For the first time in his career, Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno won the National League batting title.

He may not have played in the team's regular season finale, but his .311 batting average was still good enough to get the job done.

There's no doubt his biggest competition was the Philadelphia Phillies' Luis Arraez, and it's crazy to think that the Phillies' win on Sunday, Sept. 27, was the reason why the D-backs aren't in the playoffs.

Obviously, the D-backs wouldn't have made it anyway as they fell to the San Diego Padres, but it's still a wild scenario to take place where Moreno won the batting title over Arraez, who was on the team that was Arizona's biggest competition at this stage in the season.

Arraez, who began the year in the NL West with the San Francisco Giants, hit .324 in 105 games before going to the Phillies, where he hit .278. Overall, his .310 batting average fell just short of Moreno's, and it's worth noting the 29-year-old was hitting .312 prior to his last game, where he went 0-for-3 on Thursday, Sept. 24.

"I know it’s not a good moment to talk about it,” Moreno told MLB.com's Steve Gilbert after the team's 9-4 loss. “I feel good. It’s something that you dream about since you start playing baseball at 3 years old, 4 years old. It means a lot to me, my family and I hope to my teammates and the organization.”

Moreno, 26, began his career with the Toronto Blue Jays before coming over to Arizona in the 2023 season.

He won a Gold Glove Award in his first year with the D-backs, and now this batting title is the second major accomplishment of his five-year MLB career.

For reference, Moreno's highest career batting average is technically the .319 he hit with the Blue Jays, but that came with only a 69 at-bat sample size.

Here in 2026, he appeared in a career-high 130 games and had 473 at-bats.

When looking at his season, he had far more success at the plate when he was a catcher rather than being the designated hitter.

Moreno is officially the first catcher to win a batting title since Buster Posey won it with the Giants back in 2012, hitting .336.

In games where he was the D-backs' catcher, Moreno hit .329 compared to the .240 he hit as the DH.

The Venezuelan native finished the 2026 season with a .311/.388/.486 slash line. His OPS was a terrific .874, and he was a 6.7 WAR player.