MLB / Players

Carlos Delgado

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 215 lb

BornJune 25, 1972 · Aguadilla, P.R.

MLB debutOctober 1, 1993

Final gameMay 10, 2009

Seasons17 (1993–2009)

Toronto Blue Jays 1993–2004; Florida Marlins 2005; New York Mets 2006–2009

Percentile snapshot

2008 season — qualified batters

159

88.4

686

84.4

598

76.2

74.8

162

58.5

49.7

8.8

98.6

RBI

115

93.2

73.5

124

20.4

10.2

65.3

.271

OBP

.353

53.7

SLG

.518

82.3

OPS

.871

72.1

wRC+

122.7

OPS+

128.2

75.5

wOBA

.369

61.9

sWAR

2.7

48.3

of 148 qualified 2008 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

135.4

93.9

OPS+

138.6

sWAR

49.2

98.8

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1993	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	123.5	48.2	.373	0.0
1994	43	159	130	17	28	2	0	9	24	25	46	1	1	.215	.352	.438	.791	100.7	102.8	.347	0.4
1995	37	99	91	7	15	3	0	3	11	6	26	0	0	.165	.212	.297	.509	25.9	31.4	.227	-0.8
1996	138	563	488	68	132	28	2	25	92	58	139	0	0	.270	.353	.490	.843	110.9	111.5	.367	1.3
1997	153	595	519	79	136	42	3	30	91	64	133	0	3	.262	.350	.528	.878	123.1	126.1	.376	2.3
1998	142	620	530	94	155	43	1	38	115	73	139	3	0	.292	.385	.592	.978	146.3	150.8	.411	4.4
1999	152	681	573	113	156	39	0	44	134	86	141	1	1	.272	.377	.571	.948	134.8	137.4	.404	4.0
2000	162	711	569	115	196	57	1	41	137	123	104	0	1	.344	.470	.664	1.134	178.2	181.2	.477	7.9
2001	162	704	574	102	160	31	1	39	102	111	136	3	0	.279	.408	.540	.948	143.9	146.1	.403	4.8
2002	143	628	505	103	140	34	2	33	108	102	126	1	0	.277	.406	.549	.955	145.2	148.3	.404	4.3
2003	161	705	570	117	172	38	1	42	145	109	137	0	0	.302	.426	.593	1.019	158.4	161.7	.427	5.9
2004	128	551	458	74	123	26	0	32	99	69	115	0	1	.269	.372	.535	.907	124.7	129.1	.382	2.4
2005	144	616	521	81	157	41	3	33	115	72	121	0	0	.301	.399	.582	.981	155.2	159.0	.414	4.9
2006	144	618	524	89	139	30	2	38	114	74	120	0	0	.265	.361	.548	.909	128.9	132.4	.383	3.0
2007	139	607	538	71	139	30	0	24	87	52	118	4	0	.258	.333	.448	.781	100.9	103.0	.339	0.9
2008	159	686	598	96	162	32	1	38	115	72	124	1	1	.271	.353	.518	.871	122.7	128.2	.369	2.7
2009	26	112	94	15	28	7	1	4	23	12	20	0	0	.298	.393	.521	.914	146.2	142.7	.402	0.8

Career totals

2,035

229th-most career G

8,657

196th-most career PA

7,283

253rd-most career AB

1,241

159th-most career R

2,038

277th-most career H

483

82nd-most career 2B

473

34th-most career HR

RBI

1,512

55th-most career RBI

1,109

80th-most career BB

1,745

37th-most career SO

.2798

OBP

.3834

163rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5459

32nd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9293

47th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2003-09-25	TB @ TOR Gameday	4	4	4	4	6	0	16
1998-08-04	TOR @ TEX Gameday	5	3	3	3	4	0	12
2001-04-04	TOR @ TB Gameday	5	3	3	3	4	0	12
2001-04-20	TOR @ KC Gameday	4	4	3	3	4	1	12
1999-08-06	TOR @ TEX Gameday	4	3	3	3	3	0	12

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

3× Silver Slugger2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.