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Jay Buhner played 15 major-league seasons (1987-2001) as a OF (1,397), 1B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 23 | NYA | 7 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .227 | .579 | 53 |
| 1988 | 24 | NYA|SEA | 85 | 261 | 36 | 56 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 28 | 93 | .215 | .723 | 101 |
| 1989 | 25 | SEA | 58 | 204 | 27 | 56 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 19 | 55 | .275 | .831 | 132 |
| 1990 | 26 | SEA | 51 | 163 | 16 | 45 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 17 | 50 | .276 | .835 | 132 |
| 1991 | 27 | SEA | 137 | 406 | 64 | 99 | 27 | 77 | 0 | 53 | 117 | .244 | .834 | 128 |
| 1992 | 28 | SEA | 152 | 543 | 69 | 132 | 25 | 79 | 0 | 71 | 146 | .243 | .755 | 111 |
| 1993 | 29 | SEA | 158 | 563 | 90 | 153 | 27 | 98 | 2 | 100 | 144 | .272 | .855 | 129 |
| 1994 | 30 | SEA | 101 | 358 | 74 | 100 | 21 | 68 | 0 | 66 | 63 | .279 | .936 | 139 |
| 1995 | 31 | SEA | 126 | 470 | 86 | 123 | 40 | 121 | 0 | 60 | 120 | .262 | .909 | 132 |
| 1996 | 32 | SEA | 150 | 564 | 107 | 153 | 44 | 138 | 0 | 84 | 159 | .271 | .926 | 130 |
| 1997 | 33 | SEA | 157 | 540 | 104 | 131 | 40 | 109 | 0 | 119 | 175 | .243 | .889 | 131 |
| 1998 | 34 | SEA | 72 | 244 | 33 | 59 | 15 | 45 | 0 | 38 | 71 | .242 | .807 | 109 |
| 1999 | 35 | SEA | 87 | 266 | 37 | 59 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 69 | 100 | .222 | .809 | 108 |
| 2000 | 36 | SEA | 112 | 364 | 50 | 92 | 26 | 82 | 0 | 59 | 98 | .253 | .883 | 121 |
| 2001 | 37 | SEA | 19 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .222 | .740 | 95 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | OF | 7 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 | OF | 81 | 73 | 186 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 1989 | OF | 57 | 57 | 106 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 1990 | OF | 40 | 35 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | OF | 131 | 110 | 244 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| 1992 | OF | 150 | 149 | 314 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 1993 | OF | 148 | 146 | 263 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1994 | OF | 96 | 95 | 178 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | OF | 120 | 120 | 180 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | OF | 142 | 142 | 251 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 1997 | OF | 154 | 153 | 295 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | OF | 70 | 70 | 127 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | OF | 85 | 83 | 127 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | OF | 104 | 101 | 176 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | OF | 12 | 10 | 15 | 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.
Jay Buhner won: Gold Glove 1996 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1997, 1996, 1995.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 120 / 392 | 0 |
| 1996 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 6 / 392 | 0 |
| 1997 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 12 / 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.