Matt Holliday vs Miguel Cabrera

Matt Holliday and Miguel Cabrera compared on their MLB careers: Matt Holliday played 15 seasons, 2004 to 2018, Miguel Cabrera 21 seasons, 2003 to 2023. Matt Holliday has .299 batting average to Miguel Cabrera's .306. Matt Holliday won 1 title, Miguel Cabrera won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Matt Holliday and Miguel Cabrera career totals

1,903	GP	2,798
7,009	AB	10,356
1,157	R	1,551
2,096	H	3,174
316	HR	511
1,220	RBI	1,881
108	SB	40
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.4
0.5	SLG	0.5
0.9	OPS	0.9

How do they compare in the postseason?

Matt Holliday and Miguel Cabrera postseason

77	GP	55
290	AB	205
42	R	29
71	H	57
13	HR	13
37	RBI	38
1	SB	3
0.2	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.4
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.7	OPS	0.9

Where each stands all time

Matt Holliday and Miguel Cabrera all-time places

145th (316)	Home runs	25th (511)
237th (2,096)	Hits	16th (3,174)
132nd (1,220)	RBI	11th (1,881)

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

Matt Holliday: 1 championship; NL Silver Slugger ×4
Miguel Cabrera: 1 championship; NL Silver Slugger ×2, AL Silver Slugger ×5, AL MVP ×2, Hank Aaron Award ×2

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.

Matt Holliday and Miguel Cabrera season by season

1st	2004	.290	14	57	2003	.268	12	62
2nd	2005	.307	19	87	2004	.294	33	112
3rd	2006	.326	34	114	2005	.323	33	116
4th	2007	.340	36	137	2006	.339	26	114
5th	2008	.321	25	88	2007	.320	34	119
6th	2009	.313	24	109	2008	.292	37	127
7th	2010	.312	28	103	2009	.324	34	103
8th	2011	.296	22	75	2010	.328	38	126
9th	2012	.295	27	102	2011	.344	30	105
10th	2013	.300	22	94	2012	.330	44	139
11th	2014	.272	20	90	2013	.348	44	137
12th	2015	.279	4	35	2014	.313	25	109
13th	2016	.246	20	62	2015	.338	18	76
14th	2017	.231	19	64	2016	.316	38	108
15th	2018	.283	2	3	2017	.249	16	60
16th	—	—	—	—	2018	.299	3	22
17th	—	—	—	—	2019	.282	12	59
18th	—	—	—	—	2020	.250	10	35
19th	—	—	—	—	2021	.256	15	75
20th	—	—	—	—	2022	.254	5	43
21st	—	—	—	—	2023	.257	4	34

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


77	GP	55
290	AB	205
42	R	29
71	H	57
13	HR	13
37	RBI	38
1	SB	3
0.2	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.4
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.7	OPS	0.9


77	GP	55
290	AB	205
42	R	29
71	H	57
13	HR	13
37	RBI	38
1	SB	3
0.2	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.4
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.7	OPS	0.9


77	GP	55
290	AB	205
42	R	29
71	H	57
13	HR	13
37	RBI	38
1	SB	3
0.2	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.4
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.7	OPS	0.9