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Pete Runnels played 14 major-league seasons (1951-1964) as a 1B (644), 2B (642), SS (463), 3B (49), OF (1). 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 23 | WS1 | 78 | 273 | 31 | 76 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 31 | 24 | .278 | .691 | 92 |
| 1952 | 24 | WS1 | 152 | 555 | 70 | 158 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 72 | 55 | .285 | .701 | 103 |
| 1953 | 25 | WS1 | 137 | 486 | 64 | 125 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 64 | 36 | .257 | .668 | 87 |
| 1954 | 26 | WS1 | 139 | 488 | 75 | 131 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 78 | 60 | .268 | .751 | 113 |
| 1955 | 27 | WS1 | 134 | 503 | 66 | 143 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 55 | 51 | .284 | .697 | 95 |
| 1956 | 28 | WS1 | 147 | 578 | 72 | 179 | 8 | 76 | 5 | 58 | 64 | .310 | .805 | 118 |
| 1957 | 29 | WS1 | 134 | 473 | 53 | 109 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 55 | 51 | .230 | .608 | 73 |
| 1958 | 30 | BOS | 147 | 568 | 103 | 183 | 8 | 59 | 1 | 87 | 49 | .322 | .854 | 143 |
| 1959 | 31 | BOS | 147 | 560 | 95 | 176 | 6 | 57 | 6 | 95 | 48 | .314 | .841 | 139 |
| 1960 | 32 | BOS | 143 | 528 | 80 | 169 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 71 | 51 | .320 | .795 | 123 |
| 1961 | 33 | BOS | 143 | 360 | 49 | 114 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 46 | 32 | .317 | .810 | 124 |
| 1962 | 34 | BOS | 152 | 562 | 80 | 183 | 10 | 60 | 3 | 79 | 57 | .326 | .863 | 140 |
| 1963 | 35 | HOU | 124 | 388 | 35 | 98 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 45 | 42 | .253 | .628 | 89 |
| 1964 | 36 | HOU | 22 | 51 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .196 | .521 | 55 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | SS | 73 | 0 | 159 | 176 | 18 | 41 |
| 1952 | SS | 147 | 0 | 314 | 406 | 25 | 97 |
| 1952 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953 | SS | 121 | 0 | 195 | 324 | 23 | 87 |
| 1953 | 2B | 11 | 0 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 7 |
| 1954 | SS | 107 | 104 | 174 | 313 | 24 | 69 |
| 1954 | 2B | 27 | 27 | 90 | 59 | 5 | 23 |
| 1954 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | 2B | 132 | 129 | 349 | 338 | 17 | 107 |
| 1955 | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1956 | 1B | 81 | 79 | 693 | 49 | 4 | 73 |
| 1956 | 2B | 69 | 65 | 179 | 177 | 10 | 56 |
| 1956 | SS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1B | 72 | 70 | 616 | 44 | 3 | 59 |
| 1957 | 3B | 32 | 32 | 31 | 73 | 3 | 12 |
| 1957 | 2B | 23 | 17 | 52 | 43 | 2 | 13 |
| 1958 | 2B | 106 | 106 | 267 | 320 | 9 | 88 |
| 1958 | 1B | 42 | 40 | 364 | 15 | 2 | 41 |
| 1959 | 2B | 101 | 101 | 273 | 272 | 10 | 82 |
| 1959 | 1B | 44 | 42 | 387 | 28 | 0 | 48 |
| 1959 | SS | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1960 | 2B | 129 | 127 | 274 | 360 | 9 | 99 |
| 1960 | 1B | 57 | 7 | 142 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 1960 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1B | 113 | 75 | 701 | 50 | 4 | 92 |
| 1961 | 3B | 11 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 1961 | 2B | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 1961 | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | 1B | 151 | 151 | 1309 | 104 | 10 | 125 |
| 1963 | 1B | 70 | 65 | 526 | 40 | 4 | 31 |
| 1963 | 2B | 36 | 33 | 64 | 64 | 2 | 18 |
| 1963 | 3B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1B | 14 | 13 | 138 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
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 (6 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1962, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1956, 1952.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 23 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 24 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 10 | 29 / 336 | 0 |
| 1959 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 26 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1960 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 18 / 336 | 0 |
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 9 / 280 | 0 |
Pete Runnels ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #119 | second basemen | 1958 | 143 OPS+ |
| #138 | second basemen | 1959 | 139 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.