Brian Hunter
Houston Astros 1994–1996; Detroit Tigers 1997–1999; Seattle Mariners 1999; Cincinnati Reds 2000; Colorado Rockies 2000; Philadelphia Phillies 2001; Houston Astros 2002–2003
Percentile snapshot
1999 season — qualified batters
of 158 qualified 1999 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .280 | .292 | .572 | 52.6 | 53.8 | .262 | -0.1 |
| 1995 | 78 | 349 | 321 | 52 | 97 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 52 | 24 | 7 | .302 | .346 | .396 | .741 | 103.2 | 101.6 | .336 | 1.4 |
| 1996 | 132 | 553 | 526 | 74 | 145 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 92 | 35 | 9 | .276 | .297 | .363 | .660 | 78.1 | 79.5 | .295 | 0.5 |
| 1997 | 162 | 738 | 658 | 112 | 177 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 66 | 121 | 74 | 18 | .269 | .334 | .353 | .687 | 82.3 | 80.3 | .314 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 142 | 636 | 595 | 67 | 151 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 36 | 94 | 42 | 12 | .254 | .298 | .333 | .631 | 63.4 | 64.0 | .285 | -0.5 |
| 1999 | 139 | 589 | 539 | 79 | 125 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 37 | 91 | 44 | 8 | .232 | .280 | .301 | .581 | 48.9 | 50.2 | .265 | -2.3 |
| 2000 | 104 | 274 | 240 | 47 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 40 | 20 | 3 | .267 | .342 | .308 | .650 | 51.3 | 52.2 | .305 | -0.9 |
| 2001 | 83 | 166 | 145 | 22 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 3 | .276 | .344 | .359 | .702 | 87.8 | 84.5 | .318 | 0.2 |
| 2002 | 98 | 220 | 201 | 32 | 54 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 0 | .269 | .329 | .423 | .752 | 95.2 | 93.2 | .338 | 0.8 |
| 2003 | 56 | 108 | 98 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .278 | .316 | .594 | 49.2 | 53.6 | .267 | -0.4 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-06-16 | HOU @ NYM Gameday | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 1996-08-11 | HOU @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2002-09-08 | HOU @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1998-05-18 | LAA @ DET Gameday | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1999-06-14 | SEA @ DET Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
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.