Alvarez Owns September, One Homer at a Time
The league's hottest offenses and hitters, by OPS and home runs.
It's a hitting day, and Yordan Alvarez is quietly running the table. He leads in batting average, sits third in homers and third in RBI, and just pushed his OPS to 1.032 on a historic pace. When one bat is near the top of every list, you start there.
Best offenses
Team OPS — on-base plus slugging. Higher is better.
The Cubs top our team-OPS board at .769, a whisker ahead of the Dodgers at .765, and it fits: Chicago spreads it around rather than leaning on one name. Washington's .745 at third is the mild surprise on this list.
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Chicago Cubsteam OPS0.769OPS - 2
Los Angeles Dodgersteam OPS0.765OPS - 3
Washington Nationalsteam OPS0.745OPS - 4
Milwaukee Brewersteam OPS0.742OPS - 5
Colorado Rockiesteam OPS0.738OPS
Swinging a green bat
Hitters at .900+ OPS — elite (green). A shimmer means a historic pace (1.000+).
Yordan Alvarez
Houston Astros1.032OPSelite historic›AVG .314 · HR 41 · OPS 1.032102 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.032elite
Pete Crow-ArmstrongChicago Cubs0.952OPSelite›AVG .282 · HR 45 · OPS 0.952107 RBI · 39 SBOPS0.952elite
Willson Contreras
Boston Red Sox0.905OPSelite›AVG .276 · HR 27 · OPS 0.90581 RBI · 3 SBOPS0.905elite
Shohei OhtaniLos Angeles Dodgers0.902OPSelite›AVG .277 · HR 30 · OPS 0.90280 RBI · 11 SBOPS0.902elite
Season leaders
The season’s top five in home runs, RBI and batting average.
Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Schwarber are tied atop the homer chart at 45, with Alvarez and Junior Caminero right behind at 41. Alvarez also shares the batting-average lead at .314 with Luis Arraez, which is a rare place to find a slugger.
- Pete Crow-ArmstrongChicago Cubs45HR›AVG .282 · HR 45 · OPS 0.952107 RBI · 39 SBOPS0.952elite
Kyle Schwarber
Philadelphia Phillies45HR›AVG .233 · HR 45 · OPS 0.86195 RBI · 3 SBOPS0.861above avg- Yordan AlvarezHouston Astros41HR›AVG .314 · HR 41 · OPS 1.032102 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.032elite
Junior Caminero
Tampa Bay Rays41HR›AVG .275 · HR 41 · OPS 0.88697 RBI · 3 SBOPS0.886above avg
Pete Alonso
Baltimore Orioles40HR›AVG .265 · HR 40 · OPS 0.869108 RBI · 5 SBOPS0.869above avg
Alec Burleson
St. Louis Cardinals111RBI›AVG .280 · HR 23 · OPS 0.808111 RBI · 4 SBOPS0.808above avg
Sal Stewart
Cincinnati Reds110RBI rookie›AVG .267 · HR 32 · OPS 0.803110 RBI · 15 SBOPS0.803above avg- Pete AlonsoBaltimore Orioles108RBI›AVG .265 · HR 40 · OPS 0.869108 RBI · 5 SBOPS0.869above avg
- Pete Crow-ArmstrongChicago Cubs107RBI›AVG .282 · HR 45 · OPS 0.952107 RBI · 39 SBOPS0.952elite
- Yordan AlvarezHouston Astros102RBI›AVG .314 · HR 41 · OPS 1.032102 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.032elite
- Yordan AlvarezHouston Astros.314AVG›AVG .314 · HR 41 · OPS 1.032102 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.032elite
Luis ArraezPhiladelphia Phillies.314AVG›AVG .314 · HR 6 · OPS 0.77364 RBI · 10 SBOPS0.773above avg
Chandler SimpsonTampa Bay Rays.309AVG›AVG .309 · HR 0 · OPS 0.69538 RBI · 46 SBOPS0.695average
Gabriel Moreno
Arizona Diamondbacks.306AVG›AVG .306 · HR 15 · OPS 0.86577 RBI · 6 SBOPS0.865above avg
Otto Lopez
Miami Marlins.304AVG›AVG .304 · HR 11 · OPS 0.78871 RBI · 33 SBOPS0.788above avg
Climbing the home-run ladder
Most home runs added this week.
Pete Alonso had the loudest week of the climbers, four homers to reach 40, two of them against Toronto on the 21st. Crow-Armstrong and CJ Abrams each added three, keeping the top of the home-run race crowded.
- Pete Alonso1 vs MIL · 2 vs TOR+4 HR›AVG .265 · HR 40 · OPS 0.869108 RBI · 5 SBOPS0.869above avg
- Pete Crow-Armstrong1 vs CIN+3 HR›AVG .282 · HR 45 · OPS 0.952107 RBI · 39 SBOPS0.952elite
CJ Abrams1 vs STL · 2 vs DET+3 HR›AVG .261 · HR 33 · OPS 0.835102 RBI · 33 SBOPS0.835above avg- Yordan Alvarez1 vs KC · 1 vs SEA+2 HR›AVG .314 · HR 41 · OPS 1.032102 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.032elite
Elly De La Cruz1 vs ATL+2 HR›AVG .288 · HR 29 · OPS 0.89176 RBI · 29 SBOPS0.891above avg
Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.