Dave McKay
Minnesota Twins 1975–1976; Toronto Blue Jays 1977–1979; Oakland Athletics 1980–1982
Percentile snapshot
1978 season — qualified batters
of 140 qualified 1978 batters (min 499 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 33 | 135 | 125 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .256 | .291 | .352 | .643 | 77.5 | 80.3 | .297 | 0.2 |
| 1976 | 45 | 155 | 138 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .203 | .272 | .217 | .489 | 44.2 | 43.5 | .245 | -0.4 |
| 1977 | 95 | 293 | 274 | 18 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 1 | .197 | .222 | .266 | .488 | 24.6 | 31.6 | .222 | -1.4 |
| 1978 | 145 | 537 | 504 | 59 | 120 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 20 | 91 | 4 | 4 | .238 | .268 | .351 | .619 | 64.9 | 70.7 | .281 | -0.1 |
| 1979 | 47 | 169 | 156 | 19 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .218 | .256 | .276 | .532 | 40.2 | 42.7 | .246 | -0.6 |
| 1980 | 123 | 322 | 295 | 29 | 72 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 57 | 1 | 1 | .244 | .283 | .315 | .598 | 69.4 | 69.5 | .277 | 0.2 |
| 1981 | 79 | 249 | 224 | 25 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 43 | 4 | 1 | .263 | .313 | .375 | .688 | 102.3 | 102.4 | .318 | 1.1 |
| 1982 | 78 | 226 | 212 | 25 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 35 | 6 | 1 | .198 | .235 | .283 | .518 | 39.8 | 44.2 | .235 | -0.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-09-08 | BAL @ TOR Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1978-06-27 | BAL @ TOR Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1981-05-26 | CWS @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1978-06-26 | BAL @ TOR Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 1980-08-04 | MIN @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
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.