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Harold Baines played 22 major-league seasons (1980-2001) as a OF (1,061). 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 21 | CHA | 141 | 491 | 55 | 125 | 13 | 49 | 2 | 19 | 65 | .255 | .686 | 86 |
| 1981 | 22 | CHA | 82 | 280 | 42 | 80 | 10 | 41 | 6 | 12 | 41 | .286 | .800 | 128 |
| 1982 | 23 | CHA | 161 | 608 | 89 | 165 | 25 | 105 | 10 | 49 | 95 | .271 | .790 | 115 |
| 1983 | 24 | CHA | 156 | 596 | 76 | 167 | 20 | 99 | 7 | 49 | 85 | .280 | .776 | 112 |
| 1984 | 25 | CHA | 147 | 569 | 72 | 173 | 29 | 94 | 1 | 54 | 75 | .304 | .903 | 147 |
| 1985 | 26 | CHA | 160 | 640 | 86 | 198 | 22 | 113 | 1 | 42 | 89 | .309 | .815 | 122 |
| 1986 | 27 | CHA | 145 | 570 | 72 | 169 | 21 | 88 | 2 | 38 | 89 | .296 | .803 | 117 |
| 1987 | 28 | CHA | 132 | 505 | 59 | 148 | 20 | 93 | 0 | 46 | 82 | .293 | .831 | 118 |
| 1988 | 29 | CHA | 158 | 599 | 55 | 166 | 13 | 81 | 0 | 67 | 109 | .277 | .758 | 112 |
| 1989 | 30 | CHA|TEX | 146 | 505 | 73 | 156 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 73 | 79 | .309 | .860 | 142 |
| 1990 | 31 | TEX|OAK | 135 | 415 | 52 | 118 | 16 | 65 | 0 | 67 | 80 | .284 | .819 | 129 |
| 1991 | 32 | OAK | 141 | 488 | 76 | 144 | 20 | 90 | 0 | 72 | 67 | .295 | .857 | 136 |
| 1992 | 33 | OAK | 140 | 478 | 58 | 121 | 16 | 76 | 1 | 59 | 61 | .253 | .723 | 103 |
| 1993 | 34 | BAL | 118 | 416 | 64 | 130 | 20 | 78 | 0 | 57 | 52 | .313 | .900 | 141 |
| 1994 | 35 | BAL | 94 | 326 | 44 | 96 | 16 | 54 | 0 | 30 | 49 | .294 | .840 | 115 |
| 1995 | 36 | BAL | 127 | 385 | 60 | 115 | 24 | 63 | 0 | 70 | 45 | .299 | .943 | 144 |
| 1996 | 37 | CHA | 143 | 495 | 80 | 154 | 22 | 95 | 3 | 73 | 62 | .311 | .902 | 127 |
| 1997 | 38 | CHA|BAL | 137 | 452 | 55 | 136 | 16 | 67 | 0 | 55 | 62 | .301 | .832 | 117 |
| 1998 | 39 | BAL | 104 | 293 | 40 | 88 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 32 | 40 | .300 | .819 | 113 |
| 1999 | 40 | BAL|CLE | 135 | 430 | 62 | 134 | 25 | 103 | 1 | 54 | 48 | .312 | .919 | 133 |
| 2000 | 41 | BAL|CHA | 96 | 283 | 26 | 72 | 11 | 39 | 0 | 36 | 50 | .254 | .754 | 91 |
| 2001 | 42 | CHA | 32 | 84 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .131 | .345 | -6 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | OF | 137 | 123 | 229 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 80 | 67 | 120 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 161 | 158 | 326 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| 1983 | OF | 155 | 152 | 312 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 1984 | OF | 147 | 145 | 307 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| 1985 | OF | 159 | 158 | 318 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 1986 | OF | 141 | 141 | 295 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| 1987 | OF | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | OF | 9 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | OF | 26 | 24 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | OF | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | OF | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | OF | 23 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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.
Harold Baines won: TSN All-Star 1985 (AL), TSN All-Star 1988 (AL), Silver Slugger 1989 (AL), TSN All-Star 1989 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 9 / 392 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 49 / 392 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 10 / 392 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 49 / 392 | 0 |
Harold Baines ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #64 | designated hitters | 1989 | 142 OPS+ |
| #74 | designated hitters | 1991 | 136 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.