MLB / Players

Dave Magadan

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 190 lb
BornSeptember 30, 1962 · Tampa, FL, USA
MLB debutSeptember 7, 1986
Final gameSeptember 26, 2001
Seasons16 (1986–2001)

New York Mets 1986–1992; Florida Marlins 1993; Seattle Mariners 1993; Florida Marlins 1994; Houston Astros 1995; Chicago Cubs 1996; Oakland Athletics 1997–1998; San Diego Padres 1999–2001

Percentile snapshot

1993 season — qualified batters

G
137
16.8
PA
544
21.5
AB
455
4.7
R
49
4
H
124
10.1
2B
23
25.5
3B
0
0
HR
5
16.1
RBI
50
16.8
BB
80
84.6
SO
63
76.5
SB
2
12.1
CS
1
88.6
BA
.273
42.3
OBP
.378
79.9
SLG
.356
12.1
OPS
.734
32.2
wRC+
101.7
42.3
OPS+
97.0
34.2
wOBA
.342
43.6
sWAR
1.7
32.9

of 150 qualified 1993 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+
117.7
75.8
OPS+
112.1
66.5
sWAR
23.2
94.7

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19861021183800033100.444.524.444.968191.9175.8.4600.2
1987852161922161131324222200.318.386.443.829128.5125.7.3741.4
19881123803143987150135603901.277.393.334.728126.8117.1.3511.9
198912742937447107223441493710.286.367.393.760126.4123.7.3522.0
199014454145174148286672745521.328.417.457.874148.2142.3.4004.0
199112451741858108230451835011.258.378.342.721114.4106.0.3451.5
199299379321339191328564410.283.390.346.736121.2111.1.3532.4
199313754445549124230550806321.273.378.356.734101.797.0.3421.7
199474254211305870117392500.275.386.322.70896.086.4.3380.7
199512742234844109240251715621.313.428.399.827131.8127.3.3803.1
1996782011692343100317292302.254.360.367.72793.491.1.3320.5
19971283282713882101430504010.303.414.391.805121.9113.5.3731.5
199835123109123580113131201.321.390.422.812116.3114.1.3630.7
19991163002482068121230453613.274.377.355.73297.993.7.3370.7
200095166132133670221322300.273.410.371.781115.0106.7.3640.8
200191142128123270112122000.250.317.328.64577.274.3.2940.0

Career totals

G
1,582
PA
4,963
AB
4,159
R
516
H
1,197
2B
218
3B
13
HR
42
RBI
495
BB
718
355th-most career BB
SO
546
SB
11
BA
.2878
464th-highest career batting average
OBP
.3902
116th-highest career on-base percentage
SLG
.3768
OPS
.7670

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1990-06-12NYM @ CHC Gameday434011629
1997-08-27NYY @ ATH Gameday525001208
1993-06-11PIT @ MIA Gameday534101308
1999-05-19STL @ SD Gameday504300307
1990-07-25NYM @ PHI Gameday423101307

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.