What years did Jason Giambi play?

Jason Giambi played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2014.

Was Jason Giambi a pitcher?

No. Jason Giambi was a position player (First Baseman).

How many home runs did Jason Giambi hit?

Jason Giambi hit 440 career home runs with 2010 hits.

Jason Giambi

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2014)

AVG .277

HR 440

RBI 1,441

H 2,010

OPS .916

PIV 37,008

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 240 lb
Born: 1/8/1971 in West Covina, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1995-05-08
Last Game: 2014-09-27
Awards: 5× All-Star · MVP · 2× Silver Slugger

Full name: Jason Gilbert Giambi

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,260	7,267	1,227	2,010	405	9	440	1,441	20	1,366	1,572	.277	.399	.516	.916	37,008

Career AVG .277 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — +5.1% above league average.

Career OBP .399 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — +20.4% above league average.

Career SLG .516 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — +23.8% above league average.

Career OPS .916 vs. league average .749 across their career seasons — +22.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1995	OAK	AL	54	176	27	45	7	0	6	25	2	28	31	.256	.266 (-4%)	.337 (+8%)	.417 (-5%)	.755 (+1%)	101.6
1996	OAK	AL	140	536	84	156	40	1	20	79	0	51	95	.291	.269 (+8%)	.340 (+4%)	.426 (+13%)	.767 (+9%)	973.7
1997	OAK	AL	142	519	66	152	41	2	20	81	0	55	89	.293	.266 (+10%)	.336 (+8%)	.419 (+18%)	.756 (+13%)	1396.6
1998	OAK	AL	153	562	92	166	28	0	27	110	2	81	102	.295	.266 (+11%)	.335 (+14%)	.420 (+16%)	.755 (+16%)	2024.0
1999	OAK	AL	158	575	115	181	36	1	33	123	1	105	106	.315	.271 (+16%)	.344 (+22%)	.433 (+27%)	.778 (+25%)	3509.9
2000	OAK	AL	152	510	108	170	29	1	43	137	2	137	96	.333	.270 (+23%)	.344 (+38%)	.437 (+48%)	.782 (+44%)	5591.3
2001	OAK	AL	154	520	109	178	47	2	38	120	2	129	83	.342	.263 (+30%)	.332 (+44%)	.426 (+55%)	.758 (+50%)	6247.1
2002	NYA	AL	155	560	120	176	34	1	41	122	2	109	112	.314	.261 (+20%)	.331 (+31%)	.416 (+44%)	.747 (+38%)	5027.2
2003	NYA	AL	156	535	97	134	25	0	41	107	2	129	140	.250	.264 (-5%)	.332 (+24%)	.422 (+25%)	.754 (+24%)	3432.4
2004	NYA	AL	80	264	33	55	9	0	12	40	0	47	62	.208	.266 (-22%)	.335 (+2%)	.427 (-11%)	.762 (-6%)	-138.3
2005	NYA	AL	139	417	74	113	14	0	32	87	0	108	109	.271	.264 (+2%)	.330 (+33%)	.418 (+28%)	.749 (+30%)	3336.3
2006	NYA	AL	139	446	92	113	25	0	37	113	2	110	106	.253	.269 (-6%)	.336 (+23%)	.431 (+29%)	.768 (+26%)	2937.6
2007	NYA	AL	83	254	31	60	8	0	14	39	1	40	66	.236	.268 (-12%)	.335 (+6%)	.422 (+2%)	.758 (+4%)	327.6
2008	NYA	AL	145	458	68	113	19	1	32	96	2	76	111	.247	.263 (-6%)	.333 (+12%)	.416 (+21%)	.749 (+17%)	1827.8
2009	OAK	AL	83	269	39	52	13	0	11	40	0	50	72	.193	.262 (-26%)	.332 (avg)	.417 (-13%)	.750 (-7%)	-214.5
2009	COL	NL	19	24	4	7	1	0	2	11	0	7	8	.292	—	—	—	—	-214.5
2010	COL	NL	87	176	17	43	9	0	6	35	2	35	47	.244	.257 (-5%)	.325 (+16%)	.402 (-1%)	.728 (+7%)	348.6
2011	COL	NL	64	131	20	34	6	0	13	32	0	17	45	.260	.255 (+2%)	.320 (+11%)	.399 (+51%)	.719 (+33%)	767.7
2012	COL	NL	60	89	7	20	4	0	1	8	0	20	24	.225	.254 (-12%)	.318 (+17%)	.405 (-25%)	.724 (-7%)	-12.6
2013	CLE	AL	71	186	21	34	8	0	9	31	0	23	56	.183	.253 (-28%)	.317 (-11%)	.396 (-6%)	.714 (-9%)	-257.2
2014	CLE	AL	26	60	3	8	2	0	2	5	0	9	12	.133	.251 (-47%)	.313 (-18%)	.386 (-31%)	.700 (-25%)	-219.0
Career · 21 seasons			2,260	7,267	1,227	2,010	405	9	440	1,441	20	1,366	1,572	.277	—	—	—	—	36,793

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
45	138	19	40	6	0	7	19	30	30	.290

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2009	NLDS2	COL	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333
2007	ALDS2	NYA	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250
2006	ALDS1	NYA	3	8	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	.125
2005	ALDS2	NYA	5	19	1	8	3	0	2	3	4	.421
2003	ALCS	NYA	7	26	4	6	0	3	3	4	7	.231
2003	ALDS1	NYA	4	16	1	4	2	0	2	2	5	.250
2003	WS	NYA	6	17	2	4	1	1	1	4	3	.235
2002	ALDS1	NYA	4	14	5	5	0	1	3	4	1	.357
2001	ALDS2	OAK	5	17	2	6	0	1	4	4	2	.353
2000	ALDS1	OAK	5	14	2	4	0	0	1	7	2	.286

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1122	3507	602	1010	219	712	.288
Away	1138	3760	625	1000	221	729	.266

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO
2014-09-27	CLE	TBR	L	2	0	0	0	1	1
2014-09-23	CLE	KCR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-19	CLE	MIN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-18	CLE	HOU	W	0	0	0	0	1	0
2014-09-16	CLE	HOU	W	1	0	0	0	1	1
2014-09-14	CLE	DET	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-12	CLE	DET	L	0	1	0	0	1	0
2014-09-09	CLE	MIN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-09-08	CLE	LAA	L	2	0	1	1	1	0
2014-09-03	CLE	DET	W	3	0	1	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1307	1280	10761	514	91	995
3B	70	64	58	124	11	14
OF	113	111	170	11	2	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1995	OAK	1B	26	20	167	10	1	20
1995	OAK	3B	30	26	27	45	3	4
1996	OAK	1B	45	42	379	32	3	38
1996	OAK	3B	39	38	31	79	8	10
1996	OAK	OF	45	44	68	6	0	1
1997	OAK	1B	51	48	399	39	5	49
1997	OAK	OF	68	67	102	5	2	1
1998	OAK	1B	146	146	1255	73	14	120
1999	OAK	1B	142	140	1251	45	7	128
1999	OAK	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2000	OAK	1B	124	124	1161	59	6	114
2001	OAK	1B	136	136	1224	76	11	107
2002	NYA	1B	92	92	761	35	4	53
2003	NYA	1B	85	85	748	19	4	63
2004	NYA	1B	47	47	372	14	4	30
2005	NYA	1B	78	77	581	19	7	50
2006	NYA	1B	68	64	459	11	7	43
2007	NYA	1B	18	16	108	6	1	10
2008	NYA	1B	113	112	870	36	9	77
2009	OAK	1B	58	58	441	17	3	45
2009	COL	1B	5	4	29	2	0	3
2010	COL	1B	37	35	267	8	4	25
2011	COL	1B	23	22	203	10	1	13
2012	COL	1B	13	12	86	3	0	7

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
First Base	1307
Third Base	70
Left Field	112
Right Field	1
Designated Hitter	595

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2006	Player of the Month	April
2006	Player of the Week	Week of 2006-04-15
2005	Comeback Player of the Year
2005	MLB Players Choice Comeback Player
2005	Player of the Month	July
2005	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
2003	Player of the Month	June
2002	Player of the Month	May
2002	Silver Slugger	1B
2002	TSN All-Star	1B
2001	Player of the Month	May
2001	Silver Slugger	1B
2000	Hutch Award
2000	Most Valuable Player
2000	Player of the Month	September
2000	Player of the Week	Week of 2000-09-16
1996	Player of the Week	Week of 1996-05-11

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	CLE	AL	$750,000
2012	COL	NL	$1,000,000
2011	COL	NL	$1,000,000
2010	COL	NL	$1,750,000
2009	OAK	AL	$4,000,000
2008	NYA	AL	$23,428,571
2007	NYA	AL	$23,428,571
2006	NYA	AL	$20,428,571
2005	NYA	AL	$13,428,571
2004	NYA	AL	$12,428,571
2003	NYA	AL	$11,428,571
2002	NYA	AL	$10,428,571
2001	OAK	AL	$4,103,333
2000	OAK	AL	$3,103,333
1999	OAK	AL	$2,103,333
1998	OAK	AL	$315,000
1997	OAK	AL	$205,000
1996	OAK	AL	$120,000
1995	OAK	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$133,558,996

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
California State University Long Beach	Long Beach	CA	1990, 1991, 1992

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2006	Most Valuable Player	AL	14th	9.0	392	0
2005	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	5.0	392	0
2003	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	36.0	392	1
2002	Most Valuable Player	AL	5th	162.0	392	0
2001	Most Valuable Player	AL	2nd	281.0	392	8
2000	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	317.0	392	14
1999	Most Valuable Player	AL	8th	49.0	392	0

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