Brian Giles vs Matt Holliday

Brian Giles and Matt Holliday compared on their MLB careers: Brian Giles played 15 seasons, 1995 to 2009, Matt Holliday 15 seasons, 2004 to 2018. Brian Giles has .291 batting average to Matt Holliday's .299. Matt Holliday won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Brian Giles and Matt Holliday career totals

1,847	GP	1,903
6,527	AB	7,009
1,121	R	1,157
1,897	H	2,096
287	HR	316
1,078	RBI	1,220
109	SB	108
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?

Brian Giles and Matt Holliday postseason

29	GP	77
77	AB	290
4	R	42
16	H	71
0	HR	13
4	RBI	37
1	SB	1
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.3	SLG	0.4
0.6	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Brian Giles and Matt Holliday all-time places

188th (287)	Home runs	145th (316)
206th (1,078)	RBI	132nd (1,220)
—	Hits	237th (2,096)

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

Brian Giles: 0 championships; none on file
Matt Holliday: 1 championship; NL Silver Slugger ×4

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.

Brian Giles and Matt Holliday season by season

1st	1995	.556	1	3	2004	.290	14	57
2nd	1996	.355	5	27	2005	.307	19	87
3rd	1997	.268	17	61	2006	.326	34	114
4th	1998	.269	16	66	2007	.340	36	137
5th	1999	.315	39	115	2008	.321	25	88
6th	2000	.315	35	123	2009	.313	24	109
7th	2001	.309	37	95	2010	.312	28	103
8th	2002	.298	38	103	2011	.296	22	75
9th	2003	.299	20	88	2012	.295	27	102
10th	2004	.284	23	94	2013	.300	22	94
11th	2005	.301	15	83	2014	.272	20	90
12th	2006	.263	14	83	2015	.279	4	35
13th	2007	.271	13	51	2016	.246	20	62
14th	2008	.306	12	63	2017	.231	19	64
15th	2009	.191	2	23	2018	.283	2	3

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


29	GP	77
77	AB	290
4	R	42
16	H	71
0	HR	13
4	RBI	37
1	SB	1
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.3	SLG	0.4
0.6	OPS	0.7


29	GP	77
77	AB	290
4	R	42
16	H	71
0	HR	13
4	RBI	37
1	SB	1
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.3	SLG	0.4
0.6	OPS	0.7


29	GP	77
77	AB	290
4	R	42
16	H	71
0	HR	13
4	RBI	37
1	SB	1
0.2	AVG	0.2
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.3	SLG	0.4
0.6	OPS	0.7