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Lance Berkman

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Lance Berkman

1999–2013  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws L  ·  6'1", 220 lb  ·  b. 1976 Waco, TX

Also in Triple-A  ·  Double-A  ·  High-A

Career 1,879 G · 1,905 H · 366 HR · 1,234 RBI · .293 AVG

Seasons leading his league
3
1 best in baseball 2 league only
34 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
2 Categories led
2001 Best season

Spanning 2001–2008, peaking at 1 titles in 2001.

Team records #1 Astros 2006 RBI #2 Astros career HR #2 Astros career OPS #2 Astros 2006 HR #2 Astros 2001 OPS #3 Astros career RBI #4 Astros career R #5 Astros career AVG #6 Astros career H #9 Astros 2001 AVG

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 1,719th League titles 3
  • 1,857th Best in baseball 1
  • 772nd Top-5 finishes 34

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Doubles 2 1st — 2001 55 2008 NL 46
Runs Batted In 1 1st — 2002 NL 128 2006 #3
First Base Fielding Percentage — #2 — 2008 #2
First Base Assists — #3 — 2007 #3 2008 #3 2009 #3
Walks — #2 — 2004 #2
Total Bases — #3 — 2002 #3
Slugging Percentage — #3 — 2006 #3
On-Base Percentage — #3 — 2004 #3 2008 #3 2011 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. — #3 — 2006 #3 2008 #3
Home Runs — #3 — 2002 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
2008 1 2B 46
2002 1 RBI 128
2001 1 2B 55

Batting

  led the league   15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1999 HOU NL 34 93 10 22 2 0 4 15 12 21 5 .237 .321 .387 .708
2000 HOU NL 114 353 76 105 28 1 21 67 56 73 6 .297 .388 .561 .949
2001 HOU NL 156 577 110 191 55 5 34 126 92 121 7 .331 .430 .620 1.051
2002 HOU NL 158 578 106 169 35 2 42 128 107 118 8 .292 .405 .578 .982
2003 HOU NL 153 538 110 155 35 6 25 93 107 108 5 .288 .412 .515 .927
2004 HOU NL 160 544 104 172 40 3 30 106 127 101 9 .316 .450 .566 1.016
2005 HOU NL 132 468 76 137 34 1 24 82 91 72 4 .293 .411 .524 .934
2006 HOU NL 152 536 95 169 29 0 45 136 98 106 3 .315 .420 .621 1.041
2007 HOU NL 153 561 95 156 24 2 34 102 94 125 7 .278 .386 .510 .896
2008 HOU NL 159 554 114 173 46 4 29 106 99 108 18 .312 .420 .567 .986
2009 HOU NL 136 460 73 126 31 1 25 80 97 98 7 .274 .399 .509 .907
2010 HOU +1 NL 122 404 48 100 23 1 14 58 77 85 3 .248 .368 .413 .781
2011 SLN NL 145 488 90 147 23 2 31 94 92 93 2 .301 .412 .547 .959
2012 SLN NL 32 81 12 21 7 1 2 7 14 19 2 .259 .381 .444 .826
2013 TEX AL 73 256 27 62 10 1 6 34 38 52 0 .242 .340 .359 .700
Career — — 1,879 6,491 1,146 1,905 422 30 366 1,234 1,201 1,300 86 .293 .406 .537 .943

Fielding

2 positions
Year Team Lg Pos GGSINN POAEDPTC FLD%RF
1999 HOU NL OF 27 21 203.2 42 0 2 0 44 .955 1.56
1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 1.000 1.00
2000 HOU NL OF 96 90 774.2 173 6 6 0 185 .968 1.86
1B 2 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 3 1.000 1.50
2001 HOU NL OF 155 153 1368.0 306 6 6 1 318 .981 2.01
2002 HOU NL OF 156 155 1364.1 293 6 7 1 306 .977 1.92
2003 HOU NL OF 153 153 1350.1 254 10 3 0 267 .989 1.73
2004 HOU NL OF 160 158 1398.0 243 11 2 1 256 .992 1.59
1B 4 0 4.0 5 1 0 2 6 1.000 1.50
2005 HOU NL 1B 96 84 737.2 772 49 5 77 826 .994 8.55
OF 49 45 362.2 66 2 3 1 71 .958 1.39
2006 HOU NL 1B 112 105 923.0 964 71 6 96 1,041 .994 9.24
OF 44 39 331.1 61 3 3 2 67 .955 1.45
2007 HOU NL 1B 126 122 1066.1 1,015 103 10 86 1,128 .991 8.87
OF 31 27 230.2 49 1 2 1 52 .962 1.61
2008 HOU NL 1B 152 151 1307.1 1,240 132 5 122 1,377 .996 9.03
2009 HOU NL 1B 131 131 1141.1 1,107 116 6 122 1,229 .995 9.34
2010 HOU NL 1B 93 91 799.1 750 74 2 68 826 .998 8.86
2011 SLN NL OF 126 123 996.1 194 4 4 2 202 .980 1.57
1B 21 16 145.0 154 14 2 18 170 .988 8.00
2012 SLN NL 1B 23 22 173.1 170 13 4 22 187 .979 7.96
2013 TEX AL 1B 4 4 41.2 38 6 1 3 45 .978 11.00
Career — — OF 997 964 8380.0 1,681 49 38 9 1,768 .979 1.74
— — 1B 765 726 6345.0 6,218 580 41 617 6,839 .994 8.89