Andre Ethier Career Stats Overview
Andre Ethier is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman best known for his time with the Los Angeles Dodgers. His career totals include a .284 batting average, 188 home runs, and 705 runs batted in across 1,483 regular-season games, according to official MLB records and team archives. He played 10 seasons with the Dodgers, compiling a .291 average with 154 home runs and 577 RBIs in that span, and his postseason numbers include a .278 average in 40 playoff games, as reported by the MLB official statistics page MLB Official Stats.
Ethier was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 2003 MLB draft and made his MLB debut on May 2, 2006. He won a Silver Slugger Award in 2009 after batting .306 with 31 home runs and 106 RBIs, and he finished in the top 10 in National League MVP voting three times between 2009 and 2011, per the Baseball Reference player page Baseball Reference Andre Ethier. His career on-base percentage is .369, and his slugging percentage is .473, giving him a career OPS of .842.
Andre Ethier Postseason and Team Transitions
Andre Ethier appeared in four postseason series with the Dodgers, including the 2008 NLDS, 2008 NLCS, 2009 NLDS, and 2013 NLDS, hitting a combined .278 with 5 home runs and 15 RBIs in 40 games. He also played for the Oakland Athletics in 2015, appearing in 12 games and batting .235 with 1 home run and 5 RBIs before retiring, as documented by the team transaction logs and roster archives Oakland Athletics 2015 Roster.
After his time with the Dodgers, Ethier signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in December 2014, and his final MLB appearance came on September 28, 2015. He was released by Oakland in October 2015 and did not appear in another MLB game, ending his professional playing career with a full-season major league average of .284, 188 home runs, and 705 RBIs, per the official MLB transaction history MLB Transactions.
Andre Ethier Contract and Earnings Summary
Andre Ethier signed an eight-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Dodgers in January 2012 worth $100 million, with an additional $20 million club option for the 2017 season that was not picked up, according to the team's official press release and MLB contract filings MLB Contract Extension Details. His annual salary ranged from approximately $15.9 million in 2013 to $16.5 million in 2014, and he earned a prorated salary of about $6 million in his final 2015 season with Oakland.
Ethier's total career earnings from MLB contracts are estimated at $126 million, including his base salary