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Ray Lankford played 14 major-league seasons (1990-2004) as a OF (1,586). 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 23 | SLN | 39 | 126 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 27 | .286 | .805 | 128 |
| 1991 | 24 | SLN | 151 | 566 | 83 | 142 | 9 | 69 | 44 | 41 | 114 | .251 | .693 | 100 |
| 1992 | 25 | SLN | 153 | 598 | 87 | 175 | 20 | 86 | 42 | 72 | 147 | .293 | .851 | 148 |
| 1993 | 26 | SLN | 127 | 407 | 64 | 97 | 7 | 45 | 14 | 81 | 111 | .238 | .713 | 99 |
| 1994 | 27 | SLN | 109 | 416 | 89 | 111 | 19 | 57 | 11 | 58 | 113 | .267 | .847 | 126 |
| 1995 | 28 | SLN | 132 | 483 | 81 | 134 | 25 | 82 | 24 | 63 | 110 | .277 | .873 | 135 |
| 1996 | 29 | SLN | 149 | 545 | 100 | 150 | 21 | 86 | 35 | 79 | 133 | .275 | .852 | 130 |
| 1997 | 30 | SLN | 133 | 465 | 94 | 137 | 31 | 98 | 21 | 95 | 125 | .295 | .996 | 166 |
| 1998 | 31 | SLN | 154 | 533 | 94 | 156 | 31 | 105 | 26 | 86 | 151 | .293 | .932 | 150 |
| 1999 | 32 | SLN | 122 | 422 | 77 | 129 | 15 | 63 | 14 | 49 | 110 | .306 | .873 | 126 |
| 2000 | 33 | SLN | 128 | 392 | 73 | 99 | 26 | 65 | 5 | 70 | 148 | .253 | .874 | 125 |
| 2001 | 34 | SLN|SDN | 131 | 389 | 58 | 98 | 19 | 58 | 10 | 62 | 145 | .252 | .849 | 124 |
| 2002 | 35 | SDN | 81 | 205 | 20 | 46 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 30 | 61 | .224 | .682 | 85 |
| 2004 | 37 | SLN | 92 | 200 | 36 | 51 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 55 | .255 | .774 | 105 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | OF | 35 | 30 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | OF | 149 | 135 | 367 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 1992 | OF | 153 | 151 | 438 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | OF | 121 | 112 | 312 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | OF | 104 | 103 | 260 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 1995 | OF | 129 | 128 | 300 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1996 | OF | 144 | 142 | 356 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | OF | 131 | 130 | 293 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 1998 | OF | 145 | 137 | 338 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1999 | OF | 106 | 103 | 214 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | OF | 117 | 106 | 179 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | OF | 123 | 109 | 198 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | OF | 59 | 54 | 98 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2004 | OF | 70 | 45 | 85 | 1 | 4 | 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.
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (3 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1997, 1992, 1991.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Rookie of the Year | NL | 3 | 28 / 120 | 0 |
| 1992 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 18 | 5 / 336 | 0 |
| 1997 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 6 / 392 | 0 |
Ray Lankford ranks on 2 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #103 | center fielders | 1997 | 166 OPS+ |
| #157 | center fielders | 1998 | 150 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.