What years did Alex Rodriguez play?

Alex Rodriguez played in Major League Baseball from 1994 to 2016.

Was Alex Rodriguez a pitcher?

No. Alex Rodriguez was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did Alex Rodriguez hit?

Alex Rodriguez hit 696 career home runs with 3115 hits.

Alex Rodriguez

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1994-2016)

AVG .295

HR 696

RBI 2,086

H 3,115

OPS .930

PIV 54,389

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 230 lb
Born: 7/27/1975 in New York, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1994-07-08
Last Game: 2016-08-12
Awards: 14× All-Star · 3× MVP · 2× Gold Glove · 10× Silver Slugger · 4× Hank Aaron Award · Babe Ruth Award

Full name: Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,784	10,566	2,021	3,115	548	31	696	2,086	329	1,338	2,287	.295	.380	.550	.930	54,389

Career AVG .295 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — +12.0% above league average.

Career OBP .380 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — +14.5% above league average.

Career SLG .550 vs. league average .418 across their career seasons — +31.5% above league average.

Career OPS .930 vs. league average .750 across their career seasons — +24.0% 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
1994	SEA	AL	17	54	4	11	0	0	0	2	3	3	20	.204	.269 (-24%)	.338 (-29%)	.424 (-52%)	.763 (-42%)	-376.9
1995	SEA	AL	48	142	15	33	6	2	5	19	4	6	42	.232	.266 (-13%)	.337 (-22%)	.417 (-2%)	.755 (-11%)	-306.4
1996	SEA	AL	146	601	141	215	54	1	36	123	15	59	104	.358	.269 (+33%)	.340 (+22%)	.426 (+48%)	.767 (+36%)	4552.6
1997	SEA	AL	141	587	100	176	40	3	23	84	29	41	99	.300	.266 (+12%)	.336 (+4%)	.419 (+18%)	.756 (+12%)	1361.8
1998	SEA	AL	161	686	123	213	35	5	42	124	46	45	121	.310	.266 (+17%)	.335 (+7%)	.420 (+33%)	.755 (+22%)	3023.6
1999	SEA	AL	129	502	110	143	25	0	42	111	21	56	109	.285	.271 (+5%)	.344 (+4%)	.433 (+35%)	.778 (+21%)	2095.6
2000	SEA	AL	148	554	134	175	34	2	41	132	15	100	121	.316	.270 (+17%)	.344 (+22%)	.437 (+39%)	.782 (+31%)	3952.8
2001	TEX	AL	162	632	133	201	34	1	52	135	18	75	131	.318	.263 (+20%)	.332 (+20%)	.426 (+46%)	.758 (+35%)	4787.0
2002	TEX	AL	162	624	125	187	27	2	57	142	9	87	122	.300	.261 (+15%)	.331 (+18%)	.416 (+50%)	.747 (+36%)	4850.9
2003	TEX	AL	161	607	124	181	30	6	47	118	17	87	126	.298	.264 (+13%)	.332 (+19%)	.422 (+42%)	.754 (+32%)	4295.4
2004	NYA	AL	155	601	112	172	24	2	36	106	28	80	131	.286	.266 (+8%)	.335 (+12%)	.427 (+20%)	.762 (+16%)	2253.8
2005	NYA	AL	162	605	124	194	29	1	48	130	21	91	139	.321	.264 (+21%)	.330 (+27%)	.418 (+46%)	.749 (+38%)	5213.6
2006	NYA	AL	154	572	113	166	26	1	35	121	15	90	139	.290	.269 (+8%)	.336 (+16%)	.431 (+21%)	.768 (+19%)	2614.7
2007	NYA	AL	158	583	143	183	31	0	54	156	24	95	120	.314	.268 (+17%)	.335 (+26%)	.422 (+53%)	.758 (+41%)	5404.9
2008	NYA	AL	138	510	104	154	33	0	35	103	18	65	117	.302	.263 (+14%)	.333 (+18%)	.416 (+38%)	.749 (+29%)	3140.2
2009	NYA	AL	124	444	78	127	17	1	30	100	14	80	97	.286	.262 (+9%)	.332 (+21%)	.417 (+27%)	.750 (+24%)	2473.2
2010	NYA	AL	137	522	74	141	29	2	30	125	4	59	98	.270	.257 (+5%)	.325 (+5%)	.402 (+26%)	.728 (+16%)	1576.0
2011	NYA	AL	99	373	67	103	21	0	16	62	4	47	80	.276	.255 (+8%)	.320 (+13%)	.399 (+16%)	.719 (+14%)	1107.4
2012	NYA	AL	122	463	74	126	17	1	18	57	13	51	116	.272	.254 (+7%)	.318 (+11%)	.405 (+6%)	.724 (+8%)	882.1
2013	NYA	AL	44	156	21	38	7	0	7	19	4	23	43	.244	.253 (-4%)	.317 (+10%)	.396 (+7%)	.714 (+8%)	276.5
2015	NYA	AL	151	523	83	131	22	1	33	86	4	84	145	.250	.254 (-2%)	.316 (+13%)	.404 (+20%)	.721 (+17%)	1957.8
2016	NYA	AL	65	225	19	45	7	0	9	31	3	14	67	.200	.255 (-22%)	.321 (-23%)	.417 (-16%)	.738 (-19%)	-747.8
Career · 22 seasons			2,784	10,566	2,021	3,115	548	31	696	2,086	329	1,338	2,287	.295	—	—	—	—	54,389

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
76	278	43	72	16	0	13	41	39	77	.259

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2015	ALWC	NYA	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2012	ALCS	NYA	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.111
2012	ALDS1	NYA	4	16	1	2	0	0	0	2	9	.125
2011	ALDS1	NYA	5	18	1	2	0	0	3	4	6	.111
2010	ALCS	NYA	6	21	4	4	2	0	2	3	4	.190
2010	ALDS2	NYA	3	11	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	.273
2009	ALCS	NYA	6	21	6	9	2	3	6	8	3	.429
2009	ALDS1	NYA	3	11	4	5	0	2	6	1	2	.455
2009	WS	NYA	6	20	5	5	3	1	6	3	8	.250
2007	ALDS2	NYA	4	15	2	4	0	1	1	2	6	.267
2006	ALDS1	NYA	4	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	.071
2005	ALDS2	NYA	5	15	2	2	1	0	0	6	5	.133
2004	ALCS	NYA	7	31	8	8	2	2	5	4	6	.258
2004	ALDS2	NYA	4	19	3	8	3	1	3	2	1	.421
2000	ALCS	SEA	6	22	4	9	2	2	5	3	8	.409
2000	ALDS2	SEA	3	13	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	.308
1997	ALDS2	SEA	4	16	1	5	1	1	1	0	5	.312
1995	ALCS	SEA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
1995	ALDS2	SEA	1	1	1	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

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1396	5223	1022	1574	354	1076	.301
Away	1388	5343	999	1541	342	1010	.288

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
2016-08-12	NYY	TBR	W	4	1	1	1	0	1
2016-08-11	NYY	BOS	W	4	0	0	1	0	1
2016-08-10	NYY	BOS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016-08-02	NYY	NYN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016-07-31	NYY	TBR	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
2016-07-30	NYY	TBR	L	4	0	0	0	0	4
2016-07-29	NYY	TBR	L	1	1	0	0	0	0
2016-07-22	NYY	SFG	W	4	0	0	0	0	1
2016-07-21	NYY	BAL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0
2016-07-19	NYY	BAL	W	3	0	0	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	2	1	17	0	1	2
3B	1194	1181	750	2076	103	205
SS	1272	1256	2014	3605	131	853

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1994	SEA	SS	17	17	20	45	6	9
1995	SEA	SS	46	38	56	106	8	14
1996	SEA	SS	146	145	238	404	15	92
1997	SEA	SS	140	140	209	394	24	83
1998	SEA	SS	160	160	268	445	18	90
1999	SEA	SS	129	129	213	382	14	104
2000	SEA	SS	148	148	243	438	10	123
2001	TEX	SS	161	161	279	452	18	118
2002	TEX	SS	162	160	259	472	10	108
2003	TEX	SS	158	158	227	464	8	111
2004	NYA	3B	155	155	100	262	13	25
2004	NYA	SS	2	0	1	1	0	1
2005	NYA	3B	161	161	115	288	12	26
2005	NYA	SS	3	0	1	2	0	0
2006	NYA	3B	151	148	96	262	24	24
2007	NYA	3B	154	154	106	251	13	30
2008	NYA	3B	131	131	73	251	10	23
2009	NYA	3B	116	113	66	200	9	17
2010	NYA	3B	124	122	61	224	7	25
2011	NYA	3B	89	87	54	165	6	13
2012	NYA	3B	81	81	57	119	8	13
2013	NYA	3B	27	27	22	52	1	9
2015	NYA	1B	2	1	17	0	1	2
2015	NYA	3B	4	2	0	2	0	0
2016	NYA	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
First Base	2
Third Base	1194
Shortstop	1272
Designated Hitter	298

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2010	Player of the Month	September
2009	Babe Ruth Award	3B
2008	Silver Slugger	3B
2007	Hank Aaron Award
2007	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2007	MLB Players Choice Player of the Year
2007	Most Valuable Player
2007	Player of the Month	April
2007	Player of the Month	June
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-09-08
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-04-07
2007	Player of the Week	Week of 2007-06-09
2007	Silver Slugger	3B
2007	TSN All-Star	3B
2007	TSN Major League Player of the Year
2007	This Year in Baseball Hitter of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2006	Player of the Month	May
2006	Player of the Week	Week of 2006-09-02
2005	Most Valuable Player
2005	Player of the Month	August
2005	Player of the Month	May
2005	Player of the Week	Week of 2005-04-30
2005	Silver Slugger	3B
2005	TSN All-Star	3B
2005	This Year in Baseball Performance of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2003	Gold Glove	SS
2003	Hank Aaron Award
2003	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2003	Most Valuable Player
2003	Player of the Month	August
2003	Silver Slugger	SS
2003	TSN All-Star	SS
2002	Gold Glove	SS
2002	Hank Aaron Award	SS
2002	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2002	MLB Players Choice Player of the Year
2002	Player of the Month	August
2002	Player of the Month	July
2002	Player of the Week	Week of 2002-07-13
2002	Player of the Week	Week of 2002-08-17
2002	Silver Slugger	SS
2002	TSN All-Star	SS
2002	TSN Major League Player of the Year
2002	This Year in Baseball Hitter of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY
2001	Hank Aaron Award	SS
2001	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
2001	Player of the Week	Week of 2001-04-14
2001	Player of the Week	Week of 2001-09-22
2001	Silver Slugger	SS
2001	TSN All-Star	SS
2000	Player of the Week	Week of 2000-04-15
2000	Silver Slugger	SS
2000	TSN All-Star	SS
1999	Silver Slugger	SS
1998	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-06-27
1998	Silver Slugger	SS
1998	TSN All-Star	SS
1996	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Player
1996	Player of the Month	August
1996	Player of the Week	Week of 1996-08-24
1996	Player of the Week	Week of 1996-08-31
1996	Silver Slugger	SS
1996	TSN All-Star	SS
1996	TSN Major League Player of the Year

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	NYA	AL	$21,000,000
2015	NYA	AL	$22,000,000
2013	NYA	AL	$29,000,000
2012	NYA	AL	$30,000,000
2011	NYA	AL	$32,000,000
2010	NYA	AL	$33,000,000
2009	NYA	AL	$33,000,000
2008	NYA	AL	$28,000,000
2007	NYA	AL	$22,708,525
2006	NYA	AL	$21,680,727
2005	NYA	AL	$26,000,000
2004	NYA	AL	$22,000,000
2003	TEX	AL	$22,000,000
2002	TEX	AL	$22,000,000
2001	TEX	AL	$22,000,000
2000	SEA	AL	$4,362,500
1999	SEA	AL	$3,112,500
1998	SEA	AL	$2,162,500
1997	SEA	AL	$1,062,500
1996	SEA	AL	$442,334
1995	SEA	AL	$442,333
1994	SEA	AL	$442,333
Total Career Earnings			$398,416,252

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2015	Most Valuable Player	AL	28th	1.0	420	0
2010	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	8.0	392	0
2009	Most Valuable Player	AL	10th	31.0	392	0
2008	Most Valuable Player	AL	8th	45.0	392	0
2007	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	382.0	392	26
2006	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	13.0	392	0
2005	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	331.0	392	16
2004	Most Valuable Player	AL	14th	8.0	392	0
2003	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	242.0	392	6
2002	Most Valuable Player	AL	2nd	254.0	392	5
2001	Most Valuable Player	AL	6th	141.0	392	0
2000	Most Valuable Player	AL	3rd	218.0	392	4
1999	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	4.0	392	0
1998	Most Valuable Player	AL	9th	92.0	392	0
1996	Most Valuable Player	AL	2nd	287.0	392	10

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