Johnny Damon vs Ryne Sandberg

Johnny Damon and Ryne Sandberg compared on their MLB careers: Johnny Damon played 18 seasons, 1995 to 2012, Ryne Sandberg 16 seasons, 1981 to 1997. Johnny Damon has .284 batting average to Ryne Sandberg's .285. Johnny Damon won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Johnny Damon and Ryne Sandberg career totals

2,490	GP	2,164
9,736	AB	8,385
1,668	R	1,318
2,769	H	2,386
235	HR	282
1,139	RBI	1,061
408	SB	344
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.8	OPS	0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

Johnny Damon and Ryne Sandberg postseason

59	GP	10
261	AB	39
39	R	9
72	H	15
10	HR	1
33	RBI	6
13	SB	3
0.3	AVG	0.4
0.3	OBP	0.5
0.5	SLG	0.6
0.8	OPS	1.1

Where each stands all time

Johnny Damon and Ryne Sandberg all-time places

298th (235)	Home runs	198th (282)
54th (2,769)	Hits	128th (2,386)
177th (1,139)	RBI	226th (1,061)
67th (408)	Stolen bases	116th (344)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Johnny Damon: 2 championships; none on file
Ryne Sandberg: 0 championships; NL Gold Glove ×9, NL MVP, NL Silver Slugger ×7

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Johnny Damon and Ryne Sandberg season by season

1st	1995	.282	3	23	1981	.167	0	0
2nd	1996	.271	6	50	1982	.271	7	54
3rd	1997	.275	8	48	1983	.261	8	48
4th	1998	.277	18	66	1984	.314	19	84
5th	1999	.307	14	77	1985	.305	26	83
6th	2000	.327	16	88	1986	.284	14	76
7th	2001	.256	9	49	1987	.294	16	59
8th	2002	.286	14	63	1988	.264	19	69
9th	2003	.273	12	67	1989	.290	30	76
10th	2004	.304	20	94	1990	.306	40	100
11th	2005	.316	10	75	1991	.291	26	100
12th	2006	.285	24	80	1992	.304	26	87
13th	2007	.270	12	63	1993	.309	9	45
14th	2008	.303	17	71	1994	.238	5	24
15th	2009	.282	24	82	1996	.244	25	92
16th	2010	.271	8	51	1997	.264	12	64
17th	2011	.261	16	73	—	—	—	—
18th	2012	.222	4	19	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


59	GP	10
261	AB	39
39	R	9
72	H	15
10	HR	1
33	RBI	6
13	SB	3
0.3	AVG	0.4
0.3	OBP	0.5
0.5	SLG	0.6
0.8	OPS	1.1


59	GP	10
261	AB	39
39	R	9
72	H	15
10	HR	1
33	RBI	6
13	SB	3
0.3	AVG	0.4
0.3	OBP	0.5
0.5	SLG	0.6
0.8	OPS	1.1


59	GP	10
261	AB	39
39	R	9
72	H	15
10	HR	1
33	RBI	6
13	SB	3
0.3	AVG	0.4
0.3	OBP	0.5
0.5	SLG	0.6
0.8	OPS	1.1