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Al Kaline played 22 major-league seasons (1953-1974) as a OF (2,488), 1B (135), 3B (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 22 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 19 | DET | 30 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .657 | 82 |
| 1954 | 20 | DET | 138 | 504 | 42 | 139 | 4 | 43 | 9 | 22 | 45 | .276 | .652 | 84 |
| 1955 | 21 | DET | 152 | 588 | 121 | 200 | 27 | 102 | 6 | 82 | 57 | .340 | .967 | 168 |
| 1956 | 22 | DET | 153 | 617 | 96 | 194 | 27 | 128 | 7 | 70 | 55 | .314 | .913 | 146 |
| 1957 | 23 | DET | 149 | 577 | 83 | 170 | 23 | 90 | 11 | 43 | 38 | .295 | .821 | 130 |
| 1958 | 24 | DET | 146 | 543 | 84 | 170 | 16 | 85 | 7 | 54 | 47 | .313 | .864 | 143 |
| 1959 | 25 | DET | 136 | 511 | 86 | 167 | 27 | 94 | 10 | 72 | 42 | .327 | .940 | 164 |
| 1960 | 26 | DET | 147 | 551 | 77 | 153 | 15 | 68 | 19 | 65 | 47 | .278 | .781 | 117 |
| 1961 | 27 | DET | 153 | 586 | 116 | 190 | 19 | 82 | 14 | 66 | 42 | .324 | .909 | 149 |
| 1962 | 28 | DET | 100 | 398 | 78 | 121 | 29 | 94 | 4 | 47 | 39 | .304 | .969 | 165 |
| 1963 | 29 | DET | 145 | 551 | 89 | 172 | 27 | 101 | 6 | 54 | 48 | .312 | .889 | 155 |
| 1964 | 30 | DET | 146 | 525 | 77 | 154 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 75 | 51 | .293 | .851 | 144 |
| 1965 | 31 | DET | 125 | 399 | 72 | 112 | 18 | 72 | 6 | 72 | 49 | .281 | .859 | 152 |
| 1966 | 32 | DET | 142 | 479 | 85 | 138 | 29 | 88 | 5 | 81 | 66 | .288 | .927 | 172 |
| 1967 | 33 | DET | 131 | 458 | 94 | 141 | 25 | 78 | 8 | 83 | 47 | .308 | .952 | 189 |
| 1968 | 34 | DET | 102 | 327 | 49 | 94 | 10 | 53 | 6 | 55 | 39 | .287 | .820 | 157 |
| 1969 | 35 | DET | 131 | 456 | 74 | 124 | 21 | 69 | 1 | 54 | 61 | .272 | .793 | 128 |
| 1970 | 36 | DET | 131 | 467 | 64 | 130 | 16 | 71 | 2 | 77 | 49 | .278 | .826 | 136 |
| 1971 | 37 | DET | 133 | 405 | 69 | 119 | 15 | 54 | 4 | 82 | 57 | .294 | .878 | 158 |
| 1972 | 38 | DET | 106 | 278 | 46 | 87 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 33 | .313 | .849 | 161 |
| 1973 | 39 | DET | 91 | 310 | 40 | 79 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 29 | 28 | .255 | .713 | 101 |
| 1974 | 40 | DET | 147 | 558 | 71 | 146 | 13 | 64 | 2 | 65 | 75 | .262 | .726 | 109 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | OF | 20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | OF | 135 | 133 | 283 | 16 | 9 | 0 |
| 1955 | OF | 152 | 151 | 306 | 14 | 7 | 4 |
| 1956 | OF | 153 | 153 | 343 | 18 | 6 | 4 |
| 1957 | OF | 145 | 143 | 319 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 1958 | OF | 145 | 143 | 316 | 23 | 2 | 4 |
| 1959 | OF | 136 | 136 | 364 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1960 | OF | 142 | 142 | 367 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 1961 | OF | 147 | 147 | 378 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 1961 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | OF | 100 | 100 | 225 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1963 | OF | 140 | 140 | 257 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1964 | OF | 136 | 136 | 278 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| 1965 | OF | 112 | 111 | 193 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1965 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | OF | 136 | 136 | 279 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 1967 | OF | 130 | 127 | 217 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| 1968 | OF | 74 | 68 | 131 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1968 | 1B | 22 | 18 | 152 | 13 | 4 | 15 |
| 1969 | OF | 118 | 109 | 192 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 1969 | 1B | 9 | 9 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1970 | OF | 91 | 75 | 156 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1B | 52 | 48 | 374 | 31 | 4 | 39 |
| 1971 | OF | 129 | 105 | 207 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1B | 5 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1972 | OF | 84 | 64 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1B | 11 | 4 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 1973 | OF | 63 | 52 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1B | 36 | 29 | 245 | 12 | 1 | 32 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Al Kaline won: TSN All-Star 1955 (ML), Gold Glove 1957 (ML), Gold Glove 1958 (AL), Gold Glove 1959 (AL), Gold Glove 1961 (AL), Gold Glove 1962 (AL), TSN All-Star 1962 (AL), Gold Glove 1963 (AL), TSN All-Star 1963 (AL), Gold Glove 1964 (AL), Gold Glove 1965 (AL), Gold Glove 1966 (AL), TSN All-Star 1966 (AL), Gold Glove 1967 (AL), TSN All-Star 1967 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (15 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1972, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956 and more.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1954 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 3 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1955 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 201 / 336 | 4 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 142 / 336 | 0 |
| 1957 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 40 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 84 / 336 | 0 |
| 1961 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 35 / 280 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 58 / 280 | 0 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 148 / 280 | 1 |
| 1964 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 17 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 9 / 280 | 0 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 66 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 88 / 280 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 25 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
Al Kaline ranks on 5 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #37 | right fielders | 1967 | 189 OPS+ |
| #83 | center fielders | 1966 | 172 OPS+ |
| #84 | designated hitters | 1974 | 109 OPS+ |
| #120 | center fielders | 1959 | 164 OPS+ |
| #127 | right fielders | 1955 | 168 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.