B. J. Surhoff

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb

BornAugust 4, 1964 · Bronx, NY, USA

MLB debutApril 8, 1987

Final gameOctober 2, 2005

Seasons19 (1987–2005)

Milwaukee Brewers 1987–1995; Baltimore Orioles 1996–1999; Atlanta Braves 2000; Baltimore Orioles 2000; Atlanta Braves 2001–2002; Baltimore Orioles 2003–2005

Percentile snapshot

2001 season — qualified batters

141

28.2

531

484

21.8

23.1

131

21.8

60.3

14.1

18.6

RBI

25.6

20.5

94.9

47.4

60.3

.271

39.7

OBP

.321

18.6

SLG

.405

28.8

OPS

.726

25.6

wRC+

84.0

14.1

OPS+

86.3

16.7

wOBA

.316

20.5

sWAR

0.0

5.1

of 157 qualified 2001 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

96.4

34.6

OPS+

97.9

37.3

sWAR

24.9

95.3

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
1987	115	445	395	50	118	22	3	7	68	36	30	11	10	.299	.350	.423	.773	102.5	102.6	.340	2.4
1988	139	541	493	47	121	21	0	5	38	31	49	21	6	.245	.292	.318	.611	66.0	71.5	.275	0.6
1989	126	477	436	42	108	17	4	5	55	25	29	14	12	.248	.287	.339	.626	74.5	77.5	.287	1.0
1990	135	530	474	55	131	21	4	6	59	41	37	18	7	.276	.331	.376	.706	96.6	98.3	.322	2.7
1991	143	553	505	57	146	19	4	5	68	26	33	5	8	.289	.319	.372	.691	91.0	93.2	.312	2.3
1992	139	543	480	63	121	19	1	4	62	46	41	14	8	.252	.314	.321	.635	77.3	80.8	.293	1.1
1993	148	599	552	66	151	38	3	7	79	36	47	12	9	.274	.318	.391	.709	90.1	92.3	.319	1.3
1994	40	154	134	20	35	11	2	5	22	16	14	0	1	.261	.336	.485	.821	105.2	105.6	.359	0.6
1995	117	462	415	72	133	26	3	13	73	37	43	7	3	.320	.378	.492	.870	120.4	120.5	.383	2.1
1996	143	590	537	74	157	27	6	21	82	47	79	0	1	.292	.352	.482	.834	108.5	110.6	.362	2.5
1997	147	595	528	80	150	30	4	18	88	49	60	1	1	.284	.345	.458	.803	105.3	111.4	.344	1.6
1998	162	634	573	79	160	34	1	22	92	49	81	9	7	.279	.332	.457	.789	100.9	105.5	.338	1.4
1999	162	727	673	104	207	38	1	28	107	43	78	5	1	.308	.347	.492	.839	114.0	115.5	.364	2.9
2000	147	587	539	69	157	36	2	14	68	41	58	10	2	.291	.344	.443	.787	102.5	103.0	.346	1.5
2001	141	531	484	68	131	33	1	10	58	38	48	9	3	.271	.321	.405	.726	84.0	86.3	.316	0.0
2002	25	85	75	5	22	5	0	0	9	9	5	1	3	.293	.369	.360	.729	101.1	94.8	.340	0.2
2003	93	354	319	32	94	20	0	5	41	29	29	2	2	.295	.353	.404	.758	101.3	100.7	.335	0.5
2004	100	378	343	49	106	12	1	8	50	30	46	2	0	.309	.365	.420	.785	108.3	106.6	.348	1.0
2005	91	321	303	30	78	11	2	5	34	11	32	0	0	.257	.282	.356	.639	65.9	69.7	.279	-0.8

Career totals

2,313

111th-most career G

9,106

150th-most career PA

8,258

127th-most career AB

1,062

304th-most career R

2,326

149th-most career H

440

127th-most career 2B

188

437th-most career HR

RBI

1,153

191st-most career RBI

640

468th-most career BB

839

141

.2817

OBP

.3319

SLG

.4134

OPS

.7453

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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1996-08-06	BAL @ MIL Gameday	5	3	4	1	0	2	2	0	11
1999-04-27	KC @ BAL Gameday	5	2	5	2	0	1	3	0	10
1995-07-07	MIL @ LAA Gameday	3	3	3	0	0	2	6	1	9
2001-05-26	PIT @ ATL Gameday	4	2	3	1	1	1	3	0	9
1991-08-12	MIL @ TEX Gameday	6	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	8

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

1× 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.