Kevin Mitchell
New York Mets 1984; New York Mets 1986; San Diego Padres 1987; San Francisco Giants 1987–1991; Seattle Mariners 1992; Cincinnati Reds 1993–1994; Boston Red Sox 1996; Cincinnati Reds 1996; Cleveland Indians 1997; Oakland Athletics 1998
Percentile snapshot
1994 season — qualified batters
of 157 qualified 1994 batters (min 356 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 13.1 | 22.3 | .200 | -0.1 |
| 1986 | 108 | 364 | 328 | 51 | 91 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 33 | 61 | 3 | 3 | .277 | .344 | .466 | .811 | 129.6 | 126.4 | .369 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 131 | 515 | 464 | 68 | 130 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 70 | 48 | 88 | 9 | 6 | .280 | .350 | .474 | .824 | 121.5 | 120.8 | .366 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 148 | 566 | 505 | 60 | 127 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 80 | 48 | 85 | 5 | 5 | .251 | .319 | .442 | .760 | 120.0 | 121.5 | .342 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 154 | 640 | 543 | 100 | 158 | 34 | 6 | 47 | 125 | 87 | 115 | 3 | 4 | .291 | .388 | .635 | 1.023 | 183.4 | 192.3 | .436 | 7.5 |
| 1990 | 140 | 589 | 524 | 90 | 152 | 24 | 2 | 35 | 93 | 58 | 87 | 4 | 7 | .290 | .360 | .544 | .904 | 148.4 | 149.6 | .397 | 4.7 |
| 1991 | 113 | 423 | 371 | 52 | 95 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 69 | 43 | 57 | 2 | 3 | .256 | .338 | .515 | .853 | 136.4 | 140.2 | .374 | 2.7 |
| 1992 | 99 | 402 | 360 | 48 | 103 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 67 | 35 | 46 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .351 | .428 | .779 | 117.4 | 117.4 | .354 | 1.5 |
| 1993 | 93 | 353 | 323 | 56 | 110 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 64 | 25 | 48 | 1 | 0 | .341 | .385 | .601 | .986 | 159.9 | 160.6 | .426 | 3.4 |
| 1994 | 95 | 380 | 310 | 57 | 101 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 77 | 59 | 62 | 2 | 0 | .326 | .429 | .681 | 1.110 | 178.1 | 186.0 | .458 | 4.4 |
| 1996 | 64 | 245 | 206 | 27 | 65 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .420 | .505 | .925 | 141.8 | 139.9 | .412 | 1.8 |
| 1997 | 20 | 69 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .153 | .275 | .373 | .648 | 58.8 | 66.1 | .281 | -0.3 |
| 1998 | 51 | 136 | 127 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .279 | .346 | .626 | 62.8 | 63.7 | .280 | -0.5 |
Career totals
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 | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-05-25 | SF @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 1993-06-22 | CIN @ COL Gameday | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 1994-08-03 | CIN @ SF Gameday | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 1993-05-13 | SD @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 1988-05-09 | SF @ PIT Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
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
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.