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Paul Waner played 20 major-league seasons (1926-1945) as a OF (2,288), 1B (73). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 21 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 23 | PIT | 144 | 536 | 101 | 180 | 8 | 79 | 11 | 66 | 19 | .336 | .941 | 159 |
| 1927 | 24 | PIT | 155 | 623 | 114 | 237 | 9 | 131 | 5 | 60 | 14 | .380 | .986 | 171 |
| 1928 | 25 | PIT | 152 | 602 | 142 | 223 | 6 | 86 | 6 | 77 | 16 | .370 | .992 | 167 |
| 1929 | 26 | PIT | 151 | 596 | 131 | 200 | 15 | 100 | 15 | 89 | 24 | .336 | .958 | 144 |
| 1930 | 27 | PIT | 145 | 589 | 117 | 217 | 8 | 77 | 18 | 57 | 18 | .368 | .952 | 136 |
| 1931 | 28 | PIT | 150 | 559 | 88 | 180 | 6 | 70 | 6 | 73 | 21 | .322 | .857 | 138 |
| 1932 | 29 | PIT | 154 | 630 | 107 | 215 | 8 | 82 | 13 | 56 | 24 | .341 | .906 | 150 |
| 1933 | 30 | PIT | 154 | 618 | 101 | 191 | 7 | 70 | 3 | 60 | 20 | .309 | .828 | 143 |
| 1934 | 31 | PIT | 146 | 599 | 122 | 217 | 14 | 90 | 8 | 68 | 24 | .362 | .968 | 166 |
| 1935 | 32 | PIT | 139 | 549 | 98 | 176 | 11 | 78 | 2 | 61 | 22 | .321 | .869 | 140 |
| 1936 | 33 | PIT | 148 | 585 | 107 | 218 | 5 | 94 | 7 | 74 | 29 | .373 | .965 | 167 |
| 1937 | 34 | PIT | 154 | 619 | 94 | 219 | 2 | 74 | 4 | 63 | 34 | .354 | .855 | 140 |
| 1938 | 35 | PIT | 148 | 625 | 77 | 175 | 6 | 69 | 2 | 47 | 28 | .280 | .709 | 101 |
| 1939 | 36 | PIT | 125 | 461 | 62 | 151 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 35 | 18 | .328 | .813 | 125 |
| 1940 | 37 | PIT | 89 | 238 | 32 | 69 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 14 | .290 | .731 | 109 |
| 1941 | 38 | BRO|BSN | 106 | 329 | 45 | 88 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 55 | 14 | .267 | .701 | 105 |
| 1942 | 39 | BSN | 114 | 333 | 43 | 86 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 62 | 20 | .258 | .701 | 113 |
| 1943 | 40 | BRO | 82 | 225 | 29 | 70 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 35 | 9 | .311 | .802 | 139 |
| 1944 | 41 | NYA | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .476 | 43 |
| 1944 | 41 | BRO | 83 | 136 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 27 | 7 | .287 | .736 | 115 |
| 1945 | 42 | NYA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | OF | 139 | 0 | 307 | 21 | 8 | 3 |
| 1927 | OF | 143 | 0 | 326 | 20 | 7 | 4 |
| 1927 | 1B | 14 | 0 | 104 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 1928 | OF | 131 | 0 | 299 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| 1928 | 1B | 24 | 0 | 234 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 1929 | OF | 143 | 0 | 328 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| 1929 | 1B | 7 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1930 | OF | 143 | 0 | 344 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
| 1931 | OF | 138 | 0 | 342 | 28 | 9 | 8 |
| 1931 | 1B | 10 | 0 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 1932 | OF | 154 | 0 | 367 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 1933 | OF | 154 | 0 | 346 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| 1934 | OF | 145 | 0 | 323 | 15 | 5 | 1 |
| 1935 | OF | 136 | 0 | 283 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| 1936 | OF | 145 | 0 | 323 | 15 | 14 | 7 |
| 1937 | OF | 150 | 0 | 271 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| 1937 | 1B | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 1938 | OF | 147 | 0 | 284 | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 1939 | OF | 106 | 0 | 206 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| 1940 | OF | 45 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1940 | 1B | 8 | 0 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| 1941 | OF | 86 | 0 | 141 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| 1941 | 1B | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1942 | OF | 94 | 0 | 150 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| 1943 | OF | 57 | 0 | 116 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 1944 | OF | 32 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 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.
Paul Waner won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1927 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1927 (NL), MVP 1927 (NL), TSN All-Star 1927 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1928 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1928 (NL), TSN All-Star 1928 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1934 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1936 (NL), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1937 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1937 (NL), TSN All-Star 1937 (ML).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (8 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1932, 1928, 1927, 1926.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 15 / 80 | 0 |
| 1927 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 72 / 80 | 0 |
| 1928 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 17 | 5 / 80 | 0 |
| 1932 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 4 | 37 / 80 | 0 |
| 1934 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 50 / 80 | 0 |
| 1935 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 27 | 1 / 80 | 0 |
| 1936 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 29 / 80 | 0 |
| 1937 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 21 / 80 | 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.