What years did Javy Lopez play?

Javy Lopez played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2006.

Was Javy Lopez a pitcher?

No. Javy Lopez was a position player (Catcher).

How many home runs did Javy Lopez hit?

Javy Lopez hit 260 career home runs with 1527 hits.

What was Javy Lopez's career batting average?

Javy Lopez batted .287 over his career, with 1,527 hits in 5,319 at bats.

How many RBI did Javy Lopez have?

Javy Lopez drove in 864 runs in his career.

Is Javy Lopez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Javy Lopez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Javy Lopez

Catcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-2006)

Javy Lopez was a catcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2006 for the Atlanta Braves, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Boston Red Sox, a span of 15 seasons. In 1,503 career games, he hit .287 with 1,527 hits, 260 home runs, and 864 RBI. Javy Lopez was a 3-time All-Star, an NLCS MVP, and a Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 8,697.

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 September 9, 2026

AVG .287

HR 260

RBI 864

H 1,527

OPS .828

PIV 8,697

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 185 lb
Born: 11/5/1970 in Ponce, P.R.
MLB Debut: 1992-09-18
Last Game: 2006-09-02
Awards: 3× All-Star · NLCS MVP · Silver Slugger

Full name: Javier Lopez

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Career Batting Statistics

Javy Lopez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,503	5,319	674	1,527	267	19	260	864	8	357	969	.287	.337	.491	.828	8,697

Career AVG .287 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — +7.9% above league average.

Career OBP .337 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .491 vs. league average .421 across their career seasons — +16.7% above league average.

Career OPS .828 vs. league average .756 across their career seasons — +9.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Javy Lopez 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
1992	ATL	NL	9	16	3	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	.375	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	ATL	NL	8	16	1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	.375	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	ATL	NL	80	277	27	68	9	0	13	35	0	17	61	.245	.269 (-9%)	.338 (-12%)	.424 (-1%)	.763 (-6%)	-304.1
1995	ATL	NL	100	333	37	105	11	4	14	51	0	14	57	.315	.266 (+18%)	.337 (+2%)	.417 (+19%)	.755 (+12%)	643.0
1996	ATL	NL	138	489	56	138	19	1	23	69	1	28	84	.282	.269 (+5%)	.340 (-5%)	.426 (+9%)	.767 (+3%)	153.0
1997	ATL	NL	123	414	52	122	28	1	23	68	1	40	82	.295	.266 (+10%)	.336 (+7%)	.419 (+27%)	.756 (+18%)	1481.6
1998	ATL	NL	133	489	73	139	21	1	34	106	5	30	85	.284	.266 (+7%)	.335 (-2%)	.420 (+28%)	.755 (+15%)	1292.1
1999	ATL	NL	65	246	34	78	18	1	11	45	0	20	41	.317	.271 (+17%)	.344 (+9%)	.433 (+23%)	.778 (+17%)	769.2
2000	ATL	NL	134	481	60	138	21	1	24	89	0	35	80	.287	.270 (+6%)	.344 (-2%)	.437 (+11%)	.782 (+5%)	422.3
2001	ATL	NL	128	438	45	117	16	1	17	66	1	28	82	.267	.263 (+1%)	.332 (-3%)	.426 (avg)	.758 (-2%)	-129.2
2002	ATL	NL	109	347	31	81	15	0	11	52	0	26	63	.233	.261 (-11%)	.331 (-10%)	.416 (-11%)	.747 (-10%)	-604.2
2003	ATL	NL	129	457	89	150	29	3	43	109	0	33	90	.328	.264 (+24%)	.332 (+14%)	.422 (+63%)	.754 (+41%)	3647.9
2004	BAL	AL	150	579	83	183	33	3	23	86	0	47	97	.316	.266 (+19%)	.335 (+10%)	.427 (+17%)	.762 (+14%)	1744.9
2005	BAL	AL	103	395	47	110	24	1	15	49	0	19	68	.278	.264 (+5%)	.330 (-3%)	.418 (+9%)	.749 (+4%)	244.4
2006	BAL	AL	76	279	30	74	15	1	8	31	0	18	60	.265	.269 (-2%)	.336 (-7%)	.431 (-5%)	.768 (-5%)	-264.2
2006	BOS	AL	18	63	6	12	5	0	0	4	0	2	16	.190	.269 (-29%)	.336 (-36%)	.431 (-38%)	.768 (-37%)	-264.2
Career · 16 seasons			1,503	5,319	674	1,527	267	19	260	864	8	357	969	.287	—	—	—	—	8,833

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

Javy Lopez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
60	205	27	57	14	0	10	28	14	40	.278

Playoff Batting by Year

Javy Lopez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2003	NLDS2	ATL	5	21	1	7	2	0	0	0	6	.333
2002	NLDS1	ATL	4	15	4	5	1	2	4	1	3	.333
2001	NLCS	ATL	5	14	1	2	0	1	2	1	4	.143
2000	NLDS1	ATL	3	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091
1998	NLCS	ATL	6	20	2	6	0	1	1	0	7	.300
1998	NLDS1	ATL	2	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	.286
1997	NLCS	ATL	5	17	0	1	1	0	2	1	7	.059
1997	NLDS2	ATL	2	7	3	2	2	0	1	2	1	.286
1996	NLCS	ATL	7	24	8	13	5	2	6	3	1	.542
1996	NLDS1	ATL	2	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	.286
1996	WS	ATL	6	21	3	4	0	0	1	3	4	.190
1995	NLCS	ATL	3	14	2	5	1	1	3	0	1	.357
1995	NLDS1	ATL	3	9	0	4	0	0	3	0	3	.444
1995	WS	ATL	6	17	1	3	2	1	3	1	1	.176
1992	NLCS	ATL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Javy Lopez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	761	2595	329	763	132	429	.294
Away	742	2724	345	764	128	435	.280

Last 10 Games — Batting

Javy Lopez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO
2006-09-02	BOS	TOR	L	3	0	0	0	0	1
2006-08-31	BOS	TOR	W	4	0	0	0	0	1
2006-08-28	BOS	OAK	L	3	0	1	0	1	0
2006-08-27	BOS	SEA	L	4	0	0	0	0	3
2006-08-26	BOS	SEA	L	4	0	0	0	0	3
2006-08-23	BOS	LAA	W	3	1	1	1	0	1
2006-08-21	BOS	NYY	L	4	0	0	0	0	0
2006-08-19	BOS	NYY	L	4	1	1	0	0	1
2006-08-18	BOS	NYY	L	4	0	1	1	0	0
2006-08-16	BOS	DET	W	3	2	1	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Javy Lopez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	0	1	0	0	1
C	1351	1251	8990	631	73	77

Season-by-Season Fielding

Javy Lopez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	ATL	C	9	2	28	2	0	0
1993	ATL	C	7	4	37	2	1	0
1994	ATL	C	75	72	559	35	3	3
1995	ATL	C	93	86	625	50	8	5
1996	ATL	C	135	125	992	81	6	9
1997	ATL	C	117	107	792	56	6	7
1998	ATL	C	128	123	978	68	5	6
1999	ATL	C	60	56	413	29	4	3
2000	ATL	C	132	121	817	62	6	6
2001	ATL	C	127	115	826	50	10	7
2002	ATL	C	103	92	635	54	10	8
2003	ATL	C	120	114	718	53	5	6
2004	BAL	C	132	125	848	49	5	11
2005	BAL	1B	1	0	1	0	0	1
2005	BAL	C	75	75	500	26	3	4
2006	BAL	C	21	19	124	9	0	1
2006	BOS	C	17	15	98	5	1	1

Career Games by Position

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Javy Lopez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Catcher	1351
First Base	1
Designated Hitter	110

Awards & Honors

Javy Lopez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2003	Player of the Week	Week of 2003-07-26
2003	Silver Slugger	C
2003	TSN All-Star	C
2003	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
1996	NLCS MVP

Salary History

Javy Lopez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2006	BAL	AL	$9,000,000
2005	BAL	AL	$7,500,000
2004	BAL	AL	$6,000,000
2003	ATL	NL	$7,000,000
2002	ATL	NL	$6,000,000
2001	ATL	NL	$7,750,000
2000	ATL	NL	$6,250,000
1999	ATL	NL	$5,250,000
1998	ATL	NL	$3,850,000
1997	ATL	NL	$2,050,000
1996	ATL	NL	$290,000
1995	ATL	NL	$150,000
1994	ATL	NL	$111,500
1993	ATL	NL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$61,310,500

Award Voting History

Javy Lopez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2003	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	159.0	448
1998	Most Valuable Player	NL	24th	1.0	448
1994	Rookie of the Year	NL	10th	2.0	140

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Career Spans

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Frequently Asked Questions about Javy Lopez

What years did Javy Lopez play?: Javy Lopez played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2006.
Was Javy Lopez a pitcher?: No. Javy Lopez was a position player (Catcher).
How many home runs did Javy Lopez hit?: Javy Lopez hit 260 career home runs with 1527 hits.
What was Javy Lopez's career batting average?: Javy Lopez batted .287 over his career, with 1,527 hits in 5,319 at bats.
How many RBI did Javy Lopez have?: Javy Lopez drove in 864 runs in his career.
Is Javy Lopez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Javy Lopez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.