What years did Nolan Arenado play?

Nolan Arenado played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2026.

Was Nolan Arenado a pitcher?

No. Nolan Arenado was a position player (Third Baseman).

How many home runs did Nolan Arenado hit?

Nolan Arenado hit 383 career home runs with 2,057 hits.

What teams has Nolan Arenado played for?

Nolan Arenado has played for 3 teams: the Colorado Rockies (2013–2020), the St. Louis Cardinals (2021–2025), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2026).

Has Nolan Arenado won an MVP award?

No. Nolan Arenado has not won the MVP award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Nolan Arenado won?

Nolan Arenado has won 10 Gold Gloves (2013–2022) and 5 Silver Slugger awards (2015–2018, 2022). He has been selected to 8 All-Star Games.

What are Nolan Arenado's career stats?

In 1,939 games, Nolan Arenado has 2,057 hits, 383 home runs, 1,270 RBI, 1,072 runs, and 35 stolen bases, with a .280 batting average.

What was Nolan Arenado's salary?

Nolan Arenado's last recorded salary was $5,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $5,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $500,000, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.

What position does Nolan Arenado play?

Nolan Arenado plays primarily as a third baseman, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Nolan Arenado and how much does he weigh?

Nolan Arenado is listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 215 pounds.

What number does Nolan Arenado wear?

Nolan Arenado wears number 28, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

How many home runs has Nolan Arenado hit each season?

Nolan Arenado's home runs by season: 10 in 2013, 18 in 2014, 42 in 2015, 41 in 2016, 37 in 2017, 38 in 2018, 41 in 2019, 8 in 2020, 34 in 2021, 30 in 2022, 26 in 2023, 16 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 30 in 2026. His most in one season was 42, in 2015.

What was Nolan Arenado's career batting average?

Nolan Arenado batted .280 over his career, with 2,057 hits in 7,340 at bats.

Nolan Arenado

Third Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2013-2026)

Nolan Arenado is a third baseman who has played in Major League Baseball since 2013 for the Colorado Rockies, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Arizona Diamondbacks, a span of 14 seasons. In 1,939 career games, he has hit .280 with 2,057 hits, 383 home runs, and 1,270 RBI. Nolan Arenado is a 8-time All-Star, a 10-time Gold Glove, and a 5-time Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 21,230.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 17, 2026

Active Player

AVG .280

HR 383

RBI 1,270

H 2,057

OPS .843

PIV thru 2025 21,230

PIV is computed through the 2025 season, so it does not yet include 2026. Every other career total on this page includes 2026 through October 17, 2026.

Position: Third Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 215 lb
Born: 4/16/1991 in Newport Beach, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2013-04-28
Awards: 8× All-Star · 10× Gold Glove · 5× Silver Slugger
Jersey: #28

Full name: Nolan James Arenado

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Career Batting Statistics

Nolan Arenado — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,939	7,340	1,072	2,057	430	35	383	1,270	35	629	1,214	.280	.338	.505	.843	21,230

Career AVG .280 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — +12.6% above league average.

Career OBP .338 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — +6.3% above league average.

Career SLG .505 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — +23.8% above league average.

Career OPS .843 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — +16.2% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Nolan Arenado Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2013	COL	NL	133	486	49	130	29	4	10	52	2	23	72	.267	.253 (+6%)	.317 (-5%)	.396 (+2%)	.714 (-1%)	-191.8
2014	COL	NL	111	432	58	124	34	2	18	61	2	25	58	.287	.251 (+14%)	.313 (+5%)	.386 (+29%)	.700 (+18%)	1296.9
2015	COL	NL	157	616	97	177	43	4	42	130	2	34	110	.287	.254 (+13%)	.316 (+2%)	.404 (+42%)	.721 (+24%)	2670.2
2016	COL	NL	160	618	116	182	35	6	41	133	2	68	103	.294	.255 (+15%)	.321 (+13%)	.417 (+36%)	.738 (+26%)	3257.5
2017	COL	NL	159	606	100	187	43	7	37	130	3	62	106	.309	.254 (+21%)	.324 (+15%)	.425 (+38%)	.750 (+28%)	3450.9
2018	COL	NL	156	590	104	175	38	2	38	110	2	73	122	.297	.247 (+20%)	.318 (+17%)	.409 (+37%)	.727 (+28%)	3456.3
2019	COL	NL	155	588	102	185	31	2	41	118	3	62	93	.315	.252 (+25%)	.322 (+17%)	.434 (+34%)	.757 (+27%)	3362.2
2020	COL	NL	48	182	23	46	9	0	8	26	0	15	20	.253	.244 (+3%)	.321 (-6%)	.417 (+4%)	.739 (avg)	-65.1
2021	SLN	NL	157	593	81	151	34	3	34	105	2	50	96	.255	.243 (+4%)	.317 (-1%)	.410 (+20%)	.727 (+11%)	1088.1
2022	SLN	NL	148	557	73	163	42	1	30	103	5	52	72	.293	.242 (+21%)	.311 (+15%)	.394 (+35%)	.706 (+26%)	2822.8
2023	SLN	NL	144	560	71	149	26	2	26	93	3	41	101	.266	.248 (+7%)	.320 (-1%)	.414 (+11%)	.734 (+5%)	459.9
2024	SLN	NL	152	578	70	157	23	0	16	71	2	44	92	.272	.243 (+12%)	.312 (+4%)	.399 (-1%)	.711 (+1%)	145.4
2025	SLN	NL	107	401	48	95	18	1	12	52	3	28	49	.237	.245 (-3%)	.315 (-8%)	.403 (-7%)	.718 (-7%)	-522.9
2026	AZ	NL	152	533	80	136	25	1	30	86	4	52	120	.255	.243 (+5%)	.318 (+4%)	.400 (+19%)	.718 (+12%)	0
Career · 14 seasons			1,939	7,340	1,072	2,057	430	35	383	1,270	35	629	1,214	.280	—	—	—	—	21,230

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Nolan Arenado — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	33	3	5	0	0	1	3	0	9	.152

Playoff Batting by Year

Nolan Arenado — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
2022	NLWC2	SLN	2	8	1	1	0	0	2	.125
2021	NLWC	SLN	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2018	NLDS1	COL	3	11	0	2	0	1	5	.182
2018	NLWC	COL	1	5	0	1	0	1	1	.200
2017	NLWC	COL	1	5	2	1	1	1	1	.200

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Nolan Arenado — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	903	3407	553	1026	190	679	.301
Away	883	3396	438	894	162	504	.263

Last 10 Games — Batting

Nolan Arenado — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO
2025-09-27	STL	CHC	L	4	1	2	0	1	1	0
2025-09-26	STL	CHC	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-24	STL	SFG	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
2025-09-23	STL	SFG	W	5	1	2	0	1	1	1
2025-09-22	STL	SFG	W	5	1	1	1	0	0	3
2025-09-21	STL	MIL	W	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-20	STL	MIL	L	4	0	2	0	0	1	1
2025-09-19	STL	MIL	W	5	1	1	1	0	3	2
2025-09-17	STL	CIN	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-16	STL	CIN	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Nolan Arenado — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
3B	1731	1722	1170	3750	137	445

Season-by-Season Fielding

Nolan Arenado — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	COL	3B	130	128	91	309	11	27
2014	COL	3B	111	111	69	280	15	31
2015	COL	3B	157	156	105	385	17	42
2016	COL	3B	160	159	99	378	13	39
2017	COL	3B	157	156	103	311	9	39
2018	COL	3B	152	152	104	312	14	44
2019	COL	3B	154	151	111	337	9	43
2020	COL	3B	48	48	43	117	3	19
2021	SLN	3B	155	155	125	287	11	38
2022	SLN	3B	131	131	84	283	12	42
2023	SLN	3B	128	128	62	264	9	31
2024	SLN	3B	146	145	103	280	9	26
2025	SLN	3B	102	102	71	207	5	24

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Nolan Arenado Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Third Base	1731
Designated Hitter	45

Awards & Honors

Nolan Arenado — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2022	All-MLB Team - Second Team	3B
2022	Gold Glove	3B
2022	Platinum Glove
2022	Player of the Month	April
2022	Player of the Month	August
2022	Player of the Week	Week of 2022-04-09
2022	Player of the Week	Week of 2022-08-06
2022	Silver Slugger	3B
2022	TSN All-Star	3B
2021	Gold Glove	3B
2021	Platinum Glove
2020	Gold Glove	3B
2020	Platinum Glove
2019	Gold Glove	3B
2019	Platinum Glove
2019	Player of the Week	Week of 2019-05-25
2018	Gold Glove	3B
2018	Platinum Glove
2018	Player of the Week	Week of 2018-06-23
2018	Silver Slugger	3B
2018	TSN All-Star	3B
2017	Gold Glove	3B
2017	Majestic Athletic Always Game Award
2017	Platinum Glove
2017	Player of the Month	July
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-07-22
2017	Silver Slugger	3B
2017	This Year in Baseball Best Defensive Player	Esurance
2017	This Year in Baseball Best Play - Offense	Esurance
2016	Gold Glove	3B
2016	Player of the Week	Week of 2016-04-16
2016	Silver Slugger	3B
2015	Gold Glove	3B
2015	Player of the Month	September
2015	Player of the Week	Week of 2015-06-28
2015	Silver Slugger	3B
2014	Gold Glove	3B
2014	Player of the Week	Week of 2014-08-24
2013	Gold Glove	3B

Salary History

Nolan Arenado's recorded salaries total $6,012,500 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Arenado's career ran from 2013 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.

Nolan Arenado — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	COL	NL	$5,000,000
2015	COL	NL	$512,500
2014	COL	NL	$500,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$6,012,500

Award Voting History

Nolan Arenado — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2022	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	232.0	420	1
2019	Most Valuable Player	NL	6th	120.0	420	0
2018	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	203.0	420	0
2017	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	229.0	420	2
2016	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	199.0	420	0
2015	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	102.0	420	0
2013	Rookie of the Year	NL	7th	1.0	150	0

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Nolan Arenado: the record in brief

Active since a debut on April 28, 2013, Nolan Arenado has a record on this page that is still being added to. Club by club, the record runs the Colorado Rockies (2013 to 2020), the St. Louis Cardinals (2021 through 2025), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2026). At 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds, Arenado is listed as a third baseman. Arenado both batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. Arenado was born on April 16, 1991, in Newport Beach, CA, USA. Nolan Arenado was the playing name; the full given name is Nolan James.

Across 1,939 games at the plate, Arenado's career line reads 2,057 hits in 7,340 at bats for a .280 average, plus 383 homers, 1,270 runs batted in, and 35 stolen bases. Arenado got on base at a .338 rate and slugged .505 (.843 OPS). Set against a .249 league average for the same years, Arenado's .280 average sits 12.6% above it. No season beat the 42 home runs Arenado hit in 2015.

Frequently Asked Questions about Nolan Arenado

What years did Nolan Arenado play?: Nolan Arenado played in Major League Baseball from 2013 to 2026.
Was Nolan Arenado a pitcher?: No. Nolan Arenado was a position player (Third Baseman).
How many home runs did Nolan Arenado hit?: Nolan Arenado hit 383 career home runs with 2,057 hits.
What teams has Nolan Arenado played for?: Nolan Arenado has played for 3 teams: the Colorado Rockies (2013–2020), the St. Louis Cardinals (2021–2025), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2026).
Has Nolan Arenado won an MVP award?: No. Nolan Arenado has not won the MVP award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Nolan Arenado won?: Nolan Arenado has won 10 Gold Gloves (2013–2022) and 5 Silver Slugger awards (2015–2018, 2022). He has been selected to 8 All-Star Games.
What are Nolan Arenado's career stats?: In 1,939 games, Nolan Arenado has 2,057 hits, 383 home runs, 1,270 RBI, 1,072 runs, and 35 stolen bases, with a .280 batting average.
How much has Nolan Arenado earned in his career?: Nolan Arenado's recorded salaries total $6,012,500 over 3 seasons, 2014 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Arenado's career ran from 2013 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2013.
What was Nolan Arenado's salary?: Nolan Arenado's last recorded salary was $5,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $5,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $500,000, in 2014. The Salary History table lists each season from 2014 to 2016.
What position does Nolan Arenado play?: Nolan Arenado plays primarily as a third baseman, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Nolan Arenado and how much does he weigh?: Nolan Arenado is listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 215 pounds.
What number does Nolan Arenado wear?: Nolan Arenado wears number 28, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
How many home runs has Nolan Arenado hit each season?: Nolan Arenado's home runs by season: 10 in 2013, 18 in 2014, 42 in 2015, 41 in 2016, 37 in 2017, 38 in 2018, 41 in 2019, 8 in 2020, 34 in 2021, 30 in 2022, 26 in 2023, 16 in 2024, 12 in 2025, and 30 in 2026. His most in one season was 42, in 2015.
What was Nolan Arenado's career batting average?: Nolan Arenado batted .280 over his career, with 2,057 hits in 7,340 at bats.