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Phil Cavarretta played 22 major-league seasons (1934-1955) as a 1B (1,254), OF (538). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 22 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 18 | CHN | 7 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .381 | 1.054 | 188 |
| 1935 | 19 | CHN | 146 | 589 | 85 | 162 | 8 | 82 | 4 | 39 | 61 | .275 | .726 | 101 |
| 1936 | 20 | CHN | 124 | 458 | 55 | 125 | 9 | 56 | 8 | 17 | 36 | .273 | .682 | 89 |
| 1937 | 21 | CHN | 106 | 329 | 43 | 94 | 5 | 56 | 7 | 32 | 35 | .286 | .778 | 117 |
| 1938 | 22 | CHN | 92 | 268 | 29 | 64 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 14 | 27 | .239 | .608 | 72 |
| 1939 | 23 | CHN | 22 | 55 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .273 | .686 | 90 |
| 1940 | 24 | CHN | 65 | 193 | 34 | 54 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 31 | 18 | .280 | .797 | 128 |
| 1941 | 25 | CHN | 107 | 346 | 46 | 99 | 6 | 40 | 2 | 53 | 28 | .286 | .797 | 132 |
| 1942 | 26 | CHN | 136 | 482 | 59 | 130 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 71 | 42 | .270 | .728 | 120 |
| 1943 | 27 | CHN | 143 | 530 | 93 | 154 | 8 | 73 | 3 | 75 | 42 | .291 | .802 | 139 |
| 1944 | 28 | CHN | 152 | 614 | 106 | 197 | 5 | 82 | 4 | 67 | 42 | .321 | .841 | 144 |
| 1945 | 29 | CHN | 132 | 498 | 94 | 177 | 6 | 97 | 5 | 81 | 34 | .355 | .949 | 173 |
| 1946 | 30 | CHN | 139 | 510 | 89 | 150 | 8 | 78 | 2 | 88 | 54 | .294 | .836 | 144 |
| 1947 | 31 | CHN | 127 | 459 | 56 | 144 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 58 | 35 | .314 | .787 | 117 |
| 1948 | 32 | CHN | 111 | 334 | 41 | 93 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 35 | 29 | .278 | .732 | 105 |
| 1949 | 33 | CHN | 105 | 360 | 46 | 106 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 45 | 31 | .294 | .819 | 126 |
| 1950 | 34 | CHN | 82 | 256 | 49 | 70 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 40 | 31 | .273 | .817 | 122 |
| 1951 | 35 | CHN | 89 | 206 | 24 | 64 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 27 | 28 | .311 | .835 | 132 |
| 1952 | 36 | CHN | 41 | 63 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .238 | .667 | 92 |
| 1953 | 37 | CHN | 27 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .286 | .873 | 137 |
| 1954 | 38 | CHA | 71 | 158 | 21 | 50 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 12 | .316 | .829 | 135 |
| 1955 | 39 | CHA | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 1935 | 1B | 145 | 0 | 1347 | 98 | 20 | 129 |
| 1936 | 1B | 115 | 0 | 980 | 71 | 14 | 93 |
| 1937 | OF | 55 | 0 | 99 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 1937 | 1B | 43 | 0 | 355 | 33 | 7 | 27 |
| 1938 | OF | 52 | 0 | 71 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 1938 | 1B | 28 | 0 | 206 | 16 | 1 | 14 |
| 1939 | 1B | 13 | 0 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 1939 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | 1B | 52 | 0 | 524 | 30 | 5 | 57 |
| 1941 | OF | 66 | 0 | 128 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 1941 | 1B | 33 | 0 | 335 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
| 1942 | OF | 70 | 0 | 177 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 1942 | 1B | 61 | 0 | 567 | 44 | 5 | 48 |
| 1943 | 1B | 134 | 0 | 1290 | 67 | 18 | 103 |
| 1943 | OF | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | 1B | 139 | 0 | 1337 | 77 | 11 | 121 |
| 1944 | OF | 13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1945 | 1B | 120 | 0 | 1149 | 77 | 9 | 83 |
| 1945 | OF | 11 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | OF | 86 | 0 | 196 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 1946 | 1B | 51 | 0 | 450 | 40 | 4 | 26 |
| 1947 | OF | 100 | 0 | 203 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| 1947 | 1B | 24 | 0 | 217 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 1948 | 1B | 41 | 0 | 374 | 28 | 1 | 46 |
| 1948 | OF | 40 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 1949 | 1B | 70 | 0 | 673 | 63 | 5 | 58 |
| 1949 | OF | 25 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1950 | 1B | 67 | 0 | 606 | 47 | 9 | 55 |
| 1950 | OF | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | 1B | 53 | 0 | 444 | 42 | 3 | 53 |
| 1952 | 1B | 13 | 0 | 98 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 1954 | 1B | 44 | 31 | 261 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 1954 | OF | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | 1B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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.
Phil Cavarretta won: Baseball Magazine All-Star 1945 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1945 (NL), MVP 1945 (NL), TSN All-Star 1945 (ML), Baseball Magazine All-Star 1946 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (7 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1951, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1943.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 28 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1944 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 14 | 27 / 336 | 0 |
| 1945 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 279 / 336 | 15 |
| 1946 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 10 | 49 / 336 | 0 |
| 1947 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1948 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 24 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
| 1951 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 23 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
Phil Cavarretta ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #107 | first basemen | 1945 | 173 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.