B.J. Surhoff Stats

B.J. Surhoff was born on Tuesday, August 4, 1964, in Bronx, New York. Surhoff was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 8, 1987, with the Milwaukee Brewers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive B.J. Surhoff baseball stats page.

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"I enjoyed catching, but the team (Brewers) moved me to right when Dave Nilsson came up (1992). I thought I was improving as a catcher, but they wanted me to move to the outfield. I'll play wherever they want me to play." - B.J. Surhoff in Baseball Digest (July 2002)

B.J. Surhoff

B.J. Surhoff Autograph on a 1989 Bowman Baseball Card (#C-3B)

B.J. Surhoff Autograph on a 1989 Bowman Baseball Card (#C-3B)

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Birth Name:   William James Surhoff
Nickname:   B.J.
Born On:   08-04-1964  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Bronx, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Rye High School (Rye, NY)
College:   University of North Carolina
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   04-08-1987 (Age 22)
Last Game:   10-02-2005
Draft:   1985 : 1st Round (1st) / Signing Bonus = $150,000

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B.J. Surhoff Pitching Stats

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B.J. Surhoff Hitting Stats

1987 23 Brewers 115 395 50 118 22 3 7 0 68 36 1 30 5 9 0 13 .299 .350 .423
1988 24 Brewers 139 493 47 121 21 0 5 0 38 31 9 49 11 3 3 12 .245 .292 .318
1989 25 Brewers 126 436 42 108 17 4 5 1 55 25 1 29 3 10 3 8 .248 .287 .339
1990 26 Brewers 135 474 55 131 21 4 6 0 59 41 5 37 7 7 1 8 .276 .331 .376
1991 27 Brewers 143 505 57 146 19 4 5 0 68 26 2 33 13 9 0 21 .289 .319 .372
1992 28 Brewers 139 480 63 121 19 1 4 1 62 46 8 41 5 10 2 9 .252 .314 .321
1993 29 Brewers 148 552 66 151 38 3 7 0 79 36 5 47 4 5 2 9 .274 .318 .391
1994 30 Brewers 40 134 20 35 11 2 5 0 22 16 0 14 2 2 0 5 .261 .336 .485
1995 31 Brewers 117 415 72 133 26 3 13 0 73 37 4 43 2 4 4 7 .320 .378 .492
1996 32 Orioles 143 537 74 157 27 6 21 2 82 47 8 79 2 1 3 7 .292 .352 .482
1997 33 Orioles 147 528 80 150 30 4 18 0 88 49 14 60 3 10 5 7 .284 .345 .458
1998 34 Orioles 162 573 79 160 34 1 22 0 92 49 9 81 1 10 1 13 .279 .332 .457
1999 35 Orioles 162 673 104 207 38 1 28 1 107 43 1 78 1 8 2 15 .308 .347 .492
2000 36 Orioles 103 411 56 120 27 0 13 0 57 29 3 46 1 1 2 5 .292 .341 .453
2000 36 Braves 44 128 13 37 9 2 1 0 11 12 0 12 1 1 1 5 .289 .352 .414
2001 37 Braves 141 484 68 131 33 1 10 0 58 38 5 48 1 7 1 5 .271 .321 .405
2002 38 Braves 25 75 5 22 5 0 0 0 9 9 0 5 1 0 0 1 .293 .369 .360
2003 39 Orioles 93 319 32 94 20 0 5 0 41 29 3 29 3 2 1 4 .295 .353 .404
2004 40 Orioles 100 343 49 106 12 1 8 1 50 30 2 46 3 1 1 9 .309 .365 .420
2005 41 Orioles 91 303 30 78 11 2 5 0 34 11 1 32 2 4 1 6 .257 .282 .356
19 Years 2,313 8,258 1,062 2,326 440 42 188 6 1,153 640 81 839 71 104 33 169 .282 .332 .413

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B.J. Surhoff Fielding Stats

1987 Brewers 1B 1 0 6 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1987 Brewers 3B 10 2 72 8 0.8 8 2 6 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1987 Brewers C 98 90 2,490 705 7.2 694 645 49 11 10 9 66 36 .984 7.53
1988 Brewers 1B 2 0 9 2 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 3.00
1988 Brewers 3B 31 27 726 76 2.5 75 23 52 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.79
1988 Brewers C 106 99 2,682 573 5.4 567 525 42 6 2 8 57 27 .990 5.71
1988 Brewers LF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1988 Brewers SS 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1989 Brewers 3B 6 3 87 12 2.0 11 4 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .917 3.41
1989 Brewers C 106 101 2,697 586 5.5 577 526 51 9 6 10 81 28 .985 5.78
1990 Brewers 3B 11 7 174 15 1.4 13 4 9 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .867 2.02
1990 Brewers C 125 119 3,144 678 5.4 668 615 53 10 10 5 89 31 .985 5.74
1991 Brewers 2B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1991 Brewers 3B 5 2 66 6 1.2 6 3 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.45
1991 Brewers C 127 118 3,165 732 5.8 728 660 68 4 11 11 86 35 .995 6.21
1991 Brewers CF 1 0 15 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
1991 Brewers RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1992 Brewers 1B 17 17 387 156 9.2 156 143 13 0 18 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.88
1992 Brewers 3B 3 1 45 3 1.0 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1992 Brewers C 109 103 2,778 611 5.6 605 546 59 6 7 5 57 39 .990 5.88
1992 Brewers CF 1 0 12 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1992 Brewers LF 5 2 84 9 1.8 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.89
1992 Brewers RF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1993 Brewers 1B 8 4 120 30 3.8 30 28 2 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
1993 Brewers 3B 121 116 3,039 334 2.8 317 101 216 17 19 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.82
1993 Brewers C 3 0 30 9 3.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 8.10
1993 Brewers LF 12 8 225 19 1.6 18 17 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.16
1993 Brewers RF 14 12 318 21 1.5 21 20 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.78
1994 Brewers 1B 8 8 207 81 10.1 81 72 9 0 11 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.57
1994 Brewers 3B 18 16 432 26 1.4 24 8 16 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.50
1994 Brewers C 12 8 237 37 3.1 37 34 3 0 0 0 10 2 1.000 4.22
1994 Brewers RF 3 3 57 10 3.3 8 7 1 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 3.79
1995 Brewers 1B 55 32 966 380 6.9 377 348 29 3 45 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.54
1995 Brewers C 18 10 276 64 3.6 63 57 6 1 0 8 11 0 .984 6.16
1995 Brewers CF 3 1 33 6 2.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.91
1995 Brewers LF 54 50 1,215 114 2.1 113 105 8 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.51
1995 Brewers RF 9 6 156 14 1.6 14 13 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.42
1996 Orioles 1B 2 1 33 13 6.5 13 11 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.64
1996 Orioles 3B 106 104 2,778 269 2.5 255 80 175 14 22 n/a n/a n/a .948 2.48
1996 Orioles LF 27 25 663 48 1.8 47 46 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .979 1.91
1997 Orioles 1B 3 3 78 24 8.0 24 21 3 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.31
1997 Orioles 3B 3 0 15 2 0.7 2 0 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
1997 Orioles LF 133 128 3,405 259 1.9 257 246 11 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .992 2.04
1998 Orioles 1B 1 0 9 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.00
1998 Orioles LF 157 147 3,933 268 1.7 265 253 12 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .989 1.82
1999 Orioles 3B 2 2 39 6 3.0 6 1 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.15
1999 Orioles LF 148 147 3,933 298 2.0 298 282 16 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
2000 Orioles LF 102 102 2,635 234 2.3 231 226 5 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.37
2000 Braves LF 32 32 822 51 1.6 51 50 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.68
2001 Braves LF 129 120 3,165 211 1.6 208 200 8 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .986 1.77
2002 Braves 1B 11 11 287 79 7.2 79 72 7 0 12 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.43
2002 Braves RF 9 9 240 29 3.2 29 27 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.26
2003 Orioles 1B 22 20 516 169 7.7 168 157 11 1 14 n/a n/a n/a .994 8.79
2003 Orioles LF 24 22 627 41 1.7 40 40 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.72
2003 Orioles RF 3 3 75 4 1.3 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.44
2004 Orioles 1B 10 4 150 50 5.0 50 46 4 0 6 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2004 Orioles LF 34 31 805 70 2.1 69 69 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.31
2004 Orioles RF 38 35 903 68 1.8 67 64 3 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.00
2005 Orioles 1B 18 14 339 125 6.9 124 116 8 1 14 n/a n/a n/a .992 9.88
2005 Orioles LF 46 42 1,101 80 1.7 80 77 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.96
2005 Orioles RF 16 12 354 34 2.1 33 33 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.52
LF Totals 904 856 22,619 1,702 1.9 1,686 1,620 66 16 12 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.01
C Totals 704 648 17,499 3,995 5.7 3,948 3,617 331 47 46 56 457 199 .988 6.09
3B Totals 316 280 7,473 757 2.4 720 227 493 37 47 n/a n/a n/a .951 2.60
1B Totals 158 114 3,107 1,113 7.0 1,107 1,018 89 6 126 n/a n/a n/a .995 9.62
RF Totals 94 80 2,109 180 1.9 176 168 8 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.25
CF Totals 5 1 60 8 1.6 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
SS Totals 1 0 9 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
2B Totals 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
19 Years 2,183 1,979 52,879 7,756 3.6 7,646 6,659 987 110 234 56 457 199 .986 3.90

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B.J. Surhoff Miscellaneous Stats

1987 Brewers 11 10 .524 11 3 7 56.4 13.2 5.8 - - -
1988 Brewers 21 6 .778 9 1 0 98.6 10.1 13.0 - - -
1989 Brewers 14 12 .538 5 2 12 87.2 15.0 7.9 - - -
1990 Brewers 18 7 .720 8 1 0 79.0 12.8 8.0 - - -
1991 Brewers 5 8 .385 12 3 6 101.0 15.3 7.4 - - -
1992 Brewers 14 8 .636 5 0 9 120.0 11.7 7.7 - - -
1993 Brewers 12 9 .571 5 0 1 78.9 11.7 7.0 - - -
1994 Brewers 0 1 .000 1 0 1 26.8 9.6 6.1 - - -
1995 Brewers 7 3 .700 5 2 3 31.9 9.7 5.7 - - -
1996 Orioles 0 1 .000 3 0 10 25.6 6.8 6.5 - - -
1997 Orioles 1 1 .500 4 0 9 29.3 8.8 6.0 - - -
1998 Orioles 9 7 .563 8 1 0 26.0 7.1 6.2 - - -
1999 Orioles 5 1 .833 1 0 13 24.0 8.6 6.3 - - -
2000 Orioles 7 2 .778 0 0 1 31.6 8.9 7.2 - - -
2000 Braves 3 0 1.000 12 0 0 128.0 10.7 11.6 - - -
2001 Braves 9 3 .750 13 0 3 48.4 10.1 8.3 - - -
2002 Braves 1 3 .250 5 0 0 0.0 15.0 8.3 - - -
2003 Orioles 2 2 .500 20 0 39 63.8 11.0 7.8 - - -
2004 Orioles 2 0 1.000 17 1 17 42.9 7.5 6.9 - - -
2005 Orioles 0 0 .000 12 0 0 60.6 9.5 8.9 - - -
19 Years 141 84 .627 156 14 131 43.9 9.8 7.2 - - -

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B.J. Surhoff Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1987 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $62,500.00 - -
1988 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $122,000.00 - -
1989 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $185,000.00 - -
1990 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $575,000.00 - -
1991 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $1,085,000.00 - -
1992 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $2,530,000.00 - -
1993 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $2,530,000.00 - -
1994 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $2,500,000.00 - n/a
1995 Milwaukee Brewers 5 $425,000.00 - -
1996 Baltimore Orioles 17 $1,416,667.00 - -
1997 Baltimore Orioles 17 $1,616,667.00 - -
1998 Baltimore Orioles 17 $1,716,667.00 - -
1999 Baltimore Orioles 17 $3,705,516.00 Stats -
2000 Baltimore Orioles 17 $4,833,333.00 - -
2000 Atlanta Braves 15 "     "     - -
2001 Atlanta Braves 15 $4,833,333.00 - -
2002 Atlanta Braves 15 $4,500,000.00 - -
2003 Baltimore Orioles 17 $1,000,000.00 - -
2004 Baltimore Orioles 17 $800,000.00 - -
2005 Baltimore Orioles 17 $1,100,000.00 - -

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