Tony Phillips

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 175 lb

BornApril 25, 1959 · Atlanta, GA, USA

MLB debutMay 10, 1982

Final gameAugust 15, 1999

Seasons18 (1982–1999)

Oakland Athletics 1982–1989; Detroit Tigers 1990–1994; California Angels 1995; Chicago White Sox 1996; Anaheim Angels 1997; Chicago White Sox 1997; New York Mets 1998; Toronto Blue Jays 1998; Oakland Athletics 1999

Percentile snapshot

1997 season — qualified batters

141

23.1

648

65.7

534

44.8

77.6

147

RBI

23.8

102

95.1

118

18.2

60.8

16.1

.275

42.7

OBP

.392

81.8

SLG

.391

OPS

.783

39.9

wRC+

113.3

OPS+

107.6

48.3

wOBA

.359

53.1

sWAR

2.7

56.6

of 144 qualified 1997 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

113.8

69.2

OPS+

108.3

58.8

sWAR

44.9

98.4

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
1982	40	100	81	11	17	2	2	0	8	12	26	2	3	.210	.326	.284	.610	81.0	72.9	.295	0.3
1983	148	476	412	54	102	12	3	4	35	48	70	16	5	.248	.327	.320	.647	87.5	83.6	.303	1.5
1984	154	505	451	62	120	24	3	4	37	42	86	10	6	.266	.325	.359	.685	96.2	94.8	.314	2.1
1985	42	178	161	23	45	12	2	4	17	13	34	3	2	.280	.331	.453	.785	119.6	119.2	.348	1.1
1986	118	532	441	76	113	14	5	5	52	76	82	15	10	.256	.367	.345	.712	109.4	101.9	.335	2.6
1987	111	441	379	48	91	20	0	10	46	57	76	7	6	.240	.337	.372	.709	98.0	94.4	.321	1.6
1988	79	251	212	32	43	8	4	2	17	36	50	0	2	.203	.320	.307	.627	88.5	81.0	.301	0.5
1989	143	524	451	48	118	15	6	4	47	58	66	3	8	.262	.345	.348	.693	104.8	101.3	.326	2.4
1990	152	687	573	97	144	23	5	8	55	99	85	19	9	.251	.364	.351	.715	108.6	100.2	.342	3.3
1991	146	655	564	87	160	28	4	17	72	79	95	10	5	.284	.371	.438	.809	124.3	121.8	.367	3.9
1992	159	733	606	114	167	32	3	10	64	114	93	12	10	.276	.387	.388	.775	125.4	117.6	.367	4.3
1993	151	707	566	113	177	27	0	7	57	132	102	16	11	.313	.443	.398	.841	139.4	128.8	.398	5.4
1994	114	538	438	91	123	19	3	19	61	95	105	13	5	.281	.409	.468	.877	129.8	125.3	.394	3.3
1995	139	643	525	119	137	21	1	27	61	113	135	13	10	.261	.394	.459	.853	126.3	122.8	.384	4.1
1996	153	719	581	119	161	29	3	12	63	125	132	13	8	.277	.404	.399	.803	114.0	109.4	.366	2.9
1997	141	648	534	96	147	34	2	8	57	102	118	13	10	.275	.392	.391	.783	113.3	107.6	.359	2.7
1998	65	289	236	34	59	16	0	4	21	47	50	1	1	.250	.375	.369	.744	105.3	98.3	.345	0.8
1999	106	484	406	76	99	24	4	15	49	71	94	11	3	.244	.362	.433	.795	108.4	106.1	.355	2.1

Career totals

2,161

168th-most career G

9,110

149th-most career PA

7,617

200th-most career AB

1,300

128th-most career R

2,023

282nd-most career H

360

289th-most career 2B

160

RBI

819

497th-most career RBI

1,319

43rd-most career BB

1,499

85th-most career SO

177

448th-most career SB

.2656

OBP

.3743

243rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.3890

OPS

.7633

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
1986-05-16	ATH @ BAL Gameday	5	2	5	1	1	1	4	11
1995-06-06	LAA @ BOS Gameday	6	2	4	0	0	2	4	10
1991-04-18	DET @ CWS Gameday	6	2	4	0	1	1	3	9
1994-08-07	DET @ TOR Gameday	5	3	3	0	0	2	2	9
1997-07-02	LAD @ LAA Gameday	5	1	4	1	0	1	3	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.