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Hal McRae

Positions: Designated Hitter and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: July 10, 1945 in Avon Park, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 6th round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, FL).

High School: Douglas HS (Sebring, FL)

School: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: July 11, 1968 (Age 23-001d, 12,728th in major league history)
vs. SFG 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1987 (Age 42-007d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Harold Abraham McRae

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Relatives: Father of Brian McRae

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.9

7218

2091

191

.290

940

RBI

1097

109

OBP

.351

SLG

.454

OPS

.805

OPS+

123

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1965	19	CIN-min	A	22	69	65	3	10	3	0	0	4	1	0	4	15	.154	.203	.200	.403		13		0	0	0			TAM · FLOR
1966	20	CIN-min	A	109	437	394	65	113	19	4	11	56	10	4	29	59	.287	.346	.439	.785		173		8	3	3			PNS · CARL
1967	21	CIN-min	AAA,AA,WRk	167	635	590	80	154	29	6	21	76	21	8	28	82	.261	.301	.437	.739		258		9	1	7			BFL,KNX,RDS · IL,SOUL,FLIL
1968	22	CIN-min	AAA	119	480	444	64	131	31	11	16	65	15	4	23	65	.295	.334	.523	.857		232		6	1	6			INA · PCL
1968	22	CIN	NL	17	56	51	1	10	1	0	0	2	1	1	4	14	.196	.255	.216	.470	39	11	2	0	1	0	2	4/H

1969	23	CIN-min	WRk,AAA	58	219	190	31	64	11	1	5	24	4	0	26	14	.337	.420	.484	.904		92		2	0	1			RDS,INA · FLIS,AA
1970	24	CIN	NL	70	182	165	18	41	6	1	8	23	0	2	15	23	.248	.313	.442	.756	97	73	6	1	0	1	2	7H/549
1971	25	CIN	NL	99	354	337	39	89	24	2	9	34	3	2	11	35	.264	.291	.427	.718	106	144	8	2	3	1	0	78H
1972	26	CIN	NL	61	105	97	9	27	4	0	5	26	0	0	2	10	.278	.295	.474	.769	122	46	5	2	0	4	0	H5/98
1973	27	KCR	AL	106	382	338	36	79	18	3	9	50	2	2	34	38	.234	.312	.385	.697	91	130	7	6	1	3	2	9DH/75
1974	28	KCR	AL	148	607	539	71	167	36	4	15	88	11	8	54	68	.310	.375	.475	.850	139	256	12	5	5	4	6	D79/H5	MVP-30
1975	29	KCR	AL	126	547	480	58	147	38	6	5	71	11	8	47	47	.306	.366	.442	.808	125	212	18	4	6	10	7	*7D/59	AS
1976	30	KCR	AL	149	609	527	75	175	34	5	8	73	22	12	64	43	.332	.407	.461	.868	153	243	13	8	2	8	7	*D7/H	AS,MVP-4
1977	31	KCR	AL	*162*	720	641	104	191	54	11	21	92	18	14	59	43	.298	.366	.515	.881	136	330	12	13	2	5	5	*D7/H	MVP-24
1978	32	KCR	AL	156	692	623	90	170	39	5	16	72	17	8	51	62	.273	.329	.429	.757	110	267	15	6	1	11	6	*D/7	MVP-31
1979	33	KCR	AL	101	444	393	55	113	32	4	10	74	5	4	38	46	.288	.351	.466	.816	117	183	6	4	1	7	0	D/H
1980	34	KCR	AL	124	532	489	73	145	39	5	14	83	10	2	29	56	.297	.342	.483	.825	124	236	13	8	0	6	4	*D/7H
1981	35	KCR	AL	101	433	389	38	106	23	2	7	36	3	4	34	33	.272	.330	.396	.726	111	154	11	2	3	5	3	*D/79
1982	36	KCR	AL	159	676	613	91	189	46	8	27	*133*	4	4	55	61	.308	.369	.542	.910	147	332	8	5	1	2	7	*D/7	AS,MVP-4,SS
1983	37	KCR	AL	157	654	589	84	183	41	6	12	82	2	3	50	68	.311	.372	.462	.833	129	272	18	10	0	5	7	*D/H
1984	38	KCR	AL	106	361	317	30	96	13	4	3	42	0	3	34	47	.303	.363	.397	.760	111	126	10	1	0	9	3	DH
1985	39	KCR	AL	112	369	320	41	83	19	0	14	70	0	1	44	45	.259	.349	.450	.799	118	144	12	1	2	2	3	DH
1986	40	KCR	AL	112	299	278	22	70	14	0	7	37	0	0	18	39	.252	.298	.378	.675	82	105	9	1	0	2	4	DH
1987	41	KCR	AL	18	37	32	5	10	3	0	1	9	0	0	5	1	.313	.405	.500	.905	137	16	1	0	0	0	1	H/D
19 Yrs				2084	8059	7218	940	2091	484	66	191	1097	109	78	648	779	.290	.351	.454	.805	123	3280	186	79	28	85	69
162 Game Avg.				162	626	561	73	163	38	5	15	85	8	6	50	61	.290	.351	.454	.805	123	255	14	6	2	7	5
				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
KCR (15 yrs)				1837	7362	6568	873	1924	449	63	169	1012	105	73	616	697	.293	.356	.458	.814	125	3006	165	74	24	79	65
CIN (4 yrs)				247	697	650	67	167	35	3	22	85	4	5	32	82	.257	.294	.422	.716	101	274	21	5	4	6	4

AL (15 yrs)				1837	7362	6568	873	1924	449	63	169	1012	105	73	616	697	.293	.356	.458	.814	125	3006	165	74	24	79	65
NL (4 yrs)				247	697	650	67	167	35	3	22	85	4	5	32	82	.257	.294	.422	.716	101	274	21	5	4	6	4