Brian Giles stats

Last played for the San Diego Padres, 2009

Right Fielder · #24

Age 55 · 5' 10"

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Brian Giles played 15 MLB seasons, 1995 to 2009.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,847
AB
6,527
R
1,121
H
1,897
HR
287
RBI
1,078
SB
109
AVG
.291

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.

Standard by season
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.
1995CLE6965130.556
1996CLE5112126435273.355
1997CLE13037762101176113.268
1998CLE1123505694166610.269
1999PIT141521109164391156.315
2000PIT156559111176351236.315
2001PIT160576116178379513.309
2002PIT153497951483810315.298
2003PIT/SD1344929314720884.299
2004SD15960997173239410.284
2005SD15854592164158313.301
2006SD1586048715914839.263
2007SD1214837213113514.271
2008SD1475598117112632.306
2009SD6122518432231.191

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
29
AB
77
R
4
H
16
HR
0
RBI
4
SB
1
AVG
.208

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
7,836
TB
3,279
XBH
753
HBP
51
IBB
114
GIDP
160
P/PA
2.29

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.

Expanded by season
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.
1995CLE9810000
1996CLE14374200460
1997CLE4511733512100
1998CLE430161353870
1999PIT6273207537140
2000PIT68833279713150
2001PIT67434081414100
2002PIT64430980724103.9
2003PIT/SD60925360812123.6
2004SD7112896346123.7
2005SD6742636129143.9
2006SD7172405256183.7
2007SD552201424583.7
2008SD6532555622183.7
2009SD25461131263.6

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
48.4
RC
1,327.0
RC/27
7.30
ISOP
.212
SECA
.403
BB/K
1.42
AB/HR
22.7
GO/FO
0.70

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
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.
1995CLE0.33.422.8.3330.3090
1996CLE1.329.89.3.2560.41.524.20
1997CLE1.866.96.1910.41.322.20
1998CLE3.867.26.7.1910.41.021.90
1999PIT6.5128.39.1.2990.51.213.40
2000PIT6.2140.69.3.2790.51.7160
2001PIT5.1133.18.6.2810.51.315.60
2002PIT5.1138.710.1.3240.61.813.10
2003PIT/SD3.3109.68.1.2150.41.824.60
2004SD3.51116.5.1900.31.126.50.6
2005SD4.61167.7.1820.41.936.30.6
2006SD3.193.95.4.1340.31.743.10.7
2007SD1.373.35.4.1450.31.137.20.7
2008SD4.51016.6.1500.31.746.60.7
2009SD-2.016.22.3.0800.20.8112.50.8

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
55 yearsJan 20, 1971
Height
5' 10"
Debut
1995
Birthplace
El Cajon, CA
Draft
1989Rd 17, Pk 437

Latest performance

Brian Giles

Jun 18 · vs SEA · W 4-3 F/10

AB
4
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
1
SO
2
AVG
.191

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Thu, Jun 18vsSEAW 4-3 F/1040000
Wed, Jun 17vsSEAL 4-300000
Tue, Jun 16vsSEAL 5-030000
Sun, Jun 14atLAAL 6-040000
Sat, Jun 13atLAAL 9-140100
Fri, Jun 12atLAAL 11-642201

What were Brian Giles's career stats?

Brian Giles played 15 seasons for the Guardians, the Pirates and the Padres. He was a career .291 hitter with 1,897 hits, 287 home runs and 1,078 RBI. His best season was 1995: a .556 batting average, 1 home run and 3 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1995 to 2009

Brian Giles finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

All-time career rank

  • 188th in home runs (287)
  • 206th in rbi (1,078)

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 Brian Giles

Playoff series

Brian Giles played 6 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 2 series — 0 won, 2 lost.

Brian Giles's line in each playoff series
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.
2006STLLost 1-3414401
2005STLLost 0-2210301

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Brian Giles’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.