What years did Mookie Betts play?

Mookie Betts played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2026.

Was Mookie Betts a pitcher?

No. Mookie Betts was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Mookie Betts hit?

Mookie Betts hit 314 career home runs with 1890 hits.

What was Mookie Betts's career batting average?

Mookie Betts batted .288 over his career, with 1,890 hits in 6,561 at bats.

How many RBI did Mookie Betts have?

Mookie Betts drove in 982 runs in his career.

Did Mookie Betts win an MVP?

Yes. Mookie Betts won the Most Valuable Player award 1 time.

Mookie Betts

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2014-2026)

Mookie Betts is an outfielder who has played in Major League Baseball since 2014 for the Boston Red Sox, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 13 seasons. In 1,654 career games, he has hit .288 with 1,890 hits, 314 home runs, and 982 RBI. Mookie Betts is a 8-time All-Star, an MVP, a 6-time Gold Glove, a 6-time Silver Slugger, and a Roberto Clemente Award. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 25,700.

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 12, 2026

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AVG .288

HR 314

RBI 982

H 1,890

OPS .874

PIV thru 2025 25,700

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 12, 2026.

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 180 lb
Born: 10/7/1992 in Brentwood, TN, USA
MLB Debut: 2014-06-29
Awards: 8× All-Star · MVP · 6× Gold Glove · 6× Silver Slugger · Roberto Clemente Award

Full name: Markus Lynn Betts

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Career Batting Statistics

Mookie Betts — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,654	6,561	1,237	1,890	419	41	314	982	198	783	982	.288	.366	.508	.874	25,700

Career AVG .288 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — +15.9% above league average.

Career OBP .366 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — +15.0% above league average.

Career SLG .508 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — +24.3% above league average.

Career OPS .874 vs. league average .727 across their career seasons — +20.2% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mookie Betts 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
2014	BOS	AL	52	189	34	55	12	1	5	18	7	21	31	.291	.251 (+16%)	.313 (+17%)	.386 (+15%)	.700 (+16%)	564.8
2015	BOS	AL	145	597	92	174	42	8	18	77	21	46	82	.291	.254 (+15%)	.316 (+8%)	.404 (+18%)	.721 (+14%)	1493.1
2016	BOS	AL	158	672	122	214	42	5	31	113	26	49	80	.318	.255 (+25%)	.321 (+13%)	.417 (+28%)	.738 (+21%)	2856.5
2017	BOS	AL	153	628	101	166	46	2	24	102	26	77	79	.264	.254 (+4%)	.324 (+6%)	.425 (+8%)	.750 (+7%)	944.5
2018	BOS	AL	136	520	129	180	47	5	32	80	30	81	91	.346	.247 (+40%)	.318 (+38%)	.409 (+56%)	.727 (+48%)	5236.7
2019	BOS	AL	150	597	135	176	40	5	29	80	16	97	101	.295	.252 (+17%)	.322 (+21%)	.434 (+21%)	.757 (+21%)	2820.8
2020	LAN	NL	55	219	47	64	9	1	16	39	10	24	38	.292	.244 (+19%)	.321 (+14%)	.417 (+34%)	.739 (+25%)	987.3
2021	LAN	NL	122	466	93	123	29	3	23	58	10	68	86	.264	.243 (+8%)	.317 (+16%)	.410 (+19%)	.727 (+17%)	1726.8
2022	LAN	NL	142	572	117	154	40	3	35	82	12	55	104	.269	.242 (+11%)	.311 (+9%)	.394 (+35%)	.706 (+24%)	2522.3
2023	LAN	NL	152	584	126	179	40	1	39	107	14	96	107	.307	.248 (+23%)	.320 (+28%)	.414 (+40%)	.734 (+34%)	4433.9
2024	LAN	NL	116	450	75	130	24	5	19	75	16	61	57	.289	.243 (+19%)	.312 (+19%)	.399 (+23%)	.711 (+21%)	1910.1
2025	LAN	NL	150	589	95	152	23	2	20	82	8	61	68	.258	.245 (+5%)	.315 (+3%)	.403 (avg)	.718 (+2%)	202.7
2026	LAD	NL	123	478	71	123	25	0	23	69	2	47	58	.257	.243 (+5%)	.318 (+2%)	.400 (+13%)	.718 (+8%)	0
Career · 13 seasons			1,654	6,561	1,237	1,890	419	41	314	982	198	783	982	.288	—	—	—	—	25,700

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

Mookie Betts — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
91	363	58	92	26	1	8	42	50	63	.253

Playoff Batting by Year

Mookie Betts — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2025	NLCS	LAN	4	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	2	.133
2025	NLDS2	LAN	4	17	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	.235
2025	NLWC1	LAN	2	9	1	6	3	0	0	3	1	1	.667
2025	WS	LAN	7	29	2	4	0	0	0	2	6	5	.138
2024	NLCS	LAN	6	26	6	9	4	0	2	9	5	5	.346
2024	NLDS2	LAN	5	18	4	4	0	0	2	3	3	3	.222
2024	WS	LAN	5	18	4	5	1	0	0	4	3	2	.278
2023	NLDS2	LAN	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000
2022	NLDS2	LAN	4	14	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	4	.143
2021	NLCS	LAN	6	23	4	4	1	0	0	1	4	3	.174
2021	NLDS2	LAN	5	20	2	9	0	0	1	4	1	2	.450
2021	NLWC	LAN	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
2020	NLCS	LAN	7	26	4	7	1	0	0	1	5	4	.269
2020	NLDS1	LAN	3	12	5	4	2	0	0	1	2	2	.333
2020	NLWC1	LAN	2	7	1	3	3	0	0	3	1	3	.429
2020	WS	LAN	6	26	5	7	2	0	2	3	2	7	.269
2018	ALCS	BOS	5	23	5	5	2	0	0	1	1	2	.217
2018	ALDS1	BOS	4	16	3	3	1	0	0	2	3	4	.188
2018	WS	BOS	5	23	5	5	1	0	1	1	3	6	.217
2017	ALDS2	BOS	4	16	2	5	2	0	0	0	1	4	.312
2016	ALDS2	BOS	3	10	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	.200

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Mookie Betts — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	768	2984	609	898	159	502	.301
Away	763	3099	557	869	132	411	.280

Last 10 Games — Batting

Mookie Betts — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2025-09-28	LAD	SEA	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-27	LAD	SEA	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-25	LAD	AZ	W	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
2025-09-24	LAD	AZ	W	4	1	3	0	0	1	0	0
2025-09-23	LAD	AZ	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2025-09-21	LAD	SFG	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025-09-20	LAD	SFG	W	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1
2025-09-19	LAD	SFG	W	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
2025-09-18	LAD	SFG	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2025-09-17	LAD	PHI	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mookie Betts — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	118	99	140	222	5	53
OF	1220	1170	2577	69	27	15
SS	229	221	262	492	19	85

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mookie Betts — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2014	BOS	2B	14	14	25	38	3	7
2014	BOS	OF	37	36	84	3	1	2
2015	BOS	OF	144	141	358	10	5	2
2016	BOS	OF	157	157	346	14	1	4
2017	BOS	OF	153	153	366	8	5	1
2018	BOS	2B	1	0	0	2	0	0
2018	BOS	OF	131	128	272	5	1	0
2019	BOS	OF	143	142	320	10	2	0
2020	LAN	2B	1	1	0	2	0	0
2020	LAN	OF	52	50	113	1	4	0
2021	LAN	2B	7	5	6	9	0	3
2021	LAN	OF	116	111	201	1	3	1
2022	LAN	2B	7	5	9	15	0	7
2022	LAN	OF	136	133	298	8	2	4
2023	LAN	2B	70	62	87	136	2	33
2023	LAN	OF	107	77	141	8	0	1
2023	LAN	SS	16	12	16	27	3	4
2024	LAN	2B	18	12	13	20	0	3
2024	LAN	OF	43	42	77	1	3	0
2024	LAN	SS	65	61	86	150	9	30
2025	LAN	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
2025	LAN	SS	148	148	160	315	7	51

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Mookie Betts Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Second Base	118
Shortstop	229
Center Field	223
Right Field	1022
Designated Hitter	14

Awards & Honors

Mookie Betts — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2025	Player of the Week	Week of 2025-09-13
2025	Roberto Clemente Award
2024	All-MLB Team - First Team	OF
2024	Player of the Month	April
2024	TSN All-Star	OF
2023	All-MLB Team - First Team	OF
2023	Player of the Month	August
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-08-26
2023	Silver Slugger	OF
2023	TSN All-Star	OF
2022	All-MLB Team - First Team	OF
2022	Gold Glove	OF
2022	Player of the Week	Week of 2022-08-27
2022	Silver Slugger	OF
2022	TSN All-Star	OF
2020	All-MLB Team - First Team	OF
2020	Gold Glove	RF
2020	Silver Slugger	OF
2020	TSN All-Star	OF
2019	All-MLB Team - Second Team	OF
2019	Gold Glove	RF
2019	Silver Slugger	OF
2019	TSN All-Star	OF
2018	Gold Glove	RF
2018	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2018	Most Valuable Player
2018	Silver Slugger	OF
2018	TSN All-Star	OF
2018	TSN Major League Player of the Year
2017	Gold Glove	RF
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-05-13
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-07-01
2017	TSN All-Star	OF
2016	Gold Glove	OF
2016	Player of the Month	July
2016	Silver Slugger	OF
2016	TSN All-Star	OF
2015	Player of the Week	Week of 2015-06-21

Salary History

Mookie Betts — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	BOS	AL	$566,000
2015	BOS	AL	$514,500
Total Career Earnings			$1,080,500

Award Voting History

Mookie Betts — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2024	Most Valuable Player	NL	13th	24.0	420	0
2023	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	270.0	420	0
2022	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	154.0	420	0
2020	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	268.0	420	2
2019	Most Valuable Player	AL	8th	67.0	420	0
2018	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	410.0	420	28
2017	Most Valuable Player	AL	6th	110.0	420	0
2016	Most Valuable Player	AL	2nd	311.0	420	9
2015	Most Valuable Player	AL	19th	4.0	420	0

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Mookie Betts: the record in brief

Mookie Betts's major league record starts with the debut on June 29, 2014 and remains open, because the career is ongoing. The season rows list, in order, the Boston Red Sox (2014 to 2019) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2020 to 2026). The bio lists Betts as an outfielder who batted and threw right-handed. Betts is listed at 5'9" and 180 pounds. Betts was born on October 7, 1992, in Brentwood, TN, USA. Mookie Betts was the playing name; the full given name is Markus Lynn.

Across 1,654 games at the plate, Betts's career line reads 1,890 hits in 6,561 at bats for a .288 average, plus 314 homers, 982 RBI, and 198 stolen bases. Betts got on base at a .366 rate and slugged .508 (.874 OPS). Over the seasons Betts played, league hitters batted .249; the .288 career figure is 15.9% above that. The OPS comparison is .874 to a league .727, 20.2% above average. The home run peak was 39 in 2023 with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mookie Betts

What years did Mookie Betts play?: Mookie Betts played in Major League Baseball from 2014 to 2026.
Was Mookie Betts a pitcher?: No. Mookie Betts was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Mookie Betts hit?: Mookie Betts hit 314 career home runs with 1890 hits.
What was Mookie Betts's career batting average?: Mookie Betts batted .288 over his career, with 1,890 hits in 6,561 at bats.
How many RBI did Mookie Betts have?: Mookie Betts drove in 982 runs in his career.
Did Mookie Betts win an MVP?: Yes. Mookie Betts won the Most Valuable Player award 1 time.