What years did Miguel Tejada play?

Miguel Tejada played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2013.

Was Miguel Tejada a pitcher?

No. Miguel Tejada was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did Miguel Tejada hit?

Miguel Tejada hit 307 career home runs with 2407 hits.

Miguel Tejada

Shortstop · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1997-2013)

AVG .285

HR 307

RBI 1,302

H 2,407

OPS .791

PIV 8,602

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 220 lb
Born: 5/25/1974 in Bani, Peravia, D.R.
MLB Debut: 1997-08-27
Last Game: 2013-08-10
Awards: 6× All-Star · MVP · All-Star Game MVP · 2× Silver Slugger

Full name: Miguel Odalis Tejada

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,171	8,434	1,230	2,407	468	23	307	1,302	85	553	1,079	.285	.336	.456	.791	8,602

Career AVG .285 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — +8.1% above league average.

Career OBP .336 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .456 vs. league average .419 across their career seasons — +8.6% above league average.

Career OPS .791 vs. league average .752 across their career seasons — +5.2% 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
1997	OAK	AL	26	99	10	20	3	2	2	10	2	2	22	.202	.266 (-24%)	.336 (-29%)	.419 (-20%)	.756 (-24%)	-416.9
1998	OAK	AL	105	365	53	85	20	1	11	45	5	28	86	.233	.266 (-13%)	.335 (-11%)	.420 (-9%)	.755 (-10%)	-628.2
1999	OAK	AL	159	593	93	149	33	4	21	84	8	57	94	.251	.271 (-7%)	.344 (-6%)	.433 (-2%)	.778 (-3%)	-403.9
2000	OAK	AL	160	607	105	167	32	1	30	115	6	66	102	.275	.270 (+2%)	.344 (+1%)	.437 (+10%)	.782 (+6%)	804.1
2001	OAK	AL	162	622	107	166	31	3	31	113	11	43	89	.267	.263 (+1%)	.332 (-2%)	.426 (+12%)	.758 (+6%)	663.2
2002	OAK	AL	162	662	108	204	30	0	34	131	7	38	84	.308	.261 (+18%)	.331 (+7%)	.416 (+22%)	.747 (+15%)	2072.4
2003	OAK	AL	162	636	98	177	42	0	27	106	10	53	65	.278	.264 (+5%)	.332 (+1%)	.422 (+12%)	.754 (+7%)	838.8
2004	BAL	AL	162	653	107	203	40	2	34	150	4	48	73	.311	.266 (+17%)	.335 (+7%)	.427 (+25%)	.762 (+17%)	2249.8
2005	BAL	AL	162	654	89	199	50	5	26	98	5	40	83	.304	.264 (+15%)	.330 (+6%)	.418 (+23%)	.749 (+15%)	1976.8
2006	BAL	AL	162	648	99	214	37	0	24	100	6	46	79	.330	.269 (+23%)	.336 (+13%)	.431 (+15%)	.768 (+14%)	2058.6
2007	BAL	AL	133	514	72	152	19	1	18	81	2	41	55	.296	.268 (+10%)	.335 (+6%)	.422 (+4%)	.758 (+5%)	661.1
2008	HOU	NL	158	632	92	179	38	3	13	66	7	24	72	.283	.263 (+7%)	.333 (-6%)	.416 (avg)	.749 (-3%)	-390.7
2009	HOU	NL	158	635	83	199	46	1	14	86	5	19	48	.313	.262 (+19%)	.332 (+2%)	.417 (+9%)	.750 (+6%)	625.6
2010	BAL	AL	97	401	40	108	16	0	7	39	0	15	39	.269	.257 (+5%)	.325 (-5%)	.402 (-10%)	.728 (-8%)	-518.0
2010	SDN	NL	59	235	31	63	10	0	8	32	2	15	28	.268	.257 (+4%)	.325 (-2%)	.402 (+2%)	.728 (avg)	-518.0
2011	SFN	NL	91	322	28	77	16	0	4	26	4	12	35	.239	.255 (-6%)	.320 (-16%)	.399 (-18%)	.719 (-17%)	-928.5
2013	KCA	AL	53	156	15	45	5	0	3	20	1	6	25	.288	.253 (+14%)	.317 (avg)	.396 (-5%)	.714 (-3%)	-69.3
Career · 17 seasons			2,171	8,434	1,230	2,407	468	23	307	1,302	85	553	1,079	.285	—	—	—	—	8,077

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
20	85	9	18	7	0	1	8	3	16	.212

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2003	ALDS2	OAK	5	23	0	2	1	0	2	0	4	.087
2002	ALDS2	OAK	5	21	3	3	1	1	4	1	7	.143
2001	ALDS2	OAK	5	21	1	6	3	0	1	0	3	.286
2000	ALDS1	OAK	5	20	5	7	2	0	1	2	2	.350

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	1088	4169	623	1200	173	690	.288
Away	1083	4265	607	1207	134	612	.283

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
2013-08-10	KCR	BOS	L	3	0	1	0	1	0	0
2013-08-09	KCR	BOS	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-08-08	KCR	BOS	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-08-07	KCR	MIN	W	4	1	2	0	0	0	0
2013-08-06	KCR	MIN	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-08-05	KCR	MIN	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
2013-08-04	KCR	NYN	W	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
2013-08-03	KCR	NYN	W	4	0	3	0	1	0	0
2013-08-02	KCR	NYN	L	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
2013-08-01	KCR	MIN	W	5	0	1	0	1	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1	1	10	0	0	0
2B	30	26	33	63	0	12
3B	163	152	103	326	19	35
SS	1946	1929	2891	5804	255	1274

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1997	OAK	SS	26	25	54	68	4	18
1998	OAK	SS	104	104	173	327	26	75
1999	OAK	SS	159	156	292	471	21	110
2000	OAK	SS	160	159	233	501	21	115
2001	OAK	SS	162	160	256	473	20	93
2002	OAK	SS	162	161	229	504	19	106
2003	OAK	SS	162	162	240	490	21	95
2004	BAL	SS	162	162	263	526	24	118
2005	BAL	SS	160	160	252	479	22	105
2006	BAL	SS	150	150	237	418	19	108
2007	BAL	SS	124	123	149	358	15	77
2008	HOU	SS	157	154	187	442	11	97
2009	HOU	SS	158	157	214	475	21	105
2010	BAL	3B	93	93	68	197	15	22
2010	SDN	3B	4	2	1	3	0	0
2010	SDN	SS	58	57	68	162	3	40
2011	SFN	2B	4	4	5	13	0	2
2011	SFN	3B	44	39	29	99	2	12
2011	SFN	SS	42	39	44	110	8	12
2013	KCA	1B	1	1	10	0	0	0
2013	KCA	2B	26	22	28	50	0	10
2013	KCA	3B	22	18	5	27	2	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
First Base	1
Second Base	30
Third Base	163
Shortstop	1946
Designated Hitter	27

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
2009	Player of the Week	Week of 2009-05-23
2006	Player of the Week	Week of 2006-04-22
2005	All-Star Game MVP
2005	Silver Slugger	SS
2004	Player of the Week	Week of 2004-09-25
2004	Player of the Week	Week of 2004-07-24
2004	Silver Slugger	SS
2004	TSN All-Star	SS
2003	Player of the Week	Week of 2003-08-23
2002	Most Valuable Player
1999	Player of the Week	Week of 1999-08-07

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	KCA	AL	$1,100,000
2011	SFN	NL	$6,500,000
2010	BAL	AL	$6,000,000
2009	HOU	NL	$14,811,414
2008	HOU	NL	$14,811,414
2007	BAL	AL	$13,811,415
2006	BAL	AL	$11,811,415
2005	BAL	AL	$11,000,000
2004	BAL	AL	$5,000,000
2003	OAK	AL	$5,125,000
2002	OAK	AL	$3,625,000
2001	OAK	AL	$2,025,000
2000	OAK	AL	$290,000
1999	OAK	AL	$230,000
1998	OAK	AL	$172,000
1997	OAK	AL	$150,000
Total Career Earnings			$96,462,658

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2009	Most Valuable Player	NL	23th	3.0	448	0
2006	Most Valuable Player	AL	20th	5.0	392	0
2005	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	7.0	392	0
2004	Most Valuable Player	AL	5th	123.0	392	0
2003	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	49.0	392	1
2002	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	356.0	392	21
2001	Most Valuable Player	AL	19th	3.0	392	0
2000	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	5.0	392	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Miguel Tejada

What years did Miguel Tejada play?: Miguel Tejada played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2013.
Was Miguel Tejada a pitcher?: No. Miguel Tejada was a position player (Shortstop).
How many home runs did Miguel Tejada hit?: Miguel Tejada hit 307 career home runs with 2407 hits.