86% season-shape match
Why he matters right now
Brandon Nimmo is top-10 in the majors in doubles
He is 9th in doubles at 31 — 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
- 31 9th in doubles at 31 on MLB's season leaderboards MLB season leaderboard (the league's own top-10 board of qualified players, not this site's roster)
- .270 .764 OPS, 14 home runs, 58 RBI and 7 stolen bases over 134 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.
What to watch next
Next up: vs Tampa Bay Rays.
Every claim above, with its source (2)
- 9th in doubles at 31 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, 14 home runs, 58 RBI and 7 stolen bases over 134 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
1-for-2
W 8-5 vs Athletics · 2026-09-01
carries a .270 average into today
What to watch next
vs Tampa Bay Rays
Globe Life Field · 8:05 p.m. ET
Facing Shane McClanahan
Brandon Nimmo faces a left-hander in Shane McClanahan. He is hitting .331 with 5 home runs in 157 at-bats against left-handers this season.
Situational splits
| Split | AB | AVG | HR | RBI | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs RHP | 354 | .243 | 9 | 31 | .714 |
| vs LHP | 157 | .331 | 5 | 27 | .875 |
| Home | 250 | .264 | 5 | 27 | .713 |
| Away | 261 | .276 | 9 | 31 | .812 |
| Day | 167 | .293 | 4 | 20 | .810 |
| Night | 344 | .259 | 10 | 38 | .741 |
2026 season, MLB Stats API. A split with no plate appearances is omitted rather than shown as zeroes.
134G
511AB
138H
.270AVG
14HR
58RBI
7SB
312B
43B
.764OPS
Chasing .400
.270Current AVG
111Consecutive hits needed to reach .400
107-for-100Needed over next 100 AB
1.188Rest-of-season AVG to finish .400 (101-for-85)
Status: IMPOSSIBLE
Milestone tracker
| Chase | Target | Current | Pace | Needed from here | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .350 AVG | .350 | .270 | .270 | .835 ROS | EXTREME |
| .380 AVG | .380 | .270 | .270 | 1.047 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .400 AVG | .400 | .270 | .270 | 1.188 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .406 AVG | .406 | .270 | .270 | 1.224 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| .466 AVG | .466 | .270 | .270 | 1.647 ROS | IMPOSSIBLE |
| 50 HR | 50 | 14 | 16 | 36 in 23 g · 1 per 2.3 AB | EXTREME |
| 60 HR | 60 | 14 | 16 | 46 in 23 g · 1 per 1.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 62 HR | 62 | 14 | 16 | 48 in 23 g · 1 per 1.8 AB | EXTREME |
| 70 HR | 70 | 14 | 16 | 56 in 23 g · 1 per 1.5 AB | EXTREME |
| 73 HR | 73 | 14 | 16 | 59 in 23 g · 1 per 1.4 AB | EXTREME |
| 200 Hits | 200 | 138 | 161 | 62 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 225 Hits | 225 | 138 | 161 | 87 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 250 Hits | 250 | 138 | 161 | 112 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 262 Hits | 262 | 138 | 161 | 124 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 | 31 | 36 | 19 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 60 2B | 60 | 31 | 36 | 29 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 67 2B | 67 | 31 | 36 | 36 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 | 58 | 68 | 67 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 150 RBI | 150 | 58 | 68 | 92 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 175 RBI | 175 | 58 | 68 | 117 in 23 g | EXTREME |
| 191 RBI | 191 | 58 | 68 | 133 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 | Athletics | W 8-5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .270 |
| 2026-08-21 | Los Angeles Angels | W 2-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .266 |
| 2026-08-20 | Washington Nationals | W 2-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .268 |
| 2026-08-19 | Washington Nationals | L 0-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| 2026-08-18 | Washington Nationals | W 5-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| 2026-08-16 | Athletics | L 2-5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| 2026-08-15 | Athletics | W 5-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| 2026-08-14 | Athletics | L 3-8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
| 2026-08-13 | Los Angeles Angels | L 0-7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 |
| 2026-08-12 | Los Angeles Angels | L 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
Recent highlights
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