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 1279 hits.

Pablo Sandoval

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

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

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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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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	2
Catcher	14
First Base	129
Second Base	3
Third Base	1050
Designated Hitter	39

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

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 Career Earnings			$53,716,750

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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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 1279 hits.