In a 16-season big-league career, Galan posted a .287 batting average with 1,706 hits, 100 home runs and 830 runs batted in in 1,742 games played. He twice led the National League in stolen bases, with 22 thefts in and 23 in . He also led the Senior Circuit in runs scored (133 in ) and bases on balls (103 in and 101 in ), and four times exceeded .800 in OPS, each time finishing in the NL's Top Ten in that category.