Ron Gant

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 172 lb

BornMarch 2, 1965 · Victoria, TX, USA

MLB debutSeptember 6, 1987

Final gameMay 25, 2003

Seasons16 (1987–2003)

Atlanta Braves 1987–1993; Cincinnati Reds 1995; St. Louis Cardinals 1996–1998; Philadelphia Phillies 1999; Anaheim Angels 2000; Philadelphia Phillies 2000; Colorado Rockies 2001; Oakland Athletics 2001; San Diego Padres 2002; Oakland Athletics 2003

Percentile snapshot

1999 season — qualified batters

138

24.8

605

43.3

516

36.3

107

76.4

134

17.8

35.7

68.2

38.2

RBI

42.7

79.6

112

24.2

66.2

.260

12.7

OBP

.364

53.5

SLG

.430

OPS

.794

32.5

wRC+

102.2

35.7

OPS+

98.2

wOBA

.358

39.5

sWAR

1.5

22.9

of 158 qualified 1999 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

112.6

66.6

OPS+

112.2

66.8

sWAR

30.2

96.6

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	21	86	83	9	22	4	0	2	9	1	11	4	2	.265	.271	.386	.656	62.0	67.4	.289	-0.1
1988	146	618	563	85	146	28	8	19	60	46	118	19	10	.259	.317	.439	.755	110.7	109.7	.343	3.1
1989	75	285	260	26	46	8	3	9	25	20	63	9	6	.177	.237	.335	.571	56.4	59.3	.265	-0.4
1990	152	631	575	107	174	34	3	32	84	50	86	33	16	.303	.357	.539	.896	141.8	137.5	.400	5.4
1991	154	642	561	101	141	35	3	32	105	71	104	34	15	.251	.338	.496	.834	126.5	127.0	.371	4.5
1992	153	602	544	74	141	22	6	17	80	45	101	32	10	.259	.321	.415	.736	103.3	103.5	.335	1.5
1993	157	682	606	113	166	27	4	36	117	67	117	26	9	.274	.345	.510	.854	127.4	127.1	.376	3.9
1995	119	493	410	79	113	19	4	29	88	74	108	23	8	.276	.386	.554	.940	145.9	146.3	.408	3.9
1996	122	500	419	74	103	14	2	30	82	73	98	13	4	.246	.359	.504	.862	126.3	126.5	.378	2.7
1997	139	562	502	68	115	21	4	17	62	58	162	14	6	.229	.310	.388	.698	82.6	82.8	.315	0.0
1998	121	438	383	60	92	17	1	26	67	51	92	8	0	.240	.331	.493	.825	114.1	114.3	.360	1.7
1999	138	605	516	107	134	27	5	17	77	85	112	13	3	.260	.364	.430	.794	102.2	98.2	.358	1.5
2000	123	487	425	69	106	19	3	26	54	56	91	6	6	.249	.335	.492	.827	104.7	105.3	.359	1.3
2001	93	292	252	46	65	13	3	10	35	35	80	5	1	.258	.345	.452	.797	92.5	93.1	.348	0.1
2002	102	353	309	58	81	14	1	18	59	36	59	4	6	.262	.338	.489	.827	122.8	123.3	.363	1.7
2003	17	44	41	4	6	0	0	1	4	2	9	0	0	.146	.182	.220	.401	-1.3	5.7	.180	-0.5

Career totals

1,832

380th-most career G

7,320

397th-most career PA

6,449

409th-most career AB

1,080

286th-most career R

1,651

302

481st-most career 2B

321

135th-most career HR

RBI

1,008

301st-most career RBI

770

300th-most career BB

1,411

108th-most career SO

243

258th-most career SB

.2560

OBP

.3357

SLG

.4677

307th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8034

471st-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	TB
1990-07-05	NYM @ ATL Gameday	5	3	4	1	0	2	6	11
1990-06-17	ATL @ SF Gameday	5	3	4	1	0	2	2	11
1990-05-20	PIT @ ATL Gameday	5	3	3	1	0	2	2	10
1993-05-28	SF @ ATL Gameday	4	1	4	2	0	1	5	9
1992-07-21	ATL @ STL Gameday	6	4	4	0	1	1	4	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

1× Silver Slugger2× 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.