MLB / Players

Mike Macfarlane

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 200 lb

BornApril 12, 1964 · Stockton, CA, USA

MLB debutJuly 23, 1987

Final gameOctober 3, 1999

Seasons13 (1987–1999)

Kansas City Royals 1987–1994; Boston Red Sox 1995; Kansas City Royals 1996–1998; Oakland Athletics 1998–1999

Percentile snapshot

1994 season — qualified batters

5.8

370

9.6

314

3.8

35.9

4.5

58.3

RBI

37.2

37.8

30.1

7.7

85.3

.255

OBP

.359

55.1

SLG

.462

57.1

OPS

.821

56.4

wRC+

110.5

53.2

OPS+

108.5

52.6

wOBA

.365

60.3

sWAR

2.3

63.5

of 157 qualified 1994 batters (min 356 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

98.0

37.7

OPS+

99.0

39.7

sWAR

21.0

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
1987	8	21	19	0	4	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	49.3	46.7	.258	0.0
1988	70	236	211	25	56	15	0	4	26	21	37	0	0	.265	.332	.393	.725	103.1	103.1	.329	1.5
1989	69	167	157	13	35	6	0	2	19	7	27	0	0	.223	.263	.299	.563	57.3	59.6	.262	0.2
1990	124	439	400	37	102	24	4	6	58	25	69	1	0	.255	.306	.380	.686	90.8	92.9	.312	2.0
1991	84	295	267	34	74	18	2	13	41	17	52	1	0	.277	.330	.506	.836	127.2	128.1	.369	2.5
1992	129	450	402	51	94	28	3	17	48	30	89	1	5	.234	.310	.445	.755	107.5	108.2	.342	2.7
1993	117	451	388	55	106	27	0	20	67	40	83	2	5	.273	.360	.497	.857	125.1	124.5	.381	3.9
1994	92	370	314	53	80	17	3	14	47	35	71	1	0	.255	.359	.462	.821	110.5	108.5	.365	2.3
1995	115	420	364	45	82	18	1	15	51	38	78	2	1	.225	.319	.404	.723	86.2	85.0	.326	1.5
1996	112	419	379	58	104	24	2	19	54	31	57	3	3	.274	.339	.499	.838	106.3	109.2	.360	2.4
1997	82	291	257	34	61	14	2	8	35	24	47	0	2	.237	.316	.401	.717	82.8	84.4	.317	1.0
1998	81	238	218	29	53	12	0	7	34	12	36	1	0	.243	.291	.394	.686	76.2	78.6	.301	0.7
1999	81	246	226	24	55	17	0	4	31	13	52	0	0	.243	.282	.372	.653	65.1	68.4	.287	0.4

Career totals

1,164

4,043

3,602

458

906

221

129

RBI

514

295

700

.2515

OBP

.3218

SLG

.4298

OPS

.7516

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	HR	RBI	TB
1991-07-14	KC @ DET Gameday	6	2	3	0	2	5	9
1994-07-04	TOR @ KC Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	4	9
1990-05-18	KC @ NYY Gameday	4	1	3	2	1	4	8
1992-08-17	DET @ KC Gameday	4	2	3	2	1	3	8
1996-06-26	MIL @ KC Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	3	8

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.