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John Candelaria played 19 major-league seasons (1975-1993) as a P (600). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 22 | PIT | 18 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .140 | .335 | -2 |
| 1976 | 23 | PIT | 32 | 76 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .184 | .490 | 45 |
| 1977 | 24 | PIT | 33 | 80 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .225 | .574 | 59 |
| 1978 | 25 | PIT | 31 | 52 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .173 | .548 | 61 |
| 1979 | 26 | PIT | 33 | 68 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .132 | .336 | -6 |
| 1980 | 27 | PIT | 35 | 77 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .195 | .465 | 35 |
| 1981 | 28 | PIT | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 | .445 | 31 |
| 1982 | 29 | PIT | 33 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .222 | .554 | 62 |
| 1983 | 30 | PIT | 33 | 65 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .138 | .354 | 3 |
| 1984 | 31 | PIT | 33 | 62 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .129 | .391 | 14 |
| 1985 | 32 | PIT | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1987 | 34 | NYN | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .400 | 10 |
| 1992 | 39 | LAN | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 22 | PIT | 18 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 120.2 | 95 | 36 | 2.76 | 131 |
| 1976 | 23 | PIT | 32 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 220 | 138 | 60 | 3.15 | 111 |
| 1977 | 24 | PIT | 33 | 33 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 230.2 | 133 | 50 | 2.34 | 167 |
| 1978 | 25 | PIT | 30 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 189 | 94 | 49 | 3.24 | 110 |
| 1979 | 26 | PIT | 33 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 207 | 101 | 41 | 3.22 | 116 |
| 1980 | 27 | PIT | 35 | 34 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 233.1 | 97 | 50 | 4.01 | 90 |
| 1981 | 28 | PIT | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 40.2 | 14 | 11 | 3.54 | 99 |
| 1982 | 29 | PIT | 31 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 174.2 | 133 | 37 | 2.94 | 123 |
| 1983 | 30 | PIT | 33 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 197.2 | 157 | 45 | 3.23 | 112 |
| 1984 | 31 | PIT | 33 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 185.1 | 133 | 34 | 2.72 | 132 |
| 1985 | 32 | CAL | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 53 | 24 | 3.80 | 109 |
| 1985 | 32 | PIT | 37 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 54.1 | 47 | 14 | 3.64 | 99 |
| 1986 | 33 | CAL | 16 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 91.2 | 81 | 26 | 2.55 | 164 |
| 1987 | 34 | CAL | 20 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 116.2 | 74 | 20 | 4.71 | 95 |
| 1987 | 34 | NYN | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 10 | 3 | 5.84 | 70 |
| 1988 | 35 | NYA | 25 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 157 | 121 | 23 | 3.38 | 117 |
| 1989 | 36 | NYA | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 37 | 12 | 5.14 | 76 |
| 1989 | 36 | MON | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16.1 | 14 | 4 | 3.31 | 106 |
| 1990 | 37 | MIN|TOR | 47 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 79.2 | 63 | 20 | 3.95 | 99 |
| 1991 | 38 | LAN | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33.2 | 38 | 11 | 3.74 | 98 |
| 1992 | 39 | LAN | 50 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 25.1 | 23 | 13 | 2.84 | 123 |
| 1993 | 40 | PIT | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19.2 | 17 | 9 | 8.24 | 49 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | P | 18 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 1976 | P | 32 | 31 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | P | 33 | 33 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 3 |
| 1978 | P | 30 | 29 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | P | 33 | 30 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980 | P | 35 | 34 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 3 |
| 1981 | P | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | P | 31 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 1983 | P | 33 | 32 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 1984 | P | 33 | 28 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 1985 | P | 50 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | P | 16 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | P | 23 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 | P | 25 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | P | 22 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | P | 47 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | P | 59 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | P | 50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | P | 24 | 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.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1977.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Cy Young Award | NL | 5 | 17 / 120 | 1 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
John Candelaria ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #152 | starting pitchers | 1977 | 167 ERA+ |
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.