What years did Dave Concepcion play?

Dave Concepcion played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1988.

Was Dave Concepcion a pitcher?

No. Dave Concepcion was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Dave Concepcion hit?

Dave Concepcion hit 101 career home runs with 2326 hits.

What was Dave Concepcion's career batting average?

Dave Concepcion batted .267 over his career, with 2,326 hits in 8,723 at bats.

How many RBI did Dave Concepcion have?

Dave Concepcion drove in 950 runs in his career.

What was Dave Concepcion's career ERA?

Dave Concepcion finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 1 strikeouts.

Dave Concepcion

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1970-1988)

Dave Concepcion was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1988 for the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 19 seasons. In 2,488 career games, he hit .267 with 2,326 hits, 101 home runs, and 950 RBI. Dave Concepcion was a 9-time All-Star, an All-Star Game MVP, a 5-time Gold Glove, and a 2-time Silver Slugger.

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

AVG .267

HR 101

RBI 950

H 2,326

OPS .679

PIV -4,344

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 155 lb
Born: 6/17/1948 in Ocumare de la Costa, Aragua, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 1970-04-06
Last Game: 1988-09-15
Awards: 9× All-Star · All-Star Game MVP · 5× Gold Glove · 2× Silver Slugger

Full name: David Ismael Concepcion

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Career Batting Statistics

Dave Concepcion — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,488	8,723	993	2,326	389	48	101	950	321	736	1,186	.267	.322	.357	.679	-4,344

Career AVG .267 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .322 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .357 vs. league average .383 across their career seasons — 6.8% below league average.

Career OPS .679 vs. league average .707 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Dave Concepcion 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
1970	CIN	NL	101	265	38	69	6	3	1	19	10	23	45	.260	.253 (+3%)	.325 (avg)	.385 (-18%)	.711 (-10%)	-377.9
1971	CIN	NL	130	327	24	67	4	4	1	20	9	18	51	.205	.249 (-18%)	.316 (-22%)	.365 (-31%)	.682 (-27%)	-1374.0
1972	CIN	NL	119	378	40	79	13	2	2	29	13	32	65	.209	.243 (-14%)	.310 (-13%)	.353 (-24%)	.664 (-19%)	-1042.6
1973	CIN	NL	89	328	39	94	18	3	8	46	22	21	55	.287	.256 (+12%)	.325 (+1%)	.378 (+14%)	.703 (+8%)	347.9
1974	CIN	NL	160	594	70	167	25	1	14	82	41	44	79	.281	.256 (+9%)	.324 (+3%)	.369 (+8%)	.693 (+6%)	633.9
1975	CIN	NL	140	507	62	139	23	1	5	49	33	39	51	.274	.257 (+6%)	.327 (avg)	.374 (-6%)	.701 (-3%)	-257.7
1976	CIN	NL	152	576	74	162	28	7	9	69	21	49	68	.281	.255 (+10%)	.320 (+5%)	.360 (+11%)	.681 (+8%)	813.8
1977	CIN	NL	156	572	59	155	26	3	8	64	29	46	77	.271	.264 (+3%)	.329 (-2%)	.401 (-8%)	.730 (-5%)	-507.5
1978	CIN	NL	153	565	75	170	33	4	6	67	23	51	83	.301	.257 (+17%)	.323 (+11%)	.378 (+7%)	.702 (+9%)	1004.0
1979	CIN	NL	149	590	91	166	25	3	16	84	19	64	73	.281	.265 (+6%)	.329 (+6%)	.397 (+4%)	.727 (+5%)	662.3
1980	CIN	NL	156	622	72	162	31	8	5	77	12	37	107	.260	.264 (-2%)	.326 (-8%)	.387 (-7%)	.714 (-8%)	-852.2
1981	CIN	NL	106	421	57	129	28	0	5	67	4	37	61	.306	.255 (+20%)	.320 (+12%)	.368 (+11%)	.688 (+11%)	867.3
1982	CIN	NL	147	572	48	164	25	4	5	53	13	45	61	.287	.261 (+10%)	.324 (+4%)	.388 (-5%)	.712 (-1%)	-45.9
1983	CIN	NL	143	528	54	123	22	0	1	47	14	56	81	.233	.260 (-11%)	.324 (-7%)	.389 (-28%)	.714 (-18%)	-1450.6
1984	CIN	NL	154	531	46	130	26	1	4	58	22	52	72	.245	.259 (-6%)	.322 (-5%)	.384 (-17%)	.707 (-11%)	-931.4
1985	CIN	NL	155	560	59	141	19	2	7	48	16	50	67	.252	.257 (-2%)	.323 (-3%)	.390 (-16%)	.714 (-10%)	-792.2
1986	CIN	NL	90	311	42	81	13	2	3	30	13	26	43	.260	.257 (+1%)	.325 (-4%)	.395 (-13%)	.720 (-9%)	-446.0
1987	CIN	NL	104	279	32	89	15	0	1	33	4	28	24	.319	.262 (+21%)	.331 (+14%)	.415 (-8%)	.746 (+2%)	191.4
1988	CIN	NL	84	197	11	39	9	0	0	8	3	18	23	.198	.254 (-22%)	.317 (-17%)	.377 (-35%)	.695 (-27%)	-786.0
Career · 19 seasons			2,488	8,723	993	2,326	389	48	101	950	321	736	1,186	.267	—	—	—	—	-4,344

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.

Career Pitching Statistics

Dave Concepcion — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 3.73 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Dave Concepcion — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1988	CIN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	1	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	1	0.00	—	0

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

Dave Concepcion — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
34	101	13	30	4	3	2	13	6	12	.297

Playoff Batting by Year

Dave Concepcion — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1979	NLCS	CIN	3	14	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	3	.429
1976	NLCS	CIN	3	10	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	.200
1976	WS	CIN	4	14	1	5	1	1	0	3	1	3	.357
1975	NLCS	CIN	3	11	2	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	.455
1975	WS	CIN	7	28	3	5	1	0	1	4	0	1	.179
1972	NLCS	CIN	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1972	WS	CIN	6	13	2	4	0	1	0	2	2	2	.308
1970	NLCS	CIN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1970	WS	CIN	3	9	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	.333

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Dave Concepcion — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1241	4232	490	1143	52	503	.270
Away	1247	4491	503	1183	49	447	.263

Pitching — Home / Away

Dave Concepcion — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Away	1	1.1	2	0	0	1	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dave Concepcion — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	BB	SO
1988-09-15	CIN	HOU	W	0	0	0	0
1988-09-11	CIN	LAD	L	1	0	0	0
1988-09-08	CIN	SDP	W	0	0	0	0
1988-09-06	CIN	HOU	W	3	0	2	1
1988-09-03	CIN	CHC	W	0	0	0	0
1988-09-02	CIN	CHC	W	0	0	0	0
1988-08-31	CIN	PIT	W	3	0	0	1
1988-08-29	CIN	PIT	L	4	1	0	0
1988-08-28	CIN	STL	L	1	0	0	1
1988-08-27	CIN	STL	W	4	1	0	0

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Dave Concepcion — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1988-06-03	CIN	LAD	—	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dave Concepcion — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	62	25	254	22	3	16
2B	130	91	245	270	5	76
3B	120	63	60	138	7	8
OF	8	5	16	0	0	0
P	1	0	0	0	0	0
SS	2178	2066	3670	6594	311	1290

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dave Concepcion — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1970	CIN	2B	3	1	7	3	0	0
1970	CIN	SS	93	74	137	244	22	51
1971	CIN	2B	10	4	8	13	1	3
1971	CIN	3B	7	0	0	3	0	0
1971	CIN	OF	5	5	14	0	0	0
1971	CIN	SS	112	86	160	294	12	62
1972	CIN	2B	1	0	0	1	0	1
1972	CIN	3B	9	1	3	6	1	0
1972	CIN	SS	114	107	194	365	18	75
1973	CIN	OF	2	0	2	0	0	0
1973	CIN	SS	88	86	165	292	12	56
1974	CIN	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CIN	SS	160	155	239	536	30	99
1975	CIN	3B	6	0	3	1	0	0
1975	CIN	SS	130	125	238	445	16	102
1976	CIN	SS	150	142	304	506	27	93
1977	CIN	SS	156	154	280	490	11	101
1978	CIN	SS	152	150	255	459	23	72
1979	CIN	SS	148	148	284	495	27	102
1980	CIN	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1980	CIN	SS	155	153	265	451	16	98
1981	CIN	SS	106	106	208	322	22	71
1982	CIN	1B	1	1	9	0	0	1
1982	CIN	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1982	CIN	SS	145	142	262	459	17	94
1983	CIN	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1983	CIN	3B	6	3	2	11	0	0
1983	CIN	SS	139	134	225	376	13	67
1984	CIN	1B	6	2	29	3	2	2
1984	CIN	3B	54	43	28	74	6	3
1984	CIN	SS	104	92	156	247	9	41
1985	CIN	3B	5	0	2	1	0	0
1985	CIN	SS	151	146	212	404	24	64
1986	CIN	1B	12	3	45	4	0	6
1986	CIN	2B	10	9	25	28	1	12
1986	CIN	3B	10	7	9	17	0	3
1986	CIN	SS	60	58	74	174	9	32
1987	CIN	1B	26	15	118	10	0	3
1987	CIN	2B	59	41	125	133	2	36
1987	CIN	3B	13	8	5	20	0	2
1987	CIN	SS	2	2	2	6	3	2
1988	CIN	1B	16	4	53	5	1	4
1988	CIN	2B	46	36	80	92	1	24
1988	CIN	3B	9	1	8	5	0	0
1988	CIN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1988	CIN	SS	13	6	10	29	0	8

Career Games by Position

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Dave Concepcion Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
First Base	62
Second Base	130
Third Base	121
Shortstop	2177
Center Field	8

Awards & Honors

Dave Concepcion — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1982	All-Star Game MVP
1982	Silver Slugger	SS
1981	Player of the Month	April
1981	Silver Slugger	SS
1981	TSN All-Star	SS
1979	Gold Glove	SS
1979	Player of the Week	Week of 1979-05-11
1977	Gold Glove	SS
1977	Player of the Week	Week of 1977-08-26
1976	Gold Glove	SS
1976	TSN All-Star	SS
1975	Gold Glove	SS
1974	Gold Glove	SS
1974	TSN All-Star	SS

Salary History

Dave Concepcion — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1988	CIN	NL	$370,000
1987	CIN	NL	$320,000
1986	CIN	NL	$920,000
1985	CIN	NL	$920,000
Total Career Earnings			$2,530,000

Award Voting History

Dave Concepcion — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1981	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	108.0	336
1979	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	63.0	336
1974	Most Valuable Player	NL	15th	5.0	336

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Dave Concepcion: the record in brief

The profile opens with Dave Concepcion's first major league game on April 6, 1970; the last one listed came on September 15, 1988. Concepcion's only club in the season tables is the Cincinnati Reds. Concepcion, born on June 17, 1948, in Ocumare de la Costa, Aragua, Venezuela, is listed as a shortstop and threw and hit right-handed. Concepcion's listed size is 6 feet, 2 inches and 155 pounds. Dave Concepcion was the playing name; the full given name is David Ismael.

Concepcion collected 2,326 hits in 8,723 at bats across 2,488 games, good for a .267 batting average, plus 101 homers, 950 runs batted in, and 321 stolen bases. Concepcion got on base at a .322 rate and slugged .357 (.679 OPS). Against a .258 league average for those years, Concepcion's .267 average was near the norm. No season beat the 16 home runs Concepcion hit in 1979. The hits column peaks at 170, in 1978. 1974 brought a season-best 41 stolen bases.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dave Concepcion

What years did Dave Concepcion play?: Dave Concepcion played in Major League Baseball from 1970 to 1988.
Was Dave Concepcion a pitcher?: No. Dave Concepcion was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Dave Concepcion hit?: Dave Concepcion hit 101 career home runs with 2326 hits.
What was Dave Concepcion's career batting average?: Dave Concepcion batted .267 over his career, with 2,326 hits in 8,723 at bats.
How many RBI did Dave Concepcion have?: Dave Concepcion drove in 950 runs in his career.
What was Dave Concepcion's career ERA?: Dave Concepcion finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 1 strikeouts.