MLB / Players

Joey Votto

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 220 lb

BornSeptember 10, 1983 · Toronto, ON, CAN

MLB debutSeptember 4, 2007

Final gameOctober 1, 2023

Seasons17 (2007–2023)

Cincinnati Reds 2007–2023

Percentile snapshot

2021 season — qualified batters

129

6.1

533

13.7

448

27.5

119

18.3

16.8

88.5

RBI

82.4

87.8

127

44.3

11.5

.266

53.4

OBP

.375

91.6

SLG

.563

96.2

OPS

.938

95.4

wRC+

140.1

91.6

OPS+

140.2

90.8

wOBA

.396

96.9

sWAR

3.4

62.6

of 132 qualified 2021 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

147.6

OPS+

144.3

96.9

sWAR

62.6

99.5

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
2007	24	89	84	11	27	7	0	4	17	5	15	1	0	.321	.360	.548	.907	127.3	126.3	.389	0.4
2008	151	589	526	69	156	32	3	24	84	59	102	7	5	.297	.368	.506	.874	125.5	125.0	.380	2.5
2009	131	544	469	82	151	38	1	25	84	70	106	4	1	.322	.414	.567	.981	158.7	155.5	.426	4.6
2010	150	648	547	106	177	36	2	37	113	91	125	16	5	.324	.424	.600	1.024	175.8	171.8	.443	6.9
2011	161	719	599	101	185	40	3	29	103	110	129	8	6	.309	.416	.531	.947	160.2	155.9	.414	6.1
2012	111	475	374	59	126	44	0	14	56	94	85	5	3	.337	.474	.567	1.041	182.9	178.7	.447	5.3
2013	162	726	581	101	177	30	3	24	73	135	138	6	3	.305	.435	.491	.926	162.3	156.4	.409	6.3
2014	62	272	220	32	56	16	0	6	23	47	49	1	1	.255	.390	.409	.799	132.9	124.1	.366	1.4
2015	158	695	545	95	171	33	2	29	80	143	135	11	3	.314	.459	.541	1.000	180.5	172.5	.437	7.6
2016	158	677	556	101	181	34	2	29	97	108	120	8	1	.326	.434	.550	.985	161.1	159.0	.421	5.9
2017	162	707	559	106	179	34	1	36	100	134	83	5	1	.320	.454	.578	1.032	167.5	166.0	.435	6.8
2018	145	623	503	67	143	28	2	12	67	108	101	2	0	.284	.417	.419	.837	133.8	125.7	.379	3.4
2019	142	608	525	79	137	32	1	15	47	76	123	5	0	.261	.357	.411	.768	99.7	96.6	.336	0.9
2020	54	223	186	32	42	8	0	11	22	37	43	0	0	.226	.354	.446	.800	111.7	109.1	.351	0.7
2021	129	533	448	73	119	23	1	36	99	77	127	1	0	.266	.375	.563	.938	140.1	140.2	.396	3.4
2022	91	376	322	31	66	18	1	11	41	44	97	0	0	.205	.319	.370	.689	94.2	90.3	.312	0.2
2023	65	242	208	26	42	6	0	14	38	27	62	0	0	.202	.314	.433	.747	101.2	99.3	.328	0.3

Career totals

2,056

220th-most career G

8,746

184th-most career PA

7,252

257th-most career AB

1,171

214th-most career R

2,135

220th-most career H

459

101st-most career 2B

356

96th-most career HR

RBI

1,144

196th-most career RBI

1,365

34th-most career BB

1,640

53rd-most career SO

.2944

321st-highest career batting average

OBP

.4094

44th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5110

89th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9204

56th-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	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2012-05-13	WSH @ CIN Gameday	5	4	4	1	3	6	0	14
2008-05-07	CHC @ CIN Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	4	1	12
2015-06-09	PHI @ CIN Gameday	4	4	3	0	3	4	1	12
2010-08-25	CIN @ SF Gameday	7	2	4	0	2	4	0	10
2021-08-11	CIN @ ATL Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	4	1	10

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

1× Most Valuable Player1× Gold Glove6× 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.