Brian Buchanan stats
Outfielder
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2000
- College
- Virginia
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2000
- College
- Virginia
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 346
- AB
- 767
- R
- 105
- H
- 198
- HR
- 32
- RBI
- 103
- SB
- 9
- AVG
- .258
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | MIN | 30 | 82 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .232 |
| 2001 | MIN | 69 | 197 | 28 | 54 | 10 | 32 | 1 | .274 |
| 2002 |  MIN/SD | 92 | 227 | 31 | 61 | 11 | 28 | 2 | .269 |
| 2003 | SD | 115 | 198 | 29 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 6 | .263 |
| 2004 |  SD/NYM | 40 | 63 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .190 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 858
- TB
- 337
- XBH
- 72
- HBP
- 10
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 21
- P/PA
- 2.29
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | MIN | 93 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | MIN | 219 | 96 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | MIN/SD | 245 | 106 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.6 |
| 2003 | SD | 229 | 90 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3.7 |
| 2004 | SD/NYM | 72 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.4 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 0.1
- RC
- 107.0
- RC/27
- 4.80
- ISOP
- .181
- SECA
- .279
- BB/K
- 0.35
- AB/HR
- 24.0
- GO/FO
- 1.10
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | MIN | -0.7 | 6.5 | 2.5 | .073 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 82 | 0 |
| 2001 | MIN | 0.6 | 32.7 | 6 | .213 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 19.7 | 0 |
| 2002 | MIN/SD | 0.7 | 32.1 | 5 | .198 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 20.6 | 0 |
| 2003 | SD | 0.4 | 30.5 | 5.2 | .192 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 24.8 | 0 |
| 2004 | SD/NYM | -0.9 | 5.3 | 2.6 | .127 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 31.5 | 1.1 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Brian Buchanan's career stats?
Brian Buchanan played 5 seasons for the Twins and the Padres. He was a career .258 hitter with 198 hits, 32 home runs and 103 RBI. His best season was 2001: a .274 batting average, 10 home runs and 32 RBI.
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