Russell Branyan

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 235 lb

BornDecember 19, 1975 · Warner Robins, GA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 26, 1998

Final gameSeptember 26, 2011

Seasons14 (1998–2011)

Cleveland Indians 1998–2001; Cincinnati Reds 2002; Cleveland Indians 2002; Cincinnati Reds 2003; Milwaukee Brewers 2004–2005; San Diego Padres 2006; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2006; Philadelphia Phillies 2007; San Diego Padres 2007; St. Louis Cardinals 2007; Milwaukee Brewers 2008; Seattle Mariners 2009; Cleveland Indians 2010; Seattle Mariners 2010; Arizona Diamondbacks 2011; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2011

Percentile snapshot

2009 season — qualified batters

116

0.6

505

1.9

431

0.6

14.3

108

0.6

11.7

7.8

83.1

RBI

46.8

53.9

149

7.8

16.2

89.6

.251

14.3

OBP

.347

39.6

SLG

.520

79.9

OPS

.867

71.4

wRC+

125.8

69.5

OPS+

129.0

77.9

wOBA

.369

66.2

sWAR

2.4

40.3

of 155 qualified 2009 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

111.0

63.8

OPS+

112.4

67.2

sWAR

12.2

89.1

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
1998	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.8	-100.0	.000	-0.1
1999	11	42	38	4	8	2	0	1	6	3	19	0	0	.211	.286	.342	.628	57.0	57.4	.285	-0.1
2000	67	220	193	32	46	7	2	16	38	22	76	0	0	.238	.327	.544	.871	110.8	113.5	.370	0.6
2001	113	361	315	48	73	16	2	20	54	38	132	1	1	.232	.316	.486	.802	104.5	105.7	.344	1.3
2002	134	435	378	50	86	13	1	24	56	51	151	4	3	.228	.320	.458	.777	101.8	102.5	.340	1.1
2003	74	205	176	22	38	12	0	9	26	27	69	0	0	.216	.322	.438	.759	99.0	96.8	.338	0.5
2004	51	182	158	21	37	11	1	11	27	20	68	1	0	.234	.324	.525	.849	114.4	114.2	.364	1.0
2005	85	242	202	23	52	11	0	12	31	39	80	1	0	.257	.378	.490	.868	121.5	125.5	.371	1.4
2006	91	282	241	37	55	11	0	18	36	34	89	2	0	.228	.327	.498	.825	112.1	113.3	.355	1.2
2007	89	194	163	22	32	5	1	10	26	28	69	1	0	.196	.320	.423	.743	97.9	95.3	.330	0.5
2008	50	152	132	24	33	8	0	12	20	19	42	1	0	.250	.342	.583	.925	134.0	139.9	.387	1.1
2009	116	505	431	64	108	21	1	31	76	58	149	2	0	.251	.347	.520	.867	125.8	129.0	.369	2.4
2010	109	428	376	47	89	19	0	25	57	46	131	1	0	.237	.323	.487	.810	121.5	122.7	.353	1.5
2011	68	146	127	11	25	7	0	5	14	18	41	2	0	.197	.295	.370	.665	85.1	83.6	.302	-0.1

Career totals

1,059

3,398

2,934

405

682

143

194

411th-most career HR

RBI

467

403

1,118

296th-most career SO

.2324

OBP

.3285

SLG

.4850

195th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8135

405th-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
2002-08-04	CIN @ SD Gameday	4	4	3	0	3	5	1	12
2000-05-31	LAA @ CLE Gameday	4	2	3	1	2	3	0	10
2004-09-12	MIL @ CIN Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	3	1	10
2001-09-29	MIN @ CLE Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	6	0	9
2004-08-18	CHC @ MIL Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	5	0	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.