What years did Anthony Rizzo play?

Anthony Rizzo played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2024.

Was Anthony Rizzo a pitcher?

No. Anthony Rizzo was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Anthony Rizzo hit?

Anthony Rizzo hit 303 career home runs with 1644 hits.

Anthony Rizzo

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2011-2024)

AVG .261

HR 303

RBI 965

H 1,644

OPS .828

PIV 20,339

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 240 lb
Born: 8/8/1989 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 2011-06-09
Awards: 3× All-Star · 4× Gold Glove · Silver Slugger · Roberto Clemente Award

Full name: Anthony Vincent Rizzo

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,727	6,288	922	1,644	338	22	303	965	72	781	1,208	.261	.361	.467	.828	20,339

Career AVG .261 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .361 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — +13.4% above league average.

Career SLG .467 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — +14.4% above league average.

Career OPS .828 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — +14.0% above 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
2011	SDN	NL	49	128	9	18	8	1	1	9	2	21	46	.141	.255 (-45%)	.320 (-12%)	.399 (-39%)	.719 (-27%)	-509.4
2012	CHN	NL	87	337	44	96	15	0	15	48	3	27	62	.285	.254 (+12%)	.318 (+7%)	.405 (+14%)	.724 (+11%)	714.2
2013	CHN	NL	160	606	71	141	40	2	23	80	6	76	127	.233	.253 (-8%)	.317 (+2%)	.396 (+6%)	.714 (+4%)	557.1
2014	CHN	NL	140	524	89	150	28	1	32	78	5	73	116	.286	.251 (+14%)	.313 (+23%)	.386 (+36%)	.700 (+30%)	3361.4
2015	CHN	NL	160	586	94	163	38	3	31	101	17	78	105	.278	.254 (+9%)	.316 (+22%)	.404 (+27%)	.721 (+25%)	3313.5
2016	CHN	NL	155	583	94	170	43	4	32	109	3	74	108	.292	.255 (+14%)	.321 (+20%)	.417 (+30%)	.738 (+26%)	3287.0
2017	CHN	NL	157	572	99	156	32	3	32	109	10	91	90	.273	.254 (+7%)	.324 (+21%)	.425 (+19%)	.750 (+20%)	2808.7
2018	CHN	NL	153	566	74	160	29	1	25	101	6	70	80	.283	.247 (+14%)	.318 (+18%)	.409 (+15%)	.727 (+16%)	2137.2
2019	CHN	NL	146	512	89	150	29	3	27	94	5	71	86	.293	.252 (+16%)	.322 (+25%)	.434 (+19%)	.757 (+22%)	2763.6
2020	CHN	NL	58	203	26	45	6	0	11	24	3	28	38	.222	.244 (-9%)	.321 (+6%)	.417 (-1%)	.739 (+2%)	162.3
2021	CHN	NL	92	323	41	80	16	3	14	40	4	36	59	.248	.243 (+2%)	.317 (+9%)	.410 (+9%)	.727 (+9%)	602.2
2021	NYA	AL	49	173	32	43	7	0	8	21	2	16	28	.249	.243 (+2%)	.317 (+7%)	.410 (+4%)	.727 (+5%)	602.2
2022	NYA	AL	130	465	77	104	21	1	32	75	6	58	101	.224	.242 (-8%)	.311 (+8%)	.394 (+21%)	.706 (+16%)	1561.5
2023	NYA	AL	99	373	45	91	14	0	12	41	0	35	97	.244	.248 (-2%)	.320 (+2%)	.414 (-9%)	.734 (-4%)	-133.9
2024	NYA	AL	92	337	38	77	12	0	8	35	0	27	65	.228	.243 (-6%)	.312 (-3%)	.399 (-16%)	.711 (-10%)	-496.4
Career · 15 seasons			1,727	6,288	922	1,644	338	22	303	965	72	781	1,208	.261	—	—	—	—	20,731

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 Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	BB	SO	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2018	CHN	NL	1	0.3	0	0	—	0.0
2021	CHN	NL	1	0.7	1	1	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			2	1.0	1	1	—	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
59	209	23	47	9	0	9	27	23	58	.225

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2024	ALCS	NYA	5	14	1	6	1	0	0	2	3	.429
2024	WS	NYA	5	16	1	2	0	0	0	4	7	.125
2022	ALCS	NYA	4	12	2	3	1	1	4	2	3	.250
2022	ALDS1	NYA	5	17	2	5	1	1	4	3	5	.294
2021	ALWC	NYA	1	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	.250
2020	NLWC3	CHN	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
2018	NLWC	CHN	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250
2017	NLCS	CHN	5	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	.059
2017	NLDS2	CHN	5	20	1	4	1	1	6	1	6	.200
2016	NLCS	CHN	6	25	3	8	2	2	5	2	6	.320
2016	NLDS1	CHN	4	15	1	1	0	0	0	2	4	.067
2016	WS	CHN	7	25	7	9	3	1	5	4	3	.360
2015	NLCS	CHN	4	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	.214
2015	NLDS1	CHN	4	14	3	3	0	2	2	1	4	.214
2015	NLWC	CHN	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	877	3080	475	871	144	493	.283
Away	849	3204	446	772	158	471	.241

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Away	1	0.2	0	0	1	1	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
2024-09-28	NYY	PIT	L	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
2024-09-26	NYY	BAL	W	4	0	2	0	2	0	1
2024-09-25	NYY	BAL	L	3	2	2	0	0	1	1
2024-09-24	NYY	BAL	L	2	1	1	1	0	2	0
2024-09-22	NYY	OAK	W	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
2024-09-20	NYY	OAK	W	3	1	1	0	0	1	0
2024-09-19	NYY	SEA	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	2
2024-09-18	NYY	SEA	W	4	0	2	1	2	0	2
2024-09-17	NYY	SEA	W	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
2024-09-14	NYY	BOS	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-04-28	CHC	ATL	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0
2018-07-23	CHC	AZ	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1699	1669	13128	1420	69	1206
2B	13	0	0	3	0	1
3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
P	2	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2011	SDN	1B	45	36	316	26	2	28
2012	CHN	1B	85	85	685	46	4	76
2013	CHN	1B	159	158	1287	149	5	114
2014	CHN	1B	140	140	1184	118	9	104
2015	CHN	1B	160	160	1330	126	9	102
2016	CHN	1B	154	151	1268	125	6	98
2016	CHN	2B	1	0	0	1	0	0
2017	CHN	1B	157	155	1222	150	3	112
2017	CHN	2B	10	0	0	2	0	1
2017	CHN	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	CHN	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	CHN	1B	153	148	1133	147	7	128
2018	CHN	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	CHN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CHN	1B	146	144	1140	123	5	120
2020	CHN	1B	57	57	418	44	1	39
2021	CHN	1B	92	91	660	94	3	68
2021	CHN	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2021	CHN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2021	NYA	1B	47	46	308	24	3	30
2022	NYA	1B	120	115	919	72	5	71
2023	NYA	1B	92	92	656	102	4	58
2024	NYA	1B	92	91	602	74	3	58

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	2
First Base	1699
Second Base	13
Third Base	1
Left Field	1
Designated Hitter	17

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2024	Player of the Week	Week of 2024-04-27
2023	Player of the Week	Week of 2023-05-13
2020	Gold Glove	1B
2019	Gold Glove	1B
2018	Gold Glove	1B
2018	Player of the Week	Week of 2018-08-27
2017	MLB Players Choice Man of the Year
2017	Player of the Week	Week of 2017-08-19
2017	Roberto Clemente Award
2016	Gold Glove	1B
2016	Platinum Glove
2016	Silver Slugger	1B
2016	This Year in Baseball Best Play - Defense	Esurance
2016	This Year in Baseball Best Social Media Personality	Esurance
2014	Branch Rickey Award
2014	Player of the Week	Week of 2014-07-20
2012	Rookie of the Month	July

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CHN	NL	$5,285,714
2015	CHN	NL	$5,000,000
2014	CHN	NL	$1,250,000
2013	CHN	NL	$498,000
Total Career Earnings			$12,033,714

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2018	Most Valuable Player	NL	17th	6.0	420
2017	Most Valuable Player	NL	13th	17.0	420
2016	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	202.0	420
2015	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	162.0	420
2014	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	37.0	420

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Frequently Asked Questions about Anthony Rizzo

What years did Anthony Rizzo play?: Anthony Rizzo played in Major League Baseball from 2011 to 2024.
Was Anthony Rizzo a pitcher?: No. Anthony Rizzo was a position player (First Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Anthony Rizzo hit?: Anthony Rizzo hit 303 career home runs with 1644 hits.