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Mike Macfarlane
Michael Andrew Macfarlane
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 12, 1964 in Stockton, CA
Drafted
by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1987
Final Game: October 3, 1999
    About biographical information

Team Record in Appearances: 48-64 / in Starts: 45-55
Longest Hitting Streak: 11 games, Longest On Base Streak: 11 games.
Most games w/o HR: 21 games, Most games w/o RBI: 15 games.
Grand Slams: 0 in 16 bases loaded PA and 13 AB
Go-Ahead Hits: 14 (all hits where the team went from tied or behind to ahead, may have benefitted from errors)
RBI Opportunities   
Mike Macfarlane -- PA: 419RBI: 54    Actual Runners on Base: 264 (124-95-45),
ML Avg. Player with PA: 419RBI: 50 Avg. Runners on Base: 267 (131-88-47)

1996 Batting Gamelog

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Rk Gcar Gtm Date Tm Opp Rslt Inngs PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BOP Pos
1 809 1 Apr 2 KCR @ BAL L,2-4 CG 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 8 C
2 810 3 Apr 4 KCR @ BAL L,3-5 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 8 C
3 811 4 Apr 5 KCR BOS W,5-4 GS-9 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .273 .273 .455 .727 8 C
4 812 5 Apr 6 KCR BOS W,7-3 GS-8 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .333 .429 .762 7 C
5 813 7 Apr 9 KCR @ NYY L,3-7 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .263 .333 .596 5 C
6 814 8 Apr 11 KCR @ NYY L,3-5 CG 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .304 .409 .713 4 C
7 815 11 Apr 14 KCR @ MIL L,2-5 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .259 .346 .605 6 C
8 816 12 Apr 15 KCR CHW L,10-11 CG 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .258 .400 .658 6 C
9 817 16 Apr 19 KCR MIL L,2-8 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 .229 .353 .582 8 C
10 818 17 Apr 20 KCR MIL L,4-12 GS-9 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 .237 .351 .588 5 C
11 819 18 Apr 21 KCR MIL L,4-5 GS-9 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .238 .341 .580 4 C
12 820 20 Apr 23 KCR NYY W,5-2 CG 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .205 .239 .318 .557 5 C
13 821 21 Apr 24 KCR BAL L,8-11 CG 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 .235 .306 .541 5 C
14 822 22 Apr 25 KCR BAL L,2-3 7-GF 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 .245 .314 .559 9 PH C
15 823 23 Apr 26 KCR @ BOS W,4-3 CG 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .263 .315 .578 8 C
16 824 25 Apr 28 KCR @ BOS W,9-7 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .262 .362 .624 5 C
17 825 26 Apr 29 KCR @ MIN L,6-11 8-GF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 .258 .356 .614 9 PH C
18 826 27 Apr 30 KCR @ MIN L,7-16 CG 5 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234 .269 .422 .691 6 C
May Tm Opp Rslt Inngs PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BOP Pos
19 827 28 May 1 KCR @ MIN L,5-6 CG(10) 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 .268 .403 .671 9 C
20 828 30 May 4 KCR OAK L,2-5 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .253 .380 .634 4 C
21 829 32 May 6 KCR @ CAL W,9-4 CG 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 .250 .368 .618 7 C
22 830 34 May 8 KCR @ CAL W,3-1 8-GF(14) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203 .241 .354 .595 1 C
23 831 37 May 11 KCR @ SEA L,1-11 CG 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 .241 .341 .583 8 C
24 832 38 May 12 KCR @ SEA L,5-8 8-GF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 .250 .341 .591 9 PH C
25 833 41 May 15 KCR @ TEX W,3-1 CG 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .198 .250 .337 .587 7 C
26 834 42 May 17 KCR TOR W,4-2 CG 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 .263 .371 .634 9 C
27 835 44 May 19 KCR TOR L,2-3 CG 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 .263 .376 .639 8 C
28 836 45 May 20 KCR TOR W,5-4 CG 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 .265 .385 .650 8 C
29 837 47 May 22 KCR @ DET W,6-4 CG 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .274 .384 .657 8 C
30 838 50 May 25 KCR TEX L,1-2 CG 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 .275 .392 .667 8 C
31 839 51 May 26 KCR TEX L,4-6 8-GF 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .282 .398 .680 4 PH
32 840 52 May 27 KCR DET W,5-4 GS-9 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 .289 .411 .701 8 C
33 841 54 May 31 KCR @ TOR L,2-4 9-GF 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .296 .417 .712 8 PH
June Tm Opp Rslt Inngs PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BOP Pos
34 842 55 Jun 1 KCR @ TOR L,3-5 CG(10) 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .308 .429 .737 8 C
35 843 56 Jun 2 KCR @ TOR W,7-5 CG 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .312 .422 .734 8 C
36 844 57 Jun 3 KCR @ OAK L,1-2 7-GF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 .310 .419 .728 8 C
37 845 58 Jun 4 KCR @ OAK L,3-8 CG 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .315 .430 .745 8 C
38 846 59 Jun 5 KCR @ OAK W,5-2 CG 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .258 .313 .419 .733 6 C
39 847 60 Jun 7 KCR SEA W,9-5 CG 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 .319 .438 .756 8 C
40 848 62 Jun 9 KCR SEA L,2-3 GS-7 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .321 .446 .768 8 C
41 849 63 Jun 10 KCR CAL L,5-7 GS-9 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .326 .470 .797 5 C
42 850 64 Jun 11 KCR CAL L,9-11 CG 5 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .322 .482 .804 5 C
43 851 65 Jun 12 KCR CAL L,3-4 9-GF(10) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .320 .479 .799 1 PH C
44 852 67 Jun 14 KCR BAL L,1-6 CG 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .325 .500 .825 5 C
45 853 68 Jun 15 KCR BAL W,7-6 16-GF(16) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .278 .323 .500 .823 3 PH
46 854 69 Jun 16 KCR BAL L,5-13 CG 4 3 2 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 .340 .531 .870 8 C
47 855 71 Jun 18 KCR @ MIL L,1-9 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 .331 .517 .848 5 C
48 856 73 Jun 21 KCR @ BAL L,3-9 CG 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 .327 .506 .834 5 C
49 857 74 Jun 22 KCR @ BAL L,3-5 CG 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 .326 .500 .826 8 C
50 858 77 Jun 26 KCR MIL W,7-3 CG 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 .330 .537 .866 5 C
51 859 78 Jun 27 KCR MIL L,2-6 GS-7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 .331 .533 .865 8 C
52 860 80 Jun 29 KCR MIN L,7-12 CG 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284 .333 .527 .860 5 DH
53 861 81 Jun 30 KCR MIN L,2-5 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 .326 .514 .841 6 DH
July Tm Opp Rslt Inngs PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BOP Pos
54 862 82 Jul 1 KCR @ CLE W,4-2 CG 4 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 .330 .548 .878 5 C
55 863 83 Jul 2 KCR @ CLE L,2-3 CG 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .327 .536 .862 4 C
56 864 87 Jul 6 KCR @ MIN W,8-5 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 .320 .524 .844 8 C
57 865 88 Jul 7 KCR @ MIN W,8-2 CG 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .275 .324 .529 .853 8 C
58 866 89 Jul 11 KCR CHW W,3-2 GS-9 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 .329 .529 .857 8 C
59 867 90 Jul 12 KCR CHW L,6-7 CG 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .332 .526 .858 8 C
60 868 92 Jul 14 KCR CHW L,2-3 CG 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .332 .520 .852 8 C
61 869 93 Jul 15 KCR CLE W,6-3 CG 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .335 .533 .868 8 C
62 870 94 Jul 16 KCR CLE L,4-10 GS-6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 .333 .530 .863 8 C
63 871 95 Jul 17 KCR CLE W,3-2 CG 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .329 .522 .851 8 C
64 872 96 Jul 18 KCR @ CHW W,7-1 CG 4 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .273 .336 .537 .873 4 C
65 873 98 Jul 20 KCR @ CHW W,7-5 CG 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .333 .529 .862 4 DH
66 874 99 Jul 21 KCR @ CHW L,3-6 CG 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .332 .523 .855 6 C
67 875 100 Jul 22 KCR @ BOS W,5-2 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .331 .532 .863 7 C
68 876 101 Jul 23 KCR @ BOS W,7-5 CG 5 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 .336 .536 .872 7 C
69 877 104 Jul 26 KCR @ NYY L,1-15 CG 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 .335 .531 .866 4 C
70 878 105 Jul 27 KCR @ NYY L,4-5 CG 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .328 .519 .848 4 C
71 879 106 Jul 28 KCR @ NYY L,2-3 CG 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .324 .513 .837 8 C
August Tm Opp Rslt Inngs PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BOP Pos
72 880 109 Aug 1 KCR BOS W,9-4 CG 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .330 .515 .844 6 C
73 881 110 Aug 2 KCR NYY W,4-3 GS-10 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269 .328 .508 .837 8 C
74 882 111 Aug 3 KCR NYY W,11-4 CG 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .331 .510 .841 8 C
75 883 113 Aug 5 KCR NYY L,2-5 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .330 .518 .848 4 DH
76 884 114 Aug 6 KCR OAK W,9-2 CG 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .332 .522 .854 8 C
77 885 115 Aug 7 KCR OAK W,7-0 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .272 .331 .518 .848 4 C
78 886 116 Aug 8 KCR OAK L,1-2 CG 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .333 .521 .854 4 C
79 887 117 Aug 9 KCR @ CAL W,5-3 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .329 .513 .842 4 DH
80 888 118 Aug 10 KCR @ CAL W,18-3 GS-7 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 .338 .515 .853 4 DH
81 889 119 Aug 11 KCR @ CAL L,5-6 CG 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 .340 .526 .866 4 C
82 890 120 Aug 12 KCR @ SEA W,10-4 CG 6 6 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 .340 .525 .865 4 C
83 891 121 Aug 13 KCR @ SEA L,5-9 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279 .339 .532 .871 4 C
84 892 124 Aug 17 KCR @ TEX W,4-1 CG 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .344 .534 .878 7 C
85 893 125 Aug 18 KCR @ TEX L,3-10 CG 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 .346 .531 .878 4 C
86 894 127 Aug 20 KCR TOR L,5-6 CG(14) 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .280 .342 .522 .864 4 C
87 895 128 Aug 21 KCR TOR L,2-6 CG 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 .340 .517 .857 4 DH
88 896 129 Aug 22 KCR DET L,3-10 CG 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278 .342 .518 .861 4 C
89 897 130 Aug 23 KCR DET L,2-3 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 .338 .512 .850 4 C
90 898 132 Aug 25 KCR DET L,4-7 CG 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 .337 .508 .845 8 C
91 899 133 Aug 27 KCR TEX W,4-3 9-GF(10) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .336 .506 .843 7 PH C
92 900 134 Aug 28 KCR TEX W,4-3 CG(12) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .331 .498 .830 7 C
93 901 135 Aug 29 KCR @ DET L,1-4 CG 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .333 .497 .830 7 C
94 902 137 Aug 31 KCR @ DET W,3-1 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 .330 .491 .820 6 C
September Tm Opp Rslt Inngs PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS BOP Pos
95 903 139 Sep 2 KCR @ TOR W,2-0 CG 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .330 .488 .817 8 C
96 904 140 Sep 3 KCR @ TOR W,5-2 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .329 .485 .813 4 C
97 905 142 Sep 6 KCR @ OAK L,1-7 8-8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .328 .483 .811 7 PH
98 906 143 Sep 7 KCR @ OAK L,6-13 CG 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .327 .480 .807 7 C
99 907 144 Sep 8 KCR @ OAK L,7-8 CG(10) 5 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .328 .488 .816 7 C
100 908 146 Sep 11 KCR SEA W,4-2 CG 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .265 .327 .487 .814 5 C
101 909 147 Sep 12 KCR SEA L,5-8 9-GF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .326 .485 .811 2 PH
102 910 148 Sep 13 KCR CAL W,8-2 CG 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 .328 .487 .815 4 C
103 911 149 Sep 14 KCR CAL W,8-5 CG 4 4 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .332 .499 .831 6 C
104 912 151 Sep 17 KCR MIN W,4-2 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 .332 .504 .836 7 C
105 913 152 Sep 18 KCR MIN L,4-7 CG 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 .331 .501 .832 6 C
106 914 153 Sep 19 KCR @ CLE L,1-9 CG 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .331 .499 .829 5 C
107 915 154 Sep 20 KCR @ CLE W,6-4 GS-9 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .337 .500 .837 4 DH
108 916 156 Sep 22 KCR @ CLE L,5-6 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .333 .495 .828 8 C
109 917 157 Sep 24 KCR @ CHW L,2-3 CG 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .335 .495 .830 5 C
110 918 158 Sep 25 KCR @ CHW W,8-2 CG 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .272 .336 .500 .836 7 C
111 919 160 Sep 28 KCR CLE L,4-5 CG 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 .337 .499 .836 8 C
112 920 161 Sep 29 KCR CLE W,4-1 CG 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274 .339 .499 .838 4 C
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