Jay Buhner stats

Last played for the Seattle Mariners, 2001

Left Fielder · #19

Age 62 · 6' 3"

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Jay Buhner played 15 MLB seasons, 1987 to 2001.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,472
AB
5,013
R
798
H
1,273
HR
310
RBI
965
SB
6
AVG
.254

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.
1987NYY72205010.227
1988NYY/SEA85261365613381.215
1989SEA5820427569331.275
1990SEA5116316457332.276
1991SEA137406649927770.244
1992SEA1525436913225790.243
1993SEA1585639115327982.272
1994SEA1013587410021680.279
1995SEA12647086123401210.262
1996SEA150564107153441380.271
1997SEA157540104131401090.243
1998SEA72244335915450.242
1999SEA87266375914380.222
2000SEA112364509226820.253
2001SEA1945410250.222

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

Career Postseason

GP
26
AB
85
R
12
H
26
HR
8
RBI
12
SB
0
AVG
.306

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,927
TB
2,474
XBH
562
HBP
56
IBB
41
GIDP
123
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.

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.
1987NYY23720010
1988NYY/SEA299110276150
1989SEA226100252000
1990SEA18578194160
1991SEA4712024565100
1992SEA6292294462120
1993SEA67526858211120
1994SEA436194485370
1995SEA5392666317150
1996SEA6673147395110
1997SEA6652736053230
1998SEA286113231020
1999SEA343112255060
2000SEA4301904643100
2001SEA531840030

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
20.0
RC
882.5
RC/27
6.00
ISOP
.240
SECA
.394
BB/K
0.56
AB/HR
16.2
GO/FO
0.00

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.
1987NYY-0.11.42.1.0910.10.200
1988NYY/SEA2.533.54.2.2070.30.320.10
1989SEA1.533.55.9.2160.30.422.70
1990SEA0.226.15.5.2020.30.323.30
1991SEA0.467.35.6.2540.40.5150
1992SEA-0.175.74.7.1790.30.521.70
1993SEA2.1102.66.3.2040.40.720.90
1994SEA2.676.87.6.2630.41.1170
1995SEA2.187.26.3.3040.40.511.80
1996SEA3.2114.87.2.2850.40.512.80
1997SEA2.9102.66.4.2630.50.713.50
1998SEA0.340.75.8.2210.40.516.30
1999SEA0.6486.1990.50.7190
2000SEA1.766.96.3.2690.40.6140
2001SEA0.15.64.1780.40.922.50

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

Bio

Age
62 yearsAug 13, 1964
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1987
Birthplace
Louisville, KY
AL Gold Glove
1996

Latest performance

Jay Buhner

Oct 22 · @ NYY · L 12-3

AB
2
R
1
H
1
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
1
SO
1
AVG
.222

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Mon, Oct 22atNYYL 12-321100
Sat, Oct 20atNYYW 14-311111
Wed, Oct 17vsNYYL 4-230000
Sat, Oct 13atCLEL 17-220000
Thu, Oct 11vsCLEW 5-110000
Sun, Oct 07vsTEXL 4-331111

What were Jay Buhner's career stats?

Jay Buhner played 15 seasons for the Yankees and the Mariners. He was a career .254 hitter with 1,273 hits, 310 home runs and 965 RBI. His best season was 1994: a .279 batting average, 21 home runs and 68 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1987 to 2001

Jay Buhner finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 152nd in home runs (310)
  • 298th in rbi (965)

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 Jay Buhner

Playoff series

Jay Buhner played 5 games across 1 MLB postseason in 2 series — 0 won, 2 lost.

Jay Buhner'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.
2001CLELost 1-123000
2001NYYLost 1-236211

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

Jay Buhner’s playoff series, round by round

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