Rich McKinney

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 185lb (180cm, 83kg)

Born: November 22, 1946 in Piqua, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (14th) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ohio University (Athens, OH).

High School: Miami East HS (Casstown, OH)

School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)

Debut: June 26, 1970 (Age 23-216d, 13,011th in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1977 (Age 30-314d)
vs. TEX 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Charles Richard McKinney

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.5

886

199

.225

RBI

100

OBP

.286

SLG

.328

OPS

.615

OPS+

Summary of 20 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 6 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	12
OAK	7
NYY	1

Platoon
vs LHP	10
vs RHP	10

Home/Road
Home	10
Away	10

Outs
0	7
2	7
1	6

9 Opps
MIL	5
KCR	4
MIN	3
BOS	2
SEA	2
OAK	1
CAL	1
DET	1
TOR	1

17 Pitchers
Paul Splittorff	2
Sonny Siebert	2
Jim Kaat	2
Bill Castro	1
John Gelnar	1
Jerry Garvin	1
Jerry Augustine	1
Frank Tanana	1
Jim Hannan	1
Jim York	1
Al Fitzmorris	1
Mike Kilkenny	1
Enrique Romo	1
Tom House	1
John Morris	1
Stan Williams	1
Chuck Dobson	1

8 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	6
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	10
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	20

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
-2-	4
1-3	1

26 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	15
1 on	4
2 on	1
Any on	5

Inning
1	1
2	2
4	1
6	6
7	3
8	6
9	1

1-3	3
4-6	7
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	1
+2	2
Tied	4
-1	4
-2	2
-4..	5

Ahead	5
Tied	4
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	6
SS	4
PH	3
RF	2
DH	2
1B	1
LF	1
3B	1

OrderPos
5th	8
3rd	3
7th	3
8th	2
1st	1
9th	1
2nd	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-09-21 (2)	CHW		KCR	Jim York	behind 1-8	b 8	0	---	1	5	6	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1970-09-22 (2)	CHW		KCR	Al Fitzmorris	behind 0-1	b 2	2	-2-	2	7	6	0.212	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Herrmann Scores
3	3	3	1	1970-09-23	CHW		KCR	Paul Splittorff	ahead 3-0	b 7	2	-2-	2	5	6	0.041	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. May Scores
4	4	4	1	1970-09-25 (2)	CHW		MIL	John Gelnar	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	6	6	0.140	38%		Home Run
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1971-05-14	CHW	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	1	7	9	0.125	29%		Home Run (CF-RF)
6	6	2	1	1971-06-15	CHW	@	DET	Mike Kilkenny	ahead 5-0	t 6	0	---	1	5	4	0.018	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	1971-06-20	CHW	@	MIN	Stan Williams	ahead 15-8	t 8	0	---	1	5	9	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	1971-06-28	CHW	@	MIL	Jim Hannan	behind 1-6	t 6	1	-2-	2	3	4	0.052	9%		Home Run; J. Johnstone Scores
9	9	5	1	1971-06-30 (2)	CHW	@	MIL	John Morris	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	1-3	3	3	4	0.044	99%		Home Run; W. Williams Scores; M. Hershberger Scores
10	10	6	1	1971-07-21	CHW	@	BOS	Sonny Siebert	behind 0-6	t 8	2	---	1	2	4	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	7	1	1971-08-03	CHW		MIN	Jim Kaat	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	---	1	5	4	0.069	92%		Home Run
12	12	8	1	1971-09-21 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	Chuck Dobson	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	4	0.114	58%		Home Run
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1972-04-22	NYY	@	BOS	Sonny Siebert	behind 2-7	t 4	0	---	1	7	5	0.038	10%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1973-05-20	OAK		KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 1-8	b 9	1	---	1	8	7	0.001	0%		Home Run
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1977-04-14	OAK		CAL	Frank Tanana	tied 2-2	b 6	1	---	1	5	DH	0.182	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	2	1	1977-04-19	OAK		MIL	Bill Castro	behind 2-3	b 8	2	-2-	2	9	PH	0.589	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Mallory Scores
17	17	3	1	1977-04-20	OAK		MIL	Jerry Augustine	tied 2-2	b 6	1	---	1	5	DH	0.182	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	1977-05-25	OAK	@	TOR	Jerry Garvin	behind 3-4	t 8	2	---	1	1	PH	0.259	42%		Home Run
19	19	5	1	1977-06-15	OAK	@	SEA	Enrique Romo	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	1	8	PH	0.203	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	6	1	1977-07-11	OAK		SEA	Tom House	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	0.112	64%		Home Run