Rich McKinney

Charles Richard McKinney

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 22, 1946 in Piqua, OH
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1970
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Athletics/Yankees 1970-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1968	21	CHW-min	AA	86	336	307	46	80	12	9	7	37	4	2	29	51	.261	.324	.427	.751		131							EVN · SOUL
1969	22	CHW-min	AA,AAA	22	88	83	7	22	5	1	3	10	0	0	5	11	.265	.307	.458	.765		38		0	0	0			CBS,TUC · SOUL,PCL
1970	23	CHW-min	AAA	62	269	251	35	76	14	7	6	41	1	2	15	31	.303	.343	.486	.829		122		1	1	1			TUC · PCL
1970	23	CHW	AL	43	132	119	12	20	5	0	4	17	3	2	11	25	.168	.242	.311	.553	51	37	4	1	0	1	0	56
1971	24	CHW	AL	114	414	369	35	100	11	2	8	46	0	0	35	37	.271	.334	.377	.711	99	139	13	2	4	4	1	49/5
1972	25	NYY-min	AAA	86	324	281	42	84	15	0	16	53	1	1	39	34	.299	.382	.523	.905		147		0	2	2			SYR · IL
1972	25	NYY	AL	37	128	121	10	26	2	0	1	7	1	0	7	13	.215	.258	.256	.514	56	31	6	0	0	0	0	5
1973	26	OAK-min	AAA	24	90	77	8	18	3	0	0	9	0	0	12	11	.234	.333	.273	.606		21		0	0	1			TUC · PCL
1973	26	OAK	AL	48	72	65	9	16	3	0	1	7	0	0	7	4	.246	.319	.338	.658	90	22	4	0	0	0	0	5/4D7
1974	27	OAK-min	AAA	116	480	403	55	115	26	4	7	65	0	1	70	60	.285	.389	.422	.811		170		1	2	4			TUC · PCL
1974	27	OAK	AL	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-15	1	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1975	28	OAK-min	AAA	110	454	394	57	117	26	3	13	74	0	2	54	48	.297	.377	.477	.854		188		0	0	6			TUC · PCL
1975	28	OAK	AL	8	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.143	.200	.143	.343	-0	1	0	0	0	2	0	/D3

1976	29	OAK-min	AAA	129	529	458	84	145	34	6	22	95	1	1	63	56	.317	.397	.561	.958		257		2	0	6			TUC · PCL
1977	30	OAK-min	AAA	13	63	46	11	11	1	0	3	9	0	0	16	8	.239	.429	.457	.885		21		0	0	1			SJO · PCL
1977	30	OAK	AL	86	217	198	13	35	7	0	6	21	0	1	16	43	.177	.236	.303	.539	48	60	11	0	0	2	0	3D/5479
7 Yrs				341	980	886	79	199	28	2	20	100	4	3	77	124	.225	.286	.328	.615	73	291	38	3	4	9	1
162 Game Avg.				162	466	421	38	95	13	1	10	48	2	1	37	59	.225	.286	.328	.615	73	138	18	1	2	4	0

OAK (4 yrs)				147	306	277	22	53	10	0	7	30	0	1	24	49	.191	.252	.303	.556	55	84	15	0	0	4	0
CHW (2 yrs)				157	546	488	47	120	16	2	12	63	3	2	46	62	.246	.312	.361	.672	87	176	17	3	4	5	1
NYY (1 yr)				37	128	121	10	26	2	0	1	7	1	0	7	13	.215	.258	.256	.514	56	31	6	0	0	0	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
1970	23	CHW	AL	43	132	-7	-1	0	-5	1	-12	-1.4	4	-8	-0.9	.469	.492	-0.4	-0.4	-3	$	56
1971	24	CHW	AL	114	414	0	-0	-2	-6	1	-7	-0.8	14	7	0.5	.493	.495	1.2	-0.6	13	$9,000	49/5
1972	25	NYY	AL	37	128	-5	1	-1	-4	1	-8	-1.1	4	-4	-0.7	.472	.494	-0.2	-0.4	-0	$20,000	5
1973	26	OAK	AL	48	72	-0	0	-1	1	-0	-0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$22,500	5/4D7
1974	27	OAK	AL	5	7	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.456	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/4
1975	28	OAK	AL	8	10	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/D3

1977	30	OAK	AL	86	217	-13	-2	-2	-2	-4	-23	-2.3	7	-16	-1.6	.472	.485	-1.4	-0.5	-14	$	3D/5479
7 Seasons				341	980	-28	-2	-5	-17	-2	-54	-6.0	32	-22	-2.9	.482	.495	-0.9	-2.0	-5	$51,500

OAK (4 yrs)				147	306	-16	-2	-2	-2	-4	-27	-2.7	10	-17	-1.8	.481	.496	-1.5	-0.5	-15	$22,500
CHW (2 yrs)				157	546	-7	-2	-2	-11	2	-19	-2.2	18	-1	-0.4	.486	.493	0.8	-1.0	10	$9,000
NYY (1 yr)				37	128	-5	1	-1	-4	1	-8	-1.1	4	-4	-0.7	.472	.494	-0.2	-0.4	-0	$20,000

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
1970	23	CHW	AL	132	106	8	2.0	98	.176	.168	.259	.242	.334	.311	.395	.553	.729	51	.202	-8.3	-0.9	.476	.244	.143	3.4
1971	24	CHW	AL	414	290	46	4.3	95	.280	.271	.258	.334	.331	.377	.384	.711	.714	99	.526	-0.6	-0.1	.624	.201	.106	.0
1972	25	NYY	AL	128	101	7	1.9	81	.234	.215	.243	.258	.312	.256	.351	.514	.663	56	.227	-6.9	-0.8	.386	.107	.041	1.0
1973	26	OAK	AL	72	53	6	3.0	89	.250	.246	.254	.319	.322	.338	.373	.658	.695	90	.343	-0.7	-0.1	.547	.200	.092	.0
1974	27	OAK	AL	7	6	0	0.0	84	.143	.143	.251	.143	.315	.143	.361	.286	.676	-15	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
1975	28	OAK	AL	10	8	0	0.0	91	.143	.143	.256	.200	.325	.143	.376	.343	.701	-0	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.333	.143	.000

1977	30	OAK	AL	217	177	12	1.8	97	.192	.177	.263	.236	.326	.303	.400	.539	.726	48	.153	-14.5	-1.4	.429	.202	.126	.0
7 Yrs				980	741	79	2.9	93	.238	.225	.257	.286	.327	.328	.383	.615	.710	73	.334	-32.7	-3.4	.511	.192	.104	6.7
162 Game Avg.				466	352	38	2.9	93	.238	.225	.257	.286	.327	.328	.383	.615	.710	73	.334	-32.7	-3.4	.511	.192	.104	3

OAK (4 yrs)				306	244	18	2.0	95	.204	.191	.260	.252	.325	.303	.392	.556	.717	55	.179	-17.0	-1.7	.446	.195	.112	.0
CHW (2 yrs)				546	396	54	3.7	96	.258	.246	.258	.312	.332	.361	.386	.672	.718	87	.450	-8.9	-0.9	.584	.211	.115	4.8
NYY (1 yr)				128	101	7	1.9	81	.234	.215	.243	.258	.312	.256	.351	.514	.663	56	.228	-6.9	-0.8	.386	.107	.041	1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	23	CHW	AL	132	3.0%	18.9%	8.3%	6.8%	45%	2.27	4.8	29.8	7.0	0.79	69%
1971	24	CHW	AL	414	1.9%	8.9%	8.5%	5.1%	21%	1.06	10.0	46.1	8.0	0.79	79%
1972	25	NYY	AL	128	0.8%	10.2%	5.5%	2.3%	12%	1.86	9.3	121.0	17.3	1.26	84%
1973	26	OAK	AL	72	1.4%	5.6%	9.7%	5.6%	25%	0.57	16.3	65.0	9.3	1.29	83%
1974	27	OAK	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.20	100%
1975	28	OAK	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.5		3.5	0.00	70%

1977	30	OAK	AL	217	2.8%	19.8%	7.4%	6.0%	37%	2.69	4.6	33.0	9.4	0.91	70%
7 Yrs				980	2.0%	12.7%	7.9%	5.1%	25%	1.61	7.1	44.3	8.9	0.88	77%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.7%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.58	6.5	45.7	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	23	CHW	AL	-8.3	-0.9	139	-0.4	2.2	-2.6	1.04	-0.7	0.3	-5.3	-0.5	0.97	-7.2	1.08	8
1971	24	CHW	AL	-1.0	-0.1	417	0.2	7.9	-7.7	1.09	0.1	0.1	-5.5	-0.6	0.96	-0.3	2.77	19
1972	25	NYY	AL	-6.9	-0.8	133	-1.2	1.1	-2.3	.89	-0.6	-0.8	-8.2	-0.9	1.00	-5.8	0.74	4
1973	26	OAK	AL	-0.7	-0.1	72	-0.3	0.9	-1.3	1.00	-0.3	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.97	-1.5	1.44	19
1974	27	OAK	AL	-1.0	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.01	-0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.92	-1.0	1.02	3
1975	28	OAK	AL	-0.8	-0.1	10	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	1.99	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	1.39	-1.1	2.41	4

1977	30	OAK	AL	-14.5	-1.4	218	-0.6	4.3	-4.9	1.13	-0.8	0.2	-13.2	-1.3	0.96	-10.7	2.21	32
7 Yrs				-33.2	-3.4	996	-3.0	16.4	-19.4	1.07	-2.5	-0.3	-38.6	-4.1	0.97	-27.7	1.97	89

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	23	CHW	AL	2	0	29%	36	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	1	4
1971	24	CHW	AL	5	0	21%	174	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	41%	25	20	5	4	1	3	17	5	11
1972	25	NYY	AL	2	0	28%	37	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	14%	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1973	26	OAK	AL	1	0	36%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	63%	5	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
1974	27	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	28	OAK	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1977	30	OAK	AL	4	1	16%	34	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	20%	6	5	0	2	1	1	2	0	1
7 Yrs				14	1	23%	311	4	3	57%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	14	39%	45	36	8	7	2	4	28	7	19

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
1970	23	CHW	AL	132	30%	20			8	1	0	0	1.08	4	0	5	3	1	4	0	0	0	0		31	4	13%	12	1	8%	80	13	16%	9	3	33%	4	2	50%	0
1971	24	CHW	AL	414	35%	100			19	11	0	7	2.77	8	0	16	4	4	1	7	0	5	4	80%	78	13	17%	47	12	26%	279	40	14%	28	11	39%	22	11	50%	0
1972	25	NYY	AL	128	29%	26			4	0	0	0	0.74	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		21	6	29%	11	2	18%	74	6	8%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1973	26	OAK	AL	72	44%	16			19	2	0	0	1.44	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		14	4	29%	9	4	44%	47	7	15%	4	2	50%	6	3	50%	0
1974	27	OAK	AL	7	100%	1			3	0	0	0	1.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1975	28	OAK	AL	10	70%	1			4	0	0	1	2.41	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	2	50%	16	2	13%	4	2	50%	0	0		0

1977	30	OAK	AL	217	37%	35			32	7	3	5	2.21	6	0	7	2	4	4	2	0	0	0		52	11	21%	19	5	26%	145	17	12%	13	6	46%	5	3	60%	0
7 Yrs				980	36%	199			89	21	3	13	1.97	20	0	37	10	10	10	10	0	5	4	80%	202	38	19%	102	26	25%	644	85	13%	63	26	41%	39	20	51%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

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
1970	23	43	132	119	12	20	5	0	4	17	3	2	11	25	.168	.242	.311	.553	51	37	4	1	0	1	0
1971	24	157	546	488	47	120	16	2	12	63	3	2	46	62	.246	.312	.361	.672	87	176	17	3	4	5	1
1972	25	194	674	609	57	146	18	2	13	70	4	2	53	75	.240	.301	.340	.641	82	207	23	3	4	5	1
1973	26	242	746	674	66	162	21	2	14	77	4	2	60	79	.240	.303	.340	.643	82	229	27	3	4	5	1
1974	27	247	753	681	66	163	21	2	14	77	4	2	60	79	.239	.302	.338	.639	81	230	27	3	4	5	1
1975	28	255	763	688	66	164	21	2	14	79	4	2	61	81	.238	.300	.336	.636	81	231	27	3	4	7	1
1976	29	255	763	688	66	164	21	2	14	79	4	2	61	81	.238	.300	.336	.636	81	231	27	3	4	7	1
1977	30	341	980	886	79	199	28	2	20	100	4	3	77	124	.225	.286	.328	.615	73	291	38	3	4	9	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1970	23	43	132	119	12	20	5	0	4	17	3	11	25	.168	.242	.311	.553	9	43
1971	24	115	427	379	39	108	12	2	9	52	0	38	37	.285	.350	.398	.748	52	114
1972	25	39	141	132	14	33	3	0	1	10	1	9	14	.250	.298	.295	.593	11	37
1973	26	48	73	66	10	17	3	0	1	8	0	7	4	.258	.329	.348	.677	8	48
1974	27	5	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1975	28	8	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	8

1977	30	86	217	199	14	36	7	0	6	22	0	16	43	.181	.240	.307	.546	15	86
7 Yrs		344	1007	909	89	214	30	2	21	109	4	82	125	.235	.298	.342	.640	95	341
162 Game Avg.		162	474	428	42	101	14	1	10	51	2	39	59	.235	.298	.342	.640	45	341

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