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Joe Carter played 16 major-league seasons (1983-1998) as a OF (1,730), 1B (308), 2B (1), 3B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 17 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 23 | CHN | 23 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .176 | .412 | 17 |
| 1984 | 24 | CLE | 66 | 244 | 32 | 67 | 13 | 41 | 2 | 11 | 48 | .275 | .775 | 112 |
| 1985 | 25 | CLE | 143 | 489 | 64 | 128 | 15 | 59 | 24 | 25 | 74 | .262 | .707 | 92 |
| 1986 | 26 | CLE | 162 | 663 | 108 | 200 | 29 | 121 | 29 | 32 | 95 | .302 | .849 | 128 |
| 1987 | 27 | CLE | 149 | 588 | 83 | 155 | 32 | 106 | 31 | 27 | 105 | .264 | .784 | 104 |
| 1988 | 28 | CLE | 157 | 621 | 85 | 168 | 27 | 98 | 27 | 35 | 82 | .271 | .792 | 119 |
| 1989 | 29 | CLE | 162 | 651 | 84 | 158 | 35 | 105 | 13 | 39 | 112 | .243 | .757 | 111 |
| 1990 | 30 | SDN | 162 | 634 | 79 | 147 | 24 | 115 | 22 | 48 | 93 | .232 | .681 | 92 |
| 1991 | 31 | TOR | 162 | 638 | 89 | 174 | 33 | 108 | 20 | 49 | 112 | .273 | .833 | 128 |
| 1992 | 32 | TOR | 158 | 622 | 97 | 164 | 34 | 119 | 12 | 36 | 109 | .264 | .808 | 124 |
| 1993 | 33 | TOR | 155 | 603 | 92 | 153 | 33 | 121 | 8 | 47 | 113 | .254 | .802 | 113 |
| 1994 | 34 | TOR | 111 | 435 | 70 | 118 | 27 | 103 | 11 | 33 | 64 | .271 | .841 | 113 |
| 1995 | 35 | TOR | 139 | 558 | 70 | 141 | 25 | 76 | 12 | 37 | 87 | .253 | .728 | 88 |
| 1996 | 36 | TOR | 157 | 625 | 84 | 158 | 30 | 107 | 7 | 44 | 106 | .253 | .782 | 94 |
| 1997 | 37 | TOR | 157 | 612 | 76 | 143 | 21 | 102 | 8 | 40 | 105 | .234 | .683 | 77 |
| 1998 | 38 | BAL | 85 | 283 | 36 | 70 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 18 | 48 | .247 | .721 | 86 |
| 1998 | 38 | SFN | 41 | 105 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .295 | .884 | 134 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | OF | 16 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | OF | 59 | 48 | 122 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1B | 7 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1985 | OF | 135 | 113 | 278 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 1985 | 1B | 11 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| 1985 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | OF | 104 | 98 | 241 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1986 | 1B | 70 | 62 | 559 | 47 | 4 | 50 |
| 1987 | 1B | 84 | 80 | 644 | 45 | 12 | 61 |
| 1987 | OF | 62 | 60 | 138 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | OF | 156 | 156 | 444 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 1989 | OF | 146 | 144 | 350 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 1989 | 1B | 11 | 11 | 93 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| 1990 | OF | 150 | 148 | 385 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| 1990 | 1B | 14 | 13 | 107 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 1991 | OF | 151 | 152 | 283 | 13 | 8 | 2 |
| 1992 | OF | 129 | 129 | 257 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 1992 | 1B | 4 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1993 | OF | 151 | 151 | 289 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | OF | 110 | 109 | 205 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1995 | OF | 128 | 127 | 269 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1B | 7 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | OF | 115 | 109 | 167 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1B | 41 | 33 | 249 | 16 | 2 | 31 |
| 1997 | OF | 51 | 51 | 104 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1B | 42 | 42 | 325 | 22 | 1 | 24 |
| 1998 | OF | 67 | 57 | 111 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1B | 17 | 10 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 5 |
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.
Joe Carter won: Silver Slugger 1991 (AL), TSN All-Star 1991 (AL), Silver Slugger 1992 (AL), TSN All-Star 1992 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1986.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 72 / 392 | 0 |
| 1988 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 23 / 392 | 0 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 7 / 336 | 0 |
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 5 | 136 / 392 | 1 |
| 1992 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 201 / 392 | 4 |
| 1993 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 25 / 392 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 35 / 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.