Michael Brantley
Michael Charles Brantley
Born: May 15, 1987
Bellevue, WA USA
Primary Position: LF
All Position(s) Played: RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 209
Career: 2009-2023
Draft: Round 7 (2005 June Amateur Draft, Milwaukee Brewers)
School: Fort Pierce Central HS, FL
Minor League Statistics
Michael Brantley compiled a career batting average of .298 with 129 home runs and 720 RBI in his 1445-game career with the Cleveland Indians and Houston Astros. He began playing during the 2009 season and last took the field during the 2023 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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2009 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 28 | 121 | 112 | 10 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | .313 | .358 | .348 | .707 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 72 | 325 | 297 | 38 | 73 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 38 | .246 | .296 | .327 | .623 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
2011 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 114 | 496 | 451 | 63 | 120 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 76 | .266 | .318 | .384 | .702 | 173 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
2012 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 149 | 609 | 552 | 63 | 159 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 56 | .288 | .348 | .402 | .750 | 222 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
2013 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 151 | 611 | 556 | 66 | 158 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 73 | 17 | 4 | 40 | 67 | .284 | .332 | .396 | .728 | 220 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
2014 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 156 | 676 | 611 | 94 | 200 | 45 | 2 | 20 | 97 | 23 | 1 | 52 | 56 | .327 | .385 | .506 | .890 | 309 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
2015 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 137 | 596 | 529 | 68 | 164 | 45 | 0 | 15 | 84 | 15 | 1 | 60 | 51 | .310 | .379 | .480 | .859 | 254 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
2016 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 11 | 43 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .231 | .279 | .282 | .561 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 90 | 375 | 338 | 47 | 101 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 31 | 50 | .299 | .357 | .444 | .801 | 150 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
2018 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 143 | 630 | 570 | 89 | 176 | 36 | 2 | 17 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 48 | 60 | .309 | .364 | .468 | .832 | 267 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | 148 | 637 | 575 | 88 | 179 | 40 | 2 | 22 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 66 | .311 | .372 | .503 | .875 | 289 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
2020 | AL | Houston Astros | 46 | 187 | 170 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 28 | .300 | .364 | .476 | .840 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | 121 | 508 | 469 | 68 | 146 | 29 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 53 | .311 | .362 | .437 | .799 | 205 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | AL | Houston Astros | 64 | 277 | 243 | 28 | 70 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 30 | .288 | .370 | .416 | .785 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | AL | Houston Astros | 15 | 57 | 54 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .278 | .298 | .426 | .724 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 1445 | 6148 | 5566 | 758 | 1656 | 348 | 25 | 129 | 720 | 125 | 33 | 485 | 658 | .298 | .355 | .439 | .794 | 2441 | 130 | 37 | 13 | 47 | 37 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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2009 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 28 | 26 | 229.3 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 2.315 | 2.107 |
2010 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 72 | 69 | 625.7 | 161 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .988 | 2.316 | 2.236 |
2011 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 111 | 108 | 971.0 | 236 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .988 | 2.234 | 2.171 |
2012 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 144 | 140 | 1237.0 | 336 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .997 | 2.481 | 2.368 |
2013 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 151 | 144 | 1297.3 | 257 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.859 | 1.775 |
2014 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 147 | 146 | 1304.3 | 271 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 1.953 | 1.925 |
2015 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 118 | 118 | 1034.7 | 212 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 1.914 | 1.864 |
2016 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 11 | 10 | 89.3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.914 | 1.727 |
2017 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 87 | 86 | 731.0 | 135 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 1.761 | 1.644 |
2018 | AL | Cleveland Indians | OF | 134 | 134 | 1136.3 | 221 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 1.798 | 1.694 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | OF | 123 | 118 | 1006.7 | 167 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 1.520 | 1.382 |
2020 | AL | Houston Astros | OF | 19 | 19 | 158.3 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.331 | 2.158 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | OF | 89 | 88 | 727.7 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 1.608 | 1.461 |
2022 | AL | Houston Astros | OF | 29 | 29 | 249.0 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.169 | 2.069 |
2023 | AL | Houston Astros | OF | 10 | 10 | 81.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | 1.400 |
Totals | 1273 | 1245 | 10878.7 | 2312 | 65 | 16 | 14 | .993 | 1.967 | 1.867 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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2013 | AL | Cleveland Indians | ALWC | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | AL | Cleveland Indians | ALDS1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | AL | Cleveland Indians | ALDS2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .211 | .250 | .368 | .618 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | 6 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .304 | .407 | .304 | .712 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | 7 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .321 | .406 | .321 | .728 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | AL | Houston Astros | ALWC3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .444 | .429 | .873 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .368 | .368 | .737 | 1.105 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | 7 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .346 | .452 | .462 | .913 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS1 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .368 | .368 | .421 | .789 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | 6 | 26 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .269 | .269 | .308 | .577 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | 6 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .333 | .407 | .417 | .824 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .182 | .357 | .273 | .630 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 59 | 261 | 234 | 21 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 44 | .291 | .358 | .372 | .729 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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2013 | AL | Cleveland Indians | ALWC | LF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
2018 | AL | Cleveland Indians | ALDS2 | LF | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.880 | 2.667 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS1 | LF | 5 | 5 | 37.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.459 | 1.200 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS1 | RF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | LF | 6 | 6 | 52.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | .667 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | RF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | LF | 7 | 6 | 52.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.857 |
2019 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | RF | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.500 |
2020 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | LF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
2020 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | LF | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.000 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS1 | LF | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.731 | 1.667 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | LF | 5 | 5 | 43.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.674 | 1.600 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | LF | 4 | 3 | 28.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.607 | 1.250 |
2021 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | RF | 4 | 3 | 24.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | .500 |
2023 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | LF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
2023 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | LF | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | .667 |
Totals | 51 | 45 | 386.0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.469 | 1.235 |
Awards
2014 - AL Silver Slugger OF
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