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Hal McRae played 19 major-league seasons (1968-1987) as a OF (478), 3B (21), 2B (17). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 23 | CIN | 17 | 51 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .196 | .470 | 48 |
| 1970 | 25 | CIN | 70 | 165 | 18 | 41 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 23 | .248 | .756 | 108 |
| 1971 | 26 | CIN | 99 | 337 | 39 | 89 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 11 | 35 | .264 | .718 | 108 |
| 1972 | 27 | CIN | 61 | 97 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .278 | .769 | 124 |
| 1973 | 28 | KCA | 106 | 338 | 36 | 79 | 9 | 50 | 2 | 34 | 38 | .234 | .697 | 96 |
| 1974 | 29 | KCA | 148 | 539 | 71 | 167 | 15 | 88 | 11 | 54 | 68 | .310 | .850 | 144 |
| 1975 | 30 | KCA | 126 | 480 | 58 | 147 | 5 | 71 | 11 | 47 | 47 | .306 | .808 | 128 |
| 1976 | 31 | KCA | 149 | 527 | 75 | 175 | 8 | 73 | 22 | 64 | 43 | .332 | .868 | 155 |
| 1977 | 32 | KCA | 162 | 641 | 104 | 191 | 21 | 92 | 18 | 59 | 43 | .298 | .881 | 138 |
| 1978 | 33 | KCA | 156 | 623 | 90 | 170 | 16 | 72 | 17 | 51 | 62 | .273 | .757 | 112 |
| 1979 | 34 | KCA | 101 | 393 | 55 | 113 | 10 | 74 | 5 | 38 | 46 | .288 | .816 | 119 |
| 1980 | 35 | KCA | 124 | 489 | 73 | 145 | 14 | 83 | 10 | 29 | 56 | .297 | .825 | 124 |
| 1981 | 36 | KCA | 101 | 389 | 38 | 106 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 34 | 33 | .272 | .726 | 109 |
| 1982 | 37 | KCA | 159 | 613 | 91 | 189 | 27 | 133 | 4 | 55 | 61 | .308 | .910 | 147 |
| 1983 | 38 | KCA | 157 | 589 | 84 | 183 | 12 | 82 | 2 | 50 | 68 | .311 | .833 | 129 |
| 1984 | 39 | KCA | 106 | 317 | 30 | 96 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 34 | 47 | .303 | .760 | 111 |
| 1985 | 40 | KCA | 112 | 320 | 41 | 83 | 14 | 70 | 0 | 44 | 45 | .259 | .799 | 118 |
| 1986 | 41 | KCA | 112 | 278 | 22 | 70 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 39 | .252 | .675 | 83 |
| 1987 | 42 | KCA | 18 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .313 | .905 | 139 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 2B | 16 | 16 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 8 |
| 1970 | OF | 46 | 41 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 3B | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1970 | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 91 | 82 | 167 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 12 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1972 | 3B | 11 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| 1973 | OF | 64 | 57 | 101 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 1973 | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | OF | 56 | 56 | 132 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 1974 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1975 | OF | 114 | 114 | 207 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 1975 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | OF | 31 | 28 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 47 | 44 | 84 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1978 | OF | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 9 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | OF | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Hal McRae won: TSN All-Star 1976 (AL), TSN All-Star 1977 (AL), Silver Slugger 1982 (AL), TSN All-Star 1982 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1982, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1974.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 99 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 3 / 392 | 0 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 32 | 4 / 392 | 0 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 175 / 392 | 0 |
Hal McRae ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #38 | designated hitters | 1976 | 155 OPS+ |
| #50 | designated hitters | 1982 | 147 OPS+ |
| #61 | designated hitters | 1974 | 144 OPS+ |
| #69 | designated hitters | 1977 | 138 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.