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Hal
McRae		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 10, 1945 in Usa, FL, AVON PARK
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973   
All-Star Selections 1971    1972    1974    1975    1976    1978    1979    1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 22 MON NL     6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 5 8 8 8
1969 23 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 4 8 8 8
1970 24 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 5 8 8 8
1971 25 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 10 9 9 5 5 5 9 8 9
1972 26 MON NL $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 10 9 9 5 4 5 9 9 9
1973 27 MON NL $ 3,907,143   9 9 9 7 6 7 10 9 9 5 5 5 9 9 9
1974 28 MON NL $ 4,100,000   9 9 9 7 6 7 9 9 9 5 4 4 9 8 9
1975 29 MON NL $ 4,100,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 10 9 9 5 4 4 9 9 9
1976 30 MON NL $ 4,100,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 10 9 9 5 4 4 9 9 9
1977 31 MON NL $ 5,100,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 10 9 9 5 4 4 9 8 9
1978 32 MON NL $ 5,100,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 10 9 10 5 4 4 9 8 9
1979 33 MON NL $ 5,100,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1980 34 MON NL $ 5,100,000   9 9 9 7 6 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1981 35 PHN NL $ 4,200,000   8 8 8 7 6 7 9 9 9 4 3 3 8 7 7
1982 36 PHN NL $ 4,200,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 9 8 8 4 3 3 7 7 7
1983 37 PHN NL $ 4,200,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 3 3 7 6 6
1984 38 PHN NL $ 4,200,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 3 3 6 5 5
1985 39 COL NL $ 984,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,100,000   9 9 10 7 7 7 10 9 10 5 5 5 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 22 AAA   137 579 70 155 37 4 12 60 8 7 49 75 .268 .325 .408 .732 74.2  
1969 23 MON NL 125 453 62 120 29 2 8 52 3 0 35 51 .265 .326 .391 .717 55.1 9.8
    AAA   26 109 15 37 5 0 5 19 3 0 8 12 .339 .385 .523 .908 20.6  
1970 24 MON NL 140 459 64 125 25 2 8 57 0 1 40 56 .272 .334 .388 .722 57.8 11.0
1971 25 MON NL 148 527 92 167 40 3 19 106 1 2 56 47 .317 .380 .512 .892 94.0 21.5
1972 26 MON NL 153 556 95 179 48 1 18 105 2 1 50 38 .322 .379 .509 .888 92.4 20.8
1973 27 MON NL 156 589 93 172 48 4 15 106 0 0 36 35 .292 .335 .463 .799 81.5 17.9
1974 28 MON NL 146 548 83 150 35 3 15 105 0 0 32 45 .274 .316 .431 .747 71.4 11.3
1975 29 MON NL 150 540 78 170 42 7 21 119 0 1 40 32 .315 .358 .535 .893 91.6 18.2
1976 30 MON NL 155 599 85 178 41 0 17 121 2 1 37 38 .297 .335 .451 .786 83.8 15.8
1977 31 MON NL 154 592 97 207 35 3 13 99 3 1 42 32 .350 .392 .485 .876 103.4 26.7
1978 32 MON NL 154 588 107 183 47 3 25 123 1 1 40 45 .311 .357 .529 .886 102.1 23.6
1979 33 MON NL 152 584 98 182 42 3 16 124 2 0 40 46 .312 .357 .476 .833 94.4 24.6
1980 34 MON NL 154 595 83 164 46 5 17 104 1 2 32 66 .276 .311 .455 .767 78.2 16.5
1981 35 MON NL 52 201 26 62 13 1 7 27 2 1 10 26 .308 .341 .488 .829 30.2 6.5
  PHN NL 99 385 47 109 23 1 7 45 4 2 21 32 .283 .323 .403 .725 46.0 8.4
  TOT   151 586 73 171 36 2 14 72 6 3 31 58 .292 .329 .432 .761 76.2 14.9
1982 36 PHN NL 154 592 90 190 47 1 14 81 2 6 31 64 .321 .357 .475 .831 87.9 18.9
1983 37 PHN NL 148 562 88 172 48 4 27 121 1 6 30 70 .306 .339 .550 .889 93.3 23.2
1984 38 PHN NL 123 416 55 133 36 4 6 54 1 3 28 52 .320 .360 .469 .829 62.0 14.8
1985 39 AAA   118 290 41 77 19 2 9 46 4 0 22 63 .266 .317 .438 .755 40.0  
16 Years Sim 2363 8786 1343 2663 645 47 253 1549 25 28 600 775 .303 .348 .474 .822 1324.8 289.6
3 Years AAA 281 978 126 269 61 6 26 125 15 7 79 150 .275 .334 .429 .763 134.9  
162 Game Average 602 92 182 44 3 17 106 1 1 41 53 .303 .348 .474 .822 90.8  
Career Highs 156 599 107 207 48 7 27 124 6 6 56 70 .350 .392 .550 .893 103.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5976 872 1761 414 33 172 1029 18 20 360 544 .295 .336 .461 .797 865.7
vs LH   2810 471 902 231 14 81 520 7 8 240 231 .321 .374 .500 .873 482.7
Home 1177 4255 660 1295 302 30 130 767 11 14 292 372 .304 .349 .481 .831 665.0
Away 1186 4531 683 1368 343 17 123 782 14 14 308 403 .302 .347 .467 .813 683.4
RISP   2497 0 808 187 13 82 1265 0 0 224 219 .324 .369 .507 .876 443.3
Pinch Hitting   155 32 42 6 1 7 28 1 0 16 14 .271 .335 .458 .793 24.2
Close/Late   920 106 285 57 4 29 147 0 0 93 87 .310 .371 .475 .846 155.1
Mar/Apr 360 1361 219 420 101 10 54 269 4 4 78 116 .309 .347 .517 .864 224.0
May 411 1516 247 457 112 7 44 264 4 5 114 139 .301 .350 .472 .821 234.5
June 391 1466 212 443 107 12 35 239 6 5 108 128 .302 .351 .463 .814 222.4
July 381 1429 229 444 108 10 37 251 5 5 98 104 .311 .354 .478 .832 224.0
August 426 1586 221 462 108 5 40 280 3 5 96 152 .291 .333 .441 .775 218.7
Sep/Oct 394 1428 215 437 109 3 43 246 3 4 106 136 .306 .354 .477 .831 224.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1969 23 MON NL CF 117 116 997.0 288 7 3 1 .990 2.66   3.9
    RF 5 0 13.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    1B 2 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 24 MON NL 1B 83 78 692.7 777 40 4 66 .995 10.62   0.6
    LF 25 22 204.0 42 2 1 1 .978 1.94   1.2
    RF 23 20 172.0 41 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
    CF 8 0 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1971 25 MON NL 1B 144 134 1193.0 1275 77 7 112 .995 10.20   3.2
    LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 26 MON NL 1B 140 139 1215.0 1381 91 9 134 .994 10.90   3.4
    CF 5 1 15.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.1
    RF 2 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1973 27 MON NL 1B 143 143 1247.7 1359 91 10 135 .993 10.46   3.8
    RF 6 0 23.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.1
    LF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    CF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 28 MON NL 1B 138 135 1179.7 1322 84 8 120 .994 10.73   4.3
    RF 3 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.1
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1975 29 MON NL 1B 136 132 1162.3 1324 79 10 105 .993 10.86   3.4
    CF 6 1 25.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.16   0.1
    LF 4 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1976 30 MON NL 1B 147 145 1274.7 1518 91 8 119 .995 11.36   5.3
    LF 3 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.2
    CF 3 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1977 31 MON NL 1B 148 147 1308.3 1582 99 12 156 .993 11.56   3.6
    RF 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1978 32 MON NL 1B 142 142 1252.7 1470 101 11 157 .993 11.29   3.0
    CF 11 0 23.0 5 0 2 0 .714 1.96   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1979 33 MON NL 1B 146 143 1276.0 1470 94 12 151 .992 11.03   3.8
    RF 3 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1980 34 MON NL 1B 148 147 1302.3 1566 101 7 159 .996 11.52   3.6
    RF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 35 MON NL 1B 52 48 425.7 486 36 6 46 .989 11.04   0.8
    LF 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PHN NL 1B 98 90 817.9 934 69 12 89 .988 11.04   2.0
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 150 138 1243.6 1420 105 18 135 .988 11.04   2.8
      LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1982 36 PHN NL 1B 154 149 1306.7 1539 112 9 154 .995 11.37   3.7
1983 37 PHN NL 1B 147 137 1239.0 1453 100 12 127 .992 11.28   3.0
1984 38 PHN NL 1B 64 42 428.3 483 33 4 46 .992 10.84   0.8
    LF 37 37 329.0 56 1 1 0 .983 1.56   0.9
    CF 7 7 53.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.38    
    RF 5 5 45.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.60    
  1B 2032 1951 17325.9 19944 1298 141 1877 .993 11.03   48.3
  CF 169 125 1154.7 327 7 6 1 .982 2.60   4.1
  LF 86 59 581.3 108 3 2 1 .982 1.72   2.3
  RF 56 27 302.7 65 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.2
Career Totals   2343 2162 19364.5 20444 1308 149 1879 .993 10.11   54.8
Career Highs   156 149 1314.7 1583 112 18 159 .996 11.51    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1970 24 MON NL 7 28 7 8 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .286 .355 .500 .855
1971 25 MON NL 16 62 11 20 7 1 1 16 0 0 5 6 .323 .373 .516 .889
1972 26 MON NL 11 45 4 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 .289 .298 .356 .653
1973 27 MON NL 16 64 12 25 6 1 1 18 0 0 5 3 .391 .451 .563 1.013
1974 28 MON NL 13 53 5 10 5 0 1 14 0 0 1 6 .189 .196 .340 .536
1975 29 MON NL 17 61 6 18 3 0 1 4 0 0 7 8 .295 .368 .393 .761
1976 30 MON NL 6 24 3 5 2 1 0 6 0 0 2 1 .208 .296 .375 .671
1977 31 MON NL 13 52 5 9 5 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .173 .189 .327 .516
1978 32 MON NL 11 45 4 13 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 .289 .298 .467 .765
1979 33 MON NL 10 45 6 11 1 3 2 7 0 0 0 6 .244 .244 .533 .778
1981 35 PHN NL 6 27 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 7 .185 .185 .333 .519
1983 37 PHN NL 17 67 11 21 5 1 3 14 0 0 2 6 .313 .333 .552 .886
Career Post-Season Batting 143 573 75 158 43 7 14 100 0 0 27 60 .276 .311 .449 .759
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1971-5-.317
1972-3-.322
1975-10-.315
1976-10-.297
1977-2-.350
1979-8-.312
1982-6-.321
1983-7-.306
 On-Base Pct
1971-7-.380
1972-10-.379
1977-8-.392
 Slugging Pct
1971-5-.512
1972-7-.509
1975-1-.535
1977-4-.485
1978-4-.529
1979-8-.476
1983-4-.550
 OPS
1971-6-.892
1972-6-.888
1975-2-.893
1977-4-.876
1978-3-.886
1979-10-.833
1983-6-.889
 XR
1971-10-94.0
1972-10-92.4
1975-10-91.6
1977-3-103.4
1978-4-102.1
1979-10-94.4
1983-10-93.3
CAR-46-1324.8
 Games
1973-10-156
1978-9-154
CAR-38-2363
At-Bats
1976-5-599
1977-9-592
1978-9-588
1980-10-595
CAR-31-8786
 Runs
1971-10-92
1972-8-95
1973-9-93
1977-8-97
1978-3-107
1979-8-98
CAR-45-1343
 Hits
1972-2-179
1973-8-172
1975-10-170
1976-6-178
1977-1-207
1978-4-183
1979-6-182
1981-10-171
1982-3-190
CAR-21-2663
 Total Bases
1971-10-270
1972-7-283
1973-9-273
1975-2-289
1976-7-270
1977-5-287
1978-3-311
1979-8-278
1980-6-271
1982-8-281
1983-3-309
CAR-28-4161
 Singles
1977-2-156
CAR-27-1718
 Doubles
1971-1-40
1972-1-48
1973-2-48
1975-3-42
1976-3-41
1977-3-35
1978-1-47
1979-1-42
1980-2-46
1981-6-36
1982-1-47
1983-1-48
CAR-7-645
Triples
1975-2-7
 Homeruns
1975-10-21
1978-8-25
1983-6-27
 RBIs
1971-6-106
1972-5-105
1973-4-106
1974-4-105
1975-1-119
1976-4-121
1977-8-99
1978-2-123
1979-2-124
1980-4-104
1983-1-121
CAR-19-1549
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 185    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Montreal in 1968
Had first career hit on 5/2/1969, off Tug Mcgraw (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1969, off Dick Lemay (KCR)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Colorado on 5/21/1969
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1971, hitting .397 with 5 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1971, hitting .519 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 5/3/1972
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,907,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1973, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
6/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,100,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1974, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1975, hitting .400 with 1 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1975, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against Los Angeles on 7/21/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1975, hitting .448 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against St. Louis on 4/28/1976
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1976, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 18 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 5/9/1976
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1976, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1976, hitting .365 with 6 HR, 41 RBI
6/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $5,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 6/11/1976
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 8/23/1976
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Washington on 5/12/1977
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1977, hitting .393 with 4 HR, 25 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1977, hitting .414 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1977, hitting .404 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Indianapolis on 5/5/1979
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1979, hitting .519 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/10/1979, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 7/15/1979
Drove in 8 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/25/1980
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1980, hitting .388 with 7 HR, 31 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1980, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 9/20/1980
10/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 2000th career hit on 4/7/1981, off Dennis Leonard (DET)
Traded from Montreal to Philadelphia on 6/1/1981 (Going to MON: C Jerry Narron, RF Reggie Jackson, 2B Felix Millan, P Les Cain, C Charlie Sands. Going to PHN: C John Ellis, P Tom Underwood, 1B Hal Mcrae)
 
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