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Brian Giles

Brian Jeffrey Giles

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 27, 1960 in Manhattan, KS
High School: Kearny HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1981
Teams (by GP): Mets/Mariners/Brewers/WhiteSox 1981-1990

Final Game: July 7, 1990
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1978	18	NYM-min	A-	61	195	195		44	5	5	4						.226	.226	.364	.590		71							LFA · NYPL
1979	19	NYM-min	A	86	278	278		83	16	2	2						.299	.299	.392	.691		109							LBG · CARL
1980	20	NYM-min	AA	132	513	448	76	128	30	8	10	57	9	13	51	80	.286	.365	.455	.820		204		8	0	6			JAC · TL
1981	21	NYM-min	AAA	121	461	400	60	107	17	3	7	40	16	12	49	70	.268	.347	.378	.724		151		1	8	3	5		TID · IL
1981	21	NYM	NL	9	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/46
1982	22	NYM-min	AAA	108	398	352	48	98	32	4	11	54	16	7	37	81	.278	.354	.486	.839		171		4	5	0	0		TID · IL
1982	22	NYM	NL	45	152	138	14	29	5	0	3	10	6	1	12	29	.210	.270	.312	.581	63	43	0	0	0	2	1	4/6
1983	23	NYM	NL	145	445	400	39	98	15	0	2	27	17	10	36	77	.245	.308	.298	.606	70	119	8	2	4	3	1	*46

1984	24	NYM-min	AAA	118	452	384	59	93	24	1	6	37	19	6	56	74	.242	.346	.357	.703		137		6	4	2	3		TID · IL
1985	25	MIL-min	AAA	40	155	128	21	30	7	1	2	15	3	2	22	25	.234	.338	.352	.689		45		0	1	4	0		VAN · PCL
1985	25	MIL	AL	34	65	58	6	10	1	0	1	1	2	1	7	16	.172	.262	.241	.503	40	14	1	0	0	0	0	64/D
1986	26	CHW-min	AAA	30	112	98	10	28	5	1	3	9	4	0	10	15	.286	.364	.449	.813		44		2	2	0	0		BFL · AA
1986	26	CHW	AL	9	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	47	3	1	0	0	0	0	/46

1987	27	CHW-min	AAA	132	527	449	60	99	21	3	6	47	19	3	64	71	.220	.322	.321	.643		144		5	5	4	1		HAW · PCL
1988	28	SEA-min	AAA	120	460	383	76	105	20	2	13	56	26	7	70	74	.274	.387	.439	.826		168		2	3	2	0		CGY · PCL
1989	29	CLE-min	AAA	105	377	318	58	94	23	5	10	40	4	6	53	82	.296	.398	.494	.892		157		2	3	1	2		CSP · PCL
1990	30	SEA-min	AAA	38	147	122	28	32	8	0	5	19	5	3	23	33	.262	.381	.451	.832		55		1	0	1	2		CGY · PCL
1990	30	SEA	AL	45	110	95	15	22	6	0	4	11	2	1	15	24	.232	.336	.421	.757	111	40	1	0	0	0	0	6/45D
1992	32	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
1997	37	PZR	AAA																										PZR · MEX
6 Yrs				287	791	709	74	162	27	0	10	50	27	13	70	151	.228	.298	.309	.607	70	219	11	2	5	5	2
162 Game Avg.				162	446	400	42	91	15	0	6	28	15	7	40	85	.228	.298	.309	.607	70	124	6	1	3	3	1

NYM (3 yrs)				199	605	545	53	127	20	0	5	37	23	11	48	109	.233	.295	.297	.592	66	162	8	2	5	5	2
SEA (1 yr)				45	110	95	15	22	6	0	4	11	2	1	15	24	.232	.336	.421	.757	111	40	1	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				9	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	47	3	1	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				34	65	58	6	10	1	0	1	1	2	1	7	16	.172	.262	.241	.503	40	14	1	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				88	186	164	21	35	7	0	5	13	4	2	22	42	.213	.306	.348	.654	82	57	3	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				199	605	545	53	127	20	0	5	37	23	11	48	109	.233	.295	.297	.592	66	162	8	2	5	5	2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1981	21	NYM	NL	9	8	-2	-0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/46
1982	22	NYM	NL	45	152	-8	-0	1	2	1	-4	-0.4	5	0	0.0	.489	.497	-0.2	0.4	-2	$	4/6
1983	23	NYM	NL	145	445	-14	-1	0	2	4	-9	-1.0	14	5	0.4	.493	.494	0.1	0.7	2	$56,500	*46

1985	25	MIL	AL	34	65	-4	-1	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.494	.499	-0.1	0.3	-2	$	64/D
1986	26	CHW	AL	9	11	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$80,000	/46

1990	30	SEA	AL	45	110	2	0	0	0	2	4	0.5	4	8	0.8	.510	.503	0.8	0.2	8	$	6/45D
6 Seasons				287	791	-28	-2	1	6	8	-13	-1.4	25	11	1.0	.495	.498	0.3	1.8	5	$136,500

NYM (3 yrs)				199	605	-24	-2	1	5	5	-14	-1.6	19	4	0.3	.492	.497	-0.3	1.2	-1	$56,500
SEA (1 yr)				45	110	2	0	0	0	2	4	0.5	4	8	0.8	.510	.503	0.8	0.2	8	$
CHW (1 yr)				9	11	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$80,000
MIL (1 yr)				34	65	-4	-1	0	2	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.494	.499	-0.1	0.3	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1981	21	NYM	NL	8	8	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.260	.000	.325	.000	.373	.000	.698	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1982	22	NYM	NL	152	112	13	3.1	94	.241	.210	.264	.270	.327	.312	.384	.581	.712	63	.367	-6.8	-0.7	.545	.225	.101	4.0
1983	23	NYM	NL	445	327	37	3.0	96	.296	.245	.262	.308	.330	.298	.388	.606	.719	70	.352	-15.6	-1.6	.513	.160	.053	3.6

1985	25	MIL	AL	65	50	4	2.1	98	.220	.172	.260	.262	.326	.241	.404	.503	.730	40	.198	-4.8	-0.5	.440	.207	.069	1.3
1986	26	CHW	AL	11	9	1	3.0	104	.333	.273	.266	.273	.335	.273	.415	.545	.750	47	.304	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.000	.000

1990	30	SEA	AL	110	75	14	5.0	95	.269	.232	.259	.336	.328	.421	.388	.757	.715	111	.559	1.6	0.2	.747	.358	.189	2.7
6 Yrs				791	581	69	3.2	95	.275	.228	.262	.298	.329	.309	.389	.607	.718	70	.368	-28.4	-2.9	.534	.199	.080	14.6
162 Game Avg.				446	328	39	3.2	95	.275	.228	.262	.298	.329	.309	.389	.607	.718	70	.368	-28.4	-2.9	.534	.199	.080	8

NYM (3 yrs)				605	447	50	3.0	95	.280	.233	.263	.295	.330	.297	.387	.592	.717	66	.349	-24.3	-2.5	.513	.174	.064	8.2
SEA (1 yr)				110	75	14	5.0	95	.269	.232	.259	.336	.328	.421	.388	.757	.715	111	.559	1.6	0.2	.747	.358	.189	2.7
CHW (1 yr)				11	9	1	3.0	104	.333	.273	.266	.273	.335	.273	.415	.545	.750	47	.304	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
MIL (1 yr)				65	50	4	2.1	98	.220	.172	.260	.262	.326	.241	.404	.503	.730	40	.198	-4.8	-0.5	.440	.207	.069	1.3

AL (3 yrs)				186	134	19	3.8	97	.256	.213	.260	.306	.327	.348	.395	.654	.722	82	.425	-4.1	-0.4	.604	.280	.134	4.4
NL (3 yrs)				605	447	50	3.0	95	.280	.233	.263	.295	.330	.297	.387	.592	.717	66	.349	-24.3	-2.5	.513	.174	.064	8.2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1981	21	NYM	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.3				0.25	50%
1982	22	NYM	NL	152	2.0%	19.1%	7.9%	5.3%	28%	2.42	4.8	46.0	13.8		0.64	71%
1983	23	NYM	NL	445	0.5%	17.3%	8.1%	3.8%	17%	2.14	5.2	200.0	14.8		1.05	73%

1985	25	MIL	AL	65	1.5%	24.6%	10.8%	3.1%	20%	2.29	3.6	58.0	58.0		1.46	63%
1986	26	CHW	AL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.5		11.0		0.75	82%

1990	30	SEA	AL	110	3.6%	21.8%	13.6%	9.1%	46%	1.60	4.0	23.8	8.6	0.77	0.79	61%	21%	12.5%	18%
6 Yrs				791	1.3%	19.1%	8.9%	4.7%	23%	2.16	4.7	70.9	14.2	0.77	0.93	70%	21%	12.5%	18%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.3%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.68	6.2	41.7	8.5	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	21	NYM	NL	-1.8	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.49	-0.2	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.09	-1.8	2.01	2
1982	22	NYM	NL	-6.8	-0.7	161	-0.5	2.4	-2.9	1.03	-0.5	0.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.90	-6.5		0
1983	23	NYM	NL	-15.6	-1.6	476	-1.8	6.4	-8.2	1.01	-1.5	-0.3	-16.6	-1.7	0.94	-16.0	0.63	5

1985	25	MIL	AL	-4.9	-0.5	71	-0.6	0.5	-1.2	.85	-0.4	-0.4	-5.9	-0.6	0.93	-5.6		0
1986	26	CHW	AL	-0.9	-0.1	11	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.08	-0.1	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.93	-1.1	0.01	1

1990	30	SEA	AL	1.5	0.2	115	0.2	1.7	-1.5	.87	0.0	0.2	-0.5	-0.0	0.94	0.1	1.09	5
6 Yrs				-28.6	-2.9	842	-3.0	11.1	-14.1	.99	-2.7	-0.4	-31.8	-3.3	0.93	-31.0	0.97	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	21	NYM	NL	0	0		3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	22	NYM	NL	0	0	29%	55	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	70%	4	1	2	2	0	2	4	1	3
1983	23	NYM	NL	5	0	28%	153	17	10	63%	14	8	3	0	0	2	2	0	5	6	66%	19	10	8	2	0	2	17	1	15

1985	25	MIL	AL	1	0	31%	17	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	50%	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1986	26	CHW	AL	0	0	0%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1990	30	SEA	AL	1	0	33%	46	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	55%	7	3	4	1	0	1	3	2	1
6 Yrs				7	0	29%	282	27	13	68%	24	11	3	0	0	2	6	1	9	10	64%	33	15	15	5	0	5	25	4	20

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1981	21	NYM	NL	8	25%	0			2	0	0	0	2.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	22	NYM	NL	152	14%	29			0	0	0	0		3	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	0		22	0	0%	12	2	17%	77	7	9%	8	3	38%	6	0	0%	0
1983	23	NYM	NL	445	25%	98			5	0	0	0	0.63	2	0	18	2	0	1	1	0	4	4	100%	81	8	10%	45	16	36%	261	26	10%	21	7	33%	24	12	50%	0

1985	25	MIL	AL	65	46%	10			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	3	1	33%	40	1	3%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1986	26	CHW	AL	11	55%	3			1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	1	25%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1990	30	SEA	AL	110	53%	22	3	0	5	1	0	0	1.09	4	1	4	1	3	2	2	0	0	0		15	1	7%	6	2	33%	66	7	11%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
6 Yrs				791	29%	162	3	0	13	1	0	0	0.97	10	1	27	7	3	4	6	0	6	5	83%	136	11	8%	70	22	31%	455	42	9%	37	14	38%	33	14	42%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			78%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1990	30	SEA	AL	110	486	4.42	280	58%	33%	20%	22%	25%	67%	0%	38%	70%	20%	7%	8	0	25%	28	12	13%	14	7	25%	0	0	1
1 Yr				110	486	4.42	280	58%	33%	20%	22%	25%	67%	0%	38%	70%	20%	7%	8	0	25%	28	12	13%	14	7	25%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1981	21	9	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
1982	22	54	160	145	14	29	5	3	10	6	1	12	32	.200	.258	.297	.554	56	43	0	0	1	2	1
1983	23	199	605	545	53	127	20	5	37	23	11	48	109	.233	.295	.297	.592	66	162	8	2	5	5	2
1984	24	199	605	545	53	127	20	5	37	23	11	48	109	.233	.295	.297	.592	66	162	8	2	5	5	2
1985	25	233	670	603	59	137	21	6	38	25	12	55	125	.227	.292	.292	.584	64	176	9	2	5	5	2
1986	26	242	681	614	59	140	21	6	39	25	12	55	127	.228	.291	.292	.583	63	179	10	2	5	5	2
1987	27	242	681	614	59	140	21	6	39	25	12	55	127	.228	.291	.292	.583	63	179	10	2	5	5	2
1988	28	242	681	614	59	140	21	6	39	25	12	55	127	.228	.291	.292	.583	63	179	10	2	5	5	2
1989	29	242	681	614	59	140	21	6	39	25	12	55	127	.228	.291	.292	.583	63	179	10	2	5	5	2
1990	30	287	791	709	74	162	27	10	50	27	13	70	151	.228	.298	.309	.607	70	219	11	2	5	5	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	21	14	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1982	22	45	155	140	15	31	5	0	3	11	6	13	29	.221	.284	.321	.605	13	45
1983	23	145	452	405	43	103	16	0	2	30	18	38	77	.254	.319	.309	.628	40	145

1985	25	34	67	59	7	11	1	0	1	1	2	8	16	.186	.284	.254	.538	4	34
1986	26	9	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.273	.273	.273	.545	1	9

1990	30	45	112	96	17	23	6	0	4	12	2	16	24	.240	.348	.427	.775	15	45
6 Yrs		292	810	722	82	171	28	0	10	55	28	75	153	.237	.308	.317	.626	73	287
162 Game Avg.		162	449	401	45	95	16	0	6	31	16	42	85	.237	.308	.317	.626	41	287

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Youngest s c a p y 1981 NL born 1960-04-27 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 NL born 1960-04-27 (8th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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