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Carlton Fisk played 24 major-league seasons (1969-1993) as a C (2,226), OF (41), 1B (27), 3B (4). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 24 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 22 | BOS | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1971 | 24 | BOS | 14 | 48 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .313 | .847 | 146 |
| 1972 | 25 | BOS | 131 | 457 | 74 | 134 | 22 | 61 | 5 | 52 | 83 | .293 | .909 | 178 |
| 1973 | 26 | BOS | 135 | 508 | 65 | 125 | 26 | 71 | 7 | 37 | 99 | .246 | .750 | 110 |
| 1974 | 27 | BOS | 52 | 187 | 36 | 56 | 11 | 26 | 5 | 24 | 23 | .299 | .934 | 167 |
| 1975 | 28 | BOS | 79 | 263 | 47 | 87 | 10 | 52 | 4 | 27 | 32 | .331 | .923 | 160 |
| 1976 | 29 | BOS | 134 | 487 | 76 | 124 | 17 | 58 | 12 | 56 | 71 | .255 | .751 | 120 |
| 1977 | 30 | BOS | 152 | 536 | 106 | 169 | 26 | 102 | 7 | 75 | 85 | .315 | .922 | 150 |
| 1978 | 31 | BOS | 157 | 571 | 94 | 162 | 20 | 88 | 7 | 71 | 83 | .284 | .841 | 136 |
| 1979 | 32 | BOS | 91 | 320 | 49 | 87 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 10 | 38 | .272 | .754 | 101 |
| 1980 | 33 | BOS | 131 | 478 | 73 | 138 | 18 | 62 | 11 | 36 | 62 | .289 | .819 | 123 |
| 1981 | 34 | CHA | 96 | 338 | 44 | 89 | 7 | 45 | 3 | 38 | 37 | .263 | .715 | 107 |
| 1982 | 35 | CHA | 135 | 476 | 66 | 127 | 14 | 65 | 17 | 46 | 60 | .267 | .740 | 103 |
| 1983 | 36 | CHA | 138 | 488 | 85 | 141 | 26 | 86 | 9 | 46 | 88 | .289 | .874 | 138 |
| 1984 | 37 | CHA | 102 | 359 | 54 | 83 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 26 | 60 | .231 | .757 | 106 |
| 1985 | 38 | CHA | 153 | 543 | 85 | 129 | 37 | 107 | 17 | 52 | 81 | .238 | .808 | 118 |
| 1986 | 39 | CHA | 125 | 457 | 42 | 101 | 14 | 63 | 2 | 22 | 92 | .221 | .600 | 62 |
| 1987 | 40 | CHA | 135 | 454 | 68 | 116 | 23 | 71 | 1 | 39 | 72 | .256 | .782 | 105 |
| 1988 | 41 | CHA | 76 | 253 | 37 | 70 | 19 | 50 | 0 | 37 | 40 | .277 | .919 | 155 |
| 1989 | 42 | CHA | 103 | 375 | 47 | 110 | 13 | 68 | 1 | 36 | 60 | .293 | .830 | 133 |
| 1990 | 43 | CHA | 137 | 452 | 65 | 129 | 18 | 65 | 7 | 61 | 73 | .285 | .829 | 132 |
| 1991 | 44 | CHA | 134 | 460 | 42 | 111 | 18 | 74 | 1 | 32 | 86 | .241 | .712 | 96 |
| 1992 | 45 | CHA | 62 | 188 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 38 | .229 | .622 | 75 |
| 1993 | 46 | CHA | 25 | 53 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .189 | .473 | 28 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | C | 14 | 12 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 1972 | C | 131 | 129 | 846 | 72 | 15 | 10 |
| 1973 | C | 131 | 131 | 739 | 50 | 14 | 8 |
| 1974 | C | 50 | 49 | 267 | 26 | 6 | 2 |
| 1975 | C | 71 | 70 | 347 | 30 | 8 | 2 |
| 1976 | C | 133 | 130 | 649 | 73 | 12 | 9 |
| 1977 | C | 151 | 149 | 779 | 69 | 11 | 7 |
| 1978 | C | 154 | 150 | 733 | 90 | 17 | 13 |
| 1978 | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | C | 39 | 35 | 155 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1979 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | C | 115 | 112 | 522 | 56 | 10 | 8 |
| 1980 | OF | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1B | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | C | 92 | 89 | 470 | 44 | 5 | 10 |
| 1981 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1981 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | C | 133 | 129 | 639 | 62 | 4 | 7 |
| 1982 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | C | 133 | 123 | 709 | 46 | 7 | 5 |
| 1984 | C | 90 | 81 | 421 | 38 | 6 | 4 |
| 1985 | C | 130 | 120 | 801 | 60 | 10 | 13 |
| 1986 | C | 71 | 65 | 389 | 39 | 4 | 3 |
| 1986 | OF | 31 | 29 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | C | 122 | 102 | 550 | 57 | 6 | 15 |
| 1987 | 1B | 9 | 6 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 1987 | OF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | C | 74 | 68 | 338 | 36 | 2 | 7 |
| 1989 | C | 90 | 85 | 419 | 37 | 3 | 1 |
| 1990 | C | 116 | 112 | 660 | 63 | 4 | 14 |
| 1991 | C | 106 | 91 | 535 | 55 | 4 | 5 |
| 1991 | 1B | 12 | 12 | 90 | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 1992 | C | 54 | 51 | 252 | 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 1993 | C | 25 | 13 | 75 | 5 | 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.
Carlton Fisk won: Gold Glove 1972 (AL), Rookie of the Year 1972 (AL), TSN All-Star 1972 (AL), TSN All-Star 1977 (AL), Silver Slugger 1981 (AL), TSN All-Star 1983 (AL), Silver Slugger 1985 (AL), TSN All-Star 1985 (AL), Silver Slugger 1988 (AL), TSN All-Star 1990 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1990, 1985, 1983, 1978, 1977, 1973, 1972.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 96 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | AL | 1 | 24 / 24 | 24 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 16 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 67 / 392 | 1 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 49 / 392 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 209 / 392 | 3 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 29 / 392 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 15 | 16 / 392 | 0 |
Carlton Fisk ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
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.