2026 postseason · rankings
2026 MLB Postseason Batting Leaders
66 players from 12 clubs qualified, ranked by OPS. October is short and uneven — one club plays two games, another nineteen — so the qualifier is 3.1 plate appearances per game the player's own club played, and never fewer than 10. None of it counts toward the regular-season leaders.
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| 1 | Ben Rice | United States | DH | 27 | Division Series | 5 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .421 | .500 | 1.105 | 1.605 |
| 2 | Michael Harris II | United States | CF | 25 | Division Series | 7 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .407 | .448 | .667 | 1.115 |
| 3 | Kyle Schwarber | United States | DH | 33 | Wild Card | 3 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .364 | .462 | .636 | 1.098 |
| 4 | Manny Machado | United States | 3B | 34 | Division Series | 6 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .350 | .480 | .600 | 1.080 |
| 5 | Ozzie Albies | Curaçao | 2B | 29 | Division Series | 7 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .667 | 1.067 |
| 6 | Alec Bohm | United States | 3B | 30 | Wild Card | 3 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .385 | .667 | 1.051 |
| 7 | William Contreras | Venezuela | C | 29 | World Series | 13 | 58 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .373 | .448 | .588 | 1.037 |
| 8 | Kyle Tucker | United States | RF | 29 | LCS | 8 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .333 | .419 | .519 | .938 |
| 9 | José Ramírez | Dominican Republic | 3B | 34 | LCS | 11 | 48 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .293 | .396 | .512 | .908 |
| 10 | Chase Meidroth | United States | 2B | 25 | Division Series | 7 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .308 | .357 | .500 | .857 |
| 11 | Cooper Pratt | United States | SS | 22 | World Series | 13 | 52 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .354 | .373 | .479 | .852 |
| 12 | Chase DeLauter | United States | RF | 25 | LCS | 11 | 48 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .310 | .396 | .452 | .848 |
| 13 | Xander Bogaerts | Aruba | SS | 34 | Division Series | 6 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .286 | .348 | .476 | .824 |
| 14 | Brice Turang | United States | 2B | 27 | World Series | 13 | 58 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | .261 | .404 | .413 | .817 |
| 15 | Colson Montgomery | United States | SS | 24 | Division Series | 7 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .238 | .385 | .429 | .813 |
| 16 | Patrick Bailey | United States | C | 27 | LCS | 11 | 36 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .455 | .788 |
| 17 | Bryce Harper | United States | 1B | 34 | Wild Card | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .231 | .231 | .538 | .769 |
| 18 | Ty France | United States | 1B | 32 | Division Series | 6 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .318 | .400 | .364 | .764 |
| 19 | Austin Wells | United States | C | 27 | Division Series | 5 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .294 | .467 | .761 |
| 20 | Miguel Vargas | Cuba | 3B | 27 | Division Series | 7 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .182 | .438 | .318 | .756 |
| 21 | Yandy Díaz | Cuba | DH | 35 | World Series | 14 | 63 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .254 | .302 | .441 | .742 |
| 22 | Chandler Simpson | United States | LF | 26 | World Series | 13 | 48 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .311 | .319 | .422 | .741 |
| 23 | Jackson Chourio | Venezuela | LF | 22 | World Series | 13 | 62 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 3 | .288 | .306 | .424 | .730 |
| 24 | Christian Yelich | United States | DH | 35 | World Series | 12 | 49 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | .268 | .388 | .341 | .729 |
| 25 | Sam Antonacci | United States | LF | 23 | Division Series | 7 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .407 | .300 | .707 |
| 26 | George Lombard Jr. | United States | SS | 21 | Division Series | 5 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .333 | .368 | .333 | .702 |
| 27 | Junior Caminero | Dominican Republic | 3B | 23 | World Series | 14 | 57 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 0 | .250 | .316 | .385 | .700 |
| 28 | Sal Frelick | United States | RF | 26 | World Series | 10 | 41 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | .235 | .341 | .353 | .694 |
| 29 | Liam Hicks | Canada | C | 27 | World Series | 13 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .244 | .326 | .366 | .692 |
| 30 | Luis García Jr. | United States | 1B | 26 | Division Series | 5 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .438 | .688 |
| 31 | Tristan Peters | Canada | CF | 26 | Division Series | 7 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .286 | .348 | .333 | .681 |
| 32 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | Dominican Republic | RF | 27 | Division Series | 6 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .231 | .417 | .647 |
| 33 | Nathaniel Lowe | United States | 1B | 31 | LCS | 11 | 43 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .243 | .349 | .297 | .646 |
| 34 | Garrett Mitchell | United States | CF | 28 | World Series | 13 | 54 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 1 | .188 | .278 | .354 | .632 |
| 35 | Jonathan Aranda | Mexico | 1B | 28 | World Series | 14 | 59 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .245 | .310 | .321 | .631 |
| 36 | Shohei Ohtani | Japan | DH | 32 | LCS | 8 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .192 | .323 | .308 | .630 |
| 37 | Andy Pages | Cuba | CF | 26 | LCS | 8 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .269 | .321 | .308 | .629 |
| 38 | Jo Adell | United States | RF | 27 | LCS | 11 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 0 | .195 | .283 | .341 | .624 |
| 39 | Freddie Freeman | United States | 1B | 37 | LCS | 8 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .172 | .242 | .379 | .622 |
| 40 | Jake Bauers | United States | 1B | 31 | World Series | 13 | 58 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 0 | .191 | .345 | .277 | .621 |
| 41 | Jackson Merrill | United States | CF | 23 | Division Series | 6 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .292 | .320 | .292 | .612 |
| 42 | J.T. Realmuto | United States | C | 35 | Wild Card | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 |
| 43 | Jake Cronenworth | United States | 2B | 32 | Division Series | 6 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .176 | .222 | .353 | .575 |
| 44 | Steven Kwan | United States | LF | 29 | LCS | 11 | 50 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .244 | .320 | .244 | .564 |
| 45 | Travis Bazzana | Australia | 2B | 24 | LCS | 11 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .162 | .262 | .297 | .559 |
| 46 | Munetaka Murakami | Japan | 1B | 26 | Division Series | 7 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | .185 | .258 | .296 | .554 |
| 47 | Mookie Betts | United States | SS | 34 | LCS | 8 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .207 | .343 | .207 | .550 |
| 48 | Spencer Jones | United States | CF | 25 | Division Series | 5 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .176 | .300 | .235 | .535 |
| 49 | Cody Bellinger | United States | LF | 31 | Division Series | 5 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .333 | .524 |
| 50 | Bryan De La Cruz | Dominican Republic | RF | 30 | Wild Card | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 |
Box-score and rate statistics only. wOBA, wRC+, FIP and dbWAR are all measured against a league season, and a dozen clubs playing each other's best pitchers for a month is not one — borrowing the regular season's baselines would print numbers that look comparable and are not. Reached is the last round the player's club played in. The Parquet holds every round as well as the October totals. See the methodology →