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Brian McRae
Brian Wesley McRae

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 7, 1990
  vs. CHW 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 3, 1999
Born August 27, 1967 in Bradenton, FL

Son of Hal McRae

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1985. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 22 KCR AL  46  168   21   48   8  3   2   23   4  3   9  29  .286  .318  .405  103   68   3   2   0   0   5
 1991 23 KCR AL 152  629   86  164  28  9   8   64  20 11  24  99  .261  .288  .372   82  234   3   5   1   2  12
 1992 24 KCR AL 149  533   63  119  23  5   4   52  18  5  42  88  .223  .285  .308   65  164   7   4   1   6  10
 1993 25 KCR AL 153  627   78  177  28  9  12   69  23 14  37 105  .282  .325  .413   93  259  14   3   1   4   8
 1994 26 KCR AL 114  436   71  119  22  6   4   40  28  8  54  67  .273  .359  .378   88  165   6   3   3   6   3
 1995 27 CHC NL 137  580   92  167  38  7  12   48  27  8  47  92  .288  .348  .440  108  255   3   1   1   7  12
 1996 28 CHC NL 157  624  111  172  32  5  17   66  37  9  73  84  .276  .360  .425  104  265   2   5   6  12  11
 1997 29 TOT NL 153  562   86  136  32  7  11   43  17 10  65  84  .242  .326  .383   85  215   4   2   2   6  13
         CHC NL 108  417   63  100  27  5   6   28  14  6  52  62  .240  .329  .372   82  155   3   1   2   4  11
         NYM NL  45  145   23   36   5  2   5   15   3  4  13  22  .248  .317  .414   92   60   1   1   0   2   2
 1998 30 NYM NL 159  552   79  146  36  5  21   79  20 11  80  90  .264  .360  .462  116  255   3   5   3   5   5
 1999 31 TOT    134  403   47   88  17  2  12   48   2  7  57  86  .218  .327  .360   74  145   1   2   2   9   8
         TOT NL 103  321   36   72  14  1   9   37   2  6  41  64  .224  .323  .358   73  115   0   2   1   7   6
         NYM NL  96  298   35   66  12  1   8   36   2  6  39  57  .221  .320  .349   71  104   0   2   1   5   6
         COL NL   7   23    1    6   2  0   1    1   0  0   2   7  .261  .370  .478   93   11   0   0   0   2   0
         TOR AL  31   82   11   16   3  1   3   11   0  1  16  22  .195  .340  .366   80   30   1   0   1   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1354 5114  734 1336 264 58 103  532 196 86 488 824  .261  .331  .396   92 2025  46  32  20  57  87
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        612   88  160  32  7  12   64  23 10  58  99  .261  .331  .396   92  242   6   4   2   7  10
 Career High    159  629  111  177  38  9  21   79  37 14  80 105  .288  .360  .462  116  265  14   5   6  12  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 22 KCR AL  182  133   20   4.0    93| .286  .257| .318  .325| .405  .384| .723  .709| 103  .461   0.2   0.0  57%
 1991 23 KCR AL  663  496   64   3.5    97| .261  .260| .288  .329| .372  .395| .660  .724|  82  .380 -18.4  -1.8  64%
 1992 24 KCR AL  592  440   49   3.0    96| .223  .262| .285  .331| .308  .388| .593  .719|  65  .330 -25.8  -2.6  78%
 1993 25 KCR AL  685  489   83   4.5   108| .282  .274| .325  .345| .413  .418| .738  .763|  93  .473  -9.7  -0.9  62%
 1994 26 KCR AL  505  337   66   5.2   115| .273  .277| .359  .350| .378  .442| .737  .792|  88  .490  -7.3  -0.7  77%
 1995 27 CHC NL  638  437   90   5.5   105| .288  .268| .348  .337| .440  .418| .788  .755| 108  .561   6.8   0.7  77%
 1996 28 CHC NL  716  479  102   5.7   109| .276  .273| .360  .343| .425  .428| .785  .771| 104  .575   5.0   0.5  80%
 1997 29 TOT NL  639  455   70   4.1   109| .242  .271| .326  .343| .383  .426| .709  .769|  85  .424 -12.9  -1.2  62%
         CHC NL  477  338   52   4.1   110| .240  .273| .329  .345| .372  .428| .701  .773|  82  .424 -10.9  -1.0  70%
         NYM NL  162  117   18   4.1   106| .248  .267| .317  .338| .414  .419| .731  .757|  92  .424  -2.0  -0.2  42%
 1998 30 NYM NL  645  430   97   6.1   107| .264  .268| .360  .338| .462  .422| .822  .761| 116  .600  14.4   1.4  64%
 1999 31 TOT     472  333   48   3.8   115| .218  .276| .327  .351| .360  .443| .687  .794|  74  .356 -15.6  -1.4  22%
         TOT NL  371  263   37   3.8   116| .224  .276| .323  .351| .358  .444| .681  .795|  73  .348 -13.2  -1.2  25%
         NYM NL  344  246   33   3.6   114| .221  .273| .320  .348| .349  .440| .669  .788|  71  .328 -13.0  -1.2  25%
         COL NL   27   17    4   6.3   138| .261  .306| .370  .385| .478  .492| .848  .877|  93  .578  -0.3   0.0   0%
         TOR AL  101   70   11   4.2   115| .195  .276| .340  .349| .366  .442| .706  .791|  80  .386  -2.4  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5737 4029  689   4.6   106| .261  .269| .331  .340| .396  .417| .727  .757|  92  .476 -63.2  -6.0  69%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1990 22 KCR AL CF 45 119 1 0 0 1.000 .985 2.67 2.42 2.81 2.74 43 383.7 1991 23 KCR AL CF 150 405 2 3 0 .993 .989 2.71 2.40 2.81 2.76 142 1301.3 1992 24 KCR AL CF 148 421 8 3 2 .993 .986 2.90 2.60 3.01 2.90 143 1283.3 1993 25 KCR AL CF 153 392 5 6 3 .985 .986 2.59 2.45 2.66 2.76 150 1345.3 1994 26 KCR AL CF 110 251 2 3 0 .988 .988 2.30 2.44 2.33 2.76 109 978.7 DH 4 1995 27 CHC NL CF 137 345 4 3 0 .991 .984 2.55 2.16 2.59 2.48 136 1213.0 1996 28 CHC NL CF 155 343 2 5 1 .986 .983 2.23 2.13 2.29 2.48 153 1358.7 1997 29 TOT NL CF 148 308 4 4 2 .987 .983 2.11 2.03 2.30 2.40 138 1222.3 TOT NL OF 148 308 4 4 2 .987 .980 2.11 1.77 2.30 2.13 138 1222.3 CHC NL CF 107 243 3 1 2 .996 .983 2.30 2.03 2.42 2.40 103 913.3 NYM NL CF 41 65 1 3 0 .957 .984 1.61 2.03 1.92 2.40 35 309.0 1998 30 NYM NL CF 154 301 8 4 3 .987 .987 2.01 2.15 2.13 2.53 144 1305.3 1999 31 TOT OF 107 195 2 1 1 .995 .981 1.84 1.88 2.08 2.26 98 850.6 TOT CF 107 194 2 1 1 .995 .984 1.83 2.22 2.07 2.64 98 850.6 TOT NL CF 94 166 1 1 0 .994 .984 1.78 2.20 2.02 2.63 85 743.6 TOT NL OF 94 166 1 1 0 .994 .981 1.78 1.86 2.02 2.26 85 743.6 NYM NL CF 87 152 1 1 0 .994 .984 1.76 2.20 2.00 2.63 78 688.3 COL NL CF 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.00 2.20 2.28 2.64 7 55.3 TOR AL DH 15 CF 13 28 1 0 1 1.000 .986 2.23 2.36 2.44 2.72 13 107.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 22 KCR AL CF 45 119 1 0 0 1.000 .985 2.67 2.42 2.81 2.74 43 383.7 1991 23 KCR AL CF 150 405 2 3 0 .993 .989 2.71 2.40 2.81 2.76 142 1301.3 1992 24 KCR AL CF 148 421 8 3 2 .993 .986 2.90 2.60 3.01 2.90 143 1283.3 1993 25 KCR AL CF 153 392 5 6 3 .985 .986 2.59 2.45 2.66 2.76 150 1345.3 1994 26 KCR AL CF 110 251 2 3 0 .988 .988 2.30 2.44 2.33 2.76 109 978.7 1995 27 CHC NL CF 137 345 4 3 0 .991 .984 2.55 2.16 2.59 2.48 136 1213.0 1996 28 CHC NL CF 155 343 2 5 1 .986 .983 2.23 2.13 2.29 2.48 153 1358.7 1997 29 TOT NL CF 148 308 4 4 2 .987 .983 2.11 2.03 2.30 2.40 138 1222.3 CHC NL CF 107 243 3 1 2 .996 .983 2.30 2.03 2.42 2.40 103 913.3 NYM NL CF 41 65 1 3 0 .957 .984 1.61 2.03 1.92 2.40 35 309.0 1998 30 NYM NL CF 154 301 8 4 3 .987 .987 2.01 2.15 2.13 2.53 144 1305.3 1999 31 TOT CF 107 194 2 1 1 .995 .984 1.83 2.22 2.07 2.64 98 850.6 TOT NL CF 94 166 1 1 0 .994 .984 1.78 2.20 2.02 2.63 85 743.6 NYM NL CF 87 152 1 1 0 .994 .984 1.76 2.20 2.00 2.63 78 688.3 COL NL CF 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 .986 2.00 2.20 2.28 2.64 7 55.3 TOR AL CF 13 28 1 0 1 1.000 .986 2.23 2.36 2.44 2.72 13 107.0 1994 26 KCR AL DH 4 1999 31 TOR AL DH 15 1990 22 KCR AL OF 45 120 1 0 0 1.000 .981 2.69 2.04 2.84 2.39 43 383.7 1991 23 KCR AL OF 150 405 2 3 0 .993 .983 2.71 2.03 2.81 2.37 142 1301.3 1992 24 KCR AL OF 148 419 8 3 2 .993 .983 2.89 2.17 2.99 2.47 143 1283.3 1993 25 KCR AL OF 153 394 4 7 3 .983 .983 2.60 2.09 2.66 2.41 150 1345.3 1994 26 KCR AL OF 110 252 2 3 0 .988 .982 2.31 2.09 2.34 2.37 109 978.7 1995 27 CHC NL OF 137 345 4 3 0 .991 .979 2.55 1.82 2.59 2.15 136 1213.0 1996 28 CHC NL OF 155 348 2 5 1 .986 .978 2.26 1.80 2.32 2.13 153 1358.7 1997 29 TOT NL OF 148 308 4 4 2 .987 .980 2.11 1.77 2.30 2.13 138 1222.3 CHC NL OF 107 243 3 1 2 .996 .980 2.30 1.77 2.42 2.13 103 913.3 NYM NL OF 41 65 1 3 0 .957 .981 1.61 1.77 1.92 2.13 35 309.0 1998 30 NYM NL OF 154 301 8 4 3 .987 .980 2.01 1.78 2.13 2.17 144 1305.3 1999 31 TOT OF 107 195 2 1 1 .995 .981 1.84 1.88 2.08 2.26 98 850.6 TOT NL OF 94 166 1 1 0 .994 .981 1.78 1.86 2.02 2.26 85 743.6 NYM NL OF 87 152 1 1 0 .994 .981 1.76 1.86 2.00 2.26 78 688.3 COL NL OF 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 .979 2.00 1.86 2.28 2.26 7 55.3 TOR AL OF 13 29 1 0 1 1.000 .984 2.31 2.03 2.52 2.30 13 107.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF*1307 3079 38 32 12 .990 .986 2.38 2.29 2.50 2.64 1256 11242.3 DH 19 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1307 3087 37 33 12 .990 .981 2.39 1.94 2.50 2.28 1256 11242
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1994 AL-114-2
1998 NL-159-9

At Bats
1991 AL-629-10
1993 AL-627-4
1995 NL-580-1

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1993 AL-685-9
1994 AL-505-8
1995 NL-638-2
1996 NL-716-6

Runs
1995 NL-92-8

Hits
1993 AL-177-9
1995 NL-167-4

Doubles
1995 NL-38-2

Triples
1991 AL-9-6
1993 AL-9-4
1994 AL-6-5
1995 NL-7-6
1997 NL-7-10

Stolen Bases
1994 AL-28-7
1996 NL-37-6

Singles
1994 AL-87-10
1995 NL-110-8

Hit By Pitch
1996 NL-12-7

Sac. Hits
1993 AL-14-3

Caught Stealing
1991 AL-11-7
1993 AL-14-5
1994 AL-8-8
1998 NL-11-7

Outs
1991 AL-496-2
1993 AL-489-3
1994 AL-337-8
1995 NL-437-1
1996 NL-479-8
1997 NL-455-10

         

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (725) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 25 (874) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.5 (1456) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (1457) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1985.

April 5, 1995: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Chicago Cubs for Derek Wallace and Geno Morones (minors).

August 8, 1997: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Mel Rojas and Turk Wendell to the New York Mets for players to be named later and Lance Johnson. The New York Mets sent Mark Clark (August 11, 1997) and Manny Alexander (August 14, 1997) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

July 31, 1999: Traded by the New York Mets with Thomas Johnson (minors) and Rigo Beltran to the Colorado Rockies for Darryl Hamilton and Chuck McElroy.

August 9, 1999: Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Pat Lynch (minors) (August 23, 1999) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

November 3, 1999: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Kansas City Royals$100,000
1991Kansas City Royals$124,000
1992Kansas City Royals$275,000
1993Kansas City Royals$378,500
1994Kansas City Royals$1,900,000
1995Chicago Cubs$2,650,000
1996Chicago Cubs$3,400,000
1997Chicago Cubs$3,900,000
1998New York Mets$3,850,000
1999New York Mets$3,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$20,327,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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