What years did Brian Giles play?

Brian Giles played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009.

Was Brian Giles a pitcher?

No. Brian Giles was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Brian Giles hit?

Brian Giles hit 287 career home runs with 1897 hits.

What was Brian Giles's career batting average?

Brian Giles batted .291 over his career, with 1,897 hits in 6,527 at bats.

How many RBI did Brian Giles have?

Brian Giles drove in 1,078 runs in his career.

Is Brian Giles in the Hall of Fame?

No. Brian Giles has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Brian Giles

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2009)

Brian Giles was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009 for the Cleveland Guardians, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the San Diego Padres, a span of 15 seasons. In 1,847 career games, he hit .291 with 1,897 hits, 287 home runs, and 1,078 RBI. Brian Giles was a 2-time All-Star. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 28,914.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .291

HR 287

RBI 1,078

H 1,897

OPS .902

PIV 28,914

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 195 lb
Born: 1/20/1971 in El Cajon, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1995-09-16
Last Game: 2009-06-18
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Brian Stephen Giles

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Career Batting Statistics

Brian Giles — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,847	6,527	1,121	1,897	411	55	287	1,078	109	1,183	835	.291	.400	.502	.902	28,914

Career AVG .291 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — +9.1% above league average.

Career OBP .400 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — +19.0% above league average.

Career SLG .502 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — +18.6% above league average.

Career OPS .902 vs. league average .760 across their career seasons — +18.8% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Brian Giles (b. 1971) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1995	CLE	AL	6	9	6	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	.556	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	CLE	AL	51	121	26	43	14	1	5	27	3	19	13	.355	.269 (+32%)	.340 (+27%)	.426 (+43%)	.767 (+36%)	812.0
1997	CLE	AL	130	377	62	101	15	3	17	61	13	63	50	.268	.266 (avg)	.336 (+9%)	.419 (+9%)	.756 (+9%)	811.1
1998	CLE	AL	112	350	56	94	19	0	16	66	10	73	75	.269	.266 (+1%)	.335 (+18%)	.420 (+9%)	.755 (+13%)	1202.4
1999	PIT	NL	141	521	109	164	33	3	39	115	6	95	80	.315	.271 (+16%)	.344 (+21%)	.433 (+42%)	.778 (+33%)	3790.2
2000	PIT	NL	156	559	111	176	37	7	35	123	6	114	69	.315	.270 (+16%)	.344 (+25%)	.437 (+36%)	.782 (+31%)	4151.6
2001	PIT	NL	160	576	116	178	37	7	37	95	13	90	67	.309	.263 (+17%)	.332 (+21%)	.426 (+38%)	.758 (+31%)	3982.0
2002	PIT	NL	153	497	95	148	37	5	38	103	15	135	74	.298	.261 (+14%)	.331 (+36%)	.416 (+49%)	.747 (+43%)	5168.5
2003	PIT	NL	105	388	70	116	30	4	16	70	0	85	48	.299	.264 (+13%)	.332 (+29%)	.422 (+23%)	.754 (+26%)	2361.2
2003	SDN	NL	29	104	23	31	4	2	4	18	4	20	10	.298	.264 (+13%)	.332 (+25%)	.422 (+16%)	.754 (+20%)	2361.2
2004	SDN	NL	159	609	97	173	33	7	23	94	10	89	80	.284	.266 (+7%)	.335 (+12%)	.427 (+11%)	.762 (+11%)	1586.6
2005	SDN	NL	158	545	92	164	38	8	15	83	13	119	64	.301	.264 (+14%)	.330 (+28%)	.418 (+15%)	.749 (+21%)	2898.1
2006	SDN	NL	158	604	87	159	37	1	14	83	9	104	60	.263	.269 (-2%)	.336 (+11%)	.431 (-8%)	.768 (avg)	414.7
2007	SDN	NL	121	483	72	131	27	2	13	51	4	64	61	.271	.268 (+1%)	.335 (+7%)	.422 (-2%)	.758 (+2%)	399.5
2008	SDN	NL	147	559	81	171	40	4	12	63	2	87	52	.306	.263 (+16%)	.333 (+20%)	.416 (+10%)	.749 (+14%)	1899.5
2009	SDN	NL	61	225	18	43	10	1	2	23	1	26	31	.191	.262 (-27%)	.332 (-17%)	.417 (-35%)	.750 (-27%)	-985.8
Career · 16 seasons			1,847	6,527	1,121	1,897	411	55	287	1,078	109	1,183	835	.291	—	—	—	—	30,853

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Brian Giles — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
29	77	4	16	6	0	0	4	11	21	.208

Playoff Batting by Year

Brian Giles — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2006	NLDS2	SDN	4	14	1	4	1	1	2	3	.286
2005	NLDS1	SDN	3	13	0	3	0	1	1	2	.231
1998	ALCS	CLE	4	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	.083
1998	ALDS1	CLE	3	10	1	2	1	0	1	4	.200
1997	ALCS	CLE	6	16	1	3	3	0	2	6	.188
1997	ALDS1	CLE	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143
1997	WS	CLE	5	4	1	2	1	2	4	1	.500
1996	ALDS1	CLE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Brian Giles — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	931	3207	528	937	132	513	.292
Away	915	3315	591	959	155	564	.289

Last 10 Games — Batting

Brian Giles — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO
2009-06-18	SDP	SEA	W	4	0	0	0	0	1	2
2009-06-17	SDP	SEA	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-06-16	SDP	SEA	L	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
2009-06-14	SDP	LAA	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-06-13	SDP	LAA	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
2009-06-12	SDP	LAA	L	4	2	2	1	1	1	1
2009-06-09	SDP	LAD	L	5	1	1	0	1	0	1
2009-06-08	SDP	AZ	W	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
2009-06-07	SDP	AZ	L	6	1	0	0	0	1	0
2009-06-06	SDP	AZ	W	5	0	2	0	2	0	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Brian Giles — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1766	1720	3447	95	71	23

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brian Giles — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1995	CLE	OF	3	1	2	1	0	0
1996	CLE	OF	16	8	26	0	0	0
1997	CLE	OF	115	97	201	7	6	1
1998	CLE	OF	101	90	213	7	5	1
1999	PIT	OF	138	136	294	8	3	2
2000	PIT	OF	155	154	316	14	6	1
2001	PIT	OF	159	160	307	7	10	2
2002	PIT	OF	151	151	244	13	7	5
2003	PIT	OF	105	105	233	4	2	0
2003	SDN	OF	29	29	55	2	2	0
2004	SDN	OF	159	158	322	8	7	3
2005	SDN	OF	155	155	329	6	4	1
2006	SDN	OF	158	158	299	7	7	2
2007	SDN	OF	120	120	217	2	5	1
2008	SDN	OF	144	142	276	3	7	1
2009	SDN	OF	58	56	113	6	0	3

Career Games by Position

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Brian Giles (b. 1971) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Left Field	646
Center Field	303
Right Field	885
Designated Hitter	40

Awards & Honors

Brian Giles — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2004	Player of the Week	Week of 2004-05-01
2000	Player of the Week	Week of 2000-05-06
2000	Player of the Week	Week of 2000-08-19
1999	Player of the Week	Week of 1999-05-08
1999	Player of the Week	Week of 1999-09-04

Salary History

Brian Giles — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	SDN	NL	$9,000,000
2008	SDN	NL	$9,666,666
2007	SDN	NL	$9,666,667
2006	SDN	NL	$7,666,666
2005	SDN	NL	$8,333,333
2004	SDN	NL	$8,833,333
2003	PIT	NL	$8,833,333
2002	PIT	NL	$8,063,003
2001	PIT	NL	$7,333,333
2000	PIT	NL	$1,816,667
1999	PIT	NL	$1,116,666
1998	CLE	AL	$300,000
1997	CLE	AL	$175,000
1996	CLE	AL	$110,000
1995	CLE	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$81,023,667

Award Voting History

Brian Giles — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
2005	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	48.0	448
2002	Most Valuable Player	NL	13th	27.0	448
2001	Most Valuable Player	NL	24th	1.0	448
2000	Most Valuable Player	NL	19th	3.0	448
1999	Most Valuable Player	NL	19th	11.0	448

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Brian Giles: the record in brief

September 16, 1995 and June 18, 2009 bracket Brian Giles's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The season rows list, in order, the Cleveland Indians (1995 through 1998), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1999 through 2003), and the San Diego Padres (2003 to 2009). Giles played primarily as an outfielder and batted and threw left-handed. The bio adds a birth date on January 20, 1971, in El Cajon, CA, USA and a listed size of 5 feet, 11 inches and 195 pounds. The bio lists the given name Brian Stephen.

In 1,847 games and 6,527 at bats, Giles batted .291 with 1,897 hits, adding 287 home runs, 1,078 RBI, and 109 stolen bases. On-base and slugging figures of .400 and .502 give Giles a career OPS of .902. The league as a whole hit .266 across Giles's seasons, which puts the .291 career mark 9.1% above average. For power, 1999 stands out: 39 home runs with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Frequently Asked Questions about Brian Giles

What years did Brian Giles play?: Brian Giles played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2009.
Was Brian Giles a pitcher?: No. Brian Giles was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Brian Giles hit?: Brian Giles hit 287 career home runs with 1897 hits.
What was Brian Giles's career batting average?: Brian Giles batted .291 over his career, with 1,897 hits in 6,527 at bats.
How many RBI did Brian Giles have?: Brian Giles drove in 1,078 runs in his career.
Is Brian Giles in the Hall of Fame?: No. Brian Giles has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.