What years did Pablo Sandoval play?

Pablo Sandoval played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2021.

Was Pablo Sandoval a pitcher?

No. Pablo Sandoval was a position player (Third Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Pablo Sandoval hit?

Pablo Sandoval hit 153 career home runs with 1,279 hits.

What teams did Pablo Sandoval play for?

Pablo Sandoval played for 3 teams: the San Francisco Giants (2008–2014, 2017–2020), the Boston Red Sox (2015–2017), and the Atlanta Braves (2020–2021).

Did Pablo Sandoval win an MVP award?

No. Pablo Sandoval did not win the MVP award.

What awards did Pablo Sandoval win?

Pablo Sandoval won the World Series MVP award (2012). He was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Pablo Sandoval's career stats?

In 1,380 games, Pablo Sandoval had 1,279 hits, 153 home runs, 639 RBI, 548 runs, and 12 stolen bases, with a .278 batting average.

What was Pablo Sandoval's salary?

Pablo Sandoval's last recorded salary was $17,600,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $17,600,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $401,750, in 2009. The Salary History table lists each season from 2009 to 2016.

What position did Pablo Sandoval play?

Pablo Sandoval played primarily as a third baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Pablo Sandoval and how much did he weigh?

Pablo Sandoval was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 268 pounds.

How many home runs did Pablo Sandoval hit each season?

Pablo Sandoval's home runs by season: 3 in 2008, 25 in 2009, 13 in 2010, 23 in 2011, 12 in 2012, 14 in 2013, 16 in 2014, 10 in 2015, 0 in 2016, 9 in 2017, 9 in 2018, 14 in 2019, 1 in 2020, and 4 in 2021. His most in one season was 25, in 2009.

What was Pablo Sandoval's career batting average?

Pablo Sandoval batted .278 over his career, with 1,279 hits in 4,609 at bats.

How many RBI did Pablo Sandoval have?

Pablo Sandoval drove in 639 runs in his career.

Pablo Sandoval

Third Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2008-2021)

Pablo Sandoval was a third baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2021 for the San Francisco Giants, the Boston Red Sox, and the Atlanta Braves, a span of 14 seasons. In 1,380 career games, he hit .278 with 1,279 hits, 153 home runs, and 639 RBI. Pablo Sandoval was a 2-time All-Star, a World Series MVP, and a 2-time Babe Ruth Award. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 5,608.

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 October 15, 2026

AVG .278

HR 153

RBI 639

H 1,279

OPS .773

PIV 5,608

Position: Third Baseman
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 268 lb
Born: 8/11/1986 in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2008-08-14
Last Game: 2021-07-29
Awards: 2× All-Star · World Series MVP · 2× Babe Ruth Award

Full name: Pablo Emilio Sandoval

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Career Batting Statistics

Pablo Sandoval — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,380	4,609	548	1,279	262	21	153	639	12	357	757	.278	.330	.443	.773	5,608

Career AVG .278 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — +9.2% above league average.

Career OBP .330 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .443 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — +8.1% above league average.

Career OPS .773 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — +5.7% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Pablo Sandoval 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
2008	SFN	NL	41	145	24	50	10	1	3	24	0	4	14	.345	.263 (+31%)	.333 (+7%)	.416 (+18%)	.749 (+13%)	268.1
2009	SFN	NL	153	572	79	189	44	5	25	90	5	52	83	.330	.262 (+26%)	.332 (+16%)	.417 (+33%)	.750 (+26%)	3010.5
2010	SFN	NL	152	563	61	151	34	3	13	63	3	47	81	.268	.257 (+4%)	.325 (-1%)	.402 (+1%)	.728 (avg)	-19.5
2011	SFN	NL	117	426	55	134	26	3	23	70	2	32	63	.315	.255 (+23%)	.320 (+11%)	.399 (+38%)	.719 (+26%)	1985.6
2012	SFN	NL	108	396	59	112	25	2	12	63	1	38	59	.283	.254 (+11%)	.318 (+7%)	.405 (+10%)	.724 (+9%)	629.5
2013	SFN	NL	141	525	52	146	27	2	14	79	0	47	79	.278	.253 (+10%)	.317 (+7%)	.396 (+5%)	.714 (+6%)	670.1
2014	SFN	NL	157	588	68	164	26	3	16	73	0	39	85	.279	.251 (+11%)	.313 (+3%)	.386 (+7%)	.700 (+6%)	582.1
2015	BOS	AL	126	470	43	115	25	1	10	47	0	25	73	.245	.254 (-4%)	.316 (-8%)	.404 (-10%)	.721 (-9%)	-673.9
2016	BOS	AL	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	BOS	AL	32	99	10	21	2	0	4	12	0	8	24	.212	.254 (-17%)	.324 (-17%)	.425 (-17%)	.750 (-17%)	-288.5
2017	SFN	NL	47	160	17	36	9	0	5	20	0	8	29	.225	.254 (-12%)	.324 (-19%)	.425 (-12%)	.750 (-15%)	-288.5
2018	SFN	NL	92	230	22	57	10	1	9	40	0	19	52	.248	.247 (avg)	.318 (-3%)	.409 (+2%)	.727 (avg)	-14.3
2019	SFN	NL	108	272	42	73	23	0	14	41	1	18	67	.268	.252 (+6%)	.322 (-3%)	.434 (+17%)	.757 (+8%)	340.4
2020	SFN	NL	33	82	5	18	1	0	1	6	0	6	18	.220	.244 (-10%)	.321 (-14%)	.417 (-36%)	.739 (-26%)	-341.6
2020	ATL	NL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	—	—	—	—	-341.6
2021	ATL	NL	69	73	11	13	0	0	4	11	0	11	25	.178	.243 (-27%)	.317 (-5%)	.410 (-17%)	.727 (-11%)	-104.6
Career · 16 seasons			1,380	4,609	548	1,279	262	21	153	639	12	357	757	.278	—	—	—	—	5,414

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

Pablo Sandoval — 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	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 4.33 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Pablo Sandoval — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2018	SFN	NL	1	1.0	—	0.0
2019	SFN	NL	1	1.0	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			2	2.0	—	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

Pablo Sandoval — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
42	157	21	53	13	0	6	20	10	24	.338

Playoff Batting by Year

Pablo Sandoval — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2020	NLCS	ATL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2014	NLCS	SFN	5	20	3	8	3	0	0	2	2	.400
2014	NLDS1	SFN	4	19	1	4	1	0	1	1	4	.211
2014	NLWC	SFN	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	.500
2014	WS	SFN	7	28	6	12	3	0	4	1	4	.429
2012	NLCS	SFN	7	29	4	9	2	2	6	2	4	.310
2012	NLDS2	SFN	5	21	2	7	2	1	3	0	2	.333
2012	WS	SFN	4	16	3	8	1	3	4	1	2	.500
2010	NLCS	SFN	3	8	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	.250
2010	NLDS2	SFN	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	.167
2010	WS	SFN	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Pablo Sandoval — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	675	2220	277	657	74	327	.296
Away	705	2389	271	622	79	312	.260

Pitching — Home / Away

Pablo Sandoval — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Away	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Pablo Sandoval — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	BB	SO
2021-07-29	ATL	NYN	W	1	0	0	1
2021-07-28	ATL	NYN	L	1	0	0	0
2021-07-26	ATL	NYN	W	1	0	0	1
2021-07-25	ATL	PHI	L	1	0	0	0
2021-07-24	ATL	PHI	W	1	0	0	1
2021-07-22	ATL	PHI	W	0	1	1	0
2021-07-21	ATL	SDP	L	1	0	0	0
2021-07-17	ATL	TBR	W	1	0	0	0
2021-07-16	ATL	TBR	L	1	0	0	0
2021-07-10	ATL	MIA	W	1	0	0	1

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Pablo Sandoval — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-05-06	SFG	CIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-04-28	SFG	LAD	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Pablo Sandoval — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	129	101	823	51	8	70
2B	3	2	2	4	0	1
3B	1050	1012	632	1763	106	141
C	14	12	97	8	0	1
P	2	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Pablo Sandoval — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2008	SFN	1B	17	13	100	12	1	7
2008	SFN	3B	12	12	3	14	0	0
2008	SFN	C	11	9	76	6	0	1
2009	SFN	1B	26	24	181	10	3	10
2009	SFN	3B	120	120	70	195	11	13
2009	SFN	C	3	3	21	2	0	0
2010	SFN	1B	11	10	79	0	0	6
2010	SFN	3B	143	136	93	228	13	23
2011	SFN	1B	6	6	54	6	0	3
2011	SFN	3B	106	102	71	214	10	16
2012	SFN	1B	3	2	10	1	0	1
2012	SFN	3B	102	101	63	207	13	13
2013	SFN	3B	137	137	77	206	18	14
2014	SFN	3B	151	151	89	282	11	27
2015	BOS	3B	123	122	78	200	15	19
2016	BOS	3B	2	1	1	3	1	0
2017	BOS	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	BOS	3B	29	25	10	43	5	2
2017	SFN	1B	9	6	55	1	0	8
2017	SFN	3B	38	37	23	50	3	4
2018	SFN	1B	24	20	191	7	3	15
2018	SFN	2B	2	2	2	4	0	1
2018	SFN	3B	36	29	14	55	1	3
2018	SFN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	SFN	1B	23	15	106	8	1	16
2019	SFN	3B	45	36	39	62	5	7
2019	SFN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020	SFN	1B	8	5	44	6	0	4
2020	SFN	3B	4	2	1	1	0	0
2020	ATL	3B	1	1	0	3	0	0
2021	ATL	1B	2	0	3	0	0	0
2021	ATL	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Pablo Sandoval Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	2
Catcher	14
First Base	129
Second Base	3
Third Base	1050
Designated Hitter	39

Awards & Honors

Pablo Sandoval — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2012	Babe Ruth Award
2012	Babe Ruth Award	P
2012	This Year in Baseball Postseason MVP	MLB.com GIBBY
2012	World Series MVP
2011	Player of the Week	Week of 2011-09-18

Salary History

Pablo Sandoval's recorded salaries total $53,716,750 over 8 seasons, 2009 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Sandoval's career ran from 2008 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008.

Pablo Sandoval — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	BOS	AL	$17,600,000
2015	BOS	AL	$17,600,000
2014	SFN	NL	$8,250,000
2013	SFN	NL	$5,700,000
2012	SFN	NL	$3,200,000
2011	SFN	NL	$500,000
2010	SFN	NL	$465,000
2009	SFN	NL	$401,750
Total recorded salary (partial)			$53,716,750

Award Voting History

Pablo Sandoval — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2011	Most Valuable Player	NL	17th	7.0	448	0
2009	Most Valuable Player	NL	7th	89.0	448	0

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Career Spans

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Pablo Sandoval: the record in brief

Pablo Sandoval played a first major league game on August 14, 2008 and a last one on July 29, 2021. By club, Sandoval's seasons break down as the San Francisco Giants (2008 through 2020), the Boston Red Sox (2015 to 2017), and the Atlanta Braves (2020 through 2021). At 268 pounds on a 5-foot-10 frame, Sandoval is listed as a third baseman. The bio says Sandoval switch-hit and threw right-handed. The recorded birth is August 11, 1986, in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela. Pablo Sandoval was the playing name; the full given name is Pablo Emilio.

In 1,380 games and 4,609 at bats, Sandoval batted .278 with 1,279 hits, along with 153 home runs and 639 RBI. Reaching base at a .330 clip and slugging .443, Sandoval finished with a .773 OPS. Measured against the leagues Sandoval played in, the .278 career average compares with a .254 league average over the same seasons, 9.2% above the league. The OPS comparison is .773 to a league .732, 5.7% above average.

Frequently Asked Questions about Pablo Sandoval

What years did Pablo Sandoval play?: Pablo Sandoval played in Major League Baseball from 2008 to 2021.
Was Pablo Sandoval a pitcher?: No. Pablo Sandoval was a position player (Third Baseman), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Pablo Sandoval hit?: Pablo Sandoval hit 153 career home runs with 1,279 hits.
What teams did Pablo Sandoval play for?: Pablo Sandoval played for 3 teams: the San Francisco Giants (2008–2014, 2017–2020), the Boston Red Sox (2015–2017), and the Atlanta Braves (2020–2021).
Did Pablo Sandoval win an MVP award?: No. Pablo Sandoval did not win the MVP award.
What awards did Pablo Sandoval win?: Pablo Sandoval won the World Series MVP award (2012). He was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Pablo Sandoval's career stats?: In 1,380 games, Pablo Sandoval had 1,279 hits, 153 home runs, 639 RBI, 548 runs, and 12 stolen bases, with a .278 batting average.
How much did Pablo Sandoval earn in his career?: Pablo Sandoval's recorded salaries total $53,716,750 over 8 seasons, 2009 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Sandoval's career ran from 2008 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2008.
What was Pablo Sandoval's salary?: Pablo Sandoval's last recorded salary was $17,600,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $17,600,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $401,750, in 2009. The Salary History table lists each season from 2009 to 2016.
What position did Pablo Sandoval play?: Pablo Sandoval played primarily as a third baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Pablo Sandoval and how much did he weigh?: Pablo Sandoval was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 268 pounds.
How many home runs did Pablo Sandoval hit each season?: Pablo Sandoval's home runs by season: 3 in 2008, 25 in 2009, 13 in 2010, 23 in 2011, 12 in 2012, 14 in 2013, 16 in 2014, 10 in 2015, 0 in 2016, 9 in 2017, 9 in 2018, 14 in 2019, 1 in 2020, and 4 in 2021. His most in one season was 25, in 2009.
What was Pablo Sandoval's career batting average?: Pablo Sandoval batted .278 over his career, with 1,279 hits in 4,609 at bats.
How many RBI did Pablo Sandoval have?: Pablo Sandoval drove in 639 runs in his career.