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George Brett played 21 major-league seasons (1973-1993) as a 3B (1,692), 1B (461), OF (36), SS (11). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 21 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 20 | KCA | 13 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .300 | -16 |
| 1974 | 21 | KCA | 133 | 457 | 49 | 129 | 2 | 47 | 8 | 21 | 38 | .282 | .676 | 95 |
| 1975 | 22 | KCA | 159 | 634 | 84 | 195 | 11 | 90 | 13 | 46 | 49 | .308 | .809 | 128 |
| 1976 | 23 | KCA | 159 | 645 | 94 | 215 | 7 | 67 | 21 | 49 | 36 | .333 | .839 | 146 |
| 1977 | 24 | KCA | 139 | 564 | 105 | 176 | 22 | 88 | 14 | 55 | 24 | .312 | .905 | 144 |
| 1978 | 25 | KCA | 128 | 510 | 79 | 150 | 9 | 62 | 23 | 39 | 35 | .294 | .809 | 126 |
| 1979 | 26 | KCA | 154 | 645 | 119 | 212 | 23 | 107 | 17 | 51 | 36 | .329 | .939 | 150 |
| 1980 | 27 | KCA | 117 | 449 | 87 | 175 | 24 | 118 | 15 | 58 | 22 | .390 | 1.118 | 203 |
| 1981 | 28 | KCA | 89 | 347 | 42 | 109 | 6 | 43 | 14 | 27 | 23 | .314 | .846 | 143 |
| 1982 | 29 | KCA | 144 | 552 | 101 | 166 | 21 | 82 | 6 | 71 | 51 | .301 | .884 | 141 |
| 1983 | 30 | KCA | 123 | 464 | 90 | 144 | 25 | 93 | 0 | 57 | 39 | .310 | .947 | 158 |
| 1984 | 31 | KCA | 104 | 377 | 42 | 107 | 13 | 69 | 0 | 38 | 37 | .284 | .802 | 121 |
| 1985 | 32 | KCA | 155 | 550 | 108 | 184 | 30 | 112 | 9 | 103 | 49 | .335 | 1.022 | 178 |
| 1986 | 33 | KCA | 124 | 441 | 70 | 128 | 16 | 73 | 1 | 80 | 45 | .290 | .881 | 139 |
| 1987 | 34 | KCA | 115 | 427 | 71 | 124 | 22 | 78 | 6 | 72 | 47 | .290 | .884 | 133 |
| 1988 | 35 | KCA | 157 | 589 | 90 | 180 | 24 | 103 | 14 | 82 | 51 | .306 | .898 | 150 |
| 1989 | 36 | KCA | 124 | 457 | 67 | 129 | 12 | 80 | 14 | 59 | 47 | .282 | .793 | 123 |
| 1990 | 37 | KCA | 142 | 544 | 82 | 179 | 14 | 87 | 9 | 56 | 63 | .329 | .902 | 151 |
| 1991 | 38 | KCA | 131 | 505 | 77 | 129 | 10 | 61 | 2 | 58 | 75 | .255 | .729 | 101 |
| 1992 | 39 | KCA | 152 | 592 | 55 | 169 | 7 | 61 | 8 | 35 | 69 | .285 | .727 | 104 |
| 1993 | 40 | KCA | 145 | 560 | 69 | 149 | 19 | 75 | 7 | 39 | 67 | .266 | .746 | 99 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 3B | 13 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 1974 | 3B | 132 | 128 | 102 | 279 | 21 | 16 |
| 1974 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 3B | 159 | 159 | 131 | 355 | 26 | 27 |
| 1975 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | 3B | 157 | 157 | 140 | 335 | 26 | 22 |
| 1976 | SS | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 1977 | 3B | 135 | 134 | 115 | 325 | 20 | 33 |
| 1977 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3B | 128 | 128 | 104 | 289 | 16 | 25 |
| 1978 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3B | 149 | 148 | 129 | 373 | 30 | 28 |
| 1979 | 1B | 8 | 5 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1980 | 3B | 112 | 112 | 103 | 256 | 17 | 28 |
| 1980 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | 3B | 88 | 87 | 74 | 170 | 14 | 7 |
| 1982 | 3B | 134 | 132 | 107 | 294 | 17 | 22 |
| 1982 | OF | 12 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1983 | 3B | 102 | 97 | 85 | 188 | 24 | 25 |
| 1983 | 1B | 14 | 12 | 104 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 1983 | OF | 13 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3B | 101 | 101 | 59 | 201 | 14 | 18 |
| 1985 | 3B | 152 | 152 | 107 | 339 | 15 | 33 |
| 1986 | 3B | 115 | 115 | 97 | 218 | 16 | 17 |
| 1986 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1B | 83 | 83 | 798 | 50 | 6 | 69 |
| 1987 | 3B | 11 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 3 |
| 1988 | 1B | 124 | 124 | 1126 | 70 | 10 | 105 |
| 1988 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1B | 104 | 105 | 896 | 80 | 2 | 71 |
| 1989 | OF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1B | 102 | 100 | 865 | 66 | 7 | 89 |
| 1990 | OF | 9 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1B | 10 | 10 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1992 | 1B | 15 | 15 | 137 | 12 | 2 | 9 |
| 1992 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 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.
George Brett won: TSN All-Star 1976 (AL), TSN All-Star 1979 (AL), MVP 1980 (AL), Silver Slugger 1980 (AL), TSN All-Star 1980 (AL), ALCS MVP 1985 (AL), Gold Glove 1985 (AL), Silver Slugger 1985 (AL), Silver Slugger 1988 (AL), TSN All-Star 1988 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (12 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1990, 1988, 1985, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 3 | 2 / 24 | 2 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 37 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 217 / 336 | 2 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 51 / 392 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 14 / 392 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 226 / 392 | 2 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 335 / 392 | 17 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 27 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 21 | 9 / 392 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 274 / 392 | 5 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 29 / 392 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 60 / 392 | 0 |
George Brett ranks on 3 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #4 | third basemen | 1980 | 203 OPS+ |
| #22 | third basemen | 1985 | 178 OPS+ |
| #91 | third basemen | 1983 | 158 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.