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Alex Avila played 13 major-league seasons (2009-2021) as a C (929), 1B (46), P (3), 3B (1), 2B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 22 | DET | 29 | 61 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .279 | .965 | 150 |
| 2010 | 23 | DET | 104 | 294 | 28 | 67 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 36 | 71 | .228 | .656 | 80 |
| 2011 | 24 | DET | 141 | 464 | 63 | 137 | 19 | 82 | 3 | 73 | 131 | .295 | .895 | 145 |
| 2012 | 25 | DET | 116 | 367 | 42 | 89 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 61 | 104 | .243 | .736 | 103 |
| 2013 | 26 | DET | 102 | 330 | 39 | 75 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 44 | 112 | .227 | .693 | 92 |
| 2014 | 27 | DET | 124 | 390 | 44 | 85 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 61 | 151 | .218 | .686 | 96 |
| 2015 | 28 | DET | 67 | 178 | 21 | 34 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 66 | .191 | .626 | 76 |
| 2016 | 29 | CHA | 57 | 169 | 19 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 78 | .213 | .732 | 100 |
| 2017 | 30 | DET | 77 | 219 | 30 | 60 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 43 | 80 | .274 | .869 | 132 |
| 2017 | 30 | CHN | 35 | 92 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 40 | .239 | .750 | 104 |
| 2018 | 31 | ARI | 80 | 194 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 90 | .165 | .603 | 69 |
| 2019 | 32 | ARI | 63 | 164 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 36 | 68 | .207 | .774 | 107 |
| 2020 | 33 | MIN | 23 | 49 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .184 | .641 | 80 |
| 2021 | 34 | WAS | 34 | 89 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 37 | .191 | .694 | 94 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 31 | ARI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| 2019 | 32 | ARI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 97 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | C | 25 | 17 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | C | 98 | 84 | 556 | 34 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | C | 133 | 130 | 940 | 73 | 5 | 14 |
| 2011 | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | C | 113 | 107 | 897 | 57 | 6 | 7 |
| 2013 | C | 98 | 96 | 815 | 29 | 6 | 4 |
| 2014 | C | 122 | 116 | 883 | 52 | 5 | 9 |
| 2014 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | C | 44 | 43 | 291 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1B | 23 | 13 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| 2016 | C | 54 | 52 | 414 | 21 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | C | 78 | 70 | 533 | 33 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1B | 19 | 11 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 2018 | C | 61 | 57 | 456 | 39 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1B | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | C | 54 | 49 | 384 | 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | C | 22 | 19 | 153 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | C | 27 | 27 | 235 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Alex Avila won: Silver Slugger 2011 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2011.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 13 / 392 | 0 |
Alex Avila ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #76 | catchers | 2011 | 145 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.