MLB / Players

Hal McRae

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb

BornJuly 10, 1945 · Avon Park, FL, USA

MLB debutJuly 11, 1968

Final gameJuly 17, 1987

Seasons19 (1968–1987)

Cincinnati Reds 1968; Cincinnati Reds 1970–1972; Kansas City Royals 1973–1987

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified batters

157

82.3

654

76.2

589

78.5

76.2

183

91.5

96.2

68.5

43.1

RBI

73.8

43.8

58.5

64.6

.311

92.3

OBP

.372

80.8

SLG

.462

77.7

OPS

.833

79.2

wRC+

129.6

77.7

OPS+

128.8

77.7

wOBA

.371

76.9

sWAR

2.7

58.5

of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

122.8

83.2

OPS+

123.0

83.7

sWAR

30.3

96.6

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
1968	17	56	51	1	10	1	0	0	2	4	14	1	1	.196	.255	.216	.470	20.5	39.0	.214	-0.3
1970	70	182	165	18	41	6	1	8	23	15	23	0	2	.248	.313	.442	.756	98.7	101.0	.337	0.3
1971	99	354	337	39	89	24	2	9	34	11	35	3	2	.264	.291	.427	.718	103.1	104.2	.327	1.0
1972	61	105	97	9	27	4	0	5	26	2	10	0	0	.278	.295	.474	.769	116.9	122.4	.341	0.6
1973	106	382	338	36	79	18	3	9	50	34	38	2	2	.234	.312	.385	.697	90.9	91.5	.322	0.1
1974	148	607	539	71	167	36	4	15	88	54	68	11	8	.310	.375	.475	.850	141.5	138.8	.388	3.6
1975	126	547	480	58	147	38	6	5	71	47	47	11	8	.306	.366	.442	.808	124.9	126.3	.367	2.7
1976	149	609	527	75	175	34	5	8	73	64	43	22	12	.332	.407	.461	.868	158.6	155.3	.402	4.6
1977	162	720	641	104	191	54	11	21	92	59	43	18	14	.298	.366	.515	.881	139.1	138.4	.388	4.3
1978	156	692	623	90	170	39	5	16	72	51	62	17	8	.273	.329	.429	.757	108.1	110.4	.340	1.2
1979	101	443	393	55	113	32	4	10	74	38	46	5	4	.288	.351	.466	.816	118.3	117.5	.364	1.4
1980	124	532	489	73	145	39	5	14	83	29	56	10	2	.297	.342	.483	.825	121.9	123.0	.365	1.9
1981	101	433	389	38	106	23	2	7	36	34	33	3	4	.272	.330	.396	.726	109.9	110.3	.333	0.8
1982	159	676	613	91	189	46	8	27	133	55	61	4	4	.308	.369	.542	.910	147.3	146.8	.397	4.3
1983	157	654	589	84	183	41	6	12	82	50	68	2	3	.311	.372	.462	.833	129.6	128.8	.371	2.7
1984	106	361	317	30	96	13	4	3	42	34	47	0	3	.303	.363	.397	.760	111.3	111.0	.343	0.6
1985	112	369	320	41	83	19	0	14	70	44	45	0	1	.259	.349	.450	.799	119.2	118.1	.355	0.9
1986	112	299	278	22	70	14	0	7	37	18	39	0	0	.252	.298	.378	.675	77.5	82.3	.297	-0.7
1987	18	37	32	5	10	3	0	1	9	5	1	0	0	.313	.405	.500	.905	136.5	137.7	.391	0.2

Career totals

2,084

204th-most career G

8,058

283rd-most career PA

7,218

267th-most career AB

940

433rd-most career R

2,091

246th-most career H

484

81st-most career 2B

450th-most career 3B

191

424th-most career HR

RBI

1,097

226th-most career RBI

648

457th-most career BB

779

109

.2897

415th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3509

SLG

.4544

441st-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8053

450th-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	BB	TB
1971-07-27	CIN @ SD Gameday	5	3	5	3	0	1	1	0	11
1974-08-27	CLE @ KC Gameday	5	2	4	3	0	1	6	0	10
1976-08-26	KC @ BOS Gameday	7	1	4	2	0	1	4	0	9
1977-05-28	KC @ BOS Gameday	5	4	3	1	1	1	4	1	9
1980-08-29	TEX @ KC Gameday	4	2	3	0	0	2	4	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.

Honors

1× Silver Slugger3× 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.