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Keith Hernandez played 17 major-league seasons (1974-1990) as a 1B (2,014), OF (7). 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 21 | SLN | 14 | 34 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .294 | .856 | 148 |
| 1975 | 22 | SLN | 64 | 188 | 20 | 47 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 26 | .250 | .671 | 93 |
| 1976 | 23 | SLN | 129 | 374 | 54 | 108 | 7 | 46 | 4 | 49 | 53 | .289 | .803 | 136 |
| 1977 | 24 | SLN | 161 | 560 | 90 | 163 | 15 | 91 | 7 | 79 | 88 | .291 | .837 | 131 |
| 1978 | 25 | SLN | 159 | 542 | 90 | 138 | 11 | 64 | 13 | 82 | 68 | .255 | .741 | 114 |
| 1979 | 26 | SLN | 161 | 610 | 116 | 210 | 11 | 105 | 11 | 80 | 78 | .344 | .930 | 162 |
| 1980 | 27 | SLN | 159 | 595 | 111 | 191 | 16 | 99 | 14 | 86 | 73 | .321 | .902 | 159 |
| 1981 | 28 | SLN | 103 | 376 | 65 | 115 | 8 | 48 | 12 | 61 | 45 | .306 | .864 | 153 |
| 1982 | 29 | SLN | 160 | 579 | 79 | 173 | 7 | 94 | 19 | 100 | 67 | .299 | .810 | 135 |
| 1983 | 30 | SLN|NYN | 150 | 538 | 77 | 160 | 12 | 63 | 9 | 88 | 72 | .297 | .829 | 138 |
| 1984 | 31 | NYN | 154 | 550 | 83 | 171 | 15 | 94 | 2 | 97 | 89 | .311 | .859 | 150 |
| 1985 | 32 | NYN | 158 | 593 | 87 | 183 | 10 | 91 | 3 | 77 | 59 | .309 | .814 | 136 |
| 1986 | 33 | NYN | 149 | 551 | 94 | 171 | 13 | 83 | 2 | 94 | 69 | .310 | .859 | 146 |
| 1987 | 34 | NYN | 154 | 587 | 87 | 170 | 18 | 89 | 0 | 81 | 104 | .290 | .813 | 123 |
| 1988 | 35 | NYN | 95 | 348 | 43 | 96 | 11 | 55 | 2 | 31 | 57 | .276 | .750 | 122 |
| 1989 | 36 | NYN | 75 | 215 | 18 | 50 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 39 | .233 | .649 | 93 |
| 1990 | 37 | CLE | 43 | 130 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .200 | .521 | 48 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1B | 9 | 8 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 1975 | 1B | 56 | 48 | 469 | 36 | 2 | 34 |
| 1976 | 1B | 110 | 97 | 862 | 107 | 10 | 87 |
| 1977 | 1B | 158 | 150 | 1453 | 106 | 12 | 146 |
| 1978 | 1B | 158 | 148 | 1436 | 96 | 10 | 124 |
| 1979 | 1B | 160 | 156 | 1489 | 146 | 8 | 145 |
| 1980 | 1B | 157 | 157 | 1572 | 115 | 9 | 146 |
| 1981 | 1B | 98 | 97 | 1054 | 86 | 3 | 99 |
| 1981 | OF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1B | 158 | 153 | 1586 | 135 | 11 | 140 |
| 1982 | OF | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1B | 144 | 142 | 1418 | 147 | 13 | 147 |
| 1984 | 1B | 153 | 152 | 1214 | 142 | 8 | 127 |
| 1985 | 1B | 157 | 152 | 1310 | 139 | 4 | 113 |
| 1986 | 1B | 149 | 146 | 1199 | 149 | 5 | 115 |
| 1987 | 1B | 154 | 151 | 1298 | 149 | 10 | 110 |
| 1988 | 1B | 93 | 91 | 734 | 77 | 2 | 63 |
| 1989 | 1B | 58 | 55 | 405 | 31 | 4 | 22 |
| 1990 | 1B | 42 | 39 | 340 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
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.
Keith Hernandez won: Gold Glove 1978 (NL), Gold Glove 1979 (NL), MVP 1979 (NL), TSN All-Star 1979 (NL), Gold Glove 1980 (NL), Silver Slugger 1980 (NL), TSN All-Star 1980 (NL), Gold Glove 1981 (NL), Gold Glove 1982 (NL), Gold Glove 1983 (NL), Gold Glove 1984 (NL), Silver Slugger 1984 (NL), TSN All-Star 1984 (NL), Gold Glove 1985 (NL), TSN All-Star 1985 (NL), Gold Glove 1986 (NL), TSN All-Star 1986 (NL), Gold Glove 1987 (NL), Gold Glove 1988 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 216 / 336 | 10 |
| 1980 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 29 / 336 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 9 / 336 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 12 / 336 | 0 |
| 1983 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1984 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 195 / 336 | 1 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 61 / 336 | 0 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 179 / 336 | 2 |
Keith Hernandez ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #135 | first basemen | 1979 | 162 OPS+ |
| #146 | first basemen | 1980 | 159 OPS+ |
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.