MLB / Players

Lance Berkman

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 220 lb

BornFebruary 10, 1976 · Waco, TX, USA

MLB debutJuly 16, 1999

Final gameSeptember 17, 2013

Seasons15 (1999–2013)

Houston Astros 1999–2010; New York Yankees 2010; St. Louis Cardinals 2011–2012; Texas Rangers 2013

Percentile snapshot

2011 season — qualified batters

145

43.1

587

47.2

488

81.3

147

56.3

15.3

37.5

86.8

RBI

81.3

95.1

54.9

13.9

25.7

.301

84.7

OBP

.412

97.2

SLG

.547

92.4

OPS

.959

96.5

wRC+

165.6

97.2

OPS+

165.0

97.2

wOBA

.415

96.5

sWAR

5.6

91.7

of 145 qualified 2011 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

146.0

97.8

OPS+

144.7

97.1

sWAR

57.4

99.3

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
1999	34	106	93	10	22	2	0	4	15	12	21	5	1	.237	.321	.387	.708	78.8	77.8	.319	-0.1
2000	114	417	353	76	105	28	1	21	67	56	73	6	2	.297	.388	.561	.949	133.8	133.2	.408	2.6
2001	156	688	577	110	191	55	5	34	126	92	121	7	9	.331	.430	.620	1.051	165.2	160.8	.446	7.3
2002	158	692	578	106	169	35	2	42	128	107	118	8	4	.292	.405	.578	.982	151.5	151.1	.421	6.4
2003	153	658	538	110	155	35	6	25	93	107	108	5	3	.288	.412	.515	.927	141.2	138.5	.405	4.8
2004	160	687	544	104	172	40	3	30	106	127	101	9	7	.316	.450	.566	1.016	164.7	161.2	.438	6.9
2005	132	565	468	76	137	34	1	24	82	91	72	4	1	.293	.411	.524	.934	146.5	143.9	.406	4.0
2006	152	646	536	95	169	29	0	45	136	98	106	3	2	.315	.420	.621	1.041	160.8	165.0	.433	5.6
2007	153	668	561	95	156	24	2	34	102	94	125	7	3	.278	.386	.510	.896	131.4	130.6	.388	3.5
2008	159	665	554	114	173	46	4	29	106	99	108	18	4	.312	.420	.567	.986	158.5	158.9	.423	5.5
2009	136	562	460	73	126	31	1	25	80	97	98	7	4	.274	.399	.509	.907	141.0	140.8	.395	3.5
2010	122	481	404	48	100	23	1	14	58	77	85	3	2	.248	.368	.413	.781	115.5	112.2	.353	1.4
2011	145	587	488	90	147	23	2	31	94	92	93	2	6	.301	.412	.547	.959	165.6	165.0	.415	5.6
2012	32	97	81	12	21	7	1	2	7	14	19	2	0	.259	.381	.444	.826	127.1	127.3	.361	0.4
2013	73	294	256	27	62	10	1	6	34	38	52	0	0	.242	.340	.359	.700	94.4	92.1	.317	0.0

Career totals

1,879

347th-most career G

7,813

321st-most career PA

6,491

397th-most career AB

1,146

229th-most career R

1,905

350th-most career H

422

159th-most career 2B

366

89th-most career HR

RBI

1,234

144th-most career RBI

1,201

62nd-most career BB

1,300

170th-most career SO

.2935

338th-highest career batting average

OBP

.4060

53rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5369

43rd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9429

35th-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	TB
2002-04-16	HOU @ CIN Gameday	5	3	3	0	3	5	12
2011-04-28	STL @ HOU Gameday	5	3	4	1	2	5	11
2001-06-21	CIN @ HOU Gameday	6	3	4	1	2	2	11
2001-06-14	HOU @ MIN Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	6	10
2007-09-26	HOU @ CIN Gameday	5	2	4	0	2	4	10

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2000-05-17	HOU @ MIL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000-05-18	HOU @ MIL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

6× 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.