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Graig Nettles played 22 major-league seasons (1967-1988) as a 3B (2,412), OF (73), 1B (14), SS (5). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 22 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 23 | MIN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | 199 |
| 1968 | 24 | MIN | 22 | 76 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .224 | .771 | 139 |
| 1969 | 25 | MIN | 96 | 225 | 27 | 50 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 32 | 47 | .222 | .693 | 100 |
| 1970 | 26 | CLE | 157 | 549 | 81 | 129 | 26 | 62 | 3 | 81 | 77 | .235 | .741 | 111 |
| 1971 | 27 | CLE | 158 | 598 | 78 | 156 | 28 | 86 | 7 | 82 | 56 | .261 | .785 | 130 |
| 1972 | 28 | CLE | 150 | 557 | 65 | 141 | 17 | 70 | 2 | 57 | 50 | .253 | .720 | 121 |
| 1973 | 29 | NYA | 160 | 552 | 65 | 129 | 22 | 81 | 0 | 78 | 76 | .234 | .720 | 103 |
| 1974 | 30 | NYA | 155 | 566 | 74 | 139 | 22 | 75 | 1 | 59 | 75 | .246 | .718 | 106 |
| 1975 | 31 | NYA | 157 | 581 | 71 | 155 | 21 | 91 | 1 | 51 | 88 | .267 | .753 | 112 |
| 1976 | 32 | NYA | 158 | 583 | 88 | 148 | 32 | 93 | 11 | 62 | 94 | .254 | .802 | 134 |
| 1977 | 33 | NYA | 158 | 589 | 99 | 150 | 37 | 107 | 2 | 68 | 79 | .255 | .829 | 123 |
| 1978 | 34 | NYA | 159 | 587 | 81 | 162 | 27 | 93 | 1 | 59 | 69 | .276 | .803 | 125 |
| 1979 | 35 | NYA | 145 | 521 | 71 | 132 | 20 | 73 | 1 | 59 | 53 | .253 | .726 | 95 |
| 1980 | 36 | NYA | 89 | 324 | 52 | 79 | 16 | 45 | 0 | 42 | 42 | .244 | .766 | 109 |
| 1981 | 37 | NYA | 103 | 349 | 46 | 85 | 15 | 46 | 0 | 47 | 49 | .244 | .731 | 111 |
| 1982 | 38 | NYA | 122 | 405 | 47 | 94 | 18 | 55 | 1 | 51 | 49 | .232 | .719 | 97 |
| 1983 | 39 | NYA | 129 | 462 | 56 | 123 | 20 | 75 | 0 | 51 | 65 | .266 | .787 | 115 |
| 1984 | 40 | SDN | 124 | 395 | 56 | 90 | 20 | 65 | 0 | 58 | 55 | .228 | .742 | 115 |
| 1985 | 41 | SDN | 137 | 440 | 66 | 115 | 15 | 61 | 0 | 72 | 59 | .261 | .784 | 126 |
| 1986 | 42 | SDN | 126 | 354 | 36 | 77 | 16 | 55 | 0 | 41 | 62 | .218 | .679 | 93 |
| 1987 | 43 | ATL | 112 | 177 | 16 | 37 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 22 | 25 | .209 | .644 | 76 |
| 1988 | 44 | MON | 80 | 93 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .172 | .488 | 46 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | OF | 16 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 3B | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1969 | OF | 54 | 44 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969 | 3B | 21 | 16 | 12 | 42 | 1 | 3 |
| 1970 | 3B | 154 | 146 | 134 | 358 | 17 | 40 |
| 1970 | OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | 3B | 158 | 158 | 159 | 412 | 16 | 54 |
| 1972 | 3B | 150 | 150 | 114 | 338 | 21 | 27 |
| 1973 | 3B | 157 | 157 | 117 | 410 | 26 | 39 |
| 1974 | 3B | 154 | 154 | 147 | 377 | 21 | 29 |
| 1974 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | 3B | 157 | 157 | 135 | 379 | 19 | 31 |
| 1976 | 3B | 158 | 156 | 137 | 383 | 19 | 30 |
| 1976 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3B | 156 | 155 | 132 | 321 | 12 | 31 |
| 1978 | 3B | 159 | 159 | 109 | 326 | 11 | 30 |
| 1978 | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3B | 144 | 142 | 110 | 339 | 16 | 30 |
| 1980 | 3B | 88 | 85 | 58 | 182 | 10 | 18 |
| 1980 | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3B | 97 | 96 | 63 | 214 | 8 | 14 |
| 1982 | 3B | 113 | 109 | 73 | 255 | 23 | 23 |
| 1983 | 3B | 126 | 120 | 78 | 273 | 16 | 18 |
| 1984 | 3B | 119 | 109 | 93 | 201 | 20 | 14 |
| 1985 | 3B | 130 | 123 | 122 | 229 | 15 | 16 |
| 1986 | 3B | 114 | 99 | 83 | 174 | 16 | 14 |
| 1987 | 3B | 40 | 20 | 12 | 46 | 3 | 6 |
| 1987 | 1B | 6 | 5 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 1988 | 3B | 12 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| 1988 | 1B | 5 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 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.
Graig Nettles won: TSN All-Star 1975 (AL), Gold Glove 1977 (AL), TSN All-Star 1977 (AL), Gold Glove 1978 (AL), TSN All-Star 1978 (AL), ALCS MVP 1981 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1977, 1976, 1971.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 29 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 17 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 112 / 392 | 2 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 86 / 392 | 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.