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Jesse Barfield played 12 major-league seasons (1981-1992) as a OF (1,387). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 22 | TOR | 25 | 95 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 19 | .232 | .638 | 83 |
| 1982 | 23 | TOR | 139 | 394 | 54 | 97 | 18 | 58 | 1 | 42 | 79 | .246 | .749 | 104 |
| 1983 | 24 | TOR | 128 | 388 | 58 | 98 | 27 | 68 | 2 | 22 | 110 | .253 | .806 | 118 |
| 1984 | 25 | TOR | 110 | 320 | 51 | 91 | 14 | 49 | 8 | 35 | 81 | .284 | .822 | 126 |
| 1985 | 26 | TOR | 155 | 539 | 94 | 156 | 27 | 84 | 22 | 66 | 143 | .289 | .905 | 145 |
| 1986 | 27 | TOR | 158 | 589 | 107 | 170 | 40 | 108 | 8 | 69 | 146 | .289 | .927 | 149 |
| 1987 | 28 | TOR | 159 | 590 | 89 | 155 | 28 | 84 | 3 | 58 | 141 | .263 | .788 | 107 |
| 1988 | 29 | TOR | 137 | 468 | 62 | 114 | 18 | 56 | 7 | 41 | 108 | .244 | .728 | 102 |
| 1989 | 30 | TOR|NYA | 150 | 521 | 79 | 122 | 23 | 67 | 5 | 87 | 150 | .234 | .760 | 114 |
| 1990 | 31 | NYA | 153 | 476 | 69 | 117 | 25 | 78 | 4 | 82 | 150 | .246 | .815 | 127 |
| 1991 | 32 | NYA | 84 | 284 | 37 | 64 | 17 | 48 | 1 | 36 | 80 | .225 | .759 | 108 |
| 1992 | 33 | NYA | 30 | 95 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 27 | .137 | .431 | 21 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | OF | 25 | 25 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 137 | 104 | 217 | 15 | 9 | 4 |
| 1983 | OF | 120 | 95 | 213 | 16 | 8 | 4 |
| 1984 | OF | 88 | 76 | 190 | 9 | 10 | 5 |
| 1985 | OF | 154 | 152 | 349 | 22 | 4 | 8 |
| 1986 | OF | 157 | 156 | 368 | 20 | 3 | 8 |
| 1987 | OF | 158 | 146 | 341 | 17 | 3 | 4 |
| 1988 | OF | 136 | 126 | 325 | 12 | 4 | 4 |
| 1989 | OF | 150 | 145 | 340 | 20 | 10 | 4 |
| 1990 | OF | 151 | 136 | 305 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 1991 | OF | 81 | 76 | 178 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 1992 | OF | 30 | 26 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 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.
Jesse Barfield won: Gold Glove 1986 (AL), Silver Slugger 1986 (AL), Gold Glove 1987 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1986, 1985, 1982.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 8 | 1 / 140 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 7 | 88 / 392 | 0 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 107 / 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.