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Ruben Sierra played 20 major-league seasons (1986-2006) as a OF (1,622). 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+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 21 | TEX | 113 | 382 | 50 | 101 | 16 | 55 | 7 | 22 | 65 | .264 | .779 | 109 |
| 1987 | 22 | TEX | 158 | 643 | 97 | 169 | 30 | 109 | 16 | 39 | 114 | .263 | .771 | 101 |
| 1988 | 23 | TEX | 156 | 615 | 77 | 156 | 23 | 91 | 18 | 44 | 91 | .254 | .725 | 101 |
| 1989 | 24 | TEX | 162 | 634 | 101 | 194 | 29 | 119 | 8 | 43 | 82 | .306 | .889 | 148 |
| 1990 | 25 | TEX | 159 | 608 | 70 | 170 | 16 | 96 | 9 | 49 | 86 | .280 | .756 | 111 |
| 1991 | 26 | TEX | 161 | 661 | 110 | 203 | 25 | 116 | 16 | 56 | 91 | .307 | .859 | 136 |
| 1992 | 27 | TEX|OAK | 151 | 601 | 83 | 167 | 17 | 87 | 14 | 45 | 68 | .278 | .766 | 113 |
| 1993 | 28 | OAK | 158 | 630 | 77 | 147 | 22 | 101 | 25 | 52 | 97 | .233 | .678 | 81 |
| 1994 | 29 | OAK | 110 | 426 | 71 | 114 | 23 | 92 | 8 | 23 | 64 | .268 | .781 | 98 |
| 1995 | 30 | OAK|NYA | 126 | 479 | 73 | 126 | 19 | 86 | 5 | 46 | 76 | .263 | .772 | 99 |
| 1996 | 31 | NYA|DET | 142 | 518 | 61 | 128 | 12 | 72 | 4 | 60 | 83 | .247 | .695 | 76 |
| 1997 | 32 | TOR | 14 | 48 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .208 | .604 | 56 |
| 1997 | 32 | CIN | 25 | 90 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .244 | .681 | 82 |
| 1998 | 33 | CHA | 27 | 74 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .216 | .706 | 79 |
| 2000 | 35 | TEX | 20 | 60 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .233 | .565 | 45 |
| 2001 | 36 | TEX | 94 | 344 | 55 | 100 | 23 | 67 | 2 | 19 | 52 | .291 | .884 | 128 |
| 2002 | 37 | SEA | 122 | 419 | 47 | 113 | 13 | 60 | 4 | 31 | 66 | .270 | .736 | 95 |
| 2003 | 38 | TEX|NYA | 106 | 307 | 33 | 83 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 27 | 47 | .270 | .748 | 96 |
| 2004 | 39 | NYA | 107 | 307 | 40 | 75 | 17 | 65 | 1 | 25 | 55 | .244 | .752 | 93 |
| 2005 | 40 | NYA | 61 | 170 | 14 | 39 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 41 | .229 | .636 | 68 |
| 2006 | 41 | MIN | 14 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .179 | .487 | 29 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | OF | 107 | 93 | 200 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1987 | OF | 157 | 156 | 272 | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| 1988 | OF | 153 | 152 | 310 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
| 1989 | OF | 162 | 162 | 313 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| 1990 | OF | 151 | 150 | 283 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| 1991 | OF | 161 | 160 | 305 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
| 1992 | OF | 144 | 144 | 283 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | OF | 133 | 131 | 291 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| 1994 | OF | 98 | 97 | 155 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| 1995 | OF | 72 | 69 | 107 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | OF | 56 | 55 | 108 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 1997 | OF | 31 | 29 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | OF | 14 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | OF | 36 | 33 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | OF | 60 | 54 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | OF | 40 | 33 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | OF | 29 | 22 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | OF | 18 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 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.
Ruben Sierra won: Silver Slugger 1989 (AL), TSN All-Star 1989 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1994, 1991, 1989, 1987, 1986.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Rookie of the Year | AL | 6 | 1 / 140 | 0 |
| 1987 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 22 | 5 / 392 | 0 |
| 1989 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 228 / 392 | 6 |
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 63 / 392 | 0 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 1 / 392 | 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.