Brandon Phillips stats
Bio
- Age
- 45 yearsJun 28, 1981
- Height
- 6' 0"
- NL Gold Glove
- 4x
Brandon Phillips played 17 MLB seasons, 2002 to 2018.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,902
- AB
- 7,378
- R
- 1,005
- H
- 2,029
- HR
- 211
- RBI
- 951
- SB
- 209
- AVG
- .275
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CLE | 11 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .258 |
| 2003 | CLE | 112 | 370 | 36 | 77 | 6 | 33 | 4 | .208 |
| 2004 | CLE | 6 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 |
| 2005 | CLE | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 2006 | CIN | 149 | 536 | 65 | 148 | 17 | 75 | 25 | .276 |
| 2007 | CIN | 158 | 650 | 107 | 187 | 30 | 94 | 32 | .288 |
| 2008 | CIN | 141 | 559 | 80 | 146 | 21 | 78 | 23 | .261 |
| 2009 | CIN | 153 | 584 | 78 | 161 | 20 | 98 | 25 | .276 |
| 2010 | CIN | 155 | 626 | 100 | 172 | 18 | 59 | 16 | .275 |
| 2011 | CIN | 150 | 610 | 94 | 183 | 18 | 82 | 14 | .300 |
| 2012 | CIN | 147 | 580 | 86 | 163 | 18 | 77 | 15 | .281 |
| 2013 | CIN | 151 | 606 | 80 | 158 | 18 | 103 | 5 | .261 |
| 2014 | CIN | 121 | 462 | 44 | 123 | 8 | 51 | 2 | .266 |
| 2015 | CIN | 148 | 588 | 69 | 173 | 12 | 70 | 23 | .294 |
| 2016 | CIN | 141 | 550 | 74 | 160 | 11 | 64 | 14 | .291 |
| 2017 |  ATL/LAA | 144 | 572 | 81 | 163 | 13 | 60 | 11 | .285 |
| 2018 | BOS | 9 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .130 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- AB
- 40
- R
- 3
- H
- 13
- HR
- 2
- RBI
- 8
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .325
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 7,992
- TB
- 3,100
- XBH
- 614
- HBP
- 92
- IBB
- 34
- GIDP
- 224
- P/PA
- 3.61
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CLE | 36 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| 2003 | CLE | 393 | 115 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3.5 |
| 2004 | CLE | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 2005 | CLE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | CIN | 587 | 229 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 3.7 |
| 2007 | CIN | 702 | 315 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 3.6 |
| 2008 | CIN | 609 | 247 | 52 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | CIN | 644 | 261 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 3.7 |
| 2010 | CIN | 687 | 269 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 3.6 |
| 2011 | CIN | 675 | 279 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 3.7 |
| 2012 | CIN | 623 | 249 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 3.7 |
| 2013 | CIN | 666 | 240 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 3.6 |
| 2014 | CIN | 499 | 172 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | CIN | 623 | 232 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | CIN | 584 | 229 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 3.6 |
| 2017 | ATL/LAA | 604 | 238 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 3.5 |
| 2018 | BOS | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 29.1
- RC
- 953.8
- RC/27
- 4.50
- ISOP
- .145
- SECA
- .219
- BB/K
- 0.38
- AB/HR
- 35.0
- GO/FO
- 0.90
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | CLE | 0.3 | 4.8 | 5.4 | .161 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | CLE | -0.5 | 21.8 | 1.9 | .103 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 61.7 | 0 |
| 2004 | CLE | -0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | .091 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 2005 | CLE | -0.2 | -0.9 | -2.8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | CIN | 0.3 | 74.4 | 4.8 | .151 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 31.5 | 0.9 |
| 2007 | CIN | 3.7 | 99.4 | 5.3 | .197 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 21.7 | 0.9 |
| 2008 | CIN | 2.8 | 76 | 4.6 | .181 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 26.6 | 1 |
| 2009 | CIN | 2.5 | 83.2 | 4.9 | .171 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 29.2 | 1 |
| 2010 | CIN | 3.7 | 86 | 4.8 | .155 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 34.8 | 1.1 |
| 2011 | CIN | 4.7 | 95.3 | 5.6 | .157 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 33.9 | 0.9 |
| 2012 | CIN | 3.5 | 77.4 | 4.7 | .148 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 32.2 | 1 |
| 2013 | CIN | 1.7 | 71.5 | 4 | .135 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 33.7 | 0.9 |
| 2014 | CIN | 1.7 | 49.7 | 3.7 | .106 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 57.8 | 0.8 |
| 2015 | CIN | 3.5 | 76.9 | 4.8 | .100 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 49 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | CIN | 0.8 | 68.7 | 4.4 | .125 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 50 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | ATL/LAA | 0.9 | 68.7 | 4.2 | .131 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 44 | 1 |
| 2018 | BOS | -0.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | .130 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 23 | 3 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 45 yearsJun 28, 1981
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 2002
- Birthplace
- Raleigh, NC
- Draft
- 1999Rd 2, Pk 57
- NL Gold Glove
- 4x
- NL Silver Slugger
- 2011
Latest performance
Brandon Phillips
Sep 30 · vs NYY · W 10-2
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- BB
- 0
- SO
- 1
- AVG
- .130
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Sep 30 | vs NYYW 10-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 29 | vsNYYL 8-5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 26 | vs BALL 10-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Sep 21 | at CLEW 7-5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed, Sep 19 | atNYYL 10-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 18 | atNYYL 3-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Brandon Phillips's career stats?
Brandon Phillips played 17 seasons for the Guardians, the Reds and the Red Sox. He was a career .275 hitter with 2,029 hits, 211 home runs and 951 RBI. His best season was 2011: a .300 batting average, 18 home runs and 82 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2002 to 2018
Brandon Phillips finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Championships
- 2018 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
Awards
- NL Gold Glove ×4: 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013
- NL Silver Slugger: 2011
All-time career rank
- 275th in hits (2,029)
Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Brandon Phillips
Playoff series
Brandon Phillips played 9 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 3 series — 0 won, 3 lost.
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |  PIT | Lost 0-1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 |  SF | Lost 2-3 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 |  PHI | Lost 0-3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Brandon Phillips’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Brandon Phillips against each club
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (179)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (178)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (175)
- vs Chicago Cubs (167)
- vs Houston Astros (115)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (88)
- vs San Francisco Giants (83)
- vs New York Mets (80)
- vs Washington Nationals (78)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (77)
- vs San Diego Padres (77)
- vs Miami Marlins (74)
- vs Atlanta Braves (73)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (70)
- vs Colorado Rockies (67)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (59)
- vs Kansas City Royals (37)
- vs Chicago White Sox (28)
- vs Seattle Mariners (27)
- vs Detroit Tigers (26)
- vs Athletics (23)
- vs Texas Rangers (20)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (20)
- vs Minnesota Twins (18)
- vs New York Yankees (17)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (15)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (12)
- vs Boston Red Sox (12)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (8)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (6)
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- Ian DesmondAlike in RBI, Slugging %, Stolen Bases78out of 100 on profile similarity
- Alex RiosAlike in Runs, Batting Average, Home Runs75out of 100 on profile similarity
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