What years did Matt Kemp play?

Matt Kemp played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2020.

Was Matt Kemp a pitcher?

No. Matt Kemp was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Matt Kemp hit?

Matt Kemp hit 287 career home runs with 1808 hits.

What was Matt Kemp's career batting average?

Matt Kemp batted .284 over his career, with 1,808 hits in 6,365 at bats.

How many RBI did Matt Kemp have?

Matt Kemp drove in 1,031 runs in his career.

Is Matt Kemp in the Hall of Fame?

No. Matt Kemp has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Matt Kemp

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2020)

Matt Kemp was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2020 for 5 teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 15 seasons. In 1,750 career games, he hit .284 with 1,808 hits, 287 home runs, and 1,031 RBI. Matt Kemp was a 3-time All-Star, a 2-time Gold Glove, a 2-time Silver Slugger, and a Hank Aaron Award. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 14,253.

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 .284

HR 287

RBI 1,031

H 1,808

OPS .821

PIV 14,253

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 225 lb
Born: 9/23/1984 in Midwest City, OK, USA
MLB Debut: 2006-05-28
Last Game: 2020-09-25
Awards: 3× All-Star · 2× Gold Glove · 2× Silver Slugger · Hank Aaron Award

Full name: Matthew Ryan Kemp

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Career Batting Statistics

Matt Kemp — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,750	6,365	950	1,808	338	37	287	1,031	184	518	1,641	.284	.337	.484	.821	14,253

Career AVG .284 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — +10.6% above league average.

Career OBP .337 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .484 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — +17.4% above league average.

Career OPS .821 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — +11.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Matt Kemp 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
2006	LAN	NL	52	154	30	39	7	1	7	23	6	9	53	.253	.269 (-6%)	.336 (-14%)	.431 (+4%)	.768 (-4%)	-167.8
2007	LAN	NL	98	292	47	100	12	5	10	42	10	16	66	.342	.268 (+28%)	.335 (+11%)	.422 (+23%)	.758 (+18%)	942.5
2008	LAN	NL	155	606	93	176	38	5	18	76	35	46	153	.290	.263 (+10%)	.333 (+2%)	.416 (+10%)	.749 (+7%)	735.5
2009	LAN	NL	159	606	97	180	25	7	26	101	34	52	139	.297	.262 (+13%)	.332 (+6%)	.417 (+17%)	.750 (+12%)	1479.3
2010	LAN	NL	162	602	82	150	25	6	28	89	19	53	170	.249	.257 (-3%)	.325 (-5%)	.402 (+12%)	.728 (+4%)	341.8
2011	LAN	NL	161	602	115	195	33	4	39	126	40	74	159	.324	.255 (+27%)	.320 (+25%)	.399 (+47%)	.719 (+37%)	4641.9
2012	LAN	NL	106	403	74	122	22	2	23	69	9	40	103	.303	.254 (+19%)	.318 (+15%)	.405 (+33%)	.724 (+25%)	1915.2
2013	LAN	NL	73	263	35	71	15	0	6	33	9	22	76	.270	.253 (+7%)	.317 (+3%)	.396 (avg)	.714 (+1%)	61.5
2014	LAN	NL	150	541	77	155	38	3	25	89	8	52	145	.287	.251 (+14%)	.313 (+10%)	.386 (+31%)	.700 (+22%)	2189.6
2015	SDN	NL	154	596	80	158	31	3	23	100	12	39	147	.265	.254 (+4%)	.316 (-2%)	.404 (+9%)	.721 (+5%)	409.7
2016	SDN	NL	100	409	54	107	24	0	23	69	0	16	100	.262	.255 (+2%)	.321 (-11%)	.417 (+17%)	.738 (+5%)	156.4
2016	ATL	NL	56	214	35	60	15	0	12	39	1	20	56	.280	.255 (+10%)	.321 (+5%)	.417 (+24%)	.738 (+16%)	156.4
2017	ATL	NL	115	438	47	121	23	1	19	64	0	27	99	.276	.254 (+8%)	.324 (-2%)	.425 (+9%)	.750 (+4%)	279.1
2018	LAN	NL	146	462	62	134	25	0	21	85	0	36	115	.290	.247 (+17%)	.318 (+6%)	.409 (+17%)	.727 (+12%)	1072.9
2019	CIN	NL	20	60	4	12	2	0	1	5	0	1	19	.200	.252 (-21%)	.322 (-35%)	.434 (-35%)	.757 (-35%)	-362.0
2020	COL	NL	43	117	18	28	3	0	6	21	1	15	41	.239	.244 (-2%)	.321 (+1%)	.417 (avg)	.739 (+1%)	32.5
Career · 16 seasons			1,750	6,365	950	1,808	338	37	287	1,031	184	518	1,641	.284	—	—	—	—	13,884

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

Matt Kemp — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
33	102	7	24	4	0	4	10	6	34	.235

Playoff Batting by Year

Matt Kemp — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2018	NLCS	LAN	7	10	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	.200
2018	NLDS2	LAN	2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
2018	WS	LAN	4	9	1	1	0	1	2	0	3	.111
2014	NLDS2	LAN	4	17	1	6	0	1	2	0	3	.353
2009	NLCS	LAN	5	20	2	5	0	1	2	1	8	.250
2009	NLDS1	LAN	3	14	2	2	0	1	2	0	8	.143
2008	NLCS	LAN	5	15	1	5	1	0	0	4	4	.333
2008	NLDS1	LAN	3	13	0	2	2	0	1	0	5	.154

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Matt Kemp — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	882	3127	488	875	154	471	.280
Away	868	3238	462	933	133	560	.288

Last 10 Games — Batting

Matt Kemp — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2020-09-25	COL	AZ	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
2020-09-24	COL	SFG	W	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2020-09-22	COL	SFG	L	2	0	2	0	0	2	0
2020-09-19	COL	LAD	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
2020-09-17	COL	LAD	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
2020-09-15	COL	OAK	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	2
2020-09-13	COL	LAA	L	4	1	1	1	1	0	2
2020-09-11	COL	LAA	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
2020-09-09	COL	SDP	L	4	1	1	1	2	0	3
2020-09-08	COL	SDP	L	4	0	2	0	1	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Matt Kemp — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1622	1547	2990	91	51	27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Matt Kemp — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2006	LAN	OF	46	33	63	2	5	1
2007	LAN	OF	91	66	137	2	4	1
2008	LAN	OF	151	144	306	16	3	3
2009	LAN	OF	158	155	377	14	2	4
2010	LAN	OF	158	149	330	3	5	2
2011	LAN	OF	159	158	345	11	5	5
2012	LAN	OF	105	105	208	7	1	1
2013	LAN	OF	70	68	133	2	5	0
2014	LAN	OF	143	137	227	7	7	2
2015	SDN	OF	149	149	269	10	8	2
2016	SDN	OF	97	97	165	8	2	2
2016	ATL	OF	54	54	110	1	1	1
2017	ATL	OF	103	102	148	3	1	2
2018	LAN	OF	120	114	154	5	2	1
2019	CIN	OF	17	15	16	0	0	0
2020	COL	OF	1	1	2	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Matt Kemp Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Left Field	305
Center Field	827
Right Field	524
Designated Hitter	52

Awards & Honors

Matt Kemp — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2018	MLB Players Choice Comeback Player
2018	Player of the Week	Week of 2018-06-02
2018	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
2014	Player of the Month	September
2014	Player of the Week	Week of 2014-08-03
2012	Player of the Month	April
2012	Player of the Week	Week of 2012-04-08
2012	Player of the Week	Week of 2012-04-15
2011	Gold Glove	CF
2011	Hank Aaron Award
2011	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2011	Player of the Week	Week of 2011-09-25
2011	Silver Slugger	OF
2011	This Year in Baseball Player of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2009	Gold Glove	OF
2009	Silver Slugger	OF
2008	Player of the Week	Week of 2008-05-03

Salary History

Matt Kemp — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SDN	NL	$21,500,000
2015	SDN	NL	$21,250,000
2014	LAN	NL	$21,000,000
2013	LAN	NL	$20,250,000
2012	LAN	NL	$10,250,000
2011	LAN	NL	$7,100,000
2010	LAN	NL	$4,000,000
2009	LAN	NL	$467,000
2008	LAN	NL	$406,000
2007	LAN	NL	$383,000
Total Career Earnings			$106,606,000

Award Voting History

Matt Kemp — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2011	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	332.0	448	10
2009	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	49.0	448	0

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Matt Kemp: the record in brief

Matt Kemp played a first major league game on May 28, 2006 and a last one on September 25, 2020. The team column moves through the Los Angeles Dodgers (2006 through 2018), the San Diego Padres (2015 through 2016), the Atlanta Braves (2016 to 2017), the Cincinnati Reds (2019), and the Colorado Rockies (2020). Kemp is listed as an outfielder at 6 feet, 4 inches and 225 pounds. The bio says Kemp batted and threw right-handed. Kemp was born on September 23, 1984, in Midwest City, OK, USA. Kemp's full given name, per the bio, is Matthew Ryan Kemp.

Across 1,750 games at the plate, Kemp's career line reads 1,808 hits in 6,365 at bats for a .284 average, adding 287 home runs, 1,031 RBI, and 184 stolen bases. Kemp's career OPS of .821 combines a .337 on-base mark with .484 slugging. The league as a whole hit .257 across Kemp's seasons, which puts the .284 career mark 10.6% above average.

Frequently Asked Questions about Matt Kemp

What years did Matt Kemp play?: Matt Kemp played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2020.
Was Matt Kemp a pitcher?: No. Matt Kemp was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Matt Kemp hit?: Matt Kemp hit 287 career home runs with 1808 hits.
What was Matt Kemp's career batting average?: Matt Kemp batted .284 over his career, with 1,808 hits in 6,365 at bats.
How many RBI did Matt Kemp have?: Matt Kemp drove in 1,031 runs in his career.
Is Matt Kemp in the Hall of Fame?: No. Matt Kemp has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.