MLB / Players

George Brett

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb

BornMay 15, 1953 · Glen Dale, WV, USA

MLB debutAugust 2, 1973

Final gameOctober 3, 1993

Seasons21 (1973–1993)

Kansas City Royals 1973–1993

Percentile snapshot

1993 season — qualified batters

145

45.6

612

560

67.1

28.2

149

51.7

65.8

40.9

61.1

RBI

56.4

25.5

67.1

40.9

.266

28.2

OBP

.312

12.8

SLG

.434

52.3

OPS

.746

38.3

wRC+

89.7

18.8

OPS+

95.3

33.6

wOBA

.327

26.8

sWAR

-0.3

3.4

of 150 qualified 1993 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

133.4

92.9

OPS+

135.8

93.7

sWAR

78.8

99.8

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
1973	13	41	40	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.125	.125	.175	.300	-38.2	-17.9	.136	-0.5
1974	133	486	457	49	129	21	5	2	47	21	38	8	5	.282	.313	.363	.676	87.7	90.3	.312	1.2
1975	159	697	634	84	195	35	13	11	90	46	49	13	10	.308	.353	.456	.809	125.4	126.2	.367	4.8
1976	159	705	645	94	215	34	14	7	67	49	36	21	11	.333	.377	.462	.839	147.9	146.1	.387	6.8
1977	139	627	564	105	176	32	13	22	88	55	24	14	12	.312	.373	.532	.905	144.1	144.8	.395	5.7
1978	128	558	510	79	150	45	8	9	62	39	35	23	7	.294	.342	.467	.809	122.9	124.4	.361	3.7
1979	154	701	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	51	36	17	10	.329	.376	.563	.939	145.7	148.6	.406	6.5
1980	117	515	449	87	175	33	9	24	118	58	22	15	6	.390	.454	.664	1.118	200.2	201.8	.482	8.0
1981	89	379	347	42	109	27	7	6	43	27	23	14	6	.314	.361	.484	.846	141.5	143.9	.378	3.3
1982	144	629	552	101	166	32	9	21	82	71	51	6	1	.301	.378	.505	.884	138.8	140.7	.385	5.2
1983	123	525	464	90	144	38	2	25	93	57	39	0	1	.310	.385	.563	.947	155.3	157.9	.409	5.2
1984	104	422	377	42	107	21	3	13	69	38	37	0	2	.284	.344	.459	.802	117.9	120.5	.353	2.5
1985	155	665	550	108	184	38	5	30	112	103	49	9	1	.335	.436	.585	1.022	171.4	178.4	.432	8.0
1986	124	529	441	70	128	28	4	16	73	80	45	1	2	.290	.401	.481	.881	135.9	138.7	.384	4.1
1987	115	508	427	71	124	18	2	22	78	72	47	6	3	.290	.388	.496	.884	127.6	131.6	.378	2.5
1988	157	681	589	90	180	42	3	24	103	82	51	14	3	.306	.389	.509	.898	148.9	150.5	.396	4.8
1989	124	528	457	67	129	26	3	12	80	59	47	14	4	.282	.362	.431	.793	120.2	124.4	.354	1.9
1990	142	607	544	82	179	45	7	14	87	56	63	9	2	.329	.387	.515	.902	150.3	152.9	.398	4.4
1991	131	572	505	77	129	40	2	10	61	58	75	2	0	.255	.327	.402	.729	97.6	101.2	.326	0.3
1992	152	637	592	55	169	35	5	7	61	35	69	8	6	.285	.330	.397	.727	100.0	101.8	.331	0.5
1993	145	612	560	69	149	31	3	19	75	39	67	7	5	.266	.312	.434	.746	89.7	95.3	.327	-0.3

Career totals

2,707

32nd-most career G

11,624

27th-most career PA

10,349

23rd-most career AB

1,583

51st-most career R

3,154

19th-most career H

665

7th-most career 2B

137

70th-most career 3B

317

142nd-most career HR

RBI

1,596

38th-most career RBI

1,096

84th-most career BB

908

201

364th-most career SB

.3048

163rd-highest career batting average

OBP

.3693

297th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4874

177th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8567

166th-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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1979-05-28	BAL @ KC Gameday	7	3	5	1	1	2	4	1	14
1983-04-20	KC @ DET Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	3	7	0	13
1979-07-22	KC @ TEX Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	3	5	1	12
1978-10-06	KC @ NYY Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	3	3	0	12
1985-10-11	TOR @ KC Gameday	4	4	4	1	0	2	3	0	11

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

Hall of Fame, 1999 (BBWAA)

3× Silver Slugger1× Most Valuable Player1× ALCS MVP1× Gold Glove13× 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.