Fred McGriff

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 200 lb

BornOctober 31, 1963 · Tampa, FL, USA

MLB debutMay 17, 1986

Final gameJuly 15, 2004

Seasons19 (1986–2004)

Toronto Blue Jays 1986–1990; San Diego Padres 1991–1992; Atlanta Braves 1993; San Diego Padres 1993; Atlanta Braves 1994–1997; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998–2000; Chicago Cubs 2001; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2001; Chicago Cubs 2002; Los Angeles Dodgers 2003; Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2004

Percentile snapshot

2002 season — qualified batters

146

37.7

595

40.9

523

39.6

143

41.6

35.1

28.6

82.5

RBI

103

81.2

61.7

42.2

6.5

62.3

.273

45.5

OBP

.353

55.8

SLG

.505

75.3

OPS

.858

69.5

wRC+

126.5

72.7

OPS+

126.6

72.1

wOBA

.374

70.8

sWAR

2.7

48.7

of 155 qualified 2002 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

134.3

93.6

OPS+

135.8

93.7

sWAR

56.7

99.2

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
1986	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.6	9.3	.181	-0.1
1987	107	356	295	58	73	16	0	20	43	60	104	3	2	.247	.376	.505	.881	131.8	130.7	.383	1.5
1988	154	623	536	100	151	35	4	34	82	79	149	6	1	.282	.376	.552	.928	160.8	160.1	.410	5.4
1989	161	680	551	98	148	27	3	36	92	119	132	7	4	.269	.399	.525	.924	161.5	161.5	.413	5.9
1990	153	658	557	91	167	21	1	35	88	94	108	5	3	.300	.400	.530	.930	159.3	158.5	.414	5.5
1991	153	642	528	84	147	19	1	31	106	105	135	4	1	.278	.396	.494	.890	143.4	146.9	.391	4.0
1992	152	632	531	79	152	30	4	35	104	96	108	8	6	.286	.394	.556	.950	164.4	164.5	.416	5.4
1993	151	640	557	111	162	29	2	37	101	76	106	5	3	.291	.375	.549	.924	144.6	144.4	.404	4.4
1994	113	478	424	81	135	25	1	34	94	50	76	7	3	.318	.389	.623	1.012	158.5	159.1	.430	4.1
1995	144	604	528	85	148	27	1	27	93	65	99	3	6	.280	.361	.489	.850	120.9	121.0	.374	2.4
1996	159	691	617	81	182	37	1	28	107	68	116	7	3	.295	.365	.494	.859	121.6	123.0	.375	2.8
1997	152	641	564	77	156	25	1	22	97	68	112	5	0	.277	.356	.441	.797	108.4	107.1	.356	1.6
1998	151	649	564	73	160	33	0	19	81	79	118	7	2	.284	.371	.443	.815	110.7	110.5	.359	1.8
1999	144	620	529	75	164	30	1	32	104	86	107	1	0	.310	.405	.552	.957	139.2	140.7	.411	3.8
2000	158	664	566	82	157	18	0	27	106	91	120	2	0	.277	.373	.452	.826	109.2	110.0	.362	1.8
2001	146	586	513	67	157	25	2	31	102	66	106	1	2	.306	.386	.544	.930	141.2	143.7	.394	3.7
2002	146	595	523	67	143	27	2	30	103	63	99	1	2	.273	.353	.505	.858	126.5	126.6	.374	2.7
2003	86	329	297	32	74	14	0	13	40	31	66	0	0	.249	.322	.428	.750	97.5	99.1	.329	0.3
2004	27	81	72	7	13	3	0	2	7	9	19	0	0	.181	.272	.306	.577	46.4	51.8	.254	-0.5

Career totals

2,460

71st-most career G

10,174

78th-most career PA

8,757

91st-most career AB

1,349

112th-most career R

2,490

103rd-most career H

441

123rd-most career 2B

493

29th-most career HR

RBI

1,550

47th-most career RBI

1,305

48th-most career BB

1,882

19th-most career SO

.2843

OBP

.3769

213th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5091

96th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8860

92nd-highest career OPS

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	TB
1996-08-24	CHC @ ATL Gameday	5	2	5	1	0	2	4	12
1993-07-27	ATL @ COL Gameday	5	2	3	0	1	2	4	11
1995-04-26	SF @ ATL Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	2	5	10
1997-08-30	ATL @ BOS Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	2	5	10
1988-05-03	TOR @ SEA Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	2	4	10

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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2023 (Contemporary Era)

3× Silver Slugger1× All-Star Game MVP5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.