Hal McRae

Full Name: Harold Abraham McRae	Primary Position: DH,OF,LF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180	First Game: July 11, 1968
Birthdate: July 10, 1945	Final Game: July 17, 1987
Birthplace: Avon Park, Florida	MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Hal McRae (Harold Abraham McRae) was born on July 10, 1945 in Avon Park, Florida. He made his Major League debut on July 11, 1968 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 1970, his rookie year, he hit .248 with 8 home runs and 23 RBI. McRae played for the Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 19 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Hal McRae's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1982, when he slugged 27 home runs, hit for a .308 average and knocked in 133 runs. However, others believe that it was 1977, when he slugged 21 home runs, hit for a .298 average and knocked in 92 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	CIN	N	17	51	1	10	0	2	.196	.255	.216	1	0	4	14	0	1	1	2	2
1970	CIN	N	70	165	18	41	8	23	.248	.313	.442	6	1	15	23	1	0	0	2	6
1971	CIN	N	99	337	39	89	9	34	.264	.291	.427	24	2	11	35	2	3	3	0	8
1972	CIN	N	61	97	9	27	5	26	.278	.295	.474	4	0	2	10	2	0	0	0	5
1973	KC	A	106	338	36	79	9	50	.234	.312	.385	18	3	34	38	6	1	2	2	7
1974	KC	A	148	539	71	167	15	88	.310	.375	.475	36	4	54	68	5	5	11	6	12
1975	KC	A	126	480	58	147	5	71	.306	.366	.442	38	6	47	47	4	6	11	7	18
1976	KC	A	149	527	75	175	8	73	.332	.407	.461	34	5	64	43	8	2	22	7	13
1977	KC	A	162	641	104	191	21	92	.298	.366	.515	54	11	59	43	13	2	18	5	12
1978	KC	A	156	623	90	170	16	72	.273	.329	.429	39	5	51	62	6	1	17	6	15
1979	KC	A	101	393	55	113	10	74	.288	.351	.466	32	4	38	46	4	1	5	0	6
1980	KC	A	124	489	73	145	14	83	.297	.342	.483	39	5	29	56	8	0	10	4	13
1981	KC	A	101	389	38	106	7	36	.272	.330	.396	23	2	34	33	2	3	3	3	11
1982	KC	A	159	613	91	189	27	133	.308	.369	.542	46	8	55	61	5	1	4	7	8
1983	KC	A	157	589	84	183	12	82	.311	.372	.462	41	6	50	68	10	0	2	7	18
1984	KC	A	106	317	30	96	3	42	.303	.363	.397	13	4	34	47	1	0	0	3	10
1985	KC	A	112	320	41	83	14	70	.259	.349	.450	19	0	44	45	1	2	0	3	12
1986	KC	A	112	278	22	70	7	37	.252	.298	.378	14	0	18	39	1	0	0	4	9
1987	KC	A	18	32	5	10	1	9	.313	.405	.500	3	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	1
Total	NL		247	650	67	167	22	85	.257	.294	.422	35	3	32	82	5	4	4	4	21
Total	AL		1837	6568	873	1924	169	1012	.293	.356	.458	449	63	616	697	74	24	105	65	165
Total			2084	7218	940	2091	191	1097	.290	.351	.454	484	66	648	779	79	28	109	69	186

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1968	CIN	N	2B	16	16	129.2	33	30	5	8	.926
1970	CIN	N	3B	6	3	32.2	1	5	0	1	1.000
1970	CIN	N	OF	47	41	288	52	1	1	0	.981
1970	CIN	N	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1970	CIN	N	LF	46	41	287	49	1	1	0	.980
1970	CIN	N	2B	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1971	CIN	N	OF	91	82	716	167	6	6	1	.966
1971	CIN	N	LF	65	58	485.1	86	5	6	1	.938
1971	CIN	N	CF	29	24	230.2	82	1	0	0	1.000
1972	CIN	N	OF	12	8	55.2	13	0	2	0	.867
1972	CIN	N	CF	3	1	8	2	0	1	0	.667
1972	CIN	N	3B	11	9	66	3	14	4	1	.810
1972	CIN	N	RF	9	7	47.2	10	0	1	0	.909
1973	KC	A	RF	63	56	458	97	4	4	0	.962
1973	KC	A	3B	3	0	6	0	2	1	0	.667
1973	KC	A	DH	37	33	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	KC	A	OF	64	57	474	101	4	4	2	.963
1973	KC	A	LF	3	1	16	2	0	0	0	1.000
1974	KC	A	LF	40	39	321.1	101	2	3	1	.972
1974	KC	A	DH	90	89	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	KC	A	RF	20	17	154	31	0	4	0	.886
1974	KC	A	OF	56	56	475.1	132	2	7	1	.950
1974	KC	A	3B	2	0	4	0	1	0	1	1.000
1975	KC	A	OF	114	114	968.2	207	7	3	2	.986
1975	KC	A	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	KC	A	LF	114	114	966.2	207	7	3	1	.986
1975	KC	A	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	KC	A	DH	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	KC	A	LF	31	28	248.1	63	2	2	0	.970
1976	KC	A	OF	31	28	248.1	63	2	2	0	.970
1976	KC	A	DH	117	116	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	KC	A	LF	47	44	347	84	8	4	1	.958
1977	KC	A	OF	47	44	347	84	8	4	1	.958
1977	KC	A	DH	115	113	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	KC	A	LF	3	3	23	3	1	0	0	1.000
1978	KC	A	OF	3	3	23	3	1	0	0	1.000
1978	KC	A	DH	153	153	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	KC	A	DH	100	99	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	KC	A	DH	109	109	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	KC	A	LF	9	9	67	17	0	0	0	1.000
1980	KC	A	OF	9	9	67	17	0	0	0	1.000
1981	KC	A	DH	97	97	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	KC	A	LF	2	2	16	5	0	0	0	1.000
1981	KC	A	OF	4	4	31	10	0	1	0	.909
1981	KC	A	RF	2	2	15	5	0	1	0	.833
1982	KC	A	LF	1	1	9	1	0	1	0	.500
1982	KC	A	OF	1	1	9	1	0	1	0	.500
1982	KC	A	DH	158	158	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	KC	A	DH	156	155	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	KC	A	DH	94	81	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	KC	A	DH	106	82	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	KC	A	DH	75	58	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	KC	A	DH	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			CF	32	25	238.2	84	1	1	0	.988
Total			OF	479	447	3703	850	31	31	7	.966
Total			2B	17	16	131.2	33	31	5	8	.928
Total			DH	1426	1361	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	96	82	677.2	143	4	10	0	.936
Total			3B	23	12	110.2	4	22	5	3	.839
Total			LF	361	340	2786.2	618	26	20	4	.970

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Wayne Simpson to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Roger Nelson and Richie Scheinblum (November 30, 1972).
Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (November 15, 1982).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 8, 1985).
Released by Kansas City Royals (December 19, 1986).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 12, 1987).
Released by Kansas City Royals (July 21, 1987).