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Don Baylor played 19 major-league seasons (1970-1988) as a OF (822), 1B (148). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 21 | BAL | 8 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .235 | .535 | 55 |
| 1971 | 22 | BAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .600 | 89 |
| 1972 | 23 | BAL | 102 | 320 | 33 | 81 | 11 | 38 | 24 | 29 | 50 | .253 | .745 | 129 |
| 1973 | 24 | BAL | 118 | 405 | 64 | 116 | 11 | 51 | 32 | 35 | 48 | .286 | .794 | 123 |
| 1974 | 25 | BAL | 137 | 489 | 66 | 133 | 10 | 59 | 29 | 43 | 56 | .272 | .723 | 108 |
| 1975 | 26 | BAL | 145 | 524 | 79 | 148 | 25 | 76 | 32 | 53 | 64 | .282 | .849 | 139 |
| 1976 | 27 | OAK | 157 | 595 | 85 | 147 | 15 | 68 | 52 | 58 | 72 | .247 | .697 | 105 |
| 1977 | 28 | CAL | 154 | 561 | 87 | 141 | 25 | 75 | 26 | 62 | 76 | .251 | .768 | 108 |
| 1978 | 29 | CAL | 158 | 591 | 103 | 151 | 34 | 99 | 22 | 56 | 71 | .255 | .804 | 125 |
| 1979 | 30 | CAL | 162 | 628 | 120 | 186 | 36 | 139 | 22 | 71 | 51 | .296 | .901 | 141 |
| 1980 | 31 | CAL | 90 | 340 | 39 | 85 | 5 | 51 | 6 | 24 | 32 | .250 | .657 | 81 |
| 1981 | 32 | CAL | 103 | 377 | 52 | 90 | 17 | 66 | 3 | 42 | 51 | .239 | .749 | 115 |
| 1982 | 33 | CAL | 157 | 608 | 80 | 160 | 24 | 93 | 10 | 57 | 69 | .263 | .754 | 106 |
| 1983 | 34 | NYA | 144 | 534 | 82 | 162 | 21 | 85 | 17 | 40 | 53 | .303 | .856 | 134 |
| 1984 | 35 | NYA | 134 | 493 | 84 | 129 | 27 | 89 | 1 | 38 | 68 | .262 | .830 | 127 |
| 1985 | 36 | NYA | 142 | 477 | 70 | 110 | 23 | 91 | 0 | 52 | 90 | .231 | .760 | 107 |
| 1986 | 37 | BOS | 160 | 585 | 93 | 139 | 31 | 94 | 3 | 62 | 111 | .238 | .783 | 112 |
| 1987 | 38 | BOS|MIN | 128 | 388 | 67 | 95 | 16 | 63 | 5 | 45 | 59 | .245 | .751 | 100 |
| 1988 | 39 | OAK | 92 | 264 | 28 | 58 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 44 | .220 | .658 | 86 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | OF | 6 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | OF | 84 | 72 | 152 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1B | 9 | 8 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 1973 | OF | 110 | 96 | 204 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1B | 6 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1974 | OF | 129 | 120 | 218 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 8 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1975 | OF | 135 | 133 | 268 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1976 | OF | 76 | 72 | 152 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 69 | 62 | 629 | 44 | 9 | 40 |
| 1977 | OF | 77 | 77 | 139 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 18 | 16 | 141 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| 1978 | OF | 39 | 39 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1B | 17 | 17 | 118 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| 1979 | OF | 97 | 97 | 198 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 | OF | 54 | 54 | 119 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1B | 4 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1981 | OF | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | OF | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | OF | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1B | 13 | 13 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 1986 | OF | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 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.
Don Baylor won: MVP 1979 (AL), TSN All-Star 1979 (AL), Silver Slugger 1983 (AL), Silver Slugger 1985 (AL), TSN All-Star 1985 (AL), Silver Slugger 1986 (AL), TSN All-Star 1986 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1986, 1982, 1979, 1978, 1975.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 51 / 392 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 347 / 392 | 20 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 8 / 392 | 0 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 32 / 392 | 0 |
Don Baylor ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #77 | designated hitters | 1983 | 134 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.