Dave McKay
David Lawrence McKay
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 14, 1950 in Vancouver, BC, CAN
School: Creighton University
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1975
Final Game: October 3, 1982
Relatives: Father of Cody McKay
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 MIN AL 25 3B 33 33 298.0 117 38 70 9 12 .923 -1.4 -5.6 -2.4 -1.5 -1.0 1 3.26 3.27 .956 3.16 2.81
1976 MIN AL 26 3B 41 38 341.2 112 25 77 10 13 .911 -3.5 -12.3 -4.5 -2.9 -1.5 1 2.69 2.49 .955 2.94 2.64
1976 MIN AL 26 SS 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 1.00 .950 4.95 4.40
1976 MIN AL 26 DH 1
1977 TOR AL 27 2B 40 35 314.2 188 75 107 6 21 .968 -2.3 -8.8 -2.3 0.6 -2.9 0 5.21 4.55 .978 5.42 4.76
1977 TOR AL 27 3B 32 31 274.1 102 32 65 5 7 .951 -1.4 -6.1 -1.4 -0.7 -0.7 0 3.18 3.03 .957 2.97 2.72
1977 TOR AL 27 SS 20 13 127.1 70 34 33 3 8 .957 -3.8 -35.8 -3.8 -1.6 -2.2 0 4.74 3.35 .963 4.82 4.07
1977 TOR AL 27 DH 2
1978 TOR AL 28 2B 140 137 1213.1 730 310 408 12 96 .984 -3.2 -3.2 -4.2 -5.8 1.6 1 5.33 5.13 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 TOR AL 28 SS 3 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 2.25 0.33 1.000 4.95 4.20
1978 TOR AL 28 3B 2 2 16.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -22.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.81 2.50 .960 2.98 2.60
1978 TOR AL 28 DH 1
1979 TOR AL 29 2B 46 45 391.0 274 119 148 7 37 .974 3.0 9.2 2.0 -0.5 2.5 1 6.15 5.80 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 TOR AL 29 3B 2 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.00 1.00 .950 3.00 2.65
1980 OAK AL 30 2B 62 45 435.0 256 99 151 6 24 .977 -1.7 -4.7 1.3 1.8 -0.5 -3 5.17 4.03 .981 5.60 4.91
1980 OAK AL 30 3B 54 30 303.2 109 39 66 4 5 .963 3.1 12.3 3.1 2.0 1.0 0 3.11 1.94 .950 3.01 2.59
1980 OAK AL 30 SS 10 6 70.0 42 17 25 0 4 1.000 1.6 27.4 1.6 1.2 0.4 0 5.40 4.20 .962 4.99 4.26
1981 OAK AL 31 3B 43 32 291.0 95 29 59 7 3 .926 0.8 3.3 0.8 2.2 -1.4 0 2.72 2.05 .952 2.95 2.52
1981 OAK AL 31 2B 38 33 299.0 197 83 108 6 23 .970 -1.1 -4.4 -0.1 1.1 -1.2 -1 5.75 5.03 .982 5.54 4.93
1981 OAK AL 31 SS 7 0 13.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -46.2 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 0 7.62 1.57 .964 4.98 4.19
1982 OAK AL 32 2B 59 36 380.2 222 99 116 7 22 .968 -6.5 -20.5 -4.5 -6.1 1.6 -2 5.08 3.64 .981 5.35 4.70
1982 OAK AL 32 3B 16 15 134.0 58 19 35 4 1 .931 0.8 7.2 0.8 0.9 -0.1 0 3.63 3.38 .955 3.07 2.62
1982 OAK AL 32 SS 3 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 7.20 1.33 .975 4.86 4.17
6 Seasons 2B 385 331 3033.2 1867 785 1038 44 223 .976 -11.8 -4.7 -7.8 -8.9 1.1 -4 5.41 4.74 .980 5.48 4.79
8 Seasons 3B 223 181 1664.2 600 182 379 39 41 .935 -1.5 -1.1 -3.5 -0.3 -3.3 2 3.03 2.52 .954 3.01 2.64
6 Seasons SS 45 19 223.1 130 61 66 3 13 .977 -2.8 -15.0 -2.8 -0.5 -2.3 0 5.12 2.82 .963 4.89 4.16
3 Seasons DH 4
8 Seasons TOT 653 531 4921.2 2597 1028 1483 86 277 .967 -16.1 -3.9 -14.1 -9.7 -4.5 -2 4.59 3.85 .940 4.62 4.01
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1975 MIN AL 25 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIN AL 26 45 38 45 43 0 0 0 0 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1977 TOR AL 27 95 79 95 91 0 0 0 40 32 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1978 TOR AL 28 145 139 145 144 0 0 0 140 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1979 TOR AL 29 47 45 47 47 0 0 0 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1980 OAK AL 30 123 81 123 122 0 0 0 63 53 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
1981 OAK AL 31 79 65 79 77 0 0 0 39 44 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1982 OAK AL 32 78 51 78 77 0 0 0 59 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
8 Seasons 645 531 645 634 0 0 0 387 223 45 0 0 0 0 0 12 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1977 TOR AL 27 1420 57% 78% 26% 124 97% 0 73 29 29 15 106 91 14 0 4 6 0 4 2 3 21 10 3 7 1 21 8 13 0 0 0
1978 TOR AL 28 5515 60% 78% 24% 453 96% 1 307 95 138 75 404 334 59 0 9 12 2 7 3 6 95 33 18 29 3 87 32 53 6 3 3
1979 TOR AL 29 1803 57% 80% 27% 179 96% 2 120 49 52 19 147 117 24 1 5 7 1 5 1 5 39 12 7 16 1 36 17 19 3 1 2
1980 OAK AL 30 1929 45% 80% 25% 186 94% 0 103 42 41 20 153 121 26 0 5 6 1 4 1 4 26 4 5 10 0 21 10 10 5 4 1
1981 OAK AL 31 1311 48% 81% 23% 125 93% 4 82 24 32 26 109 84 19 4 3 6 1 4 1 4 24 10 2 7 0 23 7 14 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 32 1785 55% 79% 23% 144 94% 1 99 33 48 19 118 96 18 0 0 7 1 6 0 5 22 10 3 6 1 20 7 13 1 0 1
6 Seasons 13763 55% 79% 24% 1211 95% 8 784 272 340 174 1037 843 160 5 26 44 6 30 8 27 227 79 38 75 6 208 81 122 15 8 7
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 MIN AL 25 1318 53% 77% 26% 104 90% 2 37 27 4 6 71 48 15 3 2 9 0 8 1 9 12 7 1 10 2 1 1 1 100%
1976 MIN AL 26 1562 57% 77% 25% 109 87% 2 25 18 4 3 78 58 14 2 1 10 0 10 0 9 13 9 2 11 1 0 1 3 67%
1977 TOR AL 27 1256 51% 79% 27% 102 87% 0 31 28 0 3 64 52 9 0 3 5 0 4 1 4 7 4 0 5 1 1 0 2 100%
1978 TOR AL 28 85 69% 81% 15% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 TOR AL 29 27 59% 78% 44% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 OAK AL 30 1261 48% 79% 26% 96 93% 1 35 28 1 6 63 55 5 1 4 4 0 4 0 4 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
1981 OAK AL 31 1282 49% 78% 24% 99 85% 3 30 23 3 4 59 47 10 2 2 7 0 7 0 6 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1982 OAK AL 32 598 58% 81% 26% 53 89% 0 19 12 2 5 34 29 4 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 7389 52% 78% 26% 570 89% 8 177 136 14 27 376 296 57 8 14 39 0 37 2 35 40 26 4 33 4 2 2 11 82%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 MIN AL 26 17 53% 59% 12% 1 100% 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TOR AL 27 605 51% 77% 25% 46 91% 0 34 14 12 8 32 24 7 0 1 3 0 3 0 2 8 2 1 2 0 2 7 3 4 0 0 0
1978 TOR AL 28 19 63% 68% 16% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 OAK AL 30 308 56% 78% 23% 35 97% 0 17 12 4 1 25 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0
1981 OAK AL 31 58 62% 72% 21% 3 100% 0 4 1 2 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 OAK AL 32 32 38% 75% 16% 3 67% 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1039 53% 77% 23% 90 92% 0 59 28 20 11 63 45 14 0 2 3 0 3 0 2 14 3 1 5 0 2 12 5 7 1 1 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 91%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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