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Bill Madlock played 15 major-league seasons (1973-1987) as a 3B (1,440), 2B (183), 1B (61). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 22 | TEX | 21 | 77 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | .351 | .944 | 165 |
| 1974 | 23 | CHN | 128 | 453 | 65 | 142 | 9 | 54 | 11 | 42 | 39 | .313 | .815 | 135 |
| 1975 | 24 | CHN | 130 | 514 | 77 | 182 | 7 | 64 | 9 | 42 | 34 | .354 | .881 | 153 |
| 1976 | 25 | CHN | 142 | 514 | 68 | 174 | 15 | 84 | 15 | 56 | 27 | .339 | .912 | 167 |
| 1977 | 26 | SFN | 140 | 533 | 70 | 161 | 12 | 46 | 13 | 43 | 33 | .302 | .785 | 117 |
| 1978 | 27 | SFN | 122 | 447 | 76 | 138 | 15 | 44 | 16 | 48 | 39 | .309 | .859 | 147 |
| 1979 | 28 | SFN|PIT | 154 | 560 | 85 | 167 | 14 | 85 | 32 | 52 | 41 | .298 | .792 | 123 |
| 1980 | 29 | PIT | 137 | 494 | 62 | 137 | 10 | 53 | 16 | 45 | 33 | .277 | .739 | 113 |
| 1981 | 30 | PIT | 82 | 279 | 35 | 95 | 6 | 45 | 18 | 34 | 17 | .341 | .907 | 165 |
| 1982 | 31 | PIT | 154 | 568 | 92 | 181 | 19 | 95 | 18 | 48 | 39 | .319 | .856 | 146 |
| 1983 | 32 | PIT | 130 | 473 | 68 | 153 | 12 | 68 | 3 | 49 | 24 | .323 | .830 | 138 |
| 1984 | 33 | PIT | 103 | 403 | 38 | 102 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 26 | 29 | .253 | .620 | 81 |
| 1985 | 34 | PIT|LAN | 144 | 513 | 69 | 141 | 12 | 56 | 10 | 49 | 53 | .275 | .747 | 116 |
| 1986 | 35 | LAN | 111 | 379 | 38 | 106 | 10 | 60 | 3 | 30 | 43 | .280 | .739 | 111 |
| 1987 | 36 | DET | 87 | 326 | 56 | 91 | 14 | 50 | 4 | 28 | 45 | .279 | .811 | 113 |
| 1987 | 36 | LAN | 21 | 61 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .180 | .609 | 66 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 3B | 21 | 21 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 2 |
| 1974 | 3B | 121 | 120 | 84 | 229 | 18 | 14 |
| 1975 | 3B | 128 | 128 | 79 | 250 | 20 | 14 |
| 1976 | 3B | 136 | 135 | 107 | 234 | 14 | 21 |
| 1977 | 3B | 126 | 125 | 96 | 220 | 17 | 16 |
| 1977 | 2B | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 1978 | 2B | 114 | 111 | 223 | 299 | 14 | 48 |
| 1978 | 1B | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1979 | 3B | 85 | 85 | 63 | 153 | 7 | 12 |
| 1979 | 2B | 63 | 63 | 137 | 144 | 7 | 32 |
| 1979 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980 | 3B | 127 | 125 | 86 | 214 | 14 | 18 |
| 1980 | 1B | 12 | 8 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 1981 | 3B | 78 | 77 | 50 | 147 | 9 | 17 |
| 1982 | 3B | 146 | 142 | 92 | 266 | 18 | 23 |
| 1982 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1983 | 3B | 126 | 125 | 59 | 193 | 11 | 20 |
| 1984 | 3B | 98 | 97 | 66 | 176 | 15 | 17 |
| 1984 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3B | 130 | 129 | 74 | 238 | 19 | 17 |
| 1985 | 1B | 12 | 9 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 1986 | 3B | 101 | 101 | 72 | 170 | 24 | 7 |
| 1986 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1987 | 1B | 23 | 20 | 167 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
| 1987 | 3B | 17 | 17 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 2 |
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.
Bill Madlock won: TSN All-Star 1975 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1983, 1982, 1981, 1979, 1976, 1975, 1974.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 1 / 24 | 1 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 45 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 51 / 336 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 14 / 336 | 1 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 20 / 336 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 37 / 336 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 45 / 336 | 0 |
Bill Madlock ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #56 | third basemen | 1976 | 167 OPS+ |
| #104 | second basemen | 1978 | 147 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.