Harold Baines
1980–2001 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Athletics, Texas Rangers
2,830G
.289AVG
.356OBP
.465SLG
More career statistics
2,866H
384HR
1,628RBI
34SB
5Rare feats
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,830 | 11,092 | 9,908 | 1,299 | 2,866 | 488 | 49 | 384 | 1,628 | 1,062 | 1,441 | 34 | 34 | 14 | 99 | 4,604 | .289 | .356 | .465 | .821 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1983-09-03 to 1983-09-23
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1991-05-07 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1982-07-07 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1992-06-23 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1410 | 5393 | 1382 | 185 | 836 | 557 | 699 | .290 | .360 | .468 |
| Away | 1420 | 5699 | 1484 | 199 | 792 | 505 | 742 | .289 | .349 | .461 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| April | 379 | 1459 | 350 | 41 | 192 | 129 | 208 | .265 | .328 | .410 |
| May | 504 | 1979 | 505 | 58 | 285 | 191 | 237 | .287 | .352 | .446 |
| June | 497 | 1981 | 508 | 74 | 300 | 215 | 242 | .291 | .365 | .474 |
| July | 452 | 1799 | 509 | 75 | 277 | 173 | 259 | .315 | .379 | .515 |
| August | 498 | 1945 | 481 | 67 | 275 | 178 | 244 | .275 | .339 | .449 |
| September | 457 | 1770 | 476 | 62 | 274 | 160 | 230 | .301 | .359 | .486 |
| October | 42 | 158 | 37 | 7 | 25 | 16 | 20 | .266 | .335 | .482 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| toronto-blue-jays | 221 | 848 | 230 | 38 | 131 | 71 | 106 | .298 | .355 | .493 |
| athletics | 214 | 905 | 236 | 24 | 132 | 107 | 114 | .302 | .379 | .470 |
| new-york-yankees | 213 | 802 | 203 | 29 | 124 | 82 | 117 | .285 | .355 | .463 |
| seattle-mariners | 213 | 832 | 213 | 29 | 132 | 82 | 113 | .289 | .355 | .474 |
| minnesota-twins | 213 | 809 | 209 | 32 | 127 | 78 | 101 | .292 | .355 | .494 |
| detroit-tigers | 213 | 854 | 210 | 30 | 148 | 91 | 112 | .279 | .352 | .445 |
| boston-red-sox | 210 | 823 | 207 | 24 | 105 | 86 | 104 | .283 | .356 | .430 |
| texas-rangers | 209 | 825 | 213 | 33 | 117 | 85 | 119 | .290 | .361 | .473 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 141 | 491 | 125 | 13 | 49 | 2 | .255 | – | – | |
| 1981 | 82 | 280 | 80 | 10 | 41 | 6 | .286 | – | – | |
| 1982 | 161 | 608 | 165 | 25 | 105 | 10 | .271 | – | – | |
| 1983 | 156 | 596 | 167 | 20 | 99 | 7 | .280 | – | – | |
| 1984 | 147 | 569 | 173 | 29 | 94 | 1 | .304 | – | – | |
| 1985 | 160 | 640 | 198 | 22 | 113 | 1 | .309 | – | – | |
| 1986 | 145 | 570 | 169 | 21 | 88 | 2 | .296 | – | – | |
| 1987 | 132 | 505 | 148 | 20 | 93 | – | .293 | – | – | |
| 1988 | 158 | 599 | 166 | 13 | 81 | – | .277 | – | – | |
| 1989 | Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers | 146 | 505 | 156 | 16 | 72 | – | .309 | – | – |
| 1990 | Athletics, Texas Rangers | 135 | 415 | 118 | 16 | 65 | – | .284 | – | – |
| 1991 | 141 | 488 | 144 | 20 | 90 | – | .295 | – | – | |
| 1992 | 140 | 478 | 121 | 16 | 76 | 1 | .253 | – | – | |
| 1993 | 118 | 416 | 130 | 20 | 78 | – | .312 | – | – | |
| 1994 | 94 | 326 | 96 | 16 | 54 | – | .294 | – | – | |
| 1995 | 127 | 385 | 115 | 24 | 63 | – | .299 | – | – | |
| 1996 | 143 | 495 | 154 | 22 | 95 | 3 | .311 | – | – | |
| 1997 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 137 | 452 | 136 | 16 | 67 | – | .301 | – | – |
| 1998 | 104 | 293 | 88 | 9 | 57 | – | .300 | – | – | |
| 1999 | Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Guardians | 135 | 430 | 134 | 25 | 103 | 1 | .312 | – | – |
| 2000 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox | 96 | 283 | 72 | 11 | 39 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 2001 | 32 | 84 | 11 | – | 6 | – | .131 | – | – |