What years did Ben Zobrist play?

Ben Zobrist played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2019.

Was Ben Zobrist a pitcher?

No. Ben Zobrist was a position player (Second Baseman), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Ben Zobrist hit?

Ben Zobrist hit 167 career home runs with 1,566 hits.

What teams did Ben Zobrist play for?

Ben Zobrist played for 4 teams: the Tampa Bay Rays (2006–2014), the Oakland Athletics (2015), the Kansas City Royals (2015), and the Chicago Cubs (2016–2019).

Did Ben Zobrist win an MVP award?

No. Ben Zobrist did not win the MVP award.

What awards did Ben Zobrist win?

Ben Zobrist won the World Series MVP award (2016). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Ben Zobrist's career stats?

In 1,651 games, Ben Zobrist had 1,566 hits, 167 home runs, 768 RBI, 884 runs, and 116 stolen bases, with a .266 batting average.

What was Ben Zobrist's salary?

Ben Zobrist's last recorded salary was $10,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $10,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $383,400, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2016.

What position did Ben Zobrist play?

Ben Zobrist played primarily as a second baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Ben Zobrist and how much did he weigh?

Ben Zobrist was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 210 pounds.

How many home runs did Ben Zobrist hit each season?

Ben Zobrist's home runs by season: 2 in 2006, 1 in 2007, 12 in 2008, 27 in 2009, 10 in 2010, 20 in 2011, 20 in 2012, 12 in 2013, 10 in 2014, 13 in 2015, 18 in 2016, 12 in 2017, 9 in 2018, and 1 in 2019. His most in one season was 27, in 2009.

What was Ben Zobrist's career batting average?

Ben Zobrist batted .266 over his career, with 1,566 hits in 5,880 at bats.

How many RBI did Ben Zobrist have?

Ben Zobrist drove in 768 runs in his career.

Ben Zobrist

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2019)

Ben Zobrist was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2019 for 4 teams, including the Tampa Bay Rays, a span of 14 seasons. In 1,651 career games, he hit .266 with 1,566 hits, 167 home runs, and 768 RBI. Ben Zobrist was a 3-time All-Star and a World Series MVP. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 10,712.

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 18, 2026

AVG .266

HR 167

RBI 768

H 1,566

OPS .783

PIV 10,712

Position: Second Baseman
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 210 lb
Born: 5/26/1981 in Eureka, IL, USA
MLB Debut: 2006-08-01
Last Game: 2019-09-29
Awards: 3× All-Star · World Series MVP

Full name: Benjamin Thomas Zobrist

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Career Batting Statistics

Ben Zobrist — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,651	5,880	884	1,566	349	44	167	768	116	832	994	.266	.357	.426	.783	10,712

Career AVG .266 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .357 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — +10.0% above league average.

Career SLG .426 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .783 vs. league average .736 across their career seasons — +6.3% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Ben Zobrist 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
2006	TBA	AL	52	183	10	41	6	2	2	18	2	10	26	.224	.269 (-17%)	.336 (-23%)	.431 (-28%)	.768 (-26%)	-830.7
2007	TBA	AL	31	97	8	15	2	0	1	9	2	3	21	.155	.268 (-42%)	.335 (-45%)	.422 (-51%)	.758 (-48%)	-806.9
2008	TBA	AL	62	198	32	50	10	2	12	30	3	25	37	.253	.263 (-4%)	.333 (+2%)	.416 (+21%)	.749 (+13%)	434.4
2009	TBA	AL	152	501	91	149	28	7	27	91	17	91	104	.297	.262 (+13%)	.332 (+22%)	.417 (+30%)	.750 (+26%)	2989.3
2010	TBA	AL	151	541	77	129	28	2	10	75	24	92	107	.238	.257 (-7%)	.325 (+6%)	.402 (-12%)	.728 (-4%)	-194.9
2011	TBA	AL	156	588	99	158	46	6	20	91	19	77	128	.269	.255 (+5%)	.320 (+10%)	.399 (+18%)	.719 (+14%)	1723.0
2012	TBA	AL	157	560	88	151	39	7	20	74	14	97	103	.270	.254 (+6%)	.318 (+18%)	.405 (+16%)	.724 (+17%)	2205.2
2013	TBA	AL	157	612	77	168	36	3	12	71	11	72	91	.275	.253 (+8%)	.317 (+12%)	.396 (+1%)	.714 (+6%)	914.4
2014	TBA	AL	146	570	83	155	34	3	10	52	10	75	84	.272	.251 (+8%)	.313 (+13%)	.386 (+2%)	.700 (+7%)	963.3
2015	OAK	AL	67	235	39	63	20	2	6	33	1	33	26	.268	.254 (+5%)	.316 (+12%)	.404 (+10%)	.721 (+11%)	487.1
2015	KCA	AL	59	232	37	66	16	1	7	23	2	29	30	.284	.254 (+12%)	.316 (+15%)	.404 (+12%)	.721 (+13%)	487.1
2016	CHN	NL	147	523	94	142	31	3	18	76	6	96	82	.272	.255 (+6%)	.321 (+20%)	.417 (+7%)	.738 (+13%)	1714.9
2017	CHN	NL	128	435	58	101	20	3	12	50	2	54	71	.232	.254 (-9%)	.324 (-2%)	.425 (-12%)	.750 (-8%)	-509.9
2018	CHN	NL	139	455	67	139	28	3	9	58	3	55	60	.305	.247 (+23%)	.318 (+19%)	.409 (+7%)	.727 (+12%)	1239.2
2019	CHN	NL	47	150	24	39	5	0	1	17	0	23	24	.260	.252 (+3%)	.322 (+11%)	.434 (-28%)	.757 (-11%)	-201.5
Career · 15 seasons			1,651	5,880	884	1,566	349	44	167	768	116	832	994	.266	—	—	—	—	10,614

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

Ben Zobrist — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 4.51 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ben Zobrist — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2019	CHN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	2	1	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	2	1	0.00	—	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

Ben Zobrist — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
64	228	34	55	17	1	4	14	21	38	.241

Playoff Batting by Year

Ben Zobrist — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2018	NLWC	CHN	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167
2017	NLCS	CHN	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
2017	NLDS2	CHN	5	17	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	.235
2016	NLCS	CHN	6	20	3	3	1	0	0	1	4	3	.150
2016	NLDS1	CHN	4	16	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	4	.188
2016	WS	CHN	7	28	5	10	2	1	0	2	3	4	.357
2015	ALCS	KCA	6	25	8	8	3	0	2	4	2	2	.320
2015	ALDS1	KCA	5	18	2	6	1	0	0	2	2	2	.333
2015	WS	KCA	5	23	5	6	4	0	0	0	3	2	.261
2013	ALDS1	TBA	4	14	2	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	.143
2013	ALWC	TBA	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
2011	ALDS2	TBA	4	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.235
2010	ALDS1	TBA	5	20	2	6	2	0	1	2	2	6	.300
2008	ALCS	TBA	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
2008	WS	TBA	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Ben Zobrist — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	822	2815	433	723	73	355	.257
Away	827	3057	451	842	94	413	.275

Pitching — Home / Away

Ben Zobrist — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Away	1	1.0	0	0	2	1	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Ben Zobrist — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
2019-09-29	CHC	STL	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-27	CHC	STL	W	3	1	1	0	1	2	1
2019-09-25	CHC	PIT	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
2019-09-24	CHC	PIT	L	4	0	2	0	0	0	1
2019-09-22	CHC	STL	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
2019-09-21	CHC	STL	L	4	1	1	1	1	1	1
2019-09-20	CHC	STL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-09-19	CHC	STL	L	4	0	1	1	1	0	0
2019-09-18	CHC	CIN	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
2019-09-17	CHC	CIN	L	3	0	1	0	0	0	1

Last 1 Games — Pitching

Ben Zobrist — Last 1 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-09-29	CHC	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ben Zobrist — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	27	14	107	11	1	12
2B	911	795	1350	2050	45	464
3B	8	5	3	6	1	0
OF	661	493	1022	31	7	10
P	1	0	0	0	0	0
SS	236	196	258	540	31	120

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ben Zobrist — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2006	TBA	SS	52	50	86	148	9	31
2007	TBA	SS	30	26	37	63	6	17
2008	TBA	2B	8	4	11	11	0	3
2008	TBA	3B	1	0	0	2	0	0
2008	TBA	OF	19	12	29	1	0	0
2008	TBA	SS	35	33	51	78	7	22
2009	TBA	1B	3	2	6	1	1	2
2009	TBA	2B	91	81	143	225	4	44
2009	TBA	3B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2009	TBA	OF	70	44	112	5	0	4
2009	TBA	SS	13	6	9	16	2	5
2010	TBA	1B	14	9	77	8	0	6
2010	TBA	2B	55	46	74	116	3	27
2010	TBA	3B	2	1	1	0	1	0
2010	TBA	OF	110	88	204	6	0	3
2011	TBA	2B	131	118	213	316	6	68
2011	TBA	OF	38	33	65	1	0	0
2012	TBA	2B	58	46	73	107	6	27
2012	TBA	OF	71	59	113	6	2	1
2012	TBA	SS	47	47	46	139	4	27
2013	TBA	2B	125	117	218	332	4	73
2013	TBA	OF	42	26	49	4	0	1
2013	TBA	SS	21	11	11	37	1	5
2014	TBA	2B	79	74	105	185	6	32
2014	TBA	OF	54	40	101	2	0	0
2014	TBA	SS	31	23	16	57	2	12
2015	OAK	2B	34	33	61	103	0	32
2015	OAK	OF	29	26	39	0	3	0
2015	KCA	2B	35	33	56	82	3	21
2015	KCA	3B	4	3	2	4	0	0
2015	KCA	OF	20	20	36	1	1	0
2016	CHN	1B	1	0	1	0	0	0
2016	CHN	2B	119	113	177	250	7	52
2016	CHN	OF	46	29	43	1	0	0
2016	CHN	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
2017	CHN	1B	5	0	5	0	0	3
2017	CHN	2B	81	65	99	147	3	35
2017	CHN	OF	61	40	82	0	0	0
2017	CHN	SS	5	0	2	2	0	1
2018	CHN	1B	4	3	18	2	0	1
2018	CHN	2B	63	42	84	122	0	34
2018	CHN	OF	84	62	127	2	1	1
2019	CHN	2B	32	23	36	54	3	16
2019	CHN	OF	17	14	22	2	0	0
2019	CHN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019	CHN	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Ben Zobrist Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
First Base	27
Second Base	911
Third Base	8
Shortstop	236
Left Field	223
Center Field	34
Right Field	466
Designated Hitter	28

Awards & Honors

Ben Zobrist — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2016	Player of the Week	Week of 2016-05-07
2016	World Series MVP
2011	Player of the Week	Week of 2011-05-01
2008	Player of the Week	Week of 2008-09-27

Salary History

Ben Zobrist's recorded salaries total $41,695,100 over 10 seasons, 2007 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Zobrist's career ran from 2006 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2006.

Ben Zobrist — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CHN	NL	$10,500,000
2015	OAK	AL	$7,500,000
2014	TBA	AL	$7,000,000
2013	TBA	AL	$5,687,300
2012	TBA	AL	$4,687,300
2011	TBA	AL	$4,687,300
2010	TBA	AL	$438,100
2009	TBA	AL	$415,900
2008	TBA	AL	$395,800
2007	TBA	AL	$383,400
Total recorded salary (partial)			$41,695,100

College History

Ben Zobrist — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Dallas Baptist University	Dallas	TX	2004
Olivet Nazarene University	Bourbonnais	IL	2001, 2002, 2003

Award Voting History

Ben Zobrist — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2012	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	7.0	392
2011	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	7.0	392
2009	Most Valuable Player	AL	8th	34.0	392

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Ben Zobrist: the record in brief

The profile opens with Ben Zobrist's first major league game on August 1, 2006; the last one listed came on September 29, 2019. The season rows list, in order, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006 through 2007), the Tampa Bay Rays (2008 through 2014), the Oakland Athletics (2015), the Kansas City Royals (2015), and the Chicago Cubs (2016 to 2019). Born on May 26, 1981, in Eureka, IL, USA, Zobrist is listed as a second baseman and switch-hit and threw right-handed. Zobrist's listed size is 6'3" and 210 pounds. The given name on file is Benjamin Thomas Zobrist.

Across 1,651 games at the plate, Zobrist's career line reads 1,566 hits in 5,880 at bats for a .266 average, plus 167 homers, 768 RBI, and 116 stolen bases. Zobrist got on base at a .357 rate and slugged .426 (.783 OPS). Against a .257 league average for those years, Zobrist's .266 average was near the norm. In OPS terms, Zobrist's .783 stands 6.3% above the league's .736.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ben Zobrist

What years did Ben Zobrist play?: Ben Zobrist played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2019.
Was Ben Zobrist a pitcher?: No. Ben Zobrist was a position player (Second Baseman), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Ben Zobrist hit?: Ben Zobrist hit 167 career home runs with 1,566 hits.
What teams did Ben Zobrist play for?: Ben Zobrist played for 4 teams: the Tampa Bay Rays (2006–2014), the Oakland Athletics (2015), the Kansas City Royals (2015), and the Chicago Cubs (2016–2019).
Did Ben Zobrist win an MVP award?: No. Ben Zobrist did not win the MVP award.
What awards did Ben Zobrist win?: Ben Zobrist won the World Series MVP award (2016). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Ben Zobrist's career stats?: In 1,651 games, Ben Zobrist had 1,566 hits, 167 home runs, 768 RBI, 884 runs, and 116 stolen bases, with a .266 batting average.
How much did Ben Zobrist earn in his career?: Ben Zobrist's recorded salaries total $41,695,100 over 10 seasons, 2007 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Zobrist's career ran from 2006 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2006.
What was Ben Zobrist's salary?: Ben Zobrist's last recorded salary was $10,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $10,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $383,400, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2016.
What position did Ben Zobrist play?: Ben Zobrist played primarily as a second baseman, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ben Zobrist and how much did he weigh?: Ben Zobrist was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 210 pounds.
How many home runs did Ben Zobrist hit each season?: Ben Zobrist's home runs by season: 2 in 2006, 1 in 2007, 12 in 2008, 27 in 2009, 10 in 2010, 20 in 2011, 20 in 2012, 12 in 2013, 10 in 2014, 13 in 2015, 18 in 2016, 12 in 2017, 9 in 2018, and 1 in 2019. His most in one season was 27, in 2009.
What was Ben Zobrist's career batting average?: Ben Zobrist batted .266 over his career, with 1,566 hits in 5,880 at bats.
How many RBI did Ben Zobrist have?: Ben Zobrist drove in 768 runs in his career.