How Brian Giles's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Brian Giles posted a career Equivalent Average of .647, below the league average of .745 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1990, posting .775, near the league average of .744 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at .125, well below the league average of .720 that year. The Equivalent Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .548 in 1985 to .546 in 1986 and .775 in 1990. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .125 to .775 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Brian Giles Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Brian Giles Equivalent Average Per Season

Brian Giles's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Brian Giles Equivalent Average per season line chart

Brian Giles Equivalent Average by Team

Brian Giles's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brian Giles career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Brian Giles Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brian Giles's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Brian Giles Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Brian Giles Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brian Giles's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Brian Giles Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brian Giles Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brian Giles's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Brian Giles Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table