The New York Yankees today announced that they have signed seven-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove Award winner and the 2022 National League Most Valuable Player INF Paul Goldschmidt to a one-year Major League contract.

Goldschmidt, 37, hit .245 (147-for-599) with 70R, 33 doubles, 1 triple, 22HR, 65RBI, 47BB and 11SB in 154 games with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2024. Over his final 44 games of the season, he batted .292/.337/.497 (47-for-161) with 15R, 16 doubles, 1 triple, 5HR, 22RBI and 12BB. Among Major League first basemen in 2024, Goldschmidt ranked third in games played (150) and sixth in fielding percentage (.996, 5E/1,323TC). He batted .295/.366/.473 (43-for-146) with 11 doubles, 5HR and 16BB vs. left-handed pitching.

In 14 Major League seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2011-18) and St. Louis Cardinals (2019-24), Goldschmidt has batted .289/.381/.510 (2,056-for-7,119) with 1,204R, 446 doubles, 23 triples, 362HR, 1,187RBI, 1,050BB and 169SB in 1,928 career games. He has made the postseason six times (2011, ’17, ’19-22), batting .261/.333/.576 (24-for-92) with 13R, 5 doubles, 8HR, 16RBI and 8BB in 23 playoff games.

Since his first full Major League season in 2012, Goldschmidt leads the Majors in runs batted in (1,161), go-ahead RBI (307) and games played (1,880), ranks second in runs scored (1,176), total bases (3,560), times on base (3,096), doubles (437) and extra-base hits (813), third in hits (2,017) and game-winning RBI (139), tied for third in walks (1,030), fourth in home runs (354), fifth in WAR among position players (55.8, FanGraphs), seventh in on-base percentage (.382) and 10th in OPS (.894).

He has appeared in at least 150 games in each of the last nine non-shortened seasons (2015-19, ’21-24), the only player in the Majors to accomplish the feat over that span (since 2015). Goldschmidt has also appeared in at least 145 games in 11 of his last 12 non-shortened seasons (2012-13, ’15-19, ’21-24), the most by any Major League player during that stretch (since 2012).

The seven-time All-Star (2013-18 and ’22) has hit at least 20 home runs 11 times in his career (2012-13, ’15-19 and ’21-24), tied with Giancarlo Stanton for the most 20-home run seasons since 2012. Goldschmidt’s seven 30-homer seasons (2013, ’15, ’17-19 and ’21-22) since 2013 are also tied for the most in the Majors over that span. His 362 career home runs are the third-most among active players, trailing only Stanton (429HR) and Mike Trout (378HR).

In his career, Goldschmidt has hit .323/.423/.586 (530-for-1,643) with 111 doubles, 9 triples, 101HR and 289BB vs. left-handed pitchers. Among all Major League players since 1974 with at least 750 career plate appearances against left-handed pitching, Goldschmidt ranks seventh in OPS (1.009), eighth in on-base percentage and ninth in slugging percentage.

He has also hit .295/.421/.507 (496-for-1,679) with 103 doubles, 9 triples, 78HR, 760RBI, 393BB and 55SF with runners in scoring position in his career.

Goldschmidt has finished in the top-three in National League MVP voting four times and in the top-10 six times (first in 2022, second in 2013 and 2015, third in 2017, and sixth in 2018 and 2021), winning the award in 2022 after batting .317/.404/.578 (178-for-561) with 106R, 41 doubles, 35HR, 115RBI and 79BB in 151 games with the Cardinals. He has also been named the National League Hank Aaron Award winner twice (2013, ’22) and his five Silver Slugger Awards at first base (2013, ‘15, ‘17, ’18 and ‘22) are the most by a first baseman since the award’s inception in 1980.

The four-time Gold Glove Award winner (2013, ’15, ’17 and ’21) has posted a career .997 fielding percentage (54E/16,788TC) in 1,845 career games at first base, the highest fielding percentage among Major League first basemen since 2011 (min. 650 games).

Goldschmidt has also played for Team USA twice during the World Baseball Classic, winning the Gold Medal in 2017 and the Silver Medal in 2023.

The Wilmington, Del., native was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of Texas State University. He was acquired by the Cardinals from the Diamondbacks in exchange for C Carson Kelly, RHP Luke Weaver, INF Andy Young and a 2019 competitive balance draft pick on December 5, 2018.