What years did Brandon Phillips play?

Brandon Phillips played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2018.

Was Brandon Phillips a pitcher?

No. Brandon Phillips was a position player (Second Baseman).

How many home runs did Brandon Phillips hit?

Brandon Phillips hit 211 career home runs with 2029 hits.

What was Brandon Phillips's career batting average?

Brandon Phillips batted .275 over his career, with 2,029 hits in 7,378 at bats.

How many RBI did Brandon Phillips have?

Brandon Phillips drove in 951 runs in his career.

Is Brandon Phillips in the Hall of Fame?

No. Brandon Phillips has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Brandon Phillips

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2018)

Brandon Phillips was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2018 for 5 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 17 seasons. In 1,902 career games, he hit .275 with 2,029 hits, 211 home runs, and 951 RBI. Brandon Phillips was a 3-time All-Star, a 4-time Gold Glove, and a Silver Slugger. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 854.

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 .275

HR 211

RBI 951

H 2,029

OPS .740

PIV 854

Position: Second Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 211 lb
Born: 6/28/1981 in Raleigh, NC, USA
MLB Debut: 2002-09-13
Last Game: 2018-09-30
Awards: 3× All-Star · 4× Gold Glove · Silver Slugger

Full name: Brandon Emil Phillips

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Career Batting Statistics

Brandon Phillips — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,902	7,378	1,005	2,029	368	35	211	951	209	420	1,092	.275	.320	.420	.740	854

Career AVG .275 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — +6.1% above league average.

Career OBP .320 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .420 vs. league average .413 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .740 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Brandon Phillips 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
2002	CLE	AL	11	31	5	8	3	1	0	4	0	3	6	.258	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	CLE	AL	112	370	36	77	18	1	6	33	4	14	77	.208	.264 (-21%)	.332 (-27%)	.422 (-26%)	.754 (-27%)	-1685.0
2004	CLE	AL	6	22	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	2	5	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	CLE	AL	6	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	CIN	NL	149	536	65	148	28	1	17	75	25	35	88	.276	.269 (+3%)	.336 (-4%)	.431 (-1%)	.768 (-2%)	-250.1
2007	CIN	NL	158	650	107	187	26	6	30	94	32	33	109	.288	.268 (+7%)	.335 (-1%)	.422 (+15%)	.758 (+8%)	905.7
2008	CIN	NL	141	559	80	146	24	7	21	78	23	39	93	.261	.263 (-1%)	.333 (-6%)	.416 (+6%)	.749 (+1%)	-81.3
2009	CIN	NL	153	584	78	161	30	5	20	98	25	44	75	.276	.262 (+5%)	.332 (-1%)	.417 (+7%)	.750 (+3%)	270.0
2010	CIN	NL	155	626	100	172	33	5	18	59	16	46	83	.275	.257 (+7%)	.325 (+2%)	.402 (+7%)	.728 (+5%)	561.6
2011	CIN	NL	150	610	94	183	38	2	18	82	14	44	85	.300	.255 (+18%)	.320 (+10%)	.399 (+15%)	.719 (+13%)	1530.2
2012	CIN	NL	147	580	86	163	30	1	18	77	15	28	79	.281	.254 (+10%)	.318 (+1%)	.405 (+6%)	.724 (+4%)	352.8
2013	CIN	NL	151	606	80	158	24	2	18	103	5	39	98	.261	.253 (+3%)	.317 (-2%)	.396 (avg)	.714 (-1%)	-177.3
2014	CIN	NL	121	462	44	123	25	0	8	51	2	23	74	.266	.251 (+6%)	.313 (-3%)	.386 (-4%)	.700 (-3%)	-270.6
2015	CIN	NL	148	588	69	173	19	2	12	70	23	27	68	.294	.254 (+16%)	.316 (+4%)	.404 (-2%)	.721 (avg)	35.6
2016	CIN	NL	141	550	74	160	34	1	11	64	14	18	68	.291	.255 (+14%)	.321 (-1%)	.417 (avg)	.738 (avg)	-116.5
2017	ATL	NL	120	470	68	137	27	1	11	52	10	19	57	.291	.254 (+14%)	.324 (+1%)	.425 (-1%)	.750 (avg)	18.6
2017	LAA	AL	24	102	13	26	7	0	2	8	1	2	16	.255	.254 (avg)	.324 (-17%)	.425 (-10%)	.750 (-13%)	18.6
2018	BOS	AL	9	23	4	3	0	0	1	2	0	4	7	.130	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			1,902	7,378	1,005	2,029	368	35	211	951	209	420	1,092	.275	—	—	—	—	1,112

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

Brandon Phillips — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	40	3	13	4	0	2	8	0	5	.325

Playoff Batting by Year

Brandon Phillips — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
2013	NLWC	CIN	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2012	NLDS2	CIN	5	24	1	9	3	1	7	4	.375
2010	NLDS1	CIN	3	12	2	4	1	1	1	1	.333

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Brandon Phillips — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	943	3573	506	994	124	481	.278
Away	959	3805	499	1035	87	470	.272

Last 10 Games — Batting

Brandon Phillips — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2018-09-30	BOS	NYY	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2018-09-29	BOS	NYY	L	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
2018-09-26	BOS	BAL	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
2018-09-21	BOS	CLE	W	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
2018-09-19	BOS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-18	BOS	NYY	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	3
2018-09-14	BOS	NYN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2018-09-09	BOS	HOU	W	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-09-05	BOS	ATL	W	3	3	1	1	2	2	0
2017-09-30	LAA	SEA	L	4	1	1	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Brandon Phillips — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	1831	1808	3548	4925	107	1115
3B	29	27	7	40	1	3
SS	6	2	2	6	2	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brandon Phillips — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2002	CLE	2B	11	8	16	28	2	4
2003	CLE	2B	109	104	236	325	11	76
2004	CLE	2B	6	6	17	19	1	4
2005	CLE	2B	2	2	5	4	0	2
2005	CLE	SS	1	0	1	2	1	1
2006	CIN	2B	142	136	331	334	16	83
2006	CIN	SS	3	2	1	3	1	0
2007	CIN	2B	156	154	341	433	8	113
2007	CIN	SS	1	0	0	1	0	0
2008	CIN	2B	140	140	298	401	7	85
2009	CIN	2B	151	150	307	409	9	100
2010	CIN	2B	152	151	281	419	3	95
2011	CIN	2B	148	148	306	409	6	94
2012	CIN	2B	146	144	241	391	5	73
2013	CIN	2B	151	151	278	428	9	84
2014	CIN	2B	121	121	216	307	2	68
2015	CIN	2B	141	141	261	394	6	79
2015	CIN	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0
2016	CIN	2B	138	138	249	345	14	89
2017	ATL	2B	88	87	135	223	6	55
2017	ATL	3B	25	25	5	40	0	3
2017	LAA	2B	24	24	28	54	1	11
2018	BOS	2B	5	3	2	2	1	0
2018	BOS	3B	4	2	2	0	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Brandon Phillips Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Second Base	1831
Third Base	29
Shortstop	6
Designated Hitter	7

Awards & Honors

Brandon Phillips — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2013	Gold Glove	2B
2011	Gold Glove	2B
2011	Silver Slugger	2B
2010	Gold Glove	2B
2008	Gold Glove	2B
2006	Player of the Week	Week of 2006-04-22

Salary History

Brandon Phillips — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	CIN	NL	$13,083,333
2015	CIN	NL	$12,000,000
2014	CIN	NL	$11,000,000
2013	CIN	NL	$10,083,333
2012	CIN	NL	$12,500,000
2011	CIN	NL	$11,437,500
2010	CIN	NL	$6,937,500
2009	CIN	NL	$5,187,500
2008	CIN	NL	$2,937,500
2007	CIN	NL	$407,500
2003	CLE	AL	$300,900
Total Career Earnings			$85,875,066

Award Voting History

Brandon Phillips — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2012	Most Valuable Player	NL	13th	18.0	448	0
2007	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	3.0	448	0

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Brandon Phillips: the record in brief

Brandon Phillips's major league career runs from a debut on September 13, 2002 to a final game on September 30, 2018. By club, Phillips's seasons break down as the Cleveland Indians (2002 through 2005), the Cincinnati Reds (2006 through 2016), the Atlanta Braves (2017), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2017), and the Boston Red Sox (2018). Phillips, born on June 28, 1981, in Raleigh, NC, USA, is listed as a second baseman and both batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6'0" and 211 pounds. On the record, Brandon Phillips was born Brandon Emil Phillips.

In 1,902 games and 7,378 at bats, Phillips batted .275 with 2,029 hits, along with 211 homers, 951 runs batted in, and 209 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .320 clip and slugging .420, Phillips finished with a .740 OPS. Set against a .259 league average for the same years, Phillips's .275 average sits 6.1% above it.

Frequently Asked Questions about Brandon Phillips

What years did Brandon Phillips play?: Brandon Phillips played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2018.
Was Brandon Phillips a pitcher?: No. Brandon Phillips was a position player (Second Baseman).
How many home runs did Brandon Phillips hit?: Brandon Phillips hit 211 career home runs with 2029 hits.
What was Brandon Phillips's career batting average?: Brandon Phillips batted .275 over his career, with 2,029 hits in 7,378 at bats.
How many RBI did Brandon Phillips have?: Brandon Phillips drove in 951 runs in his career.
Is Brandon Phillips in the Hall of Fame?: No. Brandon Phillips has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.