Steve Braun
1971–1985 · bats L / throws R · Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays
1,425G
.271AVG
.371OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
989H
52HR
388RBI
45SB
2Rare 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,425 | 4,295 | 3,650 | 466 | 989 | 155 | 19 | 52 | 388 | 579 | 433 | 45 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 1,338 | .271 | .371 | .367 | .738 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1975-09-01 to 1975-09-17
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1976-09-02 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1977-07-15 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1977-04-18 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 725 | 2125 | 511 | 29 | 215 | 311 | 216 | .287 | .387 | .394 |
| Away | 700 | 2170 | 478 | 23 | 173 | 268 | 217 | .256 | .344 | .340 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 170 | 472 | 110 | 3 | 47 | 60 | 45 | .274 | .360 | .347 |
| May | 242 | 781 | 185 | 18 | 86 | 94 | 70 | .274 | .357 | .406 |
| June | 249 | 790 | 177 | 11 | 59 | 97 | 89 | .260 | .347 | .360 |
| July | 245 | 770 | 171 | 6 | 64 | 108 | 76 | .261 | .362 | .338 |
| August | 251 | 729 | 176 | 7 | 70 | 111 | 82 | .289 | .394 | .387 |
| September | 250 | 699 | 160 | 7 | 58 | 100 | 63 | .273 | .372 | .365 |
| October | 18 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | .227 | .352 | .227 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| athletics | 120 | 395 | 89 | 7 | 48 | 46 | 46 | .261 | .342 | .384 |
| california-angels | 113 | 414 | 96 | 2 | 33 | 87 | 46 | .303 | .442 | .366 |
| kansas-city-royals | 112 | 402 | 99 | 4 | 39 | 52 | 35 | .289 | .376 | .382 |
| texas-rangers | 112 | 406 | 89 | 3 | 27 | 50 | 44 | .251 | .342 | .352 |
| chicago-white-sox | 99 | 313 | 79 | 4 | 31 | 46 | 37 | .305 | .399 | .417 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 85 | 321 | 75 | 4 | 33 | 44 | 26 | .276 | .371 | .364 |
| boston-red-sox | 81 | 320 | 76 | 6 | 30 | 33 | 32 | .267 | .341 | .379 |
| cleveland-guardians | 79 | 290 | 66 | 3 | 28 | 28 | 31 | .261 | .324 | .364 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 |  Minnesota Twins | 128 | 343 | 87 | 5 | 35 | 8 | .254 | – | – |
| 1972 | Minnesota Twins | 121 | 402 | 116 | 2 | 50 | 4 | .289 | – | – |
| 1973 | Minnesota Twins | 115 | 361 | 102 | 6 | 42 | 4 | .283 | – | – |
| 1974 | Minnesota Twins | 129 | 453 | 127 | 8 | 40 | 4 | .280 | – | – |
| 1975 | Minnesota Twins | 136 | 453 | 137 | 11 | 45 | – | .302 | – | – |
| 1976 | Minnesota Twins | 122 | 417 | 120 | 3 | 61 | 12 | .288 | – | – |
| 1977 |  Seattle Mariners | 139 | 451 | 106 | 5 | 31 | 8 | .235 | – | – |
| 1978 | Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners | 96 | 211 | 53 | 3 | 29 | 4 | .251 | – | – |
| 1979 |  Kansas City Royals | 58 | 116 | 31 | 4 | 10 | – | .267 | – | – |
| 1980 | Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays | 51 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 10 | – | .205 | – | – |
| 1981 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 44 | 46 | 9 | – | 2 | 1 | .196 | – | – |
| 1982 | St. Louis Cardinals | 58 | 62 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .274 | – | – |
| 1983 | St. Louis Cardinals | 78 | 92 | 25 | 3 | 7 | – | .272 | – | – |
| 1984 | St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 98 | 27 | – | 16 | – | .276 | – | – |
| 1985 | St. Louis Cardinals | 64 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 6 | – | .239 | – | – |