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.

What teams did David Price play for?

David Price played for 5 teams: the Tampa Bay Rays (2008–2014), the Detroit Tigers (2014–2015), the Toronto Blue Jays (2015), the Boston Red Sox (2016–2019), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2021–2022).

How many Cy Young Awards did David Price win?

David Price won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2012.

What awards did David Price win?

David Price won the Cy Young Award (2012). He was selected to 5 All-Star Games.

What were David Price's career stats?

In 400 games, David Price went 157-82 with a 3.32 ERA, 2,076 strikeouts, 2,143.2 innings pitched, and 3 saves.

What was David Price's salary?

David Price's last recorded salary was $30,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $30,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $1,834,671, in 2010. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.

What position did David Price play?

David Price played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was David Price and how much did he weigh?

David Price was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 215 pounds.

What was David Price's career ERA?

David Price finished with a 3.32 career ERA, going 157-82 with 2,076 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did David Price have?

David Price recorded 2,076 career strikeouts.

Is David Price in the Hall of Fame?

No. David Price has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

David Price

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

David Price was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2022 for 5 teams, including the Tampa Bay Rays, a span of 15 seasons. Across 400 career appearances, he went 157-82 with a 3.32 ERA and 2,076 strikeouts. David Price was a 5-time All-Star, a Cy Young, and a Babe Ruth Award. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 36995.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

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

David Price — 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	2143.2	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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David Price Stats, Bio & Career Records
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	128.1	119	63	54	102	4.42	4.32 (-2%)	-845.8
2010	TBA	AL	19	6	32	31	2	1	0	208.2	170	63	79	188	2.72	4.08 (+33%)	3593.5
2011	TBA	AL	12	13	34	34	0	0	0	224.1	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	186.2	178	69	27	151	3.33	3.87 (+14%)	4066.0
2014	TBA	AL	11	8	23	23	2	0	0	170.2	156	59	23	189	3.11	3.74 (+17%)	3566.8
2014	DET	AL	4	4	11	11	1	0	0	77.2	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	74.1	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	74.2	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	107.1	109	51	32	128	4.28	4.51 (+5%)	2416.3
2021	LAN	NL	5	2	39	11	0	0	1	73.2	79	33	26	58	4.03	4.27 (+5%)	68.6
2022	LAN	NL	2	0	40	0	0	0	2	40.1	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

David Price — 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

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David Price Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2008	TBA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	TBA	AL	23	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TBA	AL	32	7	0	1	0	0	0	5	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	TBA	AL	34	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	TBA	AL	31	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TBA	AL	27	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	TBA	AL	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	DET	AL	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TOR	AL	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	BOS	AL	35	10	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	BOS	AL	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	BOS	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	BOS	AL	22	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	LAN	NL	39	15	1	4	1	2	0	3	.267	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	LAN	NL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			400	65	1	8	1	3	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

David Price — 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

David Price — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2018	ALCS	BOS	2	0	0	.000
2018	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2018	WS	BOS	3	3	1	.000
2017	ALDS2	BOS	2	0	0	.000
2016	ALDS2	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2015	ALCS	TOR	2	0	0	.000
2015	ALDS2	TOR	2	0	0	.000
2014	ALDS2	DET	1	0	0	.000
2013	ALDS1	TBA	1	0	0	.000
2011	ALDS2	TBA	1	0	0	.000
2010	ALDS1	TBA	2	0	0	.000
2008	ALCS	TBA	3	0	0	.000
2008	WS	TBA	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

David Price — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
5	9	23	14	1	99.1	91	51	28	91	4.62

Playoff Pitching by Year

David Price — 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	10.2	8	4	4	13	3.38
2018	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	1	1	0	1.2	3	3	2	0	16.20
2018	WS	BOS	2	0	3	2	0	13.2	7	3	6	10	1.98
2017	ALDS2	BOS	0	0	2	0	0	6.2	5	0	2	6	0.00
2016	ALDS2	BOS	0	1	1	1	0	3.1	6	5	2	3	13.50
2015	ALCS	TOR	0	1	2	2	0	13.1	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	6.2	7	3	1	3	4.05
2010	ALDS1	TBA	0	2	2	2	0	12.2	17	7	0	14	4.97
2008	ALCS	TBA	1	0	3	0	1	2.1	0	0	2	4	0.00
2008	WS	TBA	0	0	2	0	0	3.1	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

David Price — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	195	9	0	2	0	0	.222
Away	204	56	1	6	0	3	.107

Pitching — Home / Away

David Price — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	195	1073.1	934	368	255	1079	3.09
Away	204	1061.1	989	420	306	993	3.56

Last 10 Games — Pitching

David Price — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-09-30	LAD	COL	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-29	LAD	SDP	SV	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2022-08-29	LAD	MIA	—	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0
2022-08-26	LAD	MIA	W	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2022-08-23	LAD	MIL	—	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0
2022-08-21	LAD	MIA	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2022-08-18	LAD	MIL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2022-08-16	LAD	MIL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2022-08-15	LAD	MIL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-08-12	LAD	KCR	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

David Price — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	400	322	82	227	13	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

David Price — 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

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David Price Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	400

Awards & Honors

David Price — 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

David Price's recorded salaries total $81,851,296 over 7 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Price's career ran from 2008 to 2022. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008 and 2009.

David Price — 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 recorded salary (partial)			$81,851,296

College History

David Price — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Vanderbilt University	Nashville	TN	2005, 2006, 2007

Award Voting History

David Price — 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

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David Price: the record in brief

The profile opens with David Price's first major league game on September 14, 2008; the last one listed came on September 30, 2022. Club by club, the record runs the Tampa Bay Rays (2008 through 2014), the Detroit Tigers (2014 through 2015), the Toronto Blue Jays (2015), the Boston Red Sox (2016 to 2019), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2021 through 2022). At 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, Price is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Price both batted and threw left-handed. The recorded birth is August 26, 1985, in Murfreesboro, TN, USA. David Price was the playing name; the full given name is David Taylor.

The pitching table credits Price with a 157-82 record and a 3.32 ERA in 400 games. The totals include 2,076 strikeouts and 17 complete games. That 3.32 ERA compares with a 4.12 league average across the same seasons, 19.5% better. 2012 brought Price a season-high 20 wins. 2016 produced Price's most strikeouts, 228.

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.
What teams did David Price play for?: David Price played for 5 teams: the Tampa Bay Rays (2008–2014), the Detroit Tigers (2014–2015), the Toronto Blue Jays (2015), the Boston Red Sox (2016–2019), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2021–2022).
How many Cy Young Awards did David Price win?: David Price won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2012.
What awards did David Price win?: David Price won the Cy Young Award (2012). He was selected to 5 All-Star Games.
What were David Price's career stats?: In 400 games, David Price went 157-82 with a 3.32 ERA, 2,076 strikeouts, 2,143.2 innings pitched, and 3 saves.
How much did David Price earn in his career?: David Price's recorded salaries total $81,851,296 over 7 seasons, 2010 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Price's career ran from 2008 to 2022. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008 and 2009.
What was David Price's salary?: David Price's last recorded salary was $30,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $30,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $1,834,671, in 2010. The Salary History table lists each season from 2010 to 2016.
What position did David Price play?: David Price played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was David Price and how much did he weigh?: David Price was listed at 6 feet 5 inches and 215 pounds.
What was David Price's career ERA?: David Price finished with a 3.32 career ERA, going 157-82 with 2,076 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did David Price have?: David Price recorded 2,076 career strikeouts.
Is David Price in the Hall of Fame?: No. David Price has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.