Following a month in which he led the National League in OPS, slugging percentage, batting average and triples, outfielder Daylen Lile was named National League Player and Rookie of the Month on Tuesday. The announcement was on MLB Network.

Lile, 22, hit .391 with a .440 on-base percentage and a .772 slugging percentage in 25 games during the month of September. He recorded three doubles, seven triples, six home runs, 19 RBI, eight walks, one stolen base and 20 runs scored to cap his sensational rookie season. He hit safely in 21 of the 25 September games and reached safely in 16 straight from Aug. 31 to Sept. 16.

Lile’s month of September was highlighted by several signature moments, including a go-ahead home run against the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 6 and an 11^th-inning inside-the-park home run that propelled the Nationals to a 5-3 win over the New York Mets on Sept. 20. The previous night, Sept. 19, Lile tied Denard Span (2013) for the most triples in a season by a member of the Washington Nationals with his 11^th of the season.

A candidate for National League Rookie of the Year, Lile paced all National League rookies in triples (11), batting average (.299), slugging percentage (.498) and OPS (.845) and ranked in on-base percentage (4^th, .347), hits (6^th, 96), extra-base hits (6^th, 8) and runs scored (7^th, 51). He added 15 doubles, nine home runs, 41 RBI and 21 walks in 91 games during his rookie season. His 11 triples were the most by a rookie in Nationals history (2005-pres.).

Lile is the 11^th player to win both rookie and player awards in the same calendar month, joining Nick Kurtz (July 2025), Wyatt Langford (Sept. 2024), Aristides Aquino (Aug. 2019), Aaron Judge (June and Sept. 2017), Gary Sánchez (Aug. 2016), José Abreu (April and July 2014), Yasiel Puig (June 2013), Mike Trout (July 2012), Buster Posey (July 2010), and Ryan Braun (July 2007).