What years did Curtis Granderson play?

Curtis Granderson played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2019.

Was Curtis Granderson a pitcher?

No. Curtis Granderson was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Curtis Granderson hit?

Curtis Granderson hit 344 career home runs with 1,800 hits.

What teams did Curtis Granderson play for?

Curtis Granderson played for 7 teams: the Detroit Tigers (2004–2009), the New York Yankees (2010–2013), the New York Mets (2014–2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Toronto Blue Jays (2018), the Milwaukee Brewers (2018), and the Miami Marlins (2019).

Did Curtis Granderson win an MVP award?

No. Curtis Granderson did not win the MVP award.

What awards did Curtis Granderson win?

Curtis Granderson won the Silver Slugger award (2011). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Curtis Granderson's career stats?

In 2,057 games, Curtis Granderson had 1,800 hits, 344 home runs, 937 RBI, 1,217 runs, and 153 stolen bases, with a .249 batting average.

What was Curtis Granderson's salary?

Curtis Granderson's last recorded salary was $16,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $16,000,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $335,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2016.

What position did Curtis Granderson play?

Curtis Granderson played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Curtis Granderson and how much did he weigh?

Curtis Granderson was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 200 pounds.

How many home runs did Curtis Granderson hit each season?

Curtis Granderson's home runs by season: 0 in 2004, 8 in 2005, 19 in 2006, 23 in 2007, 22 in 2008, 30 in 2009, 24 in 2010, 41 in 2011, 43 in 2012, 7 in 2013, 20 in 2014, 26 in 2015, 30 in 2016, 26 in 2017, 13 in 2018, and 12 in 2019. His most in one season was 43, in 2012.

What was Curtis Granderson's career batting average?

Curtis Granderson batted .249 over his career, with 1,800 hits in 7,236 at bats.

How many RBI did Curtis Granderson have?

Curtis Granderson drove in 937 runs in his career.

Curtis Granderson

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2004-2019)

Curtis Granderson was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2019 for 7 teams, including the Detroit Tigers, a span of 16 seasons. In 2,057 career games, he hit .249 with 1,800 hits, 344 home runs, and 937 RBI. Curtis Granderson was a 3-time All-Star, a Silver Slugger, and a Roberto Clemente Award. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 13,634.

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

AVG .249

HR 344

RBI 937

H 1,800

OPS .803

PIV 13,634

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 200 lb
Born: 3/16/1981 in Blue Island, IL, USA
MLB Debut: 2004-09-13
Last Game: 2019-09-29
Awards: 3× All-Star · Silver Slugger · Roberto Clemente Award

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Career Batting Statistics

Curtis Granderson — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,057	7,236	1,217	1,800	346	95	344	937	153	924	1,916	.249	.337	.465	.803	13,634

Career AVG .249 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .337 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .465 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — +12.5% above league average.

Career OPS .803 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — +8.6% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Curtis Granderson 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
2004	DET	AL	9	25	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	8	.240	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	DET	AL	47	162	18	44	6	3	8	20	1	10	43	.272	.264 (+3%)	.330 (-5%)	.418 (+18%)	.749 (+8%)	176.1
2006	DET	AL	159	596	90	155	31	9	19	68	8	66	174	.260	.269 (-3%)	.336 (-1%)	.431 (+1%)	.768 (+1%)	18.0
2007	DET	AL	158	612	122	185	38	23	23	74	26	52	141	.302	.268 (+13%)	.335 (+7%)	.422 (+31%)	.758 (+20%)	2416.5
2008	DET	AL	141	553	112	155	26	13	22	66	12	71	111	.280	.263 (+6%)	.333 (+9%)	.416 (+19%)	.749 (+15%)	1684.8
2009	DET	AL	160	631	91	157	23	8	30	71	20	72	141	.249	.262 (-5%)	.332 (-2%)	.417 (+8%)	.750 (+4%)	476.4
2010	NYA	AL	136	466	76	115	17	7	24	67	12	53	116	.247	.257 (-4%)	.325 (avg)	.402 (+16%)	.728 (+9%)	745.3
2011	NYA	AL	156	583	136	153	26	10	41	119	25	85	169	.262	.255 (+3%)	.320 (+14%)	.399 (+38%)	.719 (+27%)	3290.3
2012	NYA	AL	160	596	102	138	18	4	43	106	10	75	195	.232	.254 (-9%)	.318 (avg)	.405 (+21%)	.724 (+12%)	1400.9
2013	NYA	AL	61	214	31	49	13	2	7	15	8	27	69	.229	.253 (-10%)	.317 (avg)	.396 (+3%)	.714 (+1%)	54.5
2014	NYN	NL	155	564	73	128	27	2	20	66	8	79	141	.227	.251 (-10%)	.313 (+4%)	.386 (avg)	.700 (+2%)	383.0
2015	NYN	NL	157	580	98	150	33	2	26	70	11	91	151	.259	.254 (+2%)	.316 (+15%)	.404 (+13%)	.721 (+14%)	1909.8
2016	NYN	NL	150	545	88	129	24	5	30	59	4	74	130	.237	.255 (-7%)	.321 (+4%)	.417 (+11%)	.738 (+8%)	974.1
2017	NYN	NL	111	337	58	77	22	3	19	52	4	53	90	.228	.254 (-10%)	.324 (+3%)	.425 (+13%)	.750 (+9%)	570.3
2017	LAN	NL	36	112	16	18	2	0	7	12	2	18	33	.161	.254 (-37%)	.324 (-11%)	.425 (-14%)	.750 (-13%)	570.3
2018	TOR	AL	104	302	48	74	21	1	11	35	2	42	96	.245	.247 (-1%)	.318 (+7%)	.409 (+5%)	.727 (+6%)	424.4
2018	MIL	NL	19	41	12	9	1	1	2	3	0	12	10	.220	—	—	—	—	424.4
2019	MIA	NL	138	317	44	58	17	1	12	34	0	41	98	.183	.252 (-27%)	.322 (-13%)	.434 (-18%)	.757 (-16%)	-840.5
Career · 18 seasons			2,057	7,236	1,217	1,800	346	95	344	937	153	924	1,916	.249	—	—	—	—	14,679

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

Curtis Granderson — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
64	210	27	47	9	3	9	30	29	56	.224

Playoff Batting by Year

Curtis Granderson — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2018	NLCS	MIL	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.200
2018	NLDS1	MIL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2017	NLCS	LAN	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000
2017	NLDS1	LAN	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125
2016	NLWC	NYN	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2015	NLCS	NYN	4	15	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	4	.200
2015	NLDS2	NYN	5	18	1	7	2	0	0	5	3	1	.389
2015	WS	NYN	5	20	6	5	0	0	3	5	4	2	.250
2012	ALCS	NYA	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.000
2012	ALDS1	NYA	5	19	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	9	.158
2011	ALDS1	NYA	5	20	4	5	1	1	1	3	4	7	.250
2010	ALCS	NYA	6	17	1	5	1	0	1	3	7	4	.294
2010	ALDS2	NYA	3	11	2	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	.455
2006	ALCS	DET	4	15	4	5	2	0	1	2	4	2	.333
2006	ALDS1	DET	4	17	3	5	0	1	2	5	0	1	.294
2006	WS	DET	5	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	7	.095

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Curtis Granderson — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1021	3518	572	842	158	464	.239
Away	1035	3713	644	956	186	473	.257

Last 10 Games — Batting

Curtis Granderson — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2019-09-29	MIA	PHI	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
2019-09-28	MIA	PHI	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
2019-09-27	MIA	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-26	MIA	NYN	W	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
2019-09-25	MIA	NYN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-24	MIA	NYN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-23	MIA	NYN	W	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2019-09-22	MIA	WAS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2019-09-21	MIA	WAS	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2019-09-20	MIA	WAS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Curtis Granderson — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1897	1766	4183	80	31	14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Curtis Granderson — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2004	DET	OF	8	7	16	1	0	0
2005	DET	OF	45	42	129	2	0	0
2006	DET	OF	157	143	385	3	1	0
2007	DET	OF	157	140	428	10	5	4
2008	DET	OF	140	131	366	5	4	1
2009	DET	OF	160	155	400	4	3	2
2010	NYA	OF	134	123	316	5	2	2
2011	NYA	OF	155	150	354	11	3	1
2012	NYA	OF	157	152	346	3	0	0
2013	NYA	OF	46	41	107	1	0	0
2014	NYN	OF	151	149	305	8	2	1
2015	NYN	OF	150	143	287	9	5	1
2016	NYN	OF	140	138	273	8	0	1
2017	NYN	OF	89	84	166	3	2	0
2017	LAN	OF	33	31	43	0	0	0
2018	TOR	OF	71	60	109	4	4	1
2018	MIL	OF	15	10	14	0	0	0
2019	MIA	OF	89	67	139	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Curtis Granderson Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Left Field	214
Center Field	1254
Right Field	504
Designated Hitter	44

Awards & Honors

Curtis Granderson — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2019	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year
2018	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year
2016	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year
2016	Roberto Clemente Award
2015	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2011	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2011	Player of the Month	August
2011	Silver Slugger	OF
2009	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-07-14
2007	This Year in Baseball Play of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Curtis Granderson's recorded salaries total $88,995,000 over 11 seasons, 2006 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Granderson's career ran from 2004 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2004 and 2005.

Curtis Granderson — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	NYN	NL	$16,000,000
2015	NYN	NL	$16,000,000
2014	NYN	NL	$13,000,000
2013	NYA	AL	$15,000,000
2012	NYA	AL	$10,000,000
2011	NYA	AL	$8,250,000
2010	NYA	AL	$5,500,000
2009	DET	AL	$3,500,000
2008	DET	AL	$1,000,000
2007	DET	AL	$410,000
2006	DET	AL	$335,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$88,995,000

College History

Curtis Granderson — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Illinois at Chicago	Chicago	IL	2000, 2001, 2002

Award Voting History

Curtis Granderson — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2015	Most Valuable Player	NL	18th	4.0	420	0
2011	Most Valuable Player	AL	4th	215.0	392	3
2007	Most Valuable Player	AL	10th	51.0	392	0

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Curtis Granderson: the record in brief

Curtis Granderson's major league career runs from a debut on September 13, 2004 to a final game on September 29, 2019. The team column moves through the Detroit Tigers (2004 through 2009), the New York Yankees (2010 to 2013), the New York Mets (2014 through 2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Toronto Blue Jays (2018), the Milwaukee Brewers (2018), and the Miami Marlins (2019). The bio lists Granderson as an outfielder who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 6'1" and 200 pounds. The birth record reads March 16, 1981, in Blue Island, IL, USA.

Granderson's career batting table shows 2,057 games, 7,236 at bats and 1,800 hits, a .249 average, adding 344 home runs, 937 RBI, and 153 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .337 clip and slugging .465, Granderson finished with a .803 OPS. The .249 career average is close to the .258 the league hit across the same seasons. The OPS comparison is .803 to a league .739, 8.6% above average.

Frequently Asked Questions about Curtis Granderson

What years did Curtis Granderson play?: Curtis Granderson played in Major League Baseball from 2004 to 2019.
Was Curtis Granderson a pitcher?: No. Curtis Granderson was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Curtis Granderson hit?: Curtis Granderson hit 344 career home runs with 1,800 hits.
What teams did Curtis Granderson play for?: Curtis Granderson played for 7 teams: the Detroit Tigers (2004–2009), the New York Yankees (2010–2013), the New York Mets (2014–2017), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017), the Toronto Blue Jays (2018), the Milwaukee Brewers (2018), and the Miami Marlins (2019).
Did Curtis Granderson win an MVP award?: No. Curtis Granderson did not win the MVP award.
What awards did Curtis Granderson win?: Curtis Granderson won the Silver Slugger award (2011). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Curtis Granderson's career stats?: In 2,057 games, Curtis Granderson had 1,800 hits, 344 home runs, 937 RBI, 1,217 runs, and 153 stolen bases, with a .249 batting average.
How much did Curtis Granderson earn in his career?: Curtis Granderson's recorded salaries total $88,995,000 over 11 seasons, 2006 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Granderson's career ran from 2004 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2004 and 2005.
What was Curtis Granderson's salary?: Curtis Granderson's last recorded salary was $16,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $16,000,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $335,000, in 2006. The Salary History table lists each season from 2006 to 2016.
What position did Curtis Granderson play?: Curtis Granderson played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Curtis Granderson and how much did he weigh?: Curtis Granderson was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 200 pounds.
How many home runs did Curtis Granderson hit each season?: Curtis Granderson's home runs by season: 0 in 2004, 8 in 2005, 19 in 2006, 23 in 2007, 22 in 2008, 30 in 2009, 24 in 2010, 41 in 2011, 43 in 2012, 7 in 2013, 20 in 2014, 26 in 2015, 30 in 2016, 26 in 2017, 13 in 2018, and 12 in 2019. His most in one season was 43, in 2012.
What was Curtis Granderson's career batting average?: Curtis Granderson batted .249 over his career, with 1,800 hits in 7,236 at bats.
How many RBI did Curtis Granderson have?: Curtis Granderson drove in 937 runs in his career.