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Dave McKay

David Lawrence McKay

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 14, 1950 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
School: Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1975
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Athletics/Twins 1975-1982
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks, previously: Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1982
Relatives: Father of Cody McKay
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1975 25 MIN AL 33 135 125 8 32 4 1 2 16 1 1 6 14 .256 .291 .352 .643 80 44 4 1 1 2 0 5
1976 26 MIN AL 45 155 138 8 28 2 0 0 8 1 2 9 27 .203 .272 .217 .489 43 30 6 4 4 0 0 5/6D
1977 27 TOR AL 95 293 274 18 54 4 3 3 22 2 1 7 51 .197 .222 .266 .488 33 73 9 2 9 1 0 456/D
1978 28 TOR AL 145 537 504 59 120 20 8 7 45 4 4 20 91 .238 .268 .351 .619 73 177 17 1 10 2 2 *4/65D
1979 29 TOR AL 47 169 156 19 34 9 0 0 12 1 1 7 19 .218 .256 .276 .532 44 43 5 1 5 0 0 4/5
1980 30 OAK AL 123 322 295 29 72 16 1 1 29 1 1 10 57 .244 .283 .315 .598 70 93 4 6 11 0 0 456
1981 31 OAK AL 79 249 224 25 59 11 1 4 21 4 1 16 43 .263 .313 .375 .688 104 84 4 2 3 4 0 54/6
1982 32 OAK AL 78 226 212 25 42 4 1 4 17 6 1 11 35 .198 .235 .283 .518 46 60 0 0 0 3 0 45/6
8 Yrs 645 2086 1928 191 441 70 15 21 170 20 12 86 337 .229 .266 .313 .580 63 604 49 17 43 12 2
162 Game Avg. 162 524 484 48 111 18 4 5 43 5 3 22 85 .229 .266 .313 .580 63 152 12 4 11 3 1
OAK (3 yrs) 280 797 731 79 173 31 3 9 67 11 3 37 135 .237 .278 .324 .603 73 237 8 8 14 7 0
TOR (3 yrs) 287 999 934 96 208 33 11 10 79 7 6 34 161 .223 .252 .314 .566 56 293 31 4 24 3 2
MIN (2 yrs) 78 290 263 16 60 6 1 2 24 2 3 15 41 .228 .281 .281 .562 61 74 10 5 5 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 25 MIN AL 33 135 -4 -1 -0 -1 1 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.2 .479 .496 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 5
1976 26 MIN AL 45 155 -10 -2 -0 -3 1 -16 -1.8 5 -11 -1.3 .460 .489 -0.9 -0.2 -7 $ 5/6D
1977 27 TOR AL 95 293 -23 -0 -1 -8 3 -28 -2.8 9 -19 -2.0 .469 .482 -1.2 -0.4 -12 $25,000 456/D
1978 28 TOR AL 145 537 -19 -0 0 -4 4 -19 -1.9 17 -2 -0.3 .486 .487 0.1 0.1 2 $ *4/65D
1979 29 TOR AL 47 169 -13 1 0 3 1 -7 -0.7 6 -2 -0.2 .484 .495 -0.5 0.5 -5 $ 4/5
1980 30 OAK AL 123 322 -12 -0 0 3 3 -6 -0.6 10 3 0.4 .495 .496 0.1 0.8 0 $ 456
1981 31 OAK AL 79 249 0 -0 0 -1 2 2 0.2 8 9 0.9 .502 .501 1.1 0.2 10 $ 54/6
1982 32 OAK AL 78 226 -14 2 1 -6 2 -15 -1.5 7 -8 -0.9 .479 .490 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $ 45/6
8 Seasons 645 2086 -95 -2 0 -16 16 -97 -9.7 66 -31 -3.6 .484 .492 -1.7 0.5 -15 $25,000
OAK (3 yrs) 280 797 -26 1 1 -4 7 -20 -1.9 24 4 0.4 .492 .496 0.9 0.6 8 $
TOR (3 yrs) 287 999 -55 0 0 -8 8 -55 -5.5 32 -22 -2.5 .480 .488 -1.6 0.2 -15 $25,000
MIN (2 yrs) 78 290 -15 -3 -1 -5 2 -22 -2.4 9 -13 -1.5 .468 .492 -1.0 -0.3 -8 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1975 25 MIN AL 135 101 12 3.2 94 .270 .256 .260 .291 .330 .352 .382 .643 .713 80 .367 -3.7 -0.4 .520 .144 .096 1.3
1976 26 MIN AL 155 122 8 1.8 88 .252 .203 .259 .272 .324 .217 .366 .489 .690 43 .185 -10.0 -1.1 .356 .072 .014 .0
1977 27 TOR AL 293 240 15 1.7 100 .231 .197 .266 .222 .330 .266 .405 .488 .735 33 .135 -26.8 -2.7 .361 .099 .069 2.4
1978 28 TOR AL 537 417 43 2.8 94 .277 .238 .262 .268 .328 .351 .386 .619 .714 73 .306 -21.1 -2.2 .489 .153 .113 5.1
1979 29 TOR AL 169 133 10 2.0 102 .248 .218 .270 .256 .334 .276 .408 .532 .743 44 .173 -12.4 -1.2 .398 .103 .058 .0
1980 30 OAK AL 322 239 27 3.0 92 .300 .244 .259 .283 .321 .315 .385 .598 .705 70 .319 -11.5 -1.1 .478 .105 .071 1.0
1981 31 OAK AL 249 177 27 4.1 84 .304 .263 .249 .313 .313 .375 .362 .688 .675 104 .501 1.3 0.1 .618 .196 .112 4.0
1982 32 OAK AL 226 174 16 2.5 93 .216 .198 .257 .235 .320 .283 .392 .518 .711 46 .243 -15.8 -1.6 .444 .160 .085 4.8
8 Yrs 2086 1603 158 2.6 94 .265 .229 .261 .266 .325 .313 .387 .580 .711 63 .282 -100.0 -10.1 .462 .133 .085 20.5
162 Game Avg. 524 403 40 2.6 94 .265 .229 .261 .266 .325 .313 .387 .580 .711 63 .282 -100.0 -10.1 .462 .133 .085 5
OAK (3 yrs) 797 590 70 3.2 90 .276 .237 .256 .278 .318 .324 .380 .603 .698 73 .354 -26.0 -2.6 .510 .149 .088 9.9
TOR (3 yrs) 999 790 68 2.3 97 .258 .223 .265 .252 .329 .314 .396 .566 .725 56 .228 -60.3 -6.1 .435 .128 .091 8.2
MIN (2 yrs) 290 223 20 2.4 91 .261 .228 .260 .281 .327 .281 .374 .562 .701 61 .272 -13.7 -1.5 .431 .106 .053 2.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 31 OAK AL ALDS KCR W 3 12 11 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .545 .879 6 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 OAK AL ALCS NYY L 3 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 1 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 6 23 22 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .273 .304 .409 .713 9 1 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 3 12 11 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .545 .879 6 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 3 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1975 25 MIN AL 135 1.5% 10.4% 4.4% 5.2% 22% 2.33 8.9 62.5 7.8 1.26 82%
1976 26 MIN AL 155 0.0% 17.4% 5.8% 1.3% 7% 3.00 5.1 17.3 1.09 72%
1977 27 TOR AL 293 1.0% 17.4% 2.4% 3.4% 19% 7.29 5.4 91.3 12.5 1.87 75%
1978 28 TOR AL 537 1.3% 17.0% 3.7% 6.5% 29% 4.55 5.5 72.0 11.2 1.47 76%
1979 29 TOR AL 169 0.0% 11.2% 4.1% 5.3% 27% 2.71 8.2 13.0 1.52 81%
1980 30 OAK AL 322 0.3% 17.7% 3.1% 5.6% 25% 5.70 5.2 295.0 10.2 1.37 74%
1981 31 OAK AL 249 1.6% 17.3% 6.4% 6.4% 27% 2.69 5.2 56.0 10.7 1.02 73%
1982 32 OAK AL 226 1.8% 15.5% 4.9% 4.0% 21% 3.18 6.1 53.0 12.5 0.76 78%
8 Yrs 2086 1.0% 16.2% 4.1% 5.1% 24% 3.92 5.7 91.8 11.3 1.31 76%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.8% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.51 7.0 46.3 8.6 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 25 MIN AL -3.7 -0.4 138 -0.7 2.2 -2.9 1.13 -0.2 -0.4 -6.0 -0.6 0.94 -3.3 0
1976 26 MIN AL -10.0 -1.1 160 -1.3 1.6 -2.9 .92 -1.1 -0.3 -13.2 -1.4 0.95 -12.7 1.19 3
1977 27 TOR AL -27.1 -2.7 300 -3.1 4.1 -7.1 1.11 -2.2 -0.5 -24.7 -2.5 0.93 -25.5 1.36 0
1978 28 TOR AL -21.1 -2.2 548 -1.2 9.4 -10.6 1.09 -2.0 1.0 -23.3 -2.4 0.96 -23.0 0
1979 29 TOR AL -12.4 -1.2 174 -1.4 2.1 -3.5 1.00 -1.3 -0.1 -14.1 -1.4 0.92 -14.8 2.08 0
1980 30 OAK AL -12.0 -1.2 329 -0.7 4.9 -5.6 .96 -1.7 1.0 -6.1 -0.6 0.94 -16.6 0.00 1
1981 31 OAK AL 1.0 0.1 260 -0.6 3.8 -4.4 .99 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.93 -1.6 1.73 3
1982 32 OAK AL -15.8 -1.6 234 -1.3 2.5 -3.8 .89 -1.4 -0.1 -16.2 -1.7 0.92 -16.1 0.43 2
8 Yrs -101.2 -10.2 2143 -10.1 30.6 -40.6 1.02 -10.5 0.6 -104.0 -10.6 0.94 -113.6 1.07 9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 25 MIN AL 1 0 16% 49 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 23% 8 7 1 1 1 0 4 0 2
1976 26 MIN AL 0 0 20% 67 1 2 33% 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 20% 12 10 2 0 0 0 3 1 1
1977 27 TOR AL 7 0 25% 89 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 5 67% 8 4 4 1 0 1 6 0 5
1978 28 TOR AL 7 0 39% 187 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 50% 30 22 8 6 1 5 18 4 14
1979 29 TOR AL 1 0 45% 67 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 53% 9 6 3 3 1 2 7 2 5
1980 30 OAK AL 2 0 32% 107 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 35% 17 13 4 1 1 0 11 5 6
1981 31 OAK AL 2 0 29% 105 4 1 80% 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 4 7 38% 23 16 7 2 1 1 9 4 5
1982 32 OAK AL 4 0 43% 69 6 1 86% 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 63% 13 7 6 1 0 1 5 0 5
8 Yrs 24 0 33% 740 20 12 63% 12 9 6 1 2 2 6 1 26 45 44% 120 85 35 15 5 10 63 16 43

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1975 25 MIN AL 135 100% 32 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 24 4 17% 17 5 29% 80 14 18% 14 7 50% 5 1 20% 0
1976 26 MIN AL 155 100% 28 3 1 0 0 1.19 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 32 6 19% 20 6 30% 92 8 9% 10 2 20% 6 3 50% 0
1977 27 TOR AL 293 100% 54 0 0 0 0 1.36 3 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 10 9 90% 49 9 18% 22 10 45% 177 22 12% 11 6 55% 9 6 67% 0
1978 28 TOR AL 537 100% 120 0 0 0 0 7 0 8 1 6 4 3 0 12 10 83% 122 17 14% 53 21 40% 335 41 12% 28 13 46% 18 10 56% 0
1979 29 TOR AL 169 100% 34 0 0 0 0 2.08 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 29 5 17% 18 9 50% 101 12 12% 9 4 44% 9 4 44% 0
1980 30 OAK AL 322 100% 72 1 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 14 11 79% 55 4 7% 19 10 53% 187 30 16% 9 5 56% 9 7 78% 0
1981 31 OAK AL 249 100% 59 3 0 0 0 1.73 4 0 3 1 3 1 3 0 3 3 100% 42 4 10% 18 7 39% 129 17 13% 12 7 58% 2 1 50% 0
1982 32 OAK AL 226 100% 42 2 0 0 0 0.43 4 0 4 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 29 0 0% 19 5 26% 121 13 11% 13 8 62% 6 1 17% 0
8 Yrs 2086 100% 441 9 2 0 0 1.07 21 0 36 8 13 9 12 0 49 43 88% 382 49 13% 186 73 39% 1222 157 13% 106 52 49% 64 33 52% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 35% 15% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 25 33 135 125 8 32 4 1 2 16 1 1 6 14 .256 .291 .352 .643 80 44 4 1 1 2 0
1976 26 78 290 263 16 60 6 1 2 24 2 3 15 41 .228 .281 .281 .562 61 74 10 5 5 2 0
1977 27 173 583 537 34 114 10 4 5 46 4 4 22 92 .212 .251 .274 .525 47 147 19 7 14 3 0
1978 28 318 1120 1041 93 234 30 12 12 91 8 8 42 183 .225 .259 .311 .570 59 324 36 8 24 5 2
1979 29 365 1289 1197 112 268 39 12 12 103 9 9 49 202 .224 .259 .307 .565 57 367 41 9 29 5 2
1980 30 488 1611 1492 141 340 55 13 13 132 10 10 59 259 .228 .264 .308 .572 60 460 45 15 40 5 2
1981 31 567 1860 1716 166 399 66 14 17 153 14 11 75 302 .233 .270 .317 .587 65 544 49 17 43 9 2
1982 32 645 2086 1928 191 441 70 15 21 170 20 12 86 337 .229 .266 .313 .580 63 604 49 17 43 12 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 25 33 138 128 9 34 4 1 2 18 1 6 14 .266 .299 .359 .659 14 33
1976 26 45 160 142 10 31 2 0 0 10 1 10 27 .218 .288 .232 .521 9 45
1977 27 95 293 274 18 54 4 3 3 22 2 7 51 .197 .222 .266 .488 16 95
1978 28 145 546 512 66 128 21 9 7 50 4 21 91 .250 .280 .367 .647 53 145
1979 29 47 171 158 19 35 9 0 0 12 1 7 19 .222 .259 .278 .538 11 47
1980 30 123 328 300 32 77 17 1 1 32 1 11 57 .257 .297 .330 .627 28 123
1981 31 120 392 351 46 101 19 2 7 39 7 27 65 .288 .339 .413 .752 48 79
1982 32 78 230 215 28 45 4 1 4 19 6 12 35 .209 .248 .293 .541 16 78
8 Yrs 686 2258 2080 228 505 80 17 24 202 23 101 359 .243 .282 .332 .614 195 645
162 Game Avg. 162 533 491 54 119 19 4 6 48 5 24 85 .243 .282 .332 .614 46 645

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL  17 (10th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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