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Kevin Mitchell played 13 major-league seasons (1984-1998) as a OF (807), 3B (235), SS (25), 1B (9). 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 22 | NYN | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .214 | .429 | 25 |
| 1986 | 24 | NYN | 108 | 328 | 51 | 91 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 33 | 61 | .277 | .811 | 130 |
| 1987 | 25 | SDN|SFN | 131 | 464 | 68 | 130 | 22 | 70 | 9 | 48 | 88 | .280 | .824 | 124 |
| 1988 | 26 | SFN | 148 | 505 | 60 | 127 | 19 | 80 | 5 | 48 | 85 | .251 | .760 | 124 |
| 1989 | 27 | SFN | 154 | 543 | 100 | 158 | 47 | 125 | 3 | 87 | 115 | .291 | 1.023 | 198 |
| 1990 | 28 | SFN | 140 | 524 | 90 | 152 | 35 | 93 | 4 | 58 | 87 | .290 | .904 | 154 |
| 1991 | 29 | SFN | 113 | 371 | 52 | 95 | 27 | 69 | 2 | 43 | 57 | .256 | .853 | 145 |
| 1992 | 30 | SEA | 99 | 360 | 48 | 103 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 35 | 46 | .286 | .779 | 118 |
| 1993 | 31 | CIN | 93 | 323 | 56 | 110 | 19 | 64 | 1 | 25 | 48 | .341 | .986 | 168 |
| 1994 | 32 | CIN | 95 | 310 | 57 | 101 | 30 | 77 | 2 | 59 | 62 | .326 | 1.110 | 193 |
| 1996 | 34 | BOS | 27 | 92 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .304 | .798 | 103 |
| 1996 | 34 | CIN | 37 | 114 | 18 | 37 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 16 | .325 | 1.026 | 177 |
| 1997 | 35 | CLE | 20 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .153 | .648 | 68 |
| 1998 | 36 | OAK | 51 | 127 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .228 | .626 | 63 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 3B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 1986 | OF | 68 | 53 | 114 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1986 | SS | 24 | 20 | 31 | 56 | 6 | 7 |
| 1986 | 3B | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1987 | 3B | 119 | 115 | 73 | 239 | 15 | 19 |
| 1987 | OF | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3B | 102 | 97 | 61 | 203 | 16 | 18 |
| 1988 | OF | 40 | 38 | 57 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | OF | 147 | 147 | 305 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | OF | 138 | 138 | 295 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| 1991 | OF | 100 | 99 | 188 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | OF | 69 | 67 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | OF | 87 | 87 | 149 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 1994 | OF | 89 | 89 | 132 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| 1994 | 1B | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | OF | 52 | 50 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1997 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | OF | 10 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 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.
Kevin Mitchell won: MVP 1989 (NL), Silver Slugger 1989 (NL), TSN All-Star 1989 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1994, 1990, 1989, 1986.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 22 / 120 | 1 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 314 / 336 | 20 |
| 1990 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 11 | 20 / 336 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 9 | 86 / 392 | 0 |
Kevin Mitchell ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #23 | left fielders | 1989 | 198 OPS+ |
| #38 | left fielders | 1994 | 193 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.