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Lance Berkman played 15 major-league seasons (1999-2013) as a OF (997), 1B (765). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 16 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 23 | HOU | 34 | 93 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 21 | .237 | .708 | 84 |
| 2000 | 24 | HOU | 114 | 353 | 76 | 105 | 21 | 67 | 6 | 56 | 73 | .297 | .949 | 144 |
| 2001 | 25 | HOU | 156 | 577 | 110 | 191 | 34 | 126 | 7 | 92 | 121 | .331 | 1.051 | 176 |
| 2002 | 26 | HOU | 158 | 578 | 106 | 169 | 42 | 128 | 8 | 107 | 118 | .292 | .982 | 163 |
| 2003 | 27 | HOU | 153 | 538 | 110 | 155 | 25 | 93 | 5 | 107 | 108 | .288 | .927 | 148 |
| 2004 | 28 | HOU | 160 | 544 | 104 | 172 | 30 | 106 | 9 | 127 | 101 | .316 | 1.016 | 169 |
| 2005 | 29 | HOU | 132 | 468 | 76 | 137 | 24 | 82 | 4 | 91 | 72 | .293 | .934 | 151 |
| 2006 | 30 | HOU | 152 | 536 | 95 | 169 | 45 | 136 | 3 | 98 | 106 | .315 | 1.041 | 171 |
| 2007 | 31 | HOU | 153 | 561 | 95 | 156 | 34 | 102 | 7 | 94 | 125 | .278 | .896 | 136 |
| 2008 | 32 | HOU | 159 | 554 | 114 | 173 | 29 | 106 | 18 | 99 | 108 | .312 | .986 | 164 |
| 2009 | 33 | HOU | 136 | 460 | 73 | 126 | 25 | 80 | 7 | 97 | 98 | .274 | .907 | 145 |
| 2010 | 34 | NYA | 37 | 106 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 15 | .255 | .707 | 95 |
| 2010 | 34 | HOU | 85 | 298 | 39 | 73 | 13 | 49 | 3 | 60 | 70 | .245 | .808 | 124 |
| 2011 | 35 | SLN | 145 | 488 | 90 | 147 | 31 | 94 | 2 | 92 | 93 | .301 | .959 | 169 |
| 2012 | 36 | SLN | 32 | 81 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 19 | .259 | .826 | 131 |
| 2013 | 37 | TEX | 73 | 256 | 27 | 62 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 38 | 52 | .242 | .700 | 95 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | OF | 27 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | OF | 96 | 90 | 173 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | OF | 155 | 153 | 306 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | OF | 156 | 155 | 293 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 2003 | OF | 153 | 153 | 254 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | OF | 160 | 158 | 243 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1B | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1B | 96 | 84 | 772 | 49 | 5 | 77 |
| 2005 | OF | 49 | 45 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1B | 112 | 105 | 964 | 71 | 6 | 96 |
| 2006 | OF | 44 | 39 | 61 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1B | 126 | 122 | 1015 | 103 | 10 | 86 |
| 2007 | OF | 31 | 27 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1B | 152 | 151 | 1240 | 132 | 5 | 122 |
| 2009 | 1B | 131 | 131 | 1107 | 116 | 6 | 122 |
| 2010 | 1B | 93 | 91 | 750 | 74 | 2 | 68 |
| 2011 | OF | 126 | 123 | 194 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1B | 21 | 16 | 154 | 14 | 2 | 18 |
| 2012 | 1B | 23 | 22 | 170 | 13 | 4 | 22 |
| 2013 | 1B | 4 | 4 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
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.
Lance Berkman won: TSN All-Star 2006 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2011, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 6 | 1 / 160 | 0 |
| 2001 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 125 / 448 | 0 |
| 2002 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 181 / 448 | 0 |
| 2004 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 100 / 448 | 0 |
| 2005 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 15 | 21 / 448 | 0 |
| 2006 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 230 / 448 | 0 |
| 2008 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 126 / 448 | 0 |
| 2011 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 7 | 118 / 448 | 0 |
Lance Berkman ranks on 5 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #85 | left fielders | 2001 | 176 OPS+ |
| #116 | first basemen | 2006 | 171 OPS+ |
| #120 | right fielders | 2004 | 169 OPS+ |
| #123 | right fielders | 2011 | 169 OPS+ |
| #126 | center fielders | 2002 | 163 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.