Andres Galarraga

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 235 lb

BornJune 18, 1961 · Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela

MLB debutAugust 23, 1985

Final gameOctober 3, 2004

Seasons19 (1985–2004)

Montreal Expos 1985–1991; St. Louis Cardinals 1992; Colorado Rockies 1993–1997; Atlanta Braves 1998; Atlanta Braves 2000; San Francisco Giants 2001; Texas Rangers 2001; Montreal Expos 2002; San Francisco Giants 2003; Anaheim Angels 2004

Percentile snapshot

2000 season — qualified batters

141

29.9

548

21.3

494

23.2

11.6

149

42.7

23.8

10.4

69.5

RBI

100

68.3

12.8

126

10.4

33.5

.302

71.3

OBP

.369

SLG

.526

72.6

OPS

.895

68.9

wRC+

124.7

70.7

OPS+

124.9

72.6

wOBA

.387

69.5

sWAR

2.4

of 165 qualified 2000 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

117.7

75.7

OPS+

118.1

76.3

sWAR

30.0

96.5

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1985	24	79	75	9	14	1	0	2	4	3	18	1	2	.187	.228	.280	.508	41.9	45.2	.237	-0.5
1986	105	356	321	39	87	13	0	10	42	30	79	6	5	.271	.338	.405	.743	105.4	105.4	.338	0.5
1987	147	606	551	72	168	40	3	13	90	41	127	7	10	.305	.361	.459	.821	111.9	113.7	.360	1.6
1988	157	661	609	99	184	42	8	29	92	39	153	13	4	.302	.352	.540	.893	151.9	149.6	.397	4.9
1989	152	636	572	76	147	30	1	23	85	48	158	12	5	.257	.327	.434	.761	115.6	116.1	.344	1.9
1990	155	628	579	65	148	29	0	20	87	40	169	10	1	.256	.306	.409	.715	96.1	99.1	.320	0.4
1991	107	400	375	34	82	13	2	9	33	23	86	5	6	.219	.268	.336	.604	66.3	71.2	.273	-1.3
1992	95	347	325	38	79	14	2	10	39	11	69	5	4	.243	.282	.391	.673	90.0	91.8	.307	-0.1
1993	120	506	470	71	174	35	4	22	98	24	73	2	4	.370	.403	.602	1.005	150.6	149.8	.433	3.8
1994	103	449	417	77	133	21	0	31	85	19	93	8	3	.319	.356	.592	.949	121.6	123.2	.401	1.8
1995	143	604	554	89	155	29	3	31	106	32	146	12	2	.280	.331	.511	.842	95.3	99.0	.364	0.4
1996	159	691	626	119	190	39	3	47	150	40	157	18	8	.304	.357	.601	.958	125.8	125.8	.410	3.2
1997	154	674	600	120	191	31	3	41	140	54	141	15	8	.318	.389	.585	.974	133.3	129.2	.423	3.8
1998	153	648	555	103	169	27	1	44	121	63	146	7	6	.305	.397	.595	.991	157.4	159.1	.423	5.5
2000	141	548	494	67	149	25	1	28	100	36	126	3	5	.302	.369	.526	.895	124.7	124.9	.387	2.4
2001	121	445	399	50	102	28	1	17	69	31	117	1	3	.256	.326	.459	.784	102.3	102.8	.340	0.7
2002	104	334	292	30	76	12	0	9	40	30	81	2	2	.260	.344	.394	.738	85.6	87.4	.330	-0.3
2003	110	293	272	36	82	15	0	12	42	19	61	1	3	.301	.352	.489	.841	120.0	118.4	.368	1.1
2004	7	11	10	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	.300	.364	.600	.964	149.7	149.5	.410	0.1

Career totals

2,257

130th-most career G

8,916

171st-most career PA

8,096

146th-most career AB

1,195

191st-most career R

2,333

146th-most career H

444

118th-most career 2B

399

60th-most career HR

RBI

1,425

70th-most career RBI

583

2,003

8th-most career SO

128

.2882

458th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3471

SLG

.4988

130th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8459

217th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1995-07-03	HOU @ COL Gameday	6	4	6	1	2	5	0	13
1995-06-25	COL @ SD Gameday	3	3	3	0	3	7	2	12
1996-06-27	LAD @ COL Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	8	1	10
1996-04-20	COL @ NYM Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	3	0	10
1988-07-02	ATL @ WSH Gameday	6	1	5	1	1	1	1	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

2× Silver Slugger2× Gold Glove5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.