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Amos Otis played 17 major-league seasons (1967-1984) as a OF (1,928), 3B (4). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 20 | NYN | 19 | 59 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .220 | .547 | 64 |
| 1969 | 22 | NYN | 48 | 93 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 27 | .151 | .406 | 18 |
| 1970 | 23 | KCA | 159 | 620 | 91 | 176 | 11 | 58 | 33 | 68 | 67 | .284 | .777 | 122 |
| 1971 | 24 | KCA | 147 | 555 | 80 | 167 | 15 | 79 | 52 | 40 | 74 | .301 | .789 | 131 |
| 1972 | 25 | KCA | 143 | 540 | 75 | 158 | 11 | 54 | 28 | 50 | 59 | .293 | .765 | 135 |
| 1973 | 26 | KCA | 148 | 583 | 89 | 175 | 26 | 93 | 13 | 63 | 47 | .300 | .851 | 139 |
| 1974 | 27 | KCA | 146 | 552 | 87 | 157 | 12 | 73 | 18 | 58 | 67 | .284 | .786 | 126 |
| 1975 | 28 | KCA | 132 | 470 | 87 | 116 | 9 | 46 | 39 | 66 | 48 | .247 | .727 | 106 |
| 1976 | 29 | KCA | 153 | 592 | 93 | 165 | 18 | 86 | 26 | 55 | 100 | .279 | .785 | 130 |
| 1977 | 30 | KCA | 142 | 478 | 85 | 120 | 17 | 78 | 23 | 71 | 88 | .251 | .775 | 111 |
| 1978 | 31 | KCA | 141 | 486 | 74 | 145 | 22 | 96 | 32 | 66 | 54 | .298 | .905 | 153 |
| 1979 | 32 | KCA | 151 | 577 | 100 | 170 | 18 | 90 | 30 | 68 | 92 | .295 | .813 | 119 |
| 1980 | 33 | KCA | 107 | 394 | 56 | 99 | 10 | 53 | 16 | 39 | 70 | .251 | .699 | 91 |
| 1981 | 34 | KCA | 99 | 372 | 49 | 100 | 9 | 57 | 16 | 31 | 59 | .269 | .738 | 112 |
| 1982 | 35 | KCA | 125 | 475 | 73 | 136 | 11 | 88 | 9 | 37 | 65 | .286 | .756 | 107 |
| 1983 | 36 | KCA | 98 | 356 | 35 | 93 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 27 | 63 | .261 | .669 | 84 |
| 1984 | 37 | PIT | 40 | 97 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .165 | .419 | 23 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | OF | 16 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1967 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | OF | 35 | 17 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | OF | 159 | 158 | 388 | 15 | 4 | 6 |
| 1971 | OF | 144 | 142 | 404 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| 1972 | OF | 137 | 137 | 351 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 1973 | OF | 135 | 134 | 330 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| 1974 | OF | 143 | 140 | 425 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| 1975 | OF | 130 | 121 | 310 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 1976 | OF | 152 | 151 | 373 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 1977 | OF | 140 | 129 | 326 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 136 | 133 | 382 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 1979 | OF | 146 | 143 | 385 | 11 | 3 | 5 |
| 1980 | OF | 105 | 104 | 310 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 97 | 97 | 294 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 125 | 124 | 308 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | OF | 96 | 96 | 233 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 1984 | OF | 32 | 24 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 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.
Amos Otis won: Gold Glove 1971 (AL), Gold Glove 1973 (AL), TSN All-Star 1973 (AL), Gold Glove 1974 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1976, 1973, 1972, 1971.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 67 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 32 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 112 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 58 / 336 | 1 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 90 / 392 | 0 |
Amos Otis ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #150 | center fielders | 1978 | 153 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.