What years did Yogi Berra play?

Yogi Berra played in Major League Baseball from 1946 to 1965.

Was Yogi Berra a pitcher?

No. Yogi Berra was a position player (Catcher).

How many home runs did Yogi Berra hit?

Yogi Berra hit 358 career home runs with 2150 hits.

What was Yogi Berra's career batting average?

Yogi Berra batted .285 over his career, with 2,150 hits in 7,555 at bats.

How many RBI did Yogi Berra have?

Yogi Berra drove in 1,430 runs in his career.

Yogi Berra

Catcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1946-1965)

Yogi Berra was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1946 to 1965 for the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, a span of 20 seasons. In 2,120 career games, he hit .285 with 2,150 hits, 358 home runs, and 1,430 RBI. Yogi Berra was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972 and was a 15-time All-Star and a 3-time MVP. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 21,371.

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 September 9, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1972

AVG .285

HR 358

RBI 1,430

H 2,150

OPS .830

PIV 21,371

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 5'7" / 185 lb
Born: 5/12/1925 in St. Louis, MO, USA
Died: 9/22/2015 in West Caldwell, NJ, USA
MLB Debut: 1946-09-22
Last Game: 1965-05-09
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1972 (BBWAA)
Awards: 15× All-Star · 3× MVP

Full name: Lawrence Peter Berra

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Career Batting Statistics

Yogi Berra — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,120	7,555	1,175	2,150	321	49	358	1,430	30	704	414	.285	.348	.482	.830	21,371

Career AVG .285 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — +10.4% above league average.

Career OBP .348 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — +5.7% above league average.

Career SLG .482 vs. league average .385 across their career seasons — +25.1% above league average.

Career OPS .830 vs. league average .715 across their career seasons — +16.2% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Yogi Berra 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
1946	NYA	AL	7	22	3	8	1	0	2	4	0	1	1	.364	—	—	—	—	0.0
1947	NYA	AL	83	293	41	82	15	3	11	54	0	13	12	.280	.262 (+7%)	.336 (-8%)	.376 (+23%)	.712 (+9%)	302.0
1948	NYA	AL	125	469	70	143	24	10	14	98	3	25	24	.305	.263 (+16%)	.340 (avg)	.379 (+29%)	.719 (+15%)	1145.9
1949	NYA	AL	116	415	59	115	20	2	20	91	2	22	25	.277	.262 (+5%)	.343 (-6%)	.384 (+25%)	.727 (+10%)	640.4
1950	NYA	AL	151	597	116	192	30	6	28	124	4	55	12	.322	.265 (+21%)	.346 (+11%)	.401 (+33%)	.747 (+22%)	2713.9
1951	NYA	AL	141	547	92	161	19	4	27	88	5	44	20	.294	.260 (+13%)	.336 (+4%)	.385 (+28%)	.721 (+17%)	1694.5
1952	NYA	AL	142	534	97	146	17	1	30	98	2	66	24	.273	.252 (+8%)	.326 (+9%)	.369 (+29%)	.696 (+20%)	2124.3
1953	NYA	AL	137	503	80	149	23	5	27	108	0	50	32	.296	.264 (+12%)	.335 (+8%)	.397 (+32%)	.733 (+21%)	2051.4
1954	NYA	AL	151	584	88	179	28	6	22	125	0	56	29	.307	.261 (+17%)	.333 (+10%)	.390 (+25%)	.723 (+18%)	2118.8
1955	NYA	AL	147	541	84	147	20	3	27	108	1	60	20	.272	.258 (+5%)	.332 (+5%)	.393 (+19%)	.726 (+13%)	1407.1
1956	NYA	AL	140	521	93	155	29	2	30	105	3	65	29	.298	.258 (+15%)	.331 (+14%)	.397 (+34%)	.728 (+25%)	2674.8
1957	NYA	AL	134	482	74	121	14	2	24	82	1	57	24	.251	.257 (-3%)	.323 (+2%)	.391 (+12%)	.715 (+7%)	700.8
1958	NYA	AL	122	433	60	115	17	3	22	90	3	35	35	.266	.257 (+3%)	.324 (-2%)	.394 (+20%)	.719 (+10%)	699.0
1959	NYA	AL	131	472	64	134	25	1	19	69	1	43	38	.284	.256 (+11%)	.323 (+7%)	.392 (+18%)	.715 (+13%)	1211.1
1960	NYA	AL	120	359	46	99	14	1	15	62	2	38	23	.276	.255 (+8%)	.323 (+7%)	.387 (+15%)	.711 (+11%)	801.4
1961	NYA	AL	119	395	62	107	11	0	22	61	2	35	28	.271	.258 (+5%)	.328 (avg)	.399 (+17%)	.727 (+9%)	657.4
1962	NYA	AL	86	232	25	52	8	0	10	35	0	24	18	.224	.257 (-13%)	.326 (-9%)	.393 (-1%)	.719 (-5%)	-219.6
1963	NYA	AL	64	147	20	43	6	0	8	28	1	15	17	.293	.246 (+19%)	.308 (+16%)	.371 (+34%)	.680 (+26%)	647.4
1965	NYN	NL	4	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			2,120	7,555	1,175	2,150	321	49	358	1,430	30	704	414	.285	—	—	—	—	21,371

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

Yogi Berra — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
75	259	41	71	10	0	12	39	32	17	.274

Playoff Batting by Year

Yogi Berra — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1963	WS	NYA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1962	WS	NYA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
1961	WS	NYA	4	11	2	3	0	1	3	5	1	.273
1960	WS	NYA	7	22	6	7	0	1	8	2	0	.318
1958	WS	NYA	7	27	3	6	3	0	2	1	0	.222
1957	WS	NYA	7	25	5	8	1	1	2	4	0	.320
1956	WS	NYA	7	25	5	9	2	3	10	4	1	.360
1955	WS	NYA	7	24	5	10	1	1	2	3	1	.417
1953	WS	NYA	6	21	3	9	1	1	4	3	3	.429
1952	WS	NYA	7	28	2	6	1	2	3	2	4	.214
1951	WS	NYA	6	23	4	6	1	0	0	2	1	.261
1950	WS	NYA	4	15	2	3	0	1	2	2	1	.200
1949	WS	NYA	4	16	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	.062
1947	WS	NYA	6	19	2	3	0	1	2	1	2	.158

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Yogi Berra — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1071	3646	571	1044	210	727	.286
Away	1049	3908	606	1106	148	703	.283

Last 10 Games — Batting

Yogi Berra — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1965-05-09	NYN	ATL	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	3
1965-05-05	NYN	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965-05-04	NYN	PHI	W	3	1	2	0	0	0	0
1965-05-01	NYN	CIN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963-09-28	NYY	MIN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963-09-27	NYY	MIN	L	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
1963-09-21	NYY	KC1	L	2	1	1	1	2	0	0
1963-09-20	NYY	KC1	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963-09-17	NYY	CLE	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963-09-12	NYY	KC1	W	4	1	2	0	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Yogi Berra — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	2	1	10	0	0	2
3B	1	1	1	1	0	0
C	1699	868	8738	798	110	175
OF	260	179	472	20	15	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Yogi Berra — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1946	NYA	C	6	0	28	6	0	2
1947	NYA	C	51	0	259	18	8	5
1947	NYA	OF	24	0	48	0	1	0
1948	NYA	C	71	0	297	36	7	5
1948	NYA	OF	50	0	93	4	2	2
1949	NYA	C	109	0	544	60	7	18
1950	NYA	C	148	0	777	64	13	16
1951	NYA	C	141	0	693	82	13	25
1952	NYA	C	140	0	700	73	6	10
1953	NYA	C	133	0	566	64	9	9
1954	NYA	3B	1	1	1	1	0	0
1954	NYA	C	149	148	717	63	8	14
1955	NYA	C	145	141	748	54	13	10
1956	NYA	C	135	134	732	55	11	15
1956	NYA	OF	1	1	1	2	0	0
1957	NYA	C	121	116	704	61	4	12
1957	NYA	OF	6	7	3	0	0	0
1958	NYA	1B	2	1	10	0	0	2
1958	NYA	C	88	87	509	41	0	8
1958	NYA	OF	21	21	39	3	2	1
1959	NYA	C	116	112	698	61	2	9
1959	NYA	OF	7	7	8	1	2	1
1960	NYA	C	63	53	256	22	3	6
1960	NYA	OF	36	33	56	2	2	0
1961	NYA	C	15	15	76	8	0	0
1961	NYA	OF	87	83	161	7	2	2
1962	NYA	C	31	28	175	16	2	6
1962	NYA	OF	28	27	63	1	4	0
1963	NYA	C	35	32	244	13	3	5
1965	NYN	C	2	2	15	1	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Yogi Berra Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Catcher	1695
First Base	2
Third Base	1
Left Field	149
Right Field	116

Awards & Honors

Yogi Berra — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2013	Bob Feller Act of Valor Award - HOF Player
1957	TSN All-Star	C
1956	TSN All-Star	C
1955	Most Valuable Player
1954	Most Valuable Player
1954	TSN All-Star	C
1952	TSN All-Star	C
1951	Most Valuable Player
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	C
1950	TSN All-Star	C
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	C
1947	Baseball Magazine All-Star	C

Award Voting History

Yogi Berra — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1961	Most Valuable Player	AL	23th	2.0	280	0
1960	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	21.0	336	0
1959	Most Valuable Player	AL	12th	26.0	336	0
1958	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	6.0	336	0
1957	Most Valuable Player	AL	14th	18.0	336	0
1956	Most Valuable Player	AL	2nd	186.0	336	0
1955	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	218.0	336	7
1954	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	230.0	336	7
1953	Most Valuable Player	AL	2nd	167.0	336	0
1952	Most Valuable Player	AL	4th	104.0	336	0
1951	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	184.0	336	6
1950	Most Valuable Player	AL	3rd	146.0	336	3
1949	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	9.0	336	0
1948	Most Valuable Player	AL	29th	3.0	336	0
1947	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	18.0	336	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Yogi Berra

What years did Yogi Berra play?: Yogi Berra played in Major League Baseball from 1946 to 1965.
Was Yogi Berra a pitcher?: No. Yogi Berra was a position player (Catcher).
How many home runs did Yogi Berra hit?: Yogi Berra hit 358 career home runs with 2150 hits.
Is Yogi Berra in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Yogi Berra was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.
What was Yogi Berra's career batting average?: Yogi Berra batted .285 over his career, with 2,150 hits in 7,555 at bats.
How many RBI did Yogi Berra have?: Yogi Berra drove in 1,430 runs in his career.