Lance Berkman

1B/LF/RF · B/L · MLB · ACTIVE: 1999–2013 BORN: WACO, USA

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Career

1905 H · 366 HR · 1234 RBI · 86 SB

.293 AVG · .943 OPS · 1879 G

2013 Season

.242 AVG · 6 HR · 34 RBI · 0 SB

.340 OBP · .359 SLG · .700 OPS

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Lance Berkman was a first baseman in MLB. Across 1879 career games, with a .293 batting average and 366 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Full Career Record

Season-by-season performance, contract terms, and the complete archive.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1999	HOU	34	93	10	22	2	0	4	15	5	12	21	.237	.321	.387	.708
2000	HOU	114	353	76	105	28	1	21	67	6	56	73	.297	.388	.561	.949
2001	HOU	156	577	110	191	55	5	34	126	7	92	121	.331	.430	.620	1.051
2002	HOU	158	578	106	169	35	2	42	128	8	107	118	.292	.405	.578	.982
2003	HOU	153	538	110	155	35	6	25	93	5	107	108	.288	.412	.515	.927
2004	HOU	160	544	104	172	40	3	30	106	9	127	101	.316	.450	.566	1.016
2005	HOU	132	468	76	137	34	1	24	82	4	91	72	.293	.411	.524	.934
2006	HOU	152	536	95	169	29	0	45	136	3	98	106	.315	.420	.621	1.041
2007	HOU	153	561	95	156	24	2	34	102	7	94	125	.278	.386	.510	.896
2008	HOU	159	554	114	173	46	4	29	106	18	99	108	.312	.420	.567	.986
2009	HOU	136	460	73	126	31	1	25	80	7	97	98	.274	.399	.509	.907
2010	HOU	85	298	39	73	16	1	13	49	3	60	70	.245	.372	.436	.808
2010	NYY	37	106	9	27	7	0	1	9	0	17	15	.255	.358	.349	.707
2011	STL	145	488	90	147	23	2	31	94	2	92	93	.301	.412	.547	.959
2012	STL	32	81	12	21	7	1	2	7	2	14	19	.259	.381	.444	.826
2013	TEX	73	256	27	62	10	1	6	34	0	38	52	.242	.340	.359	.700
Career Totals	—	1879	6491	1146	1905	422	30	366	1234	86	1201	1300	.293	.406	.537	.943

Awards & Achievements

Comeback Player of the Year (1): 2011
MLB Players Choice Comeback Player (1): 2011
Player of the Month (2): 2004, 2008
Player of the Week (6): 2001, 2002, 2008, 2008, 2011, 2011
TSN All-Star (1): 2006
TSN Comeback Player of the Year (1): 2011

All-Star Selections

2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1999	$200,000
2001	$305,000
2002	$500,000
2003	$3,500,000
2004	$6,500,000
2005	$10,500,000
2006	$14,500,000
2007	$14,500,000
2008	$14,500,000
2009	$14,500,000
2010	$14,500,000
2011	$8,000,000
2012	$12,000,000
2013	$10,000,000

Career Total: $124,005,000 (14 seasons)

Average: $8,857,500

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

Contract Detail

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.