What years did Robin Yount play?

Robin Yount played in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1993.

Was Robin Yount a pitcher?

No. Robin Yount was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did Robin Yount hit?

Robin Yount hit 251 career home runs with 3,142 hits.

What teams did Robin Yount play for?

Robin Yount played for one team, the Milwaukee Brewers (1974–1993).

How many MVP awards did Robin Yount win?

Robin Yount won 2 MVP awards, in 1982 and 1989.

What awards did Robin Yount win?

Robin Yount won 2 MVP awards (1982 and 1989), the Gold Glove (1982), and 3 Silver Slugger awards (1980, 1982, and 1989). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Robin Yount's career stats?

In 2,856 games, Robin Yount had 3,142 hits, 251 home runs, 1,406 RBI, 1,632 runs, and 271 stolen bases, with a .285 batting average.

What was Robin Yount's salary?

Robin Yount's last recorded salary was $2,700,000, in 1993. His highest recorded salary was $3,200,000, in 1990, and his lowest was $950,000, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1993.

What position did Robin Yount play?

Robin Yount played primarily as a shortstop, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Robin Yount and how much did he weigh?

Robin Yount was listed at 6 feet and 165 pounds.

How many home runs did Robin Yount hit each season?

Robin Yount's home runs by season: 3 in 1974, 8 in 1975, 2 in 1976, 4 in 1977, 9 in 1978, 8 in 1979, 23 in 1980, 10 in 1981, 29 in 1982, 17 in 1983, 16 in 1984, 15 in 1985, 9 in 1986, 21 in 1987, 13 in 1988, 21 in 1989, 17 in 1990, 10 in 1991, 8 in 1992, and 8 in 1993. His most in one season was 29, in 1982.

What was Robin Yount's career batting average?

Robin Yount batted .285 over his career, with 3,142 hits in 11,008 at bats.

Robin Yount

Shortstop · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1974-1993)

Robin Yount was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1993 for the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 20 seasons. In 2,856 career games, he hit .285 with 3,142 hits, 251 home runs, and 1,406 RBI. Robin Yount was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 and was a 3-time All-Star, a 2-time MVP, a Gold Glove, and a 3-time Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 18,665.

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

⭐ Hall of Fame 1999

AVG .285

HR 251

RBI 1,406

H 3,142

OPS .772

PIV 18,665

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 165 lb
Born: 9/16/1955 in Danville, IL, USA
MLB Debut: 1974-04-05
Last Game: 1993-10-03
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1999 (BBWAA)
Awards: 3× All-Star · 2× MVP · Gold Glove · 3× Silver Slugger

Full name: Robin R. Yount

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Career Batting Statistics

Robin Yount — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,856	11,008	1,632	3,142	583	126	251	1,406	271	966	1,350	.285	.342	.430	.772	18,665

Career AVG .285 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — +10.1% above league average.

Career OBP .342 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — +5.4% above league average.

Career SLG .430 vs. league average .386 across their career seasons — +11.4% above league average.

Career OPS .772 vs. league average .711 across their career seasons — +8.6% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Robin Yount 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
1974	ML4	AL	107	344	48	86	14	5	3	26	7	12	46	.250	.256 (-3%)	.324 (-15%)	.369 (-6%)	.693 (-10%)	-658.1
1975	ML4	AL	147	558	67	149	28	2	8	52	12	33	69	.267	.257 (+4%)	.327 (-6%)	.374 (-2%)	.701 (-4%)	-452.9
1976	ML4	AL	161	638	59	161	19	3	2	54	16	38	69	.252	.255 (-1%)	.320 (-9%)	.360 (-17%)	.681 (-13%)	-1294.1
1977	ML4	AL	154	605	66	174	34	4	4	49	16	41	80	.288	.264 (+9%)	.329 (+1%)	.401 (-6%)	.730 (-3%)	-281.1
1978	ML4	AL	127	502	66	147	23	9	9	71	16	24	43	.293	.257 (+14%)	.323 (avg)	.378 (+13%)	.702 (+7%)	472.2
1979	ML4	AL	149	577	72	154	26	5	8	51	11	35	52	.267	.265 (+1%)	.329 (-6%)	.397 (-7%)	.727 (-7%)	-667.1
1980	ML4	AL	143	611	121	179	49	10	23	87	20	26	67	.293	.264 (+11%)	.326 (-2%)	.387 (+34%)	.714 (+18%)	1744.8
1981	ML4	AL	96	377	50	103	15	5	10	49	4	22	37	.273	.255 (+7%)	.320 (-3%)	.368 (+14%)	.688 (+6%)	271.2
1982	ML4	AL	156	635	129	210	46	12	29	114	14	54	63	.331	.261 (+27%)	.324 (+17%)	.388 (+49%)	.712 (+34%)	4099.4
1983	ML4	AL	149	578	102	178	42	10	17	80	12	72	58	.308	.260 (+18%)	.324 (+18%)	.389 (+29%)	.714 (+24%)	2799.1
1984	ML4	AL	160	624	105	186	27	7	16	80	14	67	67	.298	.259 (+15%)	.322 (+12%)	.384 (+15%)	.707 (+13%)	1732.5
1985	ML4	AL	122	466	76	129	26	3	15	68	10	49	56	.277	.257 (+8%)	.323 (+6%)	.390 (+13%)	.714 (+10%)	826.1
1986	ML4	AL	140	522	82	163	31	7	9	46	14	62	73	.312	.257 (+21%)	.325 (+19%)	.395 (+14%)	.720 (+16%)	1847.2
1987	ML4	AL	158	635	99	198	25	9	21	103	19	76	94	.312	.262 (+19%)	.331 (+16%)	.415 (+15%)	.746 (+16%)	2200.5
1988	ML4	AL	162	621	92	190	38	11	13	91	22	63	63	.306	.254 (+20%)	.317 (+16%)	.377 (+23%)	.695 (+20%)	2438.6
1989	ML4	AL	160	614	101	195	38	9	21	103	19	63	71	.318	.254 (+25%)	.319 (+20%)	.375 (+36%)	.694 (+29%)	3527.2
1990	ML4	AL	158	587	98	145	17	5	17	77	15	78	89	.247	.257 (-4%)	.324 (+4%)	.385 (-1%)	.710 (+1%)	255.4
1991	ML4	AL	130	503	66	131	20	4	10	77	6	54	79	.260	.255 (+2%)	.323 (+3%)	.384 (-2%)	.708 (avg)	5.1
1992	ML4	AL	150	557	71	147	40	3	8	77	15	53	81	.264	.255 (+3%)	.322 (+1%)	.377 (+3%)	.699 (+2%)	113.8
1993	ML4	AL	127	454	62	117	25	3	8	51	9	44	93	.258	.265 (-3%)	.332 (-2%)	.403 (-6%)	.735 (-4%)	-314.5
Career · 20 seasons			2,856	11,008	1,632	3,142	583	126	251	1,406	271	966	1,350	.285	—	—	—	—	18,665

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

Robin Yount — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
17	64	11	22	3	1	1	7	9	4	.344

Playoff Batting by Year

Robin Yount — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1982	ALCS	ML4	5	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	.250
1982	WS	ML4	7	29	6	12	3	0	1	6	2	2	.414
1981	AEDIV	ML4	5	19	4	6	0	1	0	1	2	2	.316

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Robin Yount — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1438	5402	810	1558	124	721	.288
Away	1418	5606	822	1584	127	685	.283

Last 10 Games — Batting

Robin Yount — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO
1993-10-03	MIL	BOS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993-09-29	MIL	TOR	L	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
1993-09-28	MIL	TOR	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1993-09-27	MIL	TOR	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1993-09-26	MIL	CLE	L	5	0	2	1	0	1	0	1
1993-09-22	MIL	DET	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993-09-20	MIL	DET	L	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	1
1993-09-19	MIL	BAL	L	3	0	1	0	1	2	1	0
1993-09-18	MIL	BAL	W	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1993-09-17	MIL	BAL	W	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Robin Yount — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	12	7	65	2	1	8
OF	1218	1208	3202	54	32	14
SS	1479	1469	2588	4794	272	941

Season-by-Season Fielding

Robin Yount — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1974	ML4	SS	107	102	148	327	19	55
1975	ML4	SS	145	144	273	402	44	80
1976	ML4	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1976	ML4	SS	161	161	290	510	31	104
1977	ML4	SS	153	151	256	449	26	94
1978	ML4	SS	125	125	246	453	30	78
1979	ML4	SS	149	149	267	517	25	97
1980	ML4	SS	133	132	239	455	28	89
1981	ML4	SS	93	92	161	370	8	83
1982	ML4	SS	154	154	253	489	24	95
1983	ML4	SS	139	139	256	420	19	86
1984	ML4	SS	120	120	199	402	18	80
1985	ML4	1B	2	1	9	1	0	0
1985	ML4	OF	108	108	258	4	8	2
1986	ML4	1B	3	2	13	0	1	1
1986	ML4	OF	131	127	352	9	1	4
1987	ML4	OF	150	149	380	5	5	2
1988	ML4	OF	158	158	444	12	2	2
1989	ML4	OF	143	144	361	8	7	2
1990	ML4	OF	157	157	422	3	4	0
1991	ML4	OF	117	116	315	1	2	1
1992	ML4	OF	139	138	371	6	2	0
1993	ML4	1B	7	4	43	1	0	7
1993	ML4	OF	114	111	299	6	1	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Robin Yount Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	12
Shortstop	1478
Left Field	69
Center Field	1150
Designated Hitter	137

Awards & Honors

Robin Yount — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1992	Player of the Week	Week of 1992-09-12
1989	Most Valuable Player
1989	Player of the Month	July
1989	Silver Slugger	OF
1989	TSN All-Star	OF
1987	Player of the Week	Week of 1987-09-26
1985	Player of the Week	Week of 1985-07-19
1982	Gold Glove	SS
1982	Most Valuable Player
1982	Player of the Month	July
1982	Player of the Week	Week of 1982-07-23
1982	Silver Slugger	SS
1982	TSN All-Star	SS
1982	TSN Major League Player of the Year
1982	TSN Player of the Year
1980	Silver Slugger	SS
1980	TSN All-Star	SS
1978	TSN All-Star	SS
1975	Player of the Month	April

Salary History

Robin Yount's recorded salaries total $17,700,000 over 9 seasons, 1985 to 1993. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Yount's career ran from 1974 to 1993. His seasons before 1985 are not included.

Robin Yount — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1993	ML4	AL	$2,700,000
1992	ML4	AL	$3,200,000
1991	ML4	AL	$3,200,000
1990	ML4	AL	$3,200,000
1989	ML4	AL	$1,150,000
1988	ML4	AL	$1,150,000
1987	ML4	AL	$1,150,000
1986	ML4	AL	$950,000
1985	ML4	AL	$1,000,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$17,700,000

Award Voting History

Robin Yount — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1989	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	256.0	392	8
1988	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	34.0	392	0
1987	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	8.0	392	0
1983	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	6.0	392	0
1982	Most Valuable Player	AL	1st	385.0	392	27
1981	Most Valuable Player	AL	17th	7.0	392	0
1980	Most Valuable Player	AL	17th	8.0	392	0

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Robin Yount: the record in brief

Robin Yount played a first major league game on April 5, 1974 and a last one on October 3, 1993. The team column never changes: it is the Milwaukee Brewers from 1974 to 1993. Yount played primarily as a shortstop and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on September 16, 1955, in Danville, IL, USA and a listed size of 6 feet, 0 inches and 165 pounds. The bio lists the given name Robin R.

The batting record for Yount: 2,856 games, 3,142 hits in 11,008 at bats, and a .285 average; the totals also include 251 homers, 1,406 runs batted in, and 271 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .342 clip and slugging .430, Yount finished with a .772 OPS. Set against a .259 league average for the same years, Yount's .285 average sits 10.1% above it. The home run peak was 29 in 1982 with the Milwaukee Brewers. 1982 produced Yount's most hits, 210 of them for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Frequently Asked Questions about Robin Yount

What years did Robin Yount play?: Robin Yount played in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1993.
Was Robin Yount a pitcher?: No. Robin Yount was a position player (Shortstop).
How many home runs did Robin Yount hit?: Robin Yount hit 251 career home runs with 3,142 hits.
Is Robin Yount in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Robin Yount was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
What teams did Robin Yount play for?: Robin Yount played for one team, the Milwaukee Brewers (1974–1993).
How many MVP awards did Robin Yount win?: Robin Yount won 2 MVP awards, in 1982 and 1989.
What awards did Robin Yount win?: Robin Yount won 2 MVP awards (1982 and 1989), the Gold Glove (1982), and 3 Silver Slugger awards (1980, 1982, and 1989). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Robin Yount's career stats?: In 2,856 games, Robin Yount had 3,142 hits, 251 home runs, 1,406 RBI, 1,632 runs, and 271 stolen bases, with a .285 batting average.
How much did Robin Yount earn in his career?: Robin Yount's recorded salaries total $17,700,000 over 9 seasons, 1985 to 1993. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Yount's career ran from 1974 to 1993. His seasons before 1985 are not included.
What was Robin Yount's salary?: Robin Yount's last recorded salary was $2,700,000, in 1993. His highest recorded salary was $3,200,000, in 1990, and his lowest was $950,000, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1993.
What position did Robin Yount play?: Robin Yount played primarily as a shortstop, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Robin Yount and how much did he weigh?: Robin Yount was listed at 6 feet and 165 pounds.
How many home runs did Robin Yount hit each season?: Robin Yount's home runs by season: 3 in 1974, 8 in 1975, 2 in 1976, 4 in 1977, 9 in 1978, 8 in 1979, 23 in 1980, 10 in 1981, 29 in 1982, 17 in 1983, 16 in 1984, 15 in 1985, 9 in 1986, 21 in 1987, 13 in 1988, 21 in 1989, 17 in 1990, 10 in 1991, 8 in 1992, and 8 in 1993. His most in one season was 29, in 1982.
What was Robin Yount's career batting average?: Robin Yount batted .285 over his career, with 3,142 hits in 11,008 at bats.