What years did B. J. Surhoff play?

B. J. Surhoff played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 2005.

Was B. J. Surhoff a pitcher?

No. B. J. Surhoff was a position player (Outfielder).

How many home runs did B. J. Surhoff hit?

B. J. Surhoff hit 188 career home runs with 2326 hits.

What was B. J. Surhoff's career batting average?

B. J. Surhoff batted .282 over his career, with 2,326 hits in 8,258 at bats.

How many RBI did B. J. Surhoff have?

B. J. Surhoff drove in 1,153 runs in his career.

Is B. J. Surhoff in the Hall of Fame?

No. B. J. Surhoff has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

B. J. Surhoff

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1987-2005)

B. J. Surhoff was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 2005 for the Milwaukee Brewers, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Atlanta Braves, a span of 19 seasons. In 2,313 career games, he hit .282 with 2,326 hits, 188 home runs, and 1,153 RBI. B. J. Surhoff was an All-Star. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 550.

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 .282

HR 188

RBI 1,153

H 2,326

OPS .745

PIV 550

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 185 lb
Born: 8/4/1964 in Bronx, NY, USA
MLB Debut: 1987-04-08
Last Game: 2005-10-02
Awards: All-Star

Full name: William James Surhoff

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Career Batting Statistics

B. J. Surhoff — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,313	8,258	1,062	2,326	440	42	188	1,153	141	640	839	.282	.332	.413	.745	550

Career AVG .282 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — +6.8% above league average.

Career OBP .332 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .413 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .745 vs. league average .744 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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B. J. Surhoff 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
1987	ML4	AL	115	395	50	118	22	3	7	68	11	36	30	.299	.262 (+14%)	.331 (+6%)	.415 (+2%)	.746 (+4%)	220.9
1988	ML4	AL	139	493	47	121	21	0	5	38	21	31	49	.245	.254 (-3%)	.317 (-8%)	.377 (-16%)	.695 (-12%)	-918.4
1989	ML4	AL	126	436	42	108	17	4	5	55	14	25	29	.248	.254 (-3%)	.319 (-10%)	.375 (-10%)	.694 (-10%)	-779.0
1990	ML4	AL	135	474	55	131	21	4	6	59	18	41	37	.276	.257 (+7%)	.324 (+2%)	.385 (-3%)	.710 (-1%)	-64.9
1991	ML4	AL	143	505	57	146	19	4	5	68	5	26	33	.289	.255 (+13%)	.323 (-1%)	.384 (-3%)	.708 (-2%)	-297.5
1992	ML4	AL	139	480	63	121	19	1	4	62	14	46	41	.252	.255 (-1%)	.322 (-3%)	.377 (-15%)	.699 (-9%)	-679.7
1993	ML4	AL	148	552	66	151	38	3	7	79	12	36	47	.274	.265 (+3%)	.332 (-4%)	.403 (-3%)	.735 (-4%)	-412.7
1994	ML4	AL	40	134	20	35	11	2	5	22	0	16	14	.261	.269 (-3%)	.338 (-1%)	.424 (+14%)	.763 (+8%)	140.4
1995	ML4	AL	117	415	72	133	26	3	13	73	7	37	43	.320	.266 (+20%)	.337 (+12%)	.417 (+18%)	.755 (+15%)	1258.6
1996	BAL	AL	143	537	74	157	27	6	21	82	0	47	79	.292	.269 (+8%)	.340 (+3%)	.426 (+13%)	.767 (+9%)	953.3
1997	BAL	AL	147	528	80	150	30	4	18	88	1	49	60	.284	.266 (+6%)	.336 (+2%)	.419 (+9%)	.756 (+6%)	583.7
1998	BAL	AL	162	573	79	160	34	1	22	92	9	49	81	.279	.266 (+5%)	.335 (-1%)	.420 (+9%)	.755 (+4%)	393.3
1999	BAL	AL	162	673	104	207	38	1	28	107	5	43	78	.308	.271 (+13%)	.344 (+1%)	.433 (+13%)	.778 (+8%)	975.9
2000	BAL	AL	103	411	56	120	27	0	13	57	7	29	46	.292	.270 (+8%)	.344 (-1%)	.437 (+4%)	.782 (+1%)	92.0
2000	ATL	NL	44	128	13	37	9	2	1	11	3	12	12	.289	.270 (+7%)	.344 (+2%)	.437 (-5%)	.782 (-2%)	92.0
2001	ATL	NL	141	484	68	131	33	1	10	58	9	38	48	.271	.263 (+3%)	.332 (-3%)	.426 (-5%)	.758 (-4%)	-415.6
2002	ATL	NL	25	75	5	22	5	0	0	9	1	9	5	.293	.261 (+12%)	.331 (+11%)	.416 (-14%)	.747 (-3%)	-2.4
2003	BAL	AL	93	319	32	94	20	0	5	41	2	29	29	.295	.264 (+12%)	.332 (+6%)	.422 (-4%)	.754 (avg)	69.3
2004	BAL	AL	100	343	49	106	12	1	8	50	2	30	46	.309	.266 (+16%)	.335 (+9%)	.427 (-2%)	.762 (+3%)	278.1
2005	BAL	AL	91	303	30	78	11	2	5	34	0	11	32	.257	.264 (-3%)	.330 (-15%)	.418 (-15%)	.749 (-15%)	-796.3
Career · 20 seasons			2,313	8,258	1,062	2,326	440	42	188	1,153	141	640	839	.282	—	—	—	—	691

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

B. J. Surhoff — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
27	90	6	24	4	0	4	12	3	8	.267

Playoff Batting by Year

B. J. Surhoff — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2001	NLCS	ATL	4	13	1	3	0	1	2	0	1	.231
2001	NLDS1	ATL	3	11	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	.273
2000	NLDS1	ATL	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1997	ALCS	BAL	6	25	1	5	2	0	1	2	2	.200
1997	ALDS2	BAL	3	11	0	3	1	0	2	0	2	.273
1996	ALCS	BAL	5	15	0	4	0	0	2	1	2	.267
1996	ALDS1	BAL	4	13	3	5	0	3	5	0	1	.385

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

B. J. Surhoff — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1167	4040	523	1133	94	577	.280
Away	1146	4218	539	1193	94	576	.283

Last 10 Games — Batting

B. J. Surhoff — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
2005-10-02	BAL	TBR	W	3	0	0	0	1	1
2005-09-29	BAL	NYY	L	4	0	1	0	0	0
2005-09-28	BAL	NYY	L	3	0	0	0	1	0
2005-09-27	BAL	NYY	W	4	0	0	2	0	0
2005-09-24	BAL	BOS	L	4	0	1	0	0	1
2005-09-23	BAL	BOS	L	4	0	0	0	0	0
2005-09-22	BAL	NYY	L	4	0	0	1	0	2
2005-09-21	BAL	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
2005-09-20	BAL	NYY	L	5	1	3	1	0	0
2005-09-19	BAL	NYY	L	4	0	1	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

B. J. Surhoff — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	158	114	1018	89	6	126
2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
3B	316	280	227	493	37	47
C	704	648	3617	331	47	46
OF	991	935	1798	74	20	15
SS	1	0	1	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

B. J. Surhoff — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1987	ML4	1B	1	0	1	1	0	0
1987	ML4	3B	10	2	2	6	0	2
1987	ML4	C	98	90	645	49	11	10
1988	ML4	1B	2	0	1	0	1	0
1988	ML4	3B	31	27	23	52	1	1
1988	ML4	C	106	99	525	42	6	2
1988	ML4	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1988	ML4	SS	1	0	1	0	0	0
1989	ML4	3B	6	3	4	7	1	1
1989	ML4	C	106	101	526	51	9	6
1990	ML4	3B	11	7	4	9	2	1
1990	ML4	C	125	119	615	53	10	10
1991	ML4	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
1991	ML4	3B	5	2	3	3	0	0
1991	ML4	C	127	118	660	68	4	11
1991	ML4	OF	2	0	2	0	0	0
1992	ML4	1B	17	17	143	13	0	18
1992	ML4	3B	3	1	1	2	0	0
1992	ML4	C	109	103	546	59	6	7
1992	ML4	OF	7	2	9	0	0	0
1993	ML4	1B	8	4	28	2	0	2
1993	ML4	3B	121	116	101	216	17	19
1993	ML4	C	3	0	9	0	0	0
1993	ML4	OF	24	20	37	2	1	0
1994	ML4	1B	8	8	72	9	0	11
1994	ML4	3B	18	16	8	16	2	0
1994	ML4	C	12	8	34	3	0	0
1994	ML4	OF	3	3	7	1	2	1
1995	ML4	1B	55	32	348	29	3	45
1995	ML4	C	18	10	57	6	1	0
1995	ML4	OF	60	57	125	9	1	1
1996	BAL	1B	2	1	11	2	0	0
1996	BAL	3B	106	104	80	175	14	22
1996	BAL	OF	27	25	46	1	1	0
1997	BAL	1B	3	3	21	3	0	4
1997	BAL	3B	3	0	0	2	0	1
1997	BAL	OF	133	128	247	11	2	3
1998	BAL	1B	1	0	2	0	0	0
1998	BAL	OF	157	147	254	12	3	2
1999	BAL	3B	2	2	1	5	0	0
1999	BAL	OF	148	145	282	16	0	5
2000	BAL	OF	102	102	226	5	3	1
2000	ATL	OF	32	32	50	1	0	0
2001	ATL	OF	129	120	200	8	3	0
2002	ATL	1B	11	11	72	7	0	12
2002	ATL	OF	9	9	27	2	0	0
2003	BAL	1B	22	20	157	11	1	14
2003	BAL	OF	27	25	44	0	1	0
2004	BAL	1B	10	4	46	4	0	6
2004	BAL	OF	70	66	133	3	2	2
2005	BAL	1B	18	14	116	8	1	14
2005	BAL	OF	60	54	109	3	1	0

Career Games by Position

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B. J. Surhoff Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Catcher	704
First Base	158
Second Base	1
Third Base	316
Shortstop	1
Left Field	904
Center Field	5
Right Field	94
Designated Hitter	139

Awards & Honors

B. J. Surhoff — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-08-26
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-07-08

Salary History

B. J. Surhoff — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2005	BAL	AL	$1,100,000
2004	BAL	AL	$800,000
2003	BAL	AL	$1,000,000
2002	ATL	NL	$4,500,000
2001	ATL	NL	$4,833,333
2000	BAL	AL	$4,146,789
1999	BAL	AL	$3,705,516
1998	BAL	AL	$1,716,667
1997	BAL	AL	$1,616,667
1996	BAL	AL	$1,416,667
1995	ML4	AL	$425,000
1994	ML4	AL	$2,500,000
1993	ML4	AL	$2,530,000
1992	ML4	AL	$2,530,000
1991	ML4	AL	$1,085,000
1990	ML4	AL	$575,000
1989	ML4	AL	$185,000
1988	ML4	AL	$122,000
1987	ML4	AL	$62,500
Total Career Earnings			$34,850,139

College History

B. J. Surhoff — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	NC	1983, 1984, 1985

Award Voting History

B. J. Surhoff — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1999	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	1.0	392	0

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B. J. Surhoff: the record in brief

The profile opens with B. J. Surhoff's first major league game on April 8, 1987; the last one listed came on October 2, 2005. Club by club, the record runs the Milwaukee Brewers (1987 through 1995), the Baltimore Orioles (1996 to 2005), and the Atlanta Braves (2000 to 2002). Surhoff played primarily as an outfielder and hit left-handed while throwing right-handed. Born on August 4, 1964, in Bronx, NY, USA, Surhoff was listed at 6'1" and 185 pounds. Surhoff's full given name, per the bio, is William James Surhoff.

Across 2,313 games at the plate, Surhoff's career line reads 2,326 hits in 8,258 at bats for a .282 average; the totals also include 188 home runs, 1,153 RBI, and 141 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .332 and the slugging percentage .413, for an OPS of .745. The league as a whole hit .264 across Surhoff's seasons, which puts the .282 career mark 6.8% above average. 1999 was Surhoff's biggest home run year, with 28.

Frequently Asked Questions about B. J. Surhoff

What years did B. J. Surhoff play?: B. J. Surhoff played in Major League Baseball from 1987 to 2005.
Was B. J. Surhoff a pitcher?: No. B. J. Surhoff was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did B. J. Surhoff hit?: B. J. Surhoff hit 188 career home runs with 2326 hits.
What was B. J. Surhoff's career batting average?: B. J. Surhoff batted .282 over his career, with 2,326 hits in 8,258 at bats.
How many RBI did B. J. Surhoff have?: B. J. Surhoff drove in 1,153 runs in his career.
Is B. J. Surhoff in the Hall of Fame?: No. B. J. Surhoff has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.