What years did Tony Phillips play?

Tony Phillips played in Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1999.

Was Tony Phillips a pitcher?

No. Tony Phillips was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did Tony Phillips hit?

Tony Phillips hit 160 career home runs with 2023 hits.

What was Tony Phillips's career batting average?

Tony Phillips batted .266 over his career, with 2,023 hits in 7,617 at bats.

How many RBI did Tony Phillips have?

Tony Phillips drove in 819 runs in his career.

Is Tony Phillips in the Hall of Fame?

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

Tony Phillips

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1982-1999)

Tony Phillips was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1999 for 7 teams, including the Athletics, a span of 18 seasons. In 2,161 career games, he hit .266 with 2,023 hits, 160 home runs, and 819 RBI. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 11,622.

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 .266

HR 160

RBI 819

H 2,023

OPS .763

PIV 11,622

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 175 lb
Born: 4/25/1959 in Atlanta, GA, USA
Died: 2/17/2016 in Scottsdale, AZ, USA
MLB Debut: 1982-05-10
Last Game: 1999-08-15

Full name: Keith Anthony Phillips

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Career Batting Statistics

Tony Phillips — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,161	7,617	1,300	2,023	360	50	160	819	177	1,319	1,499	.266	.374	.389	.763	11,622

Career AVG .266 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .374 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — +13.6% above league average.

Career SLG .389 vs. league average .401 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .763 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Tony 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
1982	OAK	AL	40	81	11	17	2	2	0	8	2	12	26	.210	.261 (-20%)	.324 (+1%)	.388 (-27%)	.712 (-14%)	-146.0
1983	OAK	AL	148	412	54	102	12	3	4	35	16	48	70	.248	.260 (-5%)	.324 (+1%)	.389 (-18%)	.714 (-9%)	-504.4
1984	OAK	AL	154	451	62	120	24	3	4	37	10	42	86	.266	.259 (+2%)	.322 (+1%)	.384 (-7%)	.707 (-3%)	-225.6
1985	OAK	AL	42	161	23	45	12	2	4	17	3	13	34	.280	.257 (+9%)	.323 (+3%)	.390 (+16%)	.714 (+10%)	229.4
1986	OAK	AL	118	441	76	113	14	5	5	52	15	76	82	.256	.257 (-1%)	.325 (+13%)	.395 (-13%)	.720 (-1%)	193.4
1987	OAK	AL	111	379	48	91	20	0	10	46	7	57	76	.240	.262 (-9%)	.331 (+2%)	.415 (-10%)	.746 (-5%)	-223.1
1988	OAK	AL	79	212	32	43	8	4	2	17	0	36	50	.203	.254 (-20%)	.317 (+1%)	.377 (-19%)	.695 (-10%)	-249.8
1989	OAK	AL	143	451	48	118	15	6	4	47	3	58	66	.262	.254 (+3%)	.319 (+8%)	.375 (-7%)	.694 (avg)	106.0
1990	DET	AL	152	573	97	144	23	5	8	55	19	99	85	.251	.257 (-3%)	.324 (+12%)	.385 (-9%)	.710 (+1%)	499.4
1991	DET	AL	146	564	87	160	28	4	17	72	10	79	95	.284	.255 (+11%)	.323 (+15%)	.384 (+14%)	.708 (+14%)	1772.9
1992	DET	AL	159	606	114	167	32	3	10	64	12	114	93	.276	.255 (+8%)	.322 (+20%)	.377 (+3%)	.699 (+11%)	1802.6
1993	DET	AL	151	566	113	177	27	0	7	57	16	132	102	.313	.265 (+18%)	.332 (+33%)	.403 (-1%)	.735 (+14%)	2596.1
1994	DET	AL	114	438	91	123	19	3	19	61	13	95	105	.281	.269 (+4%)	.338 (+21%)	.424 (+10%)	.763 (+15%)	1696.0
1995	CAL	AL	139	525	119	137	21	1	27	61	13	113	135	.261	.266 (-2%)	.337 (+17%)	.417 (+10%)	.755 (+13%)	1856.2
1996	CHA	AL	153	581	119	161	29	3	12	63	13	125	132	.277	.269 (+3%)	.340 (+19%)	.426 (-6%)	.767 (+5%)	1125.0
1997	CHA	AL	36	129	23	40	6	0	2	9	4	29	29	.310	.266 (+16%)	.336 (+31%)	.419 (-4%)	.756 (+12%)	427.8
1997	ANA	AL	105	405	73	107	28	2	6	48	9	73	89	.264	.266 (-1%)	.336 (+12%)	.419 (-8%)	.756 (+1%)	427.8
1998	TOR	AL	13	48	9	17	5	0	1	7	0	9	6	.354	—	—	—	—	298.9
1998	NYN	NL	52	188	25	42	11	0	3	14	1	38	44	.223	.266 (-16%)	.335 (+5%)	.420 (-22%)	.755 (-10%)	298.9
1999	OAK	AL	106	406	76	99	24	4	15	49	11	71	94	.244	.271 (-10%)	.344 (+5%)	.433 (avg)	.778 (+2%)	294.6
Career · 20 seasons			2,161	7,617	1,300	2,023	360	50	160	819	177	1,319	1,499	.266	—	—	—	—	12,276

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

Tony Phillips — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
13	46	4	10	3	0	1	4	4	12	.217

Playoff Batting by Year

Tony Phillips — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1989	ALCS	OAK	5	18	1	3	1	0	1	2	4	.167
1989	WS	OAK	4	17	2	4	1	1	3	0	3	.235
1988	ALCS	OAK	2	7	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	.286
1988	WS	OAK	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.250

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Tony Phillips — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1090	3746	626	974	80	421	.260
Away	1070	3867	673	1048	79	397	.271

Last 10 Games — Batting

Tony Phillips — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1999-08-15	OAK	TOR	W	2	2	2	1	2	2	0
1999-08-14	OAK	TOR	W	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
1999-08-13	OAK	TOR	W	5	1	3	0	0	0	2
1999-08-11	OAK	NYY	L	4	1	2	0	0	1	2
1999-08-10	OAK	NYY	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	2
1999-08-09	OAK	NYY	L	2	2	1	1	2	3	1
1999-08-01	OAK	TBR	W	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
1999-07-31	OAK	TBR	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
1999-07-30	OAK	TBR	W	4	0	1	0	0	1	1
1999-07-28	OAK	MIN	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tony Phillips — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	5	0	14	1	0	3
2B	778	663	1341	2057	67	421
3B	428	337	262	686	65	64
OF	786	687	1595	43	45	6
SS	294	216	352	704	59	158

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tony Phillips — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1982	OAK	SS	39	27	46	95	7	17
1983	OAK	2B	63	49	103	124	7	26
1983	OAK	3B	4	0	3	2	0	0
1983	OAK	SS	101	77	112	257	23	59
1984	OAK	2B	91	47	121	156	5	36
1984	OAK	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0
1984	OAK	SS	91	79	133	235	23	54
1985	OAK	2B	24	9	18	43	1	7
1985	OAK	3B	31	31	36	60	2	6
1986	OAK	2B	88	87	160	290	11	40
1986	OAK	3B	30	24	20	33	2	3
1986	OAK	OF	4	3	11	0	0	0
1986	OAK	SS	1	0	0	3	0	0
1987	OAK	2B	87	83	160	260	11	40
1987	OAK	3B	11	7	3	20	2	4
1987	OAK	OF	2	0	2	0	0	0
1987	OAK	SS	9	8	14	19	1	3
1988	OAK	1B	3	0	3	0	0	2
1988	OAK	2B	27	20	29	47	2	12
1988	OAK	3B	32	14	15	27	4	3
1988	OAK	OF	31	18	34	2	3	0
1988	OAK	SS	10	1	3	4	1	1
1989	OAK	1B	1	0	9	1	0	1
1989	OAK	2B	84	77	140	252	6	46
1989	OAK	3B	49	29	19	44	7	3
1989	OAK	OF	16	12	14	0	0	0
1989	OAK	SS	17	6	11	25	2	5
1990	DET	2B	47	43	91	135	1	37
1990	DET	3B	104	89	69	200	20	16
1990	DET	OF	8	3	8	0	1	0
1990	DET	SS	11	8	12	33	1	9
1991	DET	2B	36	35	108	118	1	34
1991	DET	3B	46	33	26	84	5	7
1991	DET	OF	56	43	114	3	1	0
1991	DET	SS	13	10	21	32	1	10
1992	DET	2B	57	50	109	167	4	41
1992	DET	3B	20	12	11	24	1	4
1992	DET	OF	69	62	181	3	6	0
1992	DET	SS	1	0	0	1	0	0
1993	DET	2B	51	47	106	159	4	33
1993	DET	3B	1	1	0	1	2	0
1993	DET	OF	108	95	215	5	7	1
1994	DET	2B	12	8	18	36	1	5
1994	DET	OF	104	99	236	6	5	1
1995	CAL	3B	88	87	53	178	19	17
1995	CAL	OF	48	47	113	1	1	0
1996	CHA	1B	1	0	2	0	0	0
1996	CHA	2B	2	2	4	5	0	2
1996	CHA	OF	150	147	345	13	7	2
1997	CHA	3B	9	9	7	12	1	1
1997	CHA	OF	28	25	67	3	2	1
1997	ANA	2B	43	42	78	101	6	21
1997	ANA	3B	1	1	0	1	0	0
1997	ANA	OF	35	34	59	1	2	0
1998	TOR	OF	13	13	24	0	1	0
1998	NYN	OF	51	49	86	2	3	0
1999	OAK	2B	66	64	96	164	7	41
1999	OAK	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0
1999	OAK	OF	62	37	85	4	6	1
1999	OAK	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Tony Phillips Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
First Base	5
Second Base	782
Third Base	429
Shortstop	294
Left Field	565
Center Field	97
Right Field	169
Designated Hitter	101

Awards & Honors

Tony Phillips — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1991	Player of the Week	Week of 1991-05-25
1986	Player of the Week	Week of 1986-05-16

Salary History

Tony Phillips — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1999	OAK	AL	$700,000
1998	NYN	NL	$560,000
1997	CHA	AL	$2,200,000
1996	CHA	AL	$2,100,000
1995	CAL	AL	$4,366,667
1994	DET	AL	$2,366,667
1993	DET	AL	$3,866,666
1992	DET	AL	$1,566,667
1991	DET	AL	$1,566,666
1990	DET	AL	$866,667
1989	OAK	AL	$450,000
1988	OAK	AL	$200,000
1987	OAK	AL	$425,000
1986	OAK	AL	$300,950
1985	OAK	AL	$220,000
Total Career Earnings			$21,755,950

College History

Tony Phillips — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
New Mexico Military Institute	Roswell	NM	1978

Award Voting History

Tony Phillips — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1993	Most Valuable Player	AL	16th	10.0	392	0

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Career Spans

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Tony Phillips: the record in brief

May 10, 1982 and August 15, 1999 bracket Tony Phillips's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the Oakland Athletics (1982 to 1999), the Detroit Tigers (1990 to 1994), the California Angels (1995), the Chicago White Sox (1996 to 1997), the Anaheim Angels (1997), the Toronto Blue Jays (1998), and the New York Mets (1998). At 175 pounds on a 5-foot-10 frame, Phillips is listed as an outfielder. Phillips switch-hit and threw right-handed, per the bio block. Phillips was born on April 25, 1959, in Atlanta, GA, USA. The bio records the death on February 17, 2016, in Scottsdale, AZ, USA. On the record, Tony Phillips was born Keith Anthony Phillips.

Phillips's career batting table shows 2,161 games, 7,617 at bats and 2,023 hits, a .266 average, along with 160 home runs, 819 runs batted in, and 177 stolen bases. Phillips's career OPS of .763 combines a .374 on-base mark with .389 slugging.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tony Phillips

What years did Tony Phillips play?: Tony Phillips played in Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1999.
Was Tony Phillips a pitcher?: No. Tony Phillips was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Tony Phillips hit?: Tony Phillips hit 160 career home runs with 2023 hits.
What was Tony Phillips's career batting average?: Tony Phillips batted .266 over his career, with 2,023 hits in 7,617 at bats.
How many RBI did Tony Phillips have?: Tony Phillips drove in 819 runs in his career.
Is Tony Phillips in the Hall of Fame?: No. Tony Phillips has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.