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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
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:54AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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 5/6
1977 27 TOR AL 95 293 274 18 54 4 3 3 22 2 1 7 51 .197 .222 .266 .488 32 73 9 2 9 1 0 456
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 *4/65
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 69 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 .688 103 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 Seasons 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 72 237 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1975 25 MIN AL 135 -3 -1 -1 0 -1 1 4 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 5
1976 26 MIN AL 155 -10 -2 -1 0 -3 1 5 -11 -1.3 -7 -0.8 -0.5 $ 5/6
1977 27 TOR AL 293 -25 -1 2 -1 -8 2 10 -20 -2.1 -13 -1.3 -0.8 $25,000 456
1978 28 TOR AL 537 -20 -1 0 0 -4 4 18 -2 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $ *4/65
1979 29 TOR AL 169 -12 0 -2 0 3 1 6 -4 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $ 4/5
1980 30 OAK AL 322 -13 -1 -1 0 3 2 10 0 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $ 456
1981 31 OAK AL 249 3 0 0 0 -1 1 8 11 1.1 12 1.3 -0.2 $ 54/6
1982 32 OAK AL 226 -14 1 1 1 -6 2 7 -8 -0.8 -2 -0.2 -0.6 $ 45/6
8 Seasons 2086 -94 -5 -2 0 -16 14 68 -35 -4.2 -19 -1.9 -2.3 $25,000
OAK (3 yrs) 797 -24 0 0 1 -4 5 25 3 0.2 7 0.8 -0.6 $
TOR (3 yrs) 999 -57 -2 0 -1 -8 7 34 -26 -3.0 -19 -1.9 -1.1 $25,000
MIN (2 yrs) 290 -13 -3 -2 0 -5 2 9 -12 -1.4 -7 -0.8 -0.6 $

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 Season (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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1975 MIN AL 25 3B 33 33 31 298.0 117 38 70 9 12 .923 -1 -6 3.26 3.27 .954 3.16 3.15
1976 MIN AL 26 3B 41 38 36 341.2 112 25 77 10 13 .911 -4 -12 2.69 2.49 .953 2.94 2.95
1976 MIN AL 26 SS 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 1.00 .965 4.95 5.00
1977 TOR AL 27 2B 40 35 33 314.2 188 75 107 6 21 .968 -2 -9 5.21 4.55 .978 5.42 5.38
1977 TOR AL 27 3B 32 31 30 274.1 102 32 65 5 7 .951 -1 -6 3.18 3.03 .957 2.97 2.96
1977 TOR AL 27 SS 20 13 12 127.1 70 34 33 3 8 .957 -4 -36 4.74 3.35 .963 4.82 4.79
1978 TOR AL 28 2B 140 137 133 1213.1 730 310 408 12 96 .984 -3 -3 5.33 5.13 .980 5.47 5.42
1978 TOR AL 28 SS 3 0 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 0.33 .960 4.95 4.87
1978 TOR AL 28 3B 2 2 2 16.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 -0 -23 2.81 2.50 .954 2.98 3.00
1979 TOR AL 29 2B 46 45 42 391.0 274 119 148 7 37 .974 3 9 6.15 5.80 .978 5.50 5.43
1979 TOR AL 29 3B 2 0 0 6.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 80 3.00 1.00 .955 3.00 3.05
1980 OAK AL 30 2B 62 45 39 435.0 256 99 151 6 24 .977 -2 -5 5.17 4.03 .981 5.60 5.58
1980 OAK AL 30 3B 54 30 27 303.2 109 39 66 4 5 .963 3 12 3.11 1.94 .951 3.01 3.00
1980 OAK AL 30 SS 10 6 6 70.0 42 17 25 0 4 1.000 2 27 5.40 4.20 .963 4.99 4.98
1981 OAK AL 31 3B 43 32 25 291.0 95 29 59 7 3 .926 1 3 2.72 2.05 .950 2.95 2.94
1981 OAK AL 31 2B 38 33 26 299.0 197 83 108 6 23 .970 -1 -4 5.75 5.03 .982 5.54 5.52
1981 OAK AL 31 SS 7 0 0 13.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 -0 -46 7.62 1.57 .967 4.98 4.99
1982 OAK AL 32 2B 59 36 35 380.2 222 99 116 7 22 .968 -6 -20 5.08 3.64 .981 5.35 5.33
1982 OAK AL 32 3B 16 15 13 134.0 58 19 35 4 1 .931 1 7 3.63 3.38 .954 3.07 3.05
1982 OAK AL 32 SS 3 0 0 5.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -24 7.20 1.33 .965 4.86 4.83
6 Seasons 2B 385 331 308 3033.2 1867 785 1038 44 223 .976 -12 -5 5.41 4.74 .980 5.48 5.44
8 Seasons 3B 223 181 164 1664.2 600 182 379 39 41 .935 -2 -1 3.03 2.52 .953 3.01 3.00
6 Seasons SS 45 19 18 223.1 130 61 66 3 13 .977 -3 -15 5.12 2.82 .963 4.89 4.88
8 Seasons TOT 653 531 490 4921.2 2597 1028 1483 86 277 .967 -16 -4 4.59 3.85 .973 4.62 4.57
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1978 AL  140 (5th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1978 AL  .984 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  3. Rusty Peters (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. David Howard (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Clyde Beck (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. David Howard (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197727Toronto Blue Jays$25,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
Career to date (may be incomplete)$25,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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