Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1980
- AL Silver Slugger
- 1989
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1980
- AL Silver Slugger
- 1989
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,830
- AB
- 9,908
- R
- 1,299
- H
- 2,866
- HR
- 384
- RBI
- 1,628
- SB
- 34
- AVG
- .289
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | CHW | 141 | 491 | 55 | 125 | 13 | 49 | 2 | .255 |
| 1981 | CHW | 82 | 280 | 42 | 80 | 10 | 41 | 6 | .286 |
| 1982 | CHW | 161 | 608 | 89 | 165 | 25 | 105 | 10 | .271 |
| 1983 | CHW | 156 | 596 | 76 | 167 | 20 | 99 | 7 | .280 |
| 1984 | CHW | 147 | 569 | 72 | 173 | 29 | 94 | 1 | .304 |
| 1985 | CHW | 160 | 640 | 86 | 198 | 22 | 113 | 1 | .309 |
| 1986 | CHW | 145 | 570 | 72 | 169 | 21 | 88 | 2 | .296 |
| 1987 | CHW | 132 | 505 | 59 | 148 | 20 | 93 | 0 | .293 |
| 1988 | CHW | 158 | 599 | 55 | 166 | 13 | 81 | 0 | .277 |
| 1989 |  CHW/TEX | 146 | 505 | 73 | 156 | 16 | 72 | 0 | .309 |
| 1990 |  TEX/ATH | 135 | 415 | 52 | 118 | 16 | 65 | 0 | .284 |
| 1991 | ATH | 141 | 488 | 76 | 144 | 20 | 90 | 0 | .295 |
| 1992 | ATH | 140 | 478 | 58 | 121 | 16 | 76 | 1 | .253 |
| 1993 | BAL | 118 | 416 | 64 | 130 | 20 | 78 | 0 | .313 |
| 1994 | BAL | 94 | 326 | 44 | 96 | 16 | 54 | 0 | .294 |
| 1995 | BAL | 127 | 385 | 60 | 115 | 24 | 63 | 0 | .299 |
| 1996 | CHW | 143 | 495 | 80 | 154 | 22 | 95 | 3 | .311 |
| 1997 |  CHW/BAL | 137 | 452 | 55 | 136 | 16 | 67 | 0 | .301 |
| 1998 | BAL | 104 | 293 | 40 | 88 | 9 | 57 | 0 | .300 |
| 1999 |  BAL/CLE | 135 | 430 | 62 | 134 | 25 | 103 | 1 | .312 |
| 2000 |  BAL/CHW | 96 | 283 | 26 | 72 | 11 | 39 | 0 | .254 |
| 2001 | CHW | 32 | 84 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .131 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 31
- AB
- 102
- R
- 14
- H
- 33
- HR
- 5
- RBI
- 16
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .324
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 11,092
- TB
- 4,604
- XBH
- 921
- HBP
- 14
- IBB
- 187
- GIDP
- 298
- P/PA
- 0.00
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | CHW | 518 | 199 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | CHW | 296 | 135 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | CHW | 668 | 285 | 62 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | CHW | 655 | 264 | 55 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHW | 629 | 308 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHW | 693 | 299 | 54 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHW | 618 | 265 | 52 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHW | 554 | 242 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW | 674 | 246 | 53 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHW/TEX | 583 | 235 | 46 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | TEX/ATH | 489 | 183 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATH | 566 | 231 | 46 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATH | 543 | 187 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | BAL | 480 | 212 | 42 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | BAL | 357 | 158 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | BAL | 459 | 208 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | CHW | 572 | 249 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | CHW/BAL | 510 | 207 | 39 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | BAL | 328 | 132 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | BAL/CLE | 486 | 229 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | BAL/CHW | 320 | 118 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | CHW | 94 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 34.0
- RC
- 1583.9
- RC/27
- 5.70
- ISOP
- .175
- SECA
- .283
- BB/K
- 0.74
- AB/HR
- 25.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | CHW | -0.9 | 51.1 | 3.5 | .151 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 37.8 | 0 |
| 1981 | CHW | 2.1 | 41.6 | 5.3 | .196 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 28 | 0 |
| 1982 | CHW | 3.1 | 91.6 | 5.3 | .197 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 24.3 | 0 |
| 1983 | CHW | 1.8 | 85.3 | 5 | .163 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 29.8 | 0 |
| 1984 | CHW | 4.0 | 106.6 | 6.9 | .237 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 19.6 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHW | 2.1 | 97.5 | 5.5 | .158 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 29.1 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHW | 2.6 | 86.8 | 5.5 | .168 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 27.1 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHW | 1.4 | 82.3 | 6 | .186 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 25.3 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHW | 1.2 | 83.3 | 4.9 | .134 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 46.1 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHW/TEX | 2.3 | 90.4 | 6.6 | .156 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 31.6 | 0 |
| 1990 | TEX/ATH | 1.2 | 67.5 | 5.6 | .157 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 25.9 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATH | 2.6 | 88.3 | 6.6 | .178 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 24.4 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATH | 0.3 | 62.5 | 4.5 | .138 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 29.9 | 0 |
| 1993 | BAL | 2.2 | 79.9 | 7 | .197 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 20.8 | 0 |
| 1994 | BAL | 0.4 | 53.6 | 6.1 | .190 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 20.4 | 0 |
| 1995 | BAL | 2.0 | 79.1 | 7.3 | .242 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | CHW | 2.6 | 94.6 | 7 | .192 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 22.5 | 0 |
| 1997 | CHW/BAL | 1.5 | 75.8 | 6.2 | .157 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 28.3 | 0 |
| 1998 | BAL | 0.8 | 44.3 | 5.3 | .150 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 32.6 | 0 |
| 1999 | BAL/CLE | 2.3 | 82.4 | 7 | .221 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 17.2 | 0 |
| 2000 | BAL/CHW | -0.4 | 40.2 | 5 | .163 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 25.7 | 0 |
| 2001 | CHW | -1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | .012 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Harold Baines's career stats?
Harold Baines played 22 seasons for the White Sox, the Athletics and the Orioles. He was a career .289 hitter with 2,866 hits, 384 home runs and 1,628 RBI. His best season was 1993: a .313 batting average, 20 home runs and 78 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
22 seasons, 6 postseasons, 1980 to 2001
Harold Baines finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 73rd in home runs (384)
- 46th in hits (2,866)
- 31st in rbi (1,628)
Among the 10,340 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.
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