David Price

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2022)

W–L 157–82
ERA 3.32
WHIP 1.16
SO 2,076
Pitcher PIV 36995.2
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'5" / 215 lb
Born
8/26/1985 in Murfreesboro, TN, USA
MLB Debut
2008-09-14
Last Game
2022-09-30
Awards
5× All-Star · Cy Young · Babe Ruth Award

Full name: David Taylor Price

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
157 82 400 322 17 3 3 2143.7 1,930 790 221 562 2,076 3.32 36995.2

Career ERA 3.32 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 19.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2008 TBA AL 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 14.0 9 3 4 12 1.93 4.32 (+55%) 318.0
2009 TBA AL 10 7 23 23 0 0 0 128.3 119 63 54 102 4.42 4.32 (-2%) -845.8
2010 TBA AL 19 6 32 31 2 1 0 208.7 170 63 79 188 2.72 4.08 (+33%) 3593.5
2011 TBA AL 12 13 34 34 0 0 0 224.3 192 87 63 218 3.49 3.94 (+11%) 3654.3
2012 TBA AL 20 5 31 31 2 1 0 211.0 173 60 59 205 2.56 4.01 (+36%) 5324.1
2013 TBA AL 10 8 27 27 4 0 0 186.7 178 69 27 151 3.33 3.87 (+14%) 4066.0
2014 TBA AL 11 8 23 23 2 0 0 170.7 156 59 23 189 3.11 3.74 (+17%) 3566.8
2014 DET AL 4 4 11 11 1 0 0 77.7 74 31 15 82 3.59 3.74 (+4%) 2571.7
2015 DET AL 9 4 21 21 3 1 0 146.0 133 41 29 138 2.53 3.96 (+36%) 3395.9
2015 TOR AL 9 1 11 11 0 0 0 74.3 57 19 18 87 2.30 3.96 (+42%) 3288.0
2016 BOS AL 17 9 35 35 2 0 0 230.0 227 102 50 228 3.99 4.19 (+5%) 3533.9
2017 BOS AL 6 3 16 11 0 0 0 74.7 65 28 24 76 3.38 4.36 (+23%) 1361.3
2018 BOS AL 16 7 30 30 1 0 0 176.0 151 70 50 177 3.58 4.15 (+14%) 594.0
2019 BOS AL 7 5 22 22 0 0 0 107.3 109 51 32 128 4.28 4.51 (+5%) 2416.3
2021 LAN NL 5 2 39 11 0 0 1 73.7 79 33 26 58 4.03 4.27 (+5%) 68.6
2022 LAN NL 2 0 40 0 0 0 2 40.3 38 11 9 37 2.45 3.97 (+38%) 88.8
Career · 16 seasons 157 82 400 322 17 3 3 2,143.2 1,930 790 562 2,076 3.32 — 36,995

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 Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
400 65 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 28 .123 .159 .138 .298 0

Career AVG .123 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — 51.5% below league average.

Career OBP .159 vs. league average .321 across their career seasons — 50.3% below league average.

Career SLG .138 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 66.1% below league average.

Career OPS .298 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 59.2% below 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
2008 TBA AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 TBA AL 23 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
2010 TBA AL 32 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 — — — — 0.0
2011 TBA AL 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 TBA AL 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 TBA AL 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 TBA AL 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 DET AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 DET AL 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 TOR AL 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 BOS AL 35 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 — — — — 0.0
2017 BOS AL 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
2018 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 BOS AL 22 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 — — — — 0.0
2021 LAN NL 39 15 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 .267 — — — — 0.0
2022 LAN NL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 16 seasons 400 65 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 28 .123 — — — — 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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2018 ALCS BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 ALDS1 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2018 WS BOS 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
2017 ALDS2 BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2016 ALDS2 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 ALCS TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 ALDS2 TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 ALDS2 DET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2011 ALDS2 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 ALDS1 TBA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALCS TBA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 WS TBA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
5 9 23 14 1 99.3 91 51 28 91 4.62

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2018 ALCS BOS 1 0 2 2 0 10.7 8 4 4 13 3.38
2018 ALDS1 BOS 0 1 1 1 0 1.7 3 3 2 0 16.20
2018 WS BOS 2 0 3 2 0 13.7 7 3 6 10 1.98
2017 ALDS2 BOS 0 0 2 0 0 6.7 5 0 2 6 0.00
2016 ALDS2 BOS 0 1 1 1 0 3.3 6 5 2 3 13.50
2015 ALCS TOR 0 1 2 2 0 13.3 11 8 1 16 5.40
2015 ALDS2 TOR 1 1 2 1 0 10.0 11 8 2 7 7.20
2014 ALDS2 DET 0 1 1 1 0 8.0 5 2 2 6 2.25
2013 ALDS1 TBA 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 9 7 2 5 9.00
2011 ALDS2 TBA 0 1 1 1 0 6.7 7 3 1 3 4.05
2010 ALDS1 TBA 0 2 2 2 0 12.7 17 7 0 14 4.97
2008 ALCS TBA 1 0 3 0 1 2.3 0 0 2 4 0.00
2008 WS TBA 0 0 2 0 0 3.3 2 1 2 4 2.70

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home19590200.222
Away204561603.107

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1951073.193436825510793.09
Away2041061.19894203069933.56

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2022-09-30 LADCOL — 1.0100000
2022-09-29 LADSDP SV 1.0000100
2022-08-29 LADMIA — 0.1100100
2022-08-26 LADMIA W 1.0111001
2022-08-23 LADMIL — 1.2100010
2022-08-21 LADMIA — 1.0111001
2022-08-18 LADMIL — 1.0000010
2022-08-16 LADMIL — 1.0000010
2022-08-15 LADMIL — 1.0000000
2022-08-12 LADKCR — 0.1000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 400 322 82 227 13 12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2008 TBA P 5 1 0 1 0 0
2009 TBA P 23 23 5 17 1 0
2010 TBA P 32 31 8 22 0 2
2011 TBA P 34 34 13 23 4 2
2012 TBA P 31 31 6 28 3 4
2013 TBA P 27 27 7 25 0 0
2014 TBA P 23 23 3 15 1 1
2014 DET P 11 11 1 3 0 0
2015 DET P 21 21 9 17 2 1
2015 TOR P 11 11 5 6 0 0
2016 BOS P 35 35 5 22 0 2
2017 BOS P 16 11 6 6 1 0
2018 BOS P 30 30 6 20 0 0
2019 BOS P 22 22 4 7 0 0
2021 LAN P 39 11 3 9 1 0
2022 LAN P 40 0 1 6 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 400

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2018 Babe Ruth Award
2018 Comeback Player of the Year
2018 TSN Comeback Player of the Year
2015 Player of the Week Week of 2015-08-09
2012 Cy Young Award
2012 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2012 TSN Pitcher of the Year
2010 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2010 Pitcher of the Month September

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 BOS AL $30,000,000
2015 DET AL $19,750,000
2014 TBA AL $14,000,000
2013 TBA AL $9,831,954
2012 TBA AL $4,350,000
2011 TBA AL $2,084,671
2010 TBA AL $1,834,671
Total Career Earnings $81,851,296

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 2005, 2006, 2007

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2015 Cy Young Award AL 2nd 143.0 210 8
2015 Most Valuable Player AL 9th 62.0 420 0
2014 Cy Young Award AL 6th 16.0 210 0
2012 Cy Young Award AL 1st 153.0 196 14
2012 Most Valuable Player AL 12th 26.0 392 0
2010 Cy Young Award AL 2nd 111.0 196 4

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

David Price (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Johan Santana
    139-78, 3.20 ERA
  2. 80
    Madison Bumgarner
    134-124, 3.47 ERA
  3. 76
    Roy Oswalt
    163-102, 3.36 ERA
  4. 73
    Cliff Lee
    143-91, 3.52 ERA
  5. 68
    Sonny Gray
    141-106, 3.53 ERA
  6. 67
    Johnny Cueto
    144-113, 3.52 ERA

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Frequently Asked Questions about David Price

What years did David Price play?
David Price played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2022.
Was David Price a pitcher?
Yes. David Price pitched in the major leagues, recording 157 wins and 2076 strikeouts.
How many home runs did David Price hit?
David Price hit 0 career home runs with 8 hits.