Esteban German
2002–2011 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Royals, Athletics, Texas Rangers
409G
.280AVG
.359OBP
.386SLG
More career statistics
284H
8HR
111RBI
34SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 409 | 1,170 | 1,016 | 159 | 284 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 111 | 117 | 187 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 392 | .280 | .359 | .386 | .745 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 2006-09-12 to 2006-09-22
13longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 2009-09-09 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 2002-05-21 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 2006-09-12 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 202 | 589 | 152 | 5 | 64 | 57 | 87 | .296 | .355 | .415 |
| Away | 207 | 581 | 132 | 3 | 47 | 60 | 100 | .262 | .330 | .356 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| April | 45 | 110 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 20 | .274 | .345 | .347 |
| May | 67 | 220 | 50 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 39 | .272 | .359 | .353 |
| June | 67 | 203 | 42 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 31 | .231 | .266 | .291 |
| July | 50 | 155 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 16 | .344 | .419 | .466 |
| August | 64 | 202 | 41 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 39 | .234 | .292 | .349 |
| September | 107 | 259 | 75 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 40 | .325 | .378 | .489 |
| October | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .294 | .400 | .353 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 43 | 158 | 48 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 23 | .336 | .361 | .427 |
| detroit-tigers | 39 | 135 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 17 | .277 | .370 | .473 |
| seattle-mariners | 36 | 91 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | .325 | .363 | .446 |
| minnesota-twins | 35 | 87 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 23 | .231 | .264 | .321 |
| athletics | 33 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | .205 | .333 | .274 |
| chicago-white-sox | 33 | 113 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 18 | .286 | .336 | .408 |
| los-angeles-angels | 28 | 69 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | .317 | .377 | .433 |
| new-york-yankees | 22 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | .357 | .412 | .524 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 |  Athletics | 9 | 35 | 7 | – | – | 1 | .200 | – | – |
| 2003 | Athletics | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 2004 | Athletics | 31 | 60 | 15 | – | 7 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 2005 |  Texas Rangers | 5 | 4 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | .750 | – | – |
| 2006 |  Kansas City Royals | 106 | 279 | 91 | 3 | 34 | 7 | .326 | – | – |
| 2007 | Kansas City Royals | 121 | 348 | 92 | 4 | 37 | 11 | .264 | – | – |
| 2008 | Kansas City Royals | 89 | 216 | 53 | – | 22 | 7 | .245 | – | – |
| 2009 | Texas Rangers | 19 | 46 | 14 | – | 4 | 1 | .304 | – | – |
| 2010 | Texas Rangers | 13 | 13 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | .231 | – | – |
| 2011 | Texas Rangers | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .455 | – | – |