Brian Giles
Brian Jeffrey Giles
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 27, 1960 in Manhattan, KS
High School: Kearny (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1981
Final Game: July 7, 1990
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 NYM NL 21 2B 2 0 5.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 5.40 1.50 .967 5.58 4.70
1981 NYM NL 21 SS 2 1 11.2 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 0.5 51.4 0.5 -0.2 0.7 0 7.71 5.00 .960 5.09 4.45
1982 NYM NL 22 2B 45 41 360.2 252 121 129 2 27 .992 1.6 5.3 2.6 -3.2 5.7 -1 6.24 5.56 .978 5.42 4.75
1982 NYM NL 22 SS 2 0 4.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 11.25 2.50 .960 4.95 4.40
1983 NYM NL 23 2B 140 120 1029.2 693 299 380 14 87 .980 2.4 2.8 2.4 -2.5 4.9 0 5.93 4.85 .978 5.34 4.46
1983 NYM NL 23 SS 12 1 29.2 20 10 10 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -4.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 6.07 1.67 .965 4.85 4.16
1985 MIL AL 25 SS 20 11 97.0 54 21 31 2 5 .963 2.0 24.7 2.0 -0.2 2.2 0 4.82 2.60 .965 4.64 3.93
1985 MIL AL 25 2B 13 8 78.1 54 27 27 0 5 1.000 -0.5 -7.7 -0.5 1.1 -1.6 0 6.20 4.15 .981 5.29 4.48
1985 MIL AL 25 DH 2
1986 CHW AL 26 2B 7 3 27.1 26 15 11 0 6 1.000 -0.3 -13.2 -1.3 -1.3 0.0 1 8.56 3.71 .981 5.10 4.34
1986 CHW AL 26 SS 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 3.90
1990 SEA AL 30 SS 37 28 253.0 134 51 80 3 25 .978 0.7 3.3 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1 4.66 3.54 .973 4.74 4.00
1990 SEA AL 30 2B 2 2 18.0 11 6 5 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -13.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 5.50 5.50 .982 5.25 4.55
1990 SEA AL 30 3B 1 0 3.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 .933 2.70 2.30
1990 SEA AL 30 DH 1
6 Seasons 2B 209 174 1519.0 1039 469 554 16 128 .985 3.2 2.5 3.2 -5.9 9.0 0 6.06 4.89 .978 5.35 4.52
6 Seasons SS 74 42 400.1 223 87 131 5 35 .978 3.3 9.9 2.3 -0.7 3.0 1 4.90 2.95 .970 4.73 4.03
2 Seasons DH 3
1 Season 3B 1 0 3.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 .933 2.70 2.30
6 Seasons TOT 284 216 1922.1 1265 556 688 21 164 .983 6.5 4.1 5.5 -6.6 12.0 1 5.82 4.38 .960 5.22 4.39

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 NYM NL 21 9 1 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1982 NYM NL 22 45 41 45 45 0 0 0 45 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYM NL 23 145 121 145 141 0 0 0 140 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 5
1985 MIL AL 25 34 19 34 32 0 0 0 13 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1986 CHW AL 26 9 4 9 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1990 SEA AL 30 45 30 45 39 0 0 0 2 1 37 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
6 Seasons 287 216 287 269 0 0 0 209 1 73 0 0 0 0 0 16 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 NYM NL 21 18 56% 67% 11% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 22 1641 55% 79% 27% 152 95% 0 120 35 50 36 125 115 8 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 26 9 3 6 3 22 9 12 4 1 3
1983 NYM NL 23 4647 51% 79% 26% 463 93% 1 297 101 136 60 386 329 46 3 4 14 1 13 0 12 88 26 19 22 10 79 32 46 6 4 1
1985 MIL AL 25 361 57% 80% 25% 38 100% 0 27 14 12 1 27 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 1 5 2 3 0 0 0
1986 CHW AL 26 123 69% 78% 20% 10 90% 0 15 5 8 2 11 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0
1990 SEA AL 30 81 60% 70% 26% 5 80% 0 6 2 4 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
6 Seasons 6871 53% 79% 26% 670 93% 1 466 157 210 100 556 487 56 3 9 16 1 15 0 12 128 44 24 29 14 114 43 69 10 5 4
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1981 NYM NL 21 43 56% 79% 28% 6 100% 0 3 1 1 1 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1982 NYM NL 22 17 65% 94% 18% 6 83% 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1983 NYM NL 23 135 45% 75% 21% 14 79% 0 8 3 4 1 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1985 MIL AL 25 397 52% 83% 29% 44 95% 0 21 13 6 2 32 24 7 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 5 3 0 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1986 CHW AL 26 27 19% 59% 19% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SEA AL 30 1119 60% 72% 30% 97 90% 0 52 20 24 8 80 64 15 1 0 3 0 1 2 2 25 6 3 11 1 1 24 10 13 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1738 56% 75% 29% 167 90% 0 86 39 35 12 132 102 27 1 3 5 0 3 2 4 35 10 3 16 1 1 33 14 18 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 SEA AL 30 14 57% 100% 50% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 14 57% 100% 50% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 28% 89% 71%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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