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Hal McRae

Full name Harold Abraham McRae
Born July 10, 1945, Avon Park, Florida
First Game: July 11, 1968; Final Game: July 17, 1987
Managed First Game: May 24, 1991; Managed Final Game: September 29, 2002
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 180
Father of Brian McRae
Named designated hitter on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1976 to 1977 and 1982)
Named designated hitter on The Sporting News AL Silver Slugger Team (1982)
Ejections as player: 1970 (1), 1983 (1), 1985 (2), 1986 (1). Total: 5
Ejections as coach: 1987 (2)
Ejections as manager: 1991 (1), 1992 (2), 1993 (8), 1994 (2), 2001 (3), 2002 (4). Total: 20
SABR Biography
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1968 CIN N    Daily Splits   17    51    1   10   1   0   0    2    4   2   14   0   1   0   0   1   2    1   1  .196  .255  .216  -1.1 1968 CIN N
1970 CIN N    Daily Splits   70   165   18   41   6   1   8   23   15   2   23   1   0   1   0   2   6    0   2  .248  .313  .442  -0.7 1970 CIN N
1971 CIN N    Daily Splits   99   337   39   89  24   2   9   34   11   0   35   2   3   1   0   5   8    3   2  .264  .291  .427  -0.5 1971 CIN N
1972 CIN N    Daily Splits   61    97    9   27   4   0   5   26    2   0   10   2   0   4   0   1   5    0   0  .278  .295  .474  -0.1 1972 CIN N
1973 KC  A    Daily Splits  106   338   36   79  18   3   9   50   34   2   38   6   1   3   0   2   7    2   2  .234  .312  .385  -1.0 1973 KC  A
1974 KC  A    Daily Splits  148   539   71  167  36   4  15   88   54   6   68   5   5   4   0   6  12   11   8  .310  .375  .475   2.3 1974 KC  A
1975 KC  A    Daily Splits  126   480   58  147  38   6   5   71   47   7   47   4   6  10   0  11  18   11   8  .306  .366  .442   0.7 1975 KC  A
1976 KC  A    Daily Splits  149   527   75  175  34   5   8   73   64   7   43   8   2   8   0   7  13   22  12  .332  .407  .461   3.7 1976 KC  A
1977 KC  A    Daily Splits  162   641  104  191  54  11  21   92   59   5   43  13   2   5   0  14  12   18  14  .298  .366  .515   3.2 1977 KC  A
1978 KC  A    Daily Splits  156   623   90  170  39   5  16   72   51   6   62   6   1  11   0  13  15   17   8  .273  .329  .429   0.4 1978 KC  A
1979 KC  A    Daily Splits  101   393   55  113  32   4  10   74   38   0   46   4   1   7   1   8   6    5   4  .288  .351  .466   0.7 1979 KC  A
1980 KC  A    Daily Splits  124   489   73  145  39   5  14   83   29   4   56   8   0   6   0  14  13   10   2  .297  .342  .483   1.2 1980 KC  A
1981 KC  A    Daily Splits  101   389   38  106  23   2   7   36   34   3   33   2   3   5   0   6  11    3   4  .272  .330  .396   0.1 1981 KC  A
1982 KC  A    Daily Splits  159   613   91  189  46   8  27  133   55   7   61   5   1   2   0   7   8    4   4  .308  .369  .542   3.2 1982 KC  A
1983 KC  A    Daily Splits  157   589   84  183  41   6  12   82   50   7   68  10   0   5   0   7  18    2   3  .311  .372  .462   1.8 1983 KC  A
1984 KC  A    Daily Splits  106   317   30   96  13   4   3   42   34   3   47   1   0   9   0   5  10    0   3  .303  .363  .397   0.2 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A    Daily Splits  112   320   41   83  19   0  14   70   44   3   45   1   2   2   0   2  12    0   1  .259  .349  .450   0.5 1985 KC  A
1986 KC  A    Daily Splits  112   278   22   70  14   0   7   37   18   4   39   1   0   2   0   6   9    0   0  .252  .298  .378  -1.0 1986 KC  A
1987 KC  A    Daily Splits   18    32    5   10   3   0   1    9    5   1    1   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .313  .405  .500   0.2 1987 KC  A
Total NL ( 4 Years)         247   650   67  167  35   3  22   85   32   4   82   5   4   6   0   9  21    4   5  .257  .294  .422  -2.4 Total NL
Total AL (15 Years)        1837  6568  873 1924 449  63 169 1012  616  65  697  74  24  79   1 108 165  105  73  .293  .356  .458  16.2 Total AL
Total    (19 Years) Splits 2084  7218  940 2091 484  66 191 1097  648  69  779  79  28  85   1 117 186  109  78  .290  .351  .454  13.8 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
           Division Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 KC  A    Daily Splits    3    11    0    1   1   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .167  .182 1981 KC  A
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1970 CIN N    Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1970 CIN N
1972 CIN N    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1972 CIN N
1976 KC  A    Daily Splits    5    16    2    2   1   1   0    1    1   0    4   1   0   1   0   0   0    0   1  .125  .211  .313 1976 KC  A
1977 KC  A    Daily Splits    5    18    6    8   3   0   1    2    3   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .444  .524  .778 1977 KC  A
1978 KC  A    Daily Splits    4    14    0    3   0   0   0    2    2   0    2   0   1   1   0   0   0    1   1  .214  .294  .214 1978 KC  A
1980 KC  A    Daily Splits    3    10    0    2   0   0   0    0    1   0    3   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   3  .200  .333  .200 1980 KC  A
1984 KC  A    Daily Splits    2     2    0    2   1   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.500 1984 KC  A
1985 KC  A    Daily Splits    6    23    1    6   2   0   0    3    1   0    6   1   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .261  .320  .348 1985 KC  A
Total NL ( 2 Years)           3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total NL
Total AL ( 6 Years)          25    83    9   23   7   1   1    9    8   0   16   3   2   2   0   0   0    1   6  .277  .354  .422 Total AL
Total    ( 8 Years) Splits   28    87    9   23   7   1   1    9    8   0   18   3   2   2   0   0   0    1   6  .264  .340  .402 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1970 CIN N    Daily Splits    3    11    1    5   2   0   0    3    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .455  .455  .636 1970 CIN N
1972 CIN N    Daily Splits    5     9    1    4   1   0   0    2    0   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .444  .400  .556 1972 CIN N
1980 KC  A    Daily Splits    6    24    3    9   3   0   0    1    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .375  .423  .500 1980 KC  A
1985 KC  A    Daily Splits    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   1    0   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .667  .000 1985 KC  A
Total    ( 4 Years) Splits   17    45    5   18   6   0   0    6    3   1    4   1   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .440  .533 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1975 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1975 AL   
1976 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1976 AL   
1982 AL       Daily Splits    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     - 1.000     - 1982 AL   
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1968 CIN N Daily Splits  2B   16   16   11   129.2    33   30    5    8   0  .926
1970 CIN N Daily Splits  OF   47   41    8   288      52    1    1    0   0  .981    46    0    1 
1970 CIN N               LF   46   41    8   287      49    1    1    0   0  .980
1970 CIN N               3B    6    3    2    32.2     1    5    0    1   0 1.000
1970 CIN N               RF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1970 CIN N               2B    1    0    0     2       0    1    0    0   0 1.000
1971 CIN N Daily Splits  OF   91   82   57   715     167    6    6    1   0  .966    65   29    0 
1971 CIN N               LF   65   58   37   485.1    86    5    6    1   0  .938
1971 CIN N               CF   29   24   20   229.2    82    1    0    0   0 1.000
1972 CIN N Daily Splits  OF   12    8    1    55.2    13    0    2    0   0  .867     0    3    9 
1972 CIN N               3B   11    9    3    66       3   14    4    1   0  .810
1972 CIN N               RF    9    7    1    47.2    10    0    1    0   0  .909
1972 CIN N               CF    3    1    0     8       2    0    1    0   0  .667
1973 KC  A Daily Splits  OF   64   57   25   474     101    4    4    2   0  .963     3    0   63 
1973 KC  A               RF   63   56   25   458      97    4    4    0   0  .962
1973 KC  A               DH   37   33   31                                      -
1973 KC  A               LF    3    1    0    16       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1973 KC  A               3B    3    0    0     6       0    2    1    0   0  .667
1974 KC  A Daily Splits  DH   90   89   82                                      -
1974 KC  A               OF   56   56   39   475.1   132    2    7    1   0  .950    40    0   20 
1974 KC  A               LF   40   39   26   321.1   101    2    3    1   0  .972
1974 KC  A               RF   20   17   13   154      31    0    4    0   0  .886
1974 KC  A               3B    2    0    0     4       0    1    0    1   0 1.000
1975 KC  A Daily Splits  OF  114  114   82   968.2   207    7    3    2   0  .986   114    0    1 
1975 KC  A               LF  114  114   82   966.2   207    7    3    1   0  .986
1975 KC  A               DH   12   12   11                                      -
1975 KC  A               3B    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1975 KC  A               RF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1976 KC  A Daily Splits  DH  117  116   95                                      -
1976 KC  A               LF   31   28   21   248.1    63    2    2    0   0  .970
1976 KC  A               OF   31   28   21   248.1    63    2    2    0   0  .970    31    0    0 
1977 KC  A Daily Splits  DH  115  113  110                                      -
1977 KC  A               LF   47   44   20   347      84    8    4    1   0  .958
1977 KC  A               OF   47   44   20   347      84    8    4    1   0  .958    47    0    0 
1978 KC  A Daily Splits  DH  153  153  148                                      -
1978 KC  A               LF    3    3    1    23       3    1    0    0   0 1.000
1978 KC  A               OF    3    3    1    23       3    1    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    0 
1979 KC  A Daily Splits  DH  100   99   96                                      -
1980 KC  A Daily Splits  DH  109  109  105                                      -
1980 KC  A               LF    9    9    4    67      17    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 KC  A               OF    9    9    4    67      17    0    0    0   0 1.000     9    0    0 
1981 KC  A Daily Splits  DH   97   97   96                                      -
1981 KC  A               OF    4    4    2    31      10    0    1    0   0  .909     2    0    2 
1981 KC  A               RF    2    2    1    15       5    0    1    0   0  .833
1981 KC  A               LF    2    2    1    16       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1982 KC  A Daily Splits  DH  158  158  155                                      -
1982 KC  A               LF    1    1    1     9       1    0    1    0   0  .500
1982 KC  A               OF    1    1    1     9       1    0    1    0   0  .500     1    0    0 
1983 KC  A Daily Splits  DH  156  155  150                                      -
1984 KC  A Daily Splits  DH   94   81   70                                      -
1985 KC  A Daily Splits  DH  106   82   69                                      -
1986 KC  A Daily Splits  DH   75   58   50                                      -
1987 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    7    6    5                                      -
Total (15 Years) Splits  DH 1426 1361 1273                                      -
Total (12 Years)         OF  479  447  261  3702     850   31   31    7   0  .966   361   32   96 
Total (11 Years)         LF  361  340  201  2786.2   618   26   20    4   0  .970
Total ( 6 Years)         RF   96   82   40   677.2   143    4   10    0   0  .936
Total ( 2 Years)         CF   32   25   20   237.2    84    1    1    0   0  .988
Total ( 5 Years)         3B   23   12    5   110.2     4   22    5    3   0  .839
Total ( 2 Years)         2B   17   16   11   131.2    33   31    5    8   0  .928
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
           Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1981 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    3    3    3                                      -
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1970 CIN N Daily Splits  OF    1    1    0     5.1     2    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1970 CIN N               LF    1    1    0     5.1     2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1976 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    3    3    3                                      -
1976 KC  A               RF    2    2    1    15       5    1    0    0   0 1.000
1976 KC  A               OF    2    2    1    15       5    1    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    2 
1977 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    3    3    3                                      -
1977 KC  A               LF    2    2    1    17       2    1    0    0   0 1.000
1977 KC  A               OF    2    2    1    17       2    1    0    0   0 1.000     2    0    0 
1978 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    4    4    4                                      -
1980 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    3    3    3                                      -
1984 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    2    0    0                                      -
1985 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    6    6    6                                      -
Total ( 6 Years) Splits  DH   21   19   19                                      -
Total ( 3 Years)         OF    5    5    2    37.1     9    2    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    2 
Total ( 2 Years)         LF    3    3    1    22.1     4    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    2    2    1    15       5    1    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1970 CIN N Daily Splits  OF    3    3    3    25       2    1    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    0 
1970 CIN N               LF    3    3    3    25       2    1    0    0   0 1.000
1972 CIN N Daily Splits  OF    2    2    0    14       4    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    0    2 
1972 CIN N               RF    2    2    0    14       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 KC  A Daily Splits  DH    6    6    6                                      -
Total ( 1 Year ) Splits  DH    6    6    6                                      -
Total ( 2 Years)         OF    5    5    3    39       6    1    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    2 
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    3    3    3    25       2    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    2    2    0    14       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1991 KC  A        124   66   58  .532   590   565   5-24           7  6
1992 KC  A        162   72   90  .444   610   667                  5
1993 KC  A        162   84   78  .519   675   694                  3
1994 KC  A        115   64   51  .557   574   532                  3
2001 TB  A        148   58   90  .392   627   804   4-18           5  5
2002 TB  A        161   55  106  .342   673   918                  5
Total ( 6 Years)  872  399  473  .458  3749  4180
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
1987 KC  A  Coach                       4- 6  10- 4
1990 MON N  Hitting                     4- 9  10- 3
1991 MON N  Hitting                     4- 8   5-23
1995 CIN N  Hitting                     4-26  10-14
1996 CIN N  Hitting                     4- 2   9-29
1997 PHI N  Hitting                     4- 1   9-28
1998 PHI N  Hitting                     3-31   9-27
1999 PHI N  Hitting                     4- 5  10- 3
2000 PHI N  Hitting                     4- 4  10- 1
2001 TB  A  Bench                       4- 3   4-17
2005 STL N  Hitting                     4- 5  10-19
2006 STL N  Hitting                     4- 3  10- 1
2007 STL N  Hitting                     4- 1   9-30
2008 STL N  Hitting                     4- 1   9-28
2009 STL N  Hitting                     4- 6  10-10
Total (15 Years) 

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-10-1970(2)  BOX  CIN N  Lee Weyer           Called third strike
 7-19-1983     BOX  KC  A  Bill Kunkel         Fighting
 8- 5-1985     BOX  KC  A  Ted Hendry          Balls and strikes
 8-18-1985     BOX  KC  A  Larry Barnett       Check swing
 8-24-1986     BOX  KC  A  Steve Palermo       Called third strike

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6- 6-1991     BOX  KC  A  Dale Scott          Call at 3B (Bumped umpire)
 5- 4-1992     BOX  KC  A  Terry Cooney        Fighting
 5-23-1992     BOX  KC  A  Terry Craft         Call at 2B
 4-12-1993     BOX  KC  A  Derryl Cousins      Balls and strikes
 5-16-1993     BOX  KC  A  Durwood Merrill     Call at HP
 6-22-1993     BOX  KC  A  Joe Brinkman        Balls and strikes
 6-23-1993     BOX  KC  A  Tim McClelland      Balls and strikes
 7-21-1993     BOX  KC  A  Tim Welke           Check swing
 7-22-1993     BOX  KC  A  Larry Young         Check swing
 8- 5-1993     BOX  KC  A  Rocky Roe           Called third strike
 9- 1-1993     BOX  KC  A  Joe Brinkman        Balls and strikes
 5-18-1994     BOX  KC  A  Dave Phillips       HR reversal to foul
 5-26-1994     BOX  KC  A  Larry Young         Balls and strikes
 5- 5-2001     BOX  TB  A  Mike DiMuro         Throwing at batter
 5-12-2001     BOX  TB  A  Mike Winters        Before game; continued yesterday's argument
 6- 2-2001     BOX  TB  A  Scott Higgins       Fan interference call
 5-29-2002     BOX  TB  A  Mike Everitt        Balls and strikes
 6- 6-2002     BOX  TB  A  Kerwin Danley       Throwing at batter after warning
 7-18-2002     BOX  TB  A  Alfonso Marquez     Intentional HBP
 9-10-2002     BOX  TB  A  Brian Gorman        Intentional HBP

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-25-1987     BOX  KC  A  Mike Reilly         Balls and strikes
 8-24-1987     BOX  KC  A  Larry Barnett       Check swing

Transaction Information

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 6th round of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).

Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Wayne Simpson to Kansas City Royals in exchange for
Roger Nelson and Richie Scheinblum (November 30, 1972).

Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).

Signed by Kansas City Royals (November 15, 1982).

Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).

Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 8, 1985).

Released by Kansas City Royals (December 19, 1986).

Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 12, 1987).

Released by Kansas City Royals (July 21, 1987).
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