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Andy Messersmith played 12 major-league seasons (1968-1979) as a P (344). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 11 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 23 | CAL | 29 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .100 | .250 | -22 |
| 1969 | 24 | CAL | 42 | 77 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 28 | .156 | .417 | 22 |
| 1970 | 25 | CAL | 38 | 70 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .157 | .400 | 13 |
| 1971 | 26 | CAL | 39 | 93 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .172 | .472 | 38 |
| 1972 | 27 | CAL | 26 | 53 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .189 | .477 | 47 |
| 1973 | 28 | LAN | 34 | 89 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .169 | .415 | 20 |
| 1974 | 29 | LAN | 39 | 96 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .240 | .666 | 92 |
| 1975 | 30 | LAN | 44 | 108 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 25 | .157 | .406 | 18 |
| 1976 | 31 | ATL | 29 | 67 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .179 | .419 | 24 |
| 1977 | 32 | ATL | 16 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .118 | .454 | 24 |
| 1979 | 34 | LAN | 11 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .091 | .227 | -37 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 23 | CAL | 28 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 81.1 | 74 | 35 | 2.21 | 135 |
| 1969 | 24 | CAL | 40 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 250 | 211 | 100 | 2.52 | 144 |
| 1970 | 25 | CAL | 37 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 194.2 | 162 | 78 | 3.01 | 124 |
| 1971 | 26 | CAL | 38 | 38 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 276.2 | 179 | 121 | 2.99 | 116 |
| 1972 | 27 | CAL | 25 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 169.2 | 142 | 68 | 2.81 | 109 |
| 1973 | 28 | LAN | 33 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 249.2 | 177 | 77 | 2.70 | 135 |
| 1974 | 29 | LAN | 39 | 39 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 292.1 | 221 | 94 | 2.59 | 140 |
| 1975 | 30 | LAN | 42 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 321.2 | 213 | 96 | 2.29 | 158 |
| 1976 | 31 | ATL | 29 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 207.1 | 135 | 74 | 3.04 | 115 |
| 1977 | 32 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 102.1 | 69 | 39 | 4.40 | 89 |
| 1978 | 33 | NYA | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22.1 | 16 | 15 | 5.64 | 67 |
| 1979 | 34 | LAN | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 62.1 | 26 | 34 | 4.91 | 76 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | P | 28 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | P | 40 | 33 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 |
| 1970 | P | 37 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 3 |
| 1971 | P | 38 | 38 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 2 |
| 1972 | P | 25 | 21 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | P | 33 | 33 | 19 | 35 | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | P | 39 | 39 | 18 | 44 | 9 | 3 |
| 1975 | P | 42 | 40 | 11 | 43 | 5 | 1 |
| 1976 | P | 29 | 28 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 16 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 1978 | P | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 11 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
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.
Andy Messersmith won: Gold Glove 1974 (NL), TSN All-Star 1974 (NL), Gold Glove 1975 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1975, 1974, 1971, 1969.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1971 | Cy Young Award | AL | 6 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1974 | Cy Young Award | NL | 2 | 66 / 120 | 5 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Cy Young Award | NL | 6 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
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.