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Byron Buxton
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About Byron Buxton
Byron Keiron Buxton (born December 18, 1993) is an American professional baseball center fielder and designated hitter for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Buxton was considered by some baseball analysts to be the most talented player available in the 2012 MLB draft, and was selected as the second overall pick. He won Baseball America's Minor League Player of the Year Award in 2013. Buxton made his MLB debut in 2015. He won the Gold Glove Award in 2017, a Silver Slugger Award in 2025, and is a three-time MLB All-Star.
Bio summary from Wikipedia.
Player Stats
| G | 93 | PA | 408 | AB | 370 | R | 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 94 | 2B | 18 | 3B | 1 | HR | 25 |
| RBI | 46 | SB | 7 | CS | 1 | BB | 30 |
| SO | 100 | AVG | .254 | OBP | .319 | SLG | .511 |
| OPS | .829 | TB | 189 | WAR | 3.4 |
2026 batting — Baseball-Reference
Career — Lahman, through 2025
Batting
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | MIN | 46 | 129 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 44 | .209 |
| 2016 | MIN | 92 | 298 | 44 | 67 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 10 | 23 | 118 | .225 |
| 2017 | MIN | 140 | 462 | 69 | 117 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 51 | 29 | 38 | 150 | .253 |
| 2018 | MIN | 28 | 90 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 28 | .156 |
| 2019 | MIN | 87 | 271 | 48 | 71 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 14 | 19 | 68 | .262 |
| 2020 | MIN | 39 | 130 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 36 | .254 |
| 2021 | MIN | 61 | 235 | 50 | 72 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 62 | .306 |
| 2022 | MIN | 92 | 340 | 61 | 76 | 13 | 3 | 28 | 51 | 6 | 34 | 116 | .224 |
| 2023 | MIN | 85 | 304 | 49 | 63 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 42 | 9 | 35 | 109 | .207 |
| 2024 | MIN | 102 | 355 | 62 | 99 | 27 | 3 | 18 | 56 | 7 | 20 | 99 | .279 |
| 2025 | MIN | 126 | 488 | 97 | 129 | 21 | 7 | 35 | 83 | 24 | 41 | 148 | .264 |
Season lines from the Lahman Baseball Database (Version 2025, via SABR), joined through the Chadwick Register ID crosswalk. The databank runs through the 2025 season — the current season is the 2026 line below, from the MLB Stats API.
2026 Season — MLB Stats API
Batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 408 | 370 | 65 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 100 | .254 | .319 | .511 | .829 |
2026 regular-season line from the MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com), pulled when this page was built. Multi-team stints are combined; rate stats are recomputed from the combined totals.
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