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Brian Giles
Brian Jeffrey Giles

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 12, 1981
  vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 7, 1990
Born April 27, 1960 in Manhattan, KS

Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 21 NYM NL   9    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1982 22 NYM NL  45  138   14   29   5  0   3   10   6  1  12  29  .210  .270  .312   64   43   0   2   1   0   0
 1983 23 NYM NL 145  400   39   98  15  0   2   27  17 10  36  77  .245  .308  .298   70  119   4   3   1   2   8
 1985 25 MIL AL  34   58    6   10   1  0   1    1   2  1   7  16  .172  .262  .241   39   14   0   0   0   0   1
 1986 26 CHW AL   9   11    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .273  .273  .273   47    3   0   0   0   0   1
 1990 30 SEA AL  45   95   15   22   6  0   4   11   2  1  15  24  .232  .336  .421  110   40   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      287  709   74  162  27  0  10   50  27 13  70 151  .228  .298  .309   70  219   5   5   2   2  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        400   42   91  15  0   6   28  15  7  40  85  .228  .298  .309   70  124   3   3   1   1   6
 Career High    145  400   39   98  15  0   4   27  17 10  36  77  .245  .308  .298   70  119   4   3   1   2   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 21 NYM NL    8    8    0   0.0    90| .000  .260| .000  .325| .000  .373| .000  .698|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1982 22 NYM NL  152  112   13   3.1    94| .210  .264| .270  .327| .312  .384| .582  .712|  64  .367  -6.8  -0.7  85%
 1983 23 NYM NL  445  327   37   3.0    96| .245  .262| .308  .330| .298  .388| .606  .719|  70  .352 -15.6  -1.6  62%
 1985 25 MIL AL   65   50    4   2.1    99| .172  .261| .262  .327| .241  .406| .503  .733|  39  .198  -4.9  -0.5  66%
 1986 26 CHW AL   11    9    1   3.0   104| .273  .266| .273  .335| .273  .415| .546  .750|  47  .304  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1990 30 SEA AL  110   75   14   5.0    95| .232  .260| .336  .329| .421  .389| .757  .718| 110  .559   1.5   0.2  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       791  581   69   3.2    96| .228  .262| .298  .329| .309  .389| .607  .719|  70  .368 -28.5  -2.9  67%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 21 NYM NL SS 2 4 6 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 4.45 7.69 5.08 1 11.7 2B 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.70 5.40 5.58 0 5.0 1982 22 NYM NL 2B 45 121 129 2 27 .992 .978 5.56 4.75 6.24 5.42 41 360.7 SS 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 2.50 4.40 11.25 4.95 0 4.0 1983 23 NYM NL 2B 140 299 380 14 87 .980 .978 4.85 4.46 5.93 5.34 120 1029.7 SS 12 10 10 0 3 1.000 .966 1.67 4.16 6.06 4.85 1 29.7 1985 25 MIL AL SS 20 21 31 2 5 .963 .965 2.60 3.93 4.82 4.64 11 97.0 2B 13 27 27 0 5 1.000 .982 4.15 4.48 6.21 5.29 8 78.3 DH 2 1986 26 CHW AL 2B 7 15 11 0 6 1.000 .981 3.71 4.34 8.57 5.11 3 27.3 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 0.00 4.50 1 5.0 1990 30 SEA AL SS 37 51 80 3 25 .978 .973 3.54 4.00 4.66 4.74 28 253.0 2B 2 6 5 0 2 1.000 .982 5.50 4.55 5.50 5.25 2 18.0 3B 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 2.30 9.00 2.70 0 3.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 21 NYM NL 2B 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 1.50 4.70 5.40 5.58 0 5.0 1982 22 NYM NL 2B 45 121 129 2 27 .992 .978 5.56 4.75 6.24 5.42 41 360.7 1983 23 NYM NL 2B 140 299 380 14 87 .980 .978 4.85 4.46 5.93 5.34 120 1029.7 1985 25 MIL AL 2B 13 27 27 0 5 1.000 .982 4.15 4.48 6.21 5.29 8 78.3 1986 26 CHW AL 2B 7 15 11 0 6 1.000 .981 3.71 4.34 8.57 5.11 3 27.3 1990 30 SEA AL 2B 2 6 5 0 2 1.000 .982 5.50 4.55 5.50 5.25 2 18.0 1990 30 SEA AL 3B 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 2.30 9.00 2.70 0 3.0 1985 25 MIL AL DH 2 1990 30 SEA AL DH 1 1981 21 NYM NL SS 2 4 6 0 1 1.000 .962 5.00 4.45 7.69 5.08 1 11.7 1982 22 NYM NL SS 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 2.50 4.40 11.25 4.95 0 4.0 1983 23 NYM NL SS 12 10 10 0 3 1.000 .966 1.67 4.16 6.06 4.85 1 29.7 1985 25 MIL AL SS 20 21 31 2 5 .963 .965 2.60 3.93 4.82 4.64 11 97.0 1986 26 CHW AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 0.00 4.50 1 5.0 1990 30 SEA AL SS 37 51 80 3 25 .978 .973 3.54 4.00 4.66 4.74 28 253.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 209 469 554 16 128 .985 .978 4.89 4.52 6.06 5.35 174 1519.0 SS* 74 87 131 5 35 .978 .970 2.95 4.03 4.90 4.73 42 400.3 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 1 0 3 0 1 1.000 .938 3.00 2.30 9.00 2.70 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 284 556 688 21 164 .983 .977 4.38 4.39 5.83 5.22 216 1922
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1981 NL-21-8

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft.

December 3, 1984: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers from the New York Mets in the 1984 rule 5 draft.

October 15, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

January 11, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

February 21, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

November 2, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Chicago White Sox$80,000
Career (may be incomplete)$80,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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