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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 Fielding

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
1970 CHW AL 23 3B 23 20 13 173.2 58 14 40 4 2 .931 -5 -32 2.80 2.35 .949 3.07 3.06
1970 CHW AL 23 SS 11 10 6 90.1 63 20 41 2 7 .968 -0 -5 6.08 5.55 .967 4.93 4.91
1971 CHW AL 24 2B 67 64 62 574.0 317 148 159 10 34 .968 -8 -17 4.81 4.58 .980 5.31 5.28
1971 CHW AL 24 OF 25 21 17 191.0 45 44 1 0 0 1.000 2 9 2.12 1.80 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 CHW AL 24 RF 25 21 17 191.0 47 46 1 0 0 1.000 2 9 2.21 1.88 .980 2.05 2.04
1971 CHW AL 24 3B 5 5 3 44.0 15 3 11 1 0 .933 1 22 2.86 2.80 .956 3.05 3.04
1972 NYY AL 25 3B 33 32 21 256.1 96 17 71 8 5 .917 -4 -19 3.09 2.67 .954 2.98 2.96
1973 OAK AL 26 3B 17 3 3 61.1 20 3 15 2 1 .900 1 27 2.64 1.06 .950 2.99 2.98
1973 OAK AL 26 2B 7 0 0 17.0 10 6 4 0 3 1.000 -0 -21 5.29 1.43 .980 5.45 5.41
1973 OAK AL 26 DH 6 4
1973 OAK AL 26 LF 3 1 1 12.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.25 1.00 .977 2.03 2.00
1973 OAK AL 26 OF 3 1 1 12.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.00 1.33 .980 2.33 2.27
1974 OAK AL 27 2B 3 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -150 1.12 0.33 .980 5.40 5.33
1975 OAK AL 28 DH 2 1
1975 OAK AL 28 1B 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.00 .990 9.90 9.80
1977 OAK AL 30 1B 32 24 19 218.2 230 208 17 5 20 .978 -0 -3 9.26 7.03 .990 10.02 9.95
1977 OAK AL 30 DH 18 15
1977 OAK AL 30 3B 7 2 2 32.0 14 3 8 3 2 .786 -0 -19 3.09 1.57 .957 2.98 2.96
1977 OAK AL 30 OF 5 3 1 22.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1 -65 0.41 0.20 .980 2.33 2.32
1977 OAK AL 30 2B 3 0 0 6.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.05 1.00 .977 5.40 5.37
1977 OAK AL 30 LF 3 3 1 20.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -2 -90 0.00 0.00 .980 2.12 2.10
1977 OAK AL 30 RF 2 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 180 4.50 0.50 .970 2.25 2.05
5 Seasons 3B 85 62 42 567.1 203 40 145 18 10 .911 -7 -15 2.93 2.18 .953 3.02 3.00
4 Seasons 2B 80 65 62 605.2 331 156 165 10 37 .970 -9 -19 4.77 4.01 .980 5.32 5.30
2 Seasons 1B 33 24 19 220.2 231 209 17 5 20 .978 -1 -3 9.22 6.85 .990 10.02 9.95
3 Seasons OF 33 25 19 225.0 51 49 1 1 0 .980 0 2 2.00 1.52 .982 2.25 2.24
2 Seasons RF 27 21 17 193.0 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 2 11 2.24 1.78 .980 2.05 2.04
1 Season SS 11 10 6 90.1 63 20 41 2 7 .968 -0 -5 6.08 5.55 .967 4.93 4.91
2 Seasons LF 6 4 2 32.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -2 -56 0.84 0.50 .978 2.08 2.05
7 Seasons TOT 242 186 148 1709.0 879 474 369 36 74 .959 -17 -12 4.44 3.48 .975 4.74 4.69
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1970 CHW AL 23 3B -5 -32 -5 -3 -2 0
1970 CHW AL 23 SS -0 -5 -0 -0 0 0
1971 CHW AL 24 2B -8 -17 -5 -2 -3 -3
1971 CHW AL 24 RF 2 9 2 2 0 -1
1971 CHW AL 24 3B 1 22 1 1 0 0
1972 NYY AL 25 3B -4 -19 -4 -2 -2 0
1973 OAK AL 26 3B 1 27 1 1 0 0
1973 OAK AL 26 2B -0 -21 -0 -0 0 0
1973 OAK AL 26 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 27 2B -1 -150 -1 0 -1 0
1975 OAK AL 28 1B -0 -60 -0 0 -0
1977 OAK AL 30 1B -0 -3 -0 -2 1 0
1977 OAK AL 30 3B -0 -19 -0 0 -1 0
1977 OAK AL 30 2B 0 0 0 0 -0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 LF -2 -90 -2 0 -2 0
1977 OAK AL 30 RF 0 180 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 3B -7 -15 -7 -3 -4 0
4 Seasons 2B -9 -19 -6 -2 -4 -3
2 Seasons 1B -1 -3 -1 -2 1 0
2 Seasons RF 2 11 3 3 0 -1
1 Season SS -0 -5 -0 -0 0 0
2 Seasons LF -2 -56 -2 0 -2 0
7 Seasons TOT -17 -12 -13 -4 -9 -3 -1

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 CHW AL 23 43 30 43 34 0 0 0 0 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 9 2
1971 CHW AL 24 114 90 114 95 0 0 0 67 6 0 0 0 25 25 0 23 0
1972 NYY AL 25 37 32 37 33 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1973 OAK AL 26 48 8 48 26 0 0 0 7 17 0 3 0 0 3 6 23 0
1974 OAK AL 27 5 1 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1975 OAK AL 28 8 1 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0
1977 OAK AL 30 86 44 86 46 0 0 32 3 8 0 3 0 2 5 18 36 0
7 Seasons 341 206 341 238 0 0 33 80 87 11 6 0 27 33 26 105 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1970 CHW AL 23 790 70% 81% 28% 58 86% 1 15 8 2 5 42 30 11 1 2 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 67%
1971 CHW AL 24 176 65% 78% 30% 16 88% 0 2 2 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50%
1972 NYY AL 25 1077 71% 82% 34% 87 85% 3 15 6 5 4 69 53 10 3 2 8 0 8 0 5 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 3 67%
1973 OAK AL 26 254 70% 82% 29% 23 91% 0 4 3 1 0 17 13 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 141 60% 84% 28% 14 79% 0 3 1 2 0 9 8 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 100%
5 Seasons 2438 69% 82% 31% 198 86% 4 39 20 10 9 149 116 26 4 4 18 0 16 2 10 10 8 1 10 0 0 0 12 67%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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
1971 CHW AL 24 2400 69% 79% 28% 192 92% 0 146 43 75 28 162 135 22 0 2 10 1 9 0 6 34 11 8 7 1 30 8 21 3 2 1
1973 OAK AL 26 67 70% 82% 27% 4 100% 0 6 2 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 27 38 71% 76% 24% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 37 57% 86% 19% 5 100% 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 2542 69% 79% 28% 201 92% 0 154 47 78 29 169 141 23 0 2 10 1 9 0 6 37 13 8 8 1 33 9 23 3 2 1
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 OAK AL 28 8 50% 113% 13% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 OAK AL 30 957 52% 83% 27% 55 93% 1 210 10 196 5 25 17 14 1 0 1 5 1 4 0 3 20 0 0 0 17 0 3 1 2 0
2 Seasons 965 52% 83% 27% 55 93% 1 211 10 197 5 25 17 14 1 0 1 5 1 4 0 3 20 0 0 0 17 0 3 1 2 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 8 6 0 23 8 34.8% 15 0 0.0% 1 818 67% 83% 24% 88 53%
1977 OAK AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67% 100% 33% 1 100%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 8 6 0 23 8 34.8% 15 0 0.0% 1 824 67% 83% 25% 89 54%
MLB Averages 41.7% 3.2% 63% 81% 27% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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
1970 CHW AL 23 401 56% 84% 31% 45 91% 2 18 5 12 1 43 30 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 2 1 2 0 1 7 3 3 0 0 0
1 Season 401 56% 84% 31% 45 91% 2 18 5 12 1 43 30 10 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 7 2 1 2 0 1 7 3 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 63% 81% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 OAK AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 56 88% 77% 20% 5 60%
1977 OAK AL 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 89 73% 80% 22% 6 0%
2 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 145 79% 79% 21% 11 27%
MLB Averages 59.5% 2.9% 63% 81% 27% 47%

* 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.

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