is hitting .332 with 5 home runs in 337 at-bats against right-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 337 | .332 | 5 | 46 | .830 |
| vs LHP | 154 | .260 | 1 | 13 | .636 |
| Home | 223 | .300 | 1 | 25 | .726 |
| Away | 268 | .317 | 5 | 34 | .805 |
| Day | 190 | .311 | 5 | 25 | .836 |
| Night | 301 | .309 | 1 | 34 | .726 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
131G
491AB
152H
.310AVG
6HR
59RBI
7SB
232B
13B
.770OPS
Chasing .400
.310Current AVG
75Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
85-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
.951Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (77-for-81)
Status: EXTREME
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .310 | .310 | .605 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .310 | .310 | .815 ROS | EXTREME |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .310 | .310 | .951 ROS | EXTREME |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .310 | .310 | 1.000 ROS | EXTREME |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .310 | .310 | 1.420 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 6 | 7 | 44 in 23 g · 1 per 1.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 6 | 7 | 54 in 23 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 6 | 7 | 56 in 23 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 6 | 7 | 64 in 23 g · 1 per 1.3 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 6 | 7 | 67 in 23 g · 1 per 1.2 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 152 | 177 | 48 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 152 | 177 | 73 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 152 | 177 | 98 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 152 | 177 | 110 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 7 | 8 | 43 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 7 | 8 | 73 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 7 | 8 | 93 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 7 | 8 | 123 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 23 | 27 | 27 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 23 | 27 | 37 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 23 | 27 | 44 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 1 | 1 | 19 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 1 | 1 | 24 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 1 | 1 | 35 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 59 | 69 | 66 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 59 | 69 | 91 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 59 | 69 | 116 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 59 | 69 | 132 in 23 g | EXTREME |
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 | San Francisco Giants | W 13-12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .310 |
| 2026-08-31 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 |
| 2026-08-29 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 6-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .307 |
| 2026-08-28 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 1-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .305 |
| 2026-08-26 | San Diego Padres | L 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .305 |
| 2026-08-25 | San Diego Padres | W 1-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .307 |
| 2026-08-24 | San Diego Padres | W 3-2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .308 |
| 2026-08-23 | Los Angeles Dodgers | L 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .307 |
| 2026-08-22 | Los Angeles Dodgers | L 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .309 |
| 2026-08-21 | Los Angeles Dodgers | L 4-5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .311 |
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