90% season-shape match
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.
Same case as last night, moved numbers: the career total went from 382 to 383 since August 31.
The case in 30 seconds
- 383 career home runs, 17 from 400 career_watch ledger (live-verified before publication)
- .306 5th in batting average at .306, 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
Freddie Freeman has 16 home runs and none in 30 games — the longest quiet stretch of his season. It does not undo the case above; it is the part of the record that argues the other way.
What to watch next
Next up: vs St. Louis Cardinals.
Every claim above, with its source (3)
- 383 career home runs, 17 from 400 career_watch ledger (live-verified before publication)
- 5th in batting average at .306, 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)
- Freddie Freeman has 16 home runs and none in 30 games — the longest quiet stretch of his season. nightly anomaly scan (drought detector), player id matched
Other cases this page considered and did not lead with: Freddie Freeman is top-10 in the majors in batting average, hits and doubles; Freddie Freeman has gone quiet.
The evidence
What changed last night
1 HR, 3 RBI
L 8-13 vs St. Louis Cardinals · 2026-09-01
carries a .306 average into today
What to watch next
vs St. Louis Cardinals
UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium · 10:10 p.m. ET
Facing Quinn Mathews
Freddie Freeman faces a left-hander in Quinn Mathews. He is hitting .280 with 5 home runs in 168 at-bats against left-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 339 | .319 | 11 | 52 | .895 |
| vs LHP | 168 | .280 | 5 | 14 | .759 |
| Home | 247 | .271 | 8 | 24 | .730 |
| Away | 260 | .338 | 8 | 42 | .962 |
| Day | 132 | .227 | 3 | 20 | .632 |
| Night | 375 | .333 | 13 | 46 | .926 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
135G
507AB
155H
.306AVG
16HR
66RBI
6SB
322B
13B
.850OPS
Chasing .400
.306Current AVG
80Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
88-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
.943Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (83-for-88)
Status: EXTREME
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .306 | .306 | .614 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .306 | .306 | .818 ROS | EXTREME |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .306 | .306 | .943 ROS | EXTREME |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .306 | .306 | .989 ROS | EXTREME |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .306 | .306 | 1.398 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 16 | 19 | 34 in 24 g · 1 per 2.6 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 16 | 19 | 44 in 24 g · 1 per 2.0 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 16 | 19 | 46 in 24 g · 1 per 1.9 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 16 | 19 | 54 in 24 g · 1 per 1.6 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 16 | 19 | 57 in 24 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 155 | 182 | 45 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 155 | 182 | 70 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 155 | 182 | 95 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 155 | 182 | 107 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 50 SB | 50 | 6 | 7 | 44 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 80 SB | 80 | 6 | 7 | 74 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 100 SB | 100 | 6 | 7 | 94 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 130 SB | 130 | 6 | 7 | 124 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 50 2B | 50 | 32 | 38 | 18 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 32 | 38 | 28 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 32 | 38 | 35 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 20 3B | 20 | 1 | 1 | 19 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 25 3B | 25 | 1 | 1 | 24 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 36 3B | 36 | 1 | 1 | 35 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 125 RBI | 125 | 66 | 77 | 59 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 66 | 77 | 84 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 66 | 77 | 109 in 24 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 66 | 77 | 125 in 24 g | EXTREME |
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=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.
| Date | Opp | Result | AB | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | BB | K | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | St. Louis Cardinals | L 8-13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .306 |
| 2026-08-31 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .303 |
| 2026-08-30 | Detroit Tigers | W 6-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .304 |
| 2026-08-29 | Detroit Tigers | L 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| 2026-08-28 | Detroit Tigers | W 2-1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .302 |
| 2026-08-27 | Atlanta Braves | L 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| 2026-08-26 | Atlanta Braves | L 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .301 |
| 2026-08-25 | Atlanta Braves | L 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .299 |
| 2026-08-23 | Pittsburgh Pirates | W 4-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
| 2026-08-22 | Pittsburgh Pirates | W 4-3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .300 |
Recent highlights
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Freddie Freeman's go-ahead single2026-08-28 · Freddie Freeman's tiebreaking single in the 8th put the Dodgers ahead for good in a 2-1 win over the Tigers
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Freddie Freeman's go-ahead sacrifice fly2026-08-19 · Freddie Freeman's tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th put the Dodgers ahead for good in a 6-4 win over the Rockies
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Freddie Freeman's go-ahead single2026-08-10 · Freddie Freeman's tiebreaking single in the 7th put the Dodgers ahead for good against the Royals
Lahman + Retrosheet context