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John Lackey played 15 major-league seasons (2002-2017) as a P (448). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 25 | ANA | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2004 | 26 | ANA | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2005 | 27 | LAA | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2006 | 28 | LAA | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2007 | 29 | LAA | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2008 | 30 | LAA | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2009 | 31 | LAA | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .250 | -34 |
| 2010 | 32 | BOS | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | 1.000 | 170 |
| 2011 | 33 | BOS | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | 1.000 | 167 |
| 2013 | 35 | BOS | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 2014 | 36 | SLN | 10 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .133 | .267 | -22 |
| 2015 | 37 | SLN | 33 | 62 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .113 | .312 | -11 |
| 2016 | 38 | CHN | 29 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | .095 | .250 | -31 |
| 2017 | 39 | CHN | 32 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .132 | .330 | -9 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | ANA | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 108.1 | 69 | 33 | 3.66 | 122 |
| 2003 | 25 | ANA | 33 | 33 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 204 | 151 | 66 | 4.63 | 98 |
| 2004 | 26 | ANA | 33 | 32 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 198.1 | 144 | 60 | 4.67 | 99 |
| 2005 | 27 | LAA | 33 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 209 | 199 | 71 | 3.44 | 126 |
| 2006 | 28 | LAA | 33 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 217.2 | 190 | 72 | 3.56 | 128 |
| 2007 | 29 | LAA | 33 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 224 | 179 | 52 | 3.01 | 149 |
| 2008 | 30 | LAA | 24 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 163.1 | 130 | 40 | 3.75 | 116 |
| 2009 | 31 | LAA | 27 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 176.1 | 139 | 47 | 3.83 | 116 |
| 2010 | 32 | BOS | 33 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 215 | 156 | 72 | 4.40 | 94 |
| 2011 | 33 | BOS | 28 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 160 | 108 | 56 | 6.41 | 64 |
| 2013 | 35 | BOS | 29 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 189.1 | 161 | 40 | 3.52 | 113 |
| 2014 | 36 | BOS | 21 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 137.1 | 116 | 32 | 3.60 | 106 |
| 2014 | 36 | SLN | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 60.2 | 48 | 15 | 4.30 | 85 |
| 2015 | 37 | SLN | 33 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 218 | 175 | 53 | 2.77 | 141 |
| 2016 | 38 | CHN | 29 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 188.1 | 180 | 53 | 3.35 | 124 |
| 2017 | 39 | CHN | 31 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 170.2 | 149 | 53 | 4.59 | 94 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | P | 18 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | P | 33 | 33 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | P | 33 | 32 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | P | 33 | 33 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | P | 33 | 33 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | P | 33 | 33 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | P | 24 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| 2009 | P | 27 | 27 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | P | 33 | 33 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | P | 28 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | P | 29 | 29 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | P | 31 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | P | 33 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | P | 29 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | P | 31 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
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 (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2015, 2007, 2002.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 5 | 5 / 140 | 0 |
| 2007 | Cy Young Award | AL | 3 | 36 / 140 | 1 |
| 2007 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
| 2015 | Cy Young Award | NL | 9 | 1 / 210 | 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.