Darin Erstad stats

Last played for the Houston Astros, 2009

Left Fielder · #2

Age 52 · 6' 2"

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Darin Erstad played 14 MLB seasons, 1996 to 2009.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,654
AB
6,024
R
913
H
1,697
HR
124
RBI
699
SB
179
AVG
.282

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.
1996LAA5720834594203.284
1997LAA13953999161167723.299
1998LAA13353784159198220.296
1999LAA14258584148135313.253
2000LAA1576761212402510028.355
2001LAA1576318916396324.258
2002LAA15062599177107323.283
2003LAA6725835654179.252
2004LAA1254957914676916.295
2005LAA1536098616676610.273
2006LAA4095821051.221
2007CHW8731033774327.248
2008HOU14032249894312.276
2009HOU10713413262110.194

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

Career Postseason

GP
29
AB
118
R
18
H
40
HR
3
RBI
12
SB
4
AVG
.339

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,628
TB
2,451
XBH
473
HBP
37
IBB
46
GIDP
87
P/PA
1.76

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.
1996LAA22978100130
1997LAA605251544450
1998LAA592261616720
1999LAA6382194013160
2000LAA747366701980
2001LAA7162274510780
2002LAA663243422493.5
2003LAA28486124183.8
2004LAA543198374193.9
2005LAA667226431383.9
2006LAA1053192023.8
2007CHW347104180043.8
2008HOU342117202333.7
2009HOU15044120324.0

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
29.8
RC
843.8
RC/27
5.00
ISOP
.125
SECA
.224
BB/K
0.51
AB/HR
48.6
GO/FO
1.10

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.
1996LAA0.826.24.4.0910.20.6520
1997LAA3.093.36.3.1670.30.633.70
1998LAA2.494.86.6.1900.30.628.30
1999LAA2.164.93.8.1210.20.5450
2000LAA8.21468.6.1860.30.8270
2001LAA2.7804.4.1010.20.670.10
2002LAA6.178.64.5.1060.20.462.50
2003LAA0.826.83.5.0810.20.564.50
2004LAA2.671.55.3.1050.20.570.71.3
2005LAA1.8754.4.0990.20.4870.9
2006LAA-0.18.22.8.1050.20.301.1
2007CHW0.433.83.7.0870.20.677.51.2
2008HOU-0.135.43.9.0870.10.280.51.1
2009HOU-0.9112.6.1340.20.5671.3

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

Bio

Age
52 yearsJun 4, 1974
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1996
Birthplace
Jamestown, ND
Draft
1995Rd 1, Pk 1
College
Nebraska
AL Gold Glove
3x
AL Silver Slugger
2000

Latest performance

Darin Erstad

Oct 04 · @ NYM · L 4-0

AB
1
R
0
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
1
AVG
.194

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sun, Oct 04atNYML 4-010000
Sat, Oct 03atNYML 5-110000
Fri, Oct 02atNYML 7-110100
Wed, Sep 30atPHIL 10-310000
Tue, Sep 29atPHIL 7-410000
Sat, Sep 26vsCINL 10-410000

What were Darin Erstad's career stats?

Darin Erstad played 14 seasons for the Angels, the White Sox and the Astros. He was a career .282 hitter with 1,697 hits, 124 home runs and 699 RBI. His best season was 2000: a .355 batting average, 25 home runs and 100 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1996 to 2009

Darin Erstad led MLB in hits (2000); finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.

Championships

Awards

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 Darin Erstad

Playoff series

Darin Erstad played 29 games across 3 MLB postseasons in 6 series — 4 won, 2 lost.

Darin Erstad'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.
2005NYYWon 3-2520603
2005CHWLost 1-4517400
2004BOSLost 0-3310512
2002NYYWon 3-1419802
2002MINWon 4-1522812
2002SFWon 4-3730913

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

Darin Erstad’s playoff series, round by round

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