Brian McRae
Kansas City Royals 1990–1994; Chicago Cubs 1995–1997; New York Mets 1997–1998; Colorado Rockies 1999; New York Mets 1999; Toronto Blue Jays 1999
Percentile snapshot
1998 season — qualified batters
of 159 qualified 1998 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 46 | 182 | 168 | 21 | 48 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .286 | .318 | .405 | .723 | 102.3 | 103.2 | .329 | 0.8 |
| 1991 | 152 | 663 | 629 | 86 | 164 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 24 | 99 | 20 | 11 | .261 | .288 | .372 | .660 | 78.6 | 81.6 | .298 | 0.8 |
| 1992 | 149 | 592 | 533 | 63 | 119 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 42 | 88 | 18 | 5 | .223 | .285 | .308 | .593 | 64.6 | 65.5 | .279 | -0.2 |
| 1993 | 153 | 685 | 627 | 78 | 177 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 69 | 37 | 105 | 23 | 14 | .282 | .325 | .413 | .738 | 94.0 | 94.0 | .334 | 2.1 |
| 1994 | 114 | 505 | 436 | 71 | 119 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 40 | 54 | 67 | 28 | 8 | .273 | .359 | .378 | .737 | 92.4 | 89.3 | .336 | 1.3 |
| 1995 | 137 | 638 | 580 | 92 | 167 | 38 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 47 | 92 | 27 | 8 | .288 | .348 | .440 | .788 | 110.0 | 107.9 | .354 | 3.1 |
| 1996 | 157 | 716 | 624 | 111 | 172 | 32 | 5 | 17 | 66 | 73 | 84 | 37 | 9 | .276 | .360 | .425 | .785 | 106.6 | 104.6 | .353 | 3.2 |
| 1997 | 153 | 639 | 562 | 86 | 136 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 65 | 84 | 17 | 10 | .242 | .326 | .383 | .709 | 86.3 | 84.7 | .323 | 1.3 |
| 1998 | 159 | 645 | 552 | 79 | 146 | 36 | 5 | 21 | 79 | 80 | 90 | 20 | 11 | .264 | .360 | .462 | .822 | 118.8 | 117.0 | .365 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 134 | 472 | 403 | 47 | 88 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 57 | 86 | 2 | 7 | .218 | .327 | .360 | .687 | 78.6 | 75.8 | .315 | 0.3 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-06-02 | KC @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1996-04-19 | SF @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1995-07-16 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1996-09-27 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1995-07-04 | CHC @ NYM Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.