DHKCMLB3× All-Star1× Silver Slugger📈 Late Developer · 1982

Hal McRae

5'11" · 180 lbsBorn July 10, 19451968–1987Draft: 1965MLB.com ↗

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

15.2

1976, 1977, 1982 avg

Career VAL

162.6

Value Above League

Games

2,084

Hits

2,091

Home Runs

191

Runs Batted In

1,097

Batting Avg

.290

Playoff VAL

43.0

postseason

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

Cross-sport prominence: 98.0th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Franchise face

Etched into the franchise monument

#4 · Kansas City Royals144.6 legacy · 82% attributed career shareVAL × verified franchise tenure, with bounded honors evidence

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Boards that rank MLB careers

MLB Advanced — ERA+ & OPS+ Leaders MLB Career Arc Types MLB Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories MLB Clutch Delta — Who Rises in October MLB Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape MLB Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms MLB Franchise Mt. Rushmores — Four Faces of Every Team MLB Only Club — Statistical Exclusivity MLB VAL Leaders — Value Above League Career Twins Cross-Sport Era-Adjusted Careers — The Greatest Careers, One Axis Cross-Sport Era-Adjusted Seasons — The Greatest Years, One Axis

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Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VAL
1968	22–23	CIN	17	51	1	10	1	0	0	2	1	4	14	.196	.255	.216	.471	—
1970	24–25	CIN	70	165	18	41	6	1	8	23	0	15	23	.248	.313	.442	.755	4
1971	25–26	CIN	99	337	39	89	24	2	9	34	3	11	35	.264	.291	.427	.718	6.5
1972	26–27	CIN	61	97	9	27	4	0	5	26	0	2	10	.278	.295	.474	.769	3.8
1973	27–28	KC	106	338	36	79	18	3	9	50	2	34	38	.234	.312	.385	.697	6.3
1974	28–29	KC	148	539	71	167	36	4	15	88	11	54	68	.310	.375	.475	.850	14
1975	29–30	KC	126	480	58	147	38	6	5	71	11	47	47	.306	.366	.442	.808	10.2
1976	30–31	KC	149	527	75	175	34	5	8	73	22	64	43	.332	.407	.461	.868	14.5
1977	31–32	KC	162	641	104	191	54	11	21	92	18	59	43	.298	.366	.515	.881	14.3
1978	32–33	KC	156	623	90	170	39	5	16	72	17	51	62	.273	.329	.429	.758	12.8
1979	33–34	KC	101	393	55	113	32	4	10	74	5	38	46	.288	.351	.466	.817	8.8
1980	34–35	KC	124	489	73	145	39	5	14	83	10	29	56	.297	.342	.483	.825	11.7
1981	35–36	KC	101	389	38	106	23	2	7	36	3	34	33	.272	.330	.396	.726	6.8
1982	36–37	KC	159	613	91	189	46	8	27	133	4	55	61	.308	.369	.542	.911	16.8
1983	37–38	KC	157	589	84	183	41	6	12	82	2	50	68	.311	.372	.462	.834	12.5
1984	38–39	KC	106	317	30	96	13	4	3	42	0	34	47	.303	.363	.397	.760	6.4
1985	39–40	KC	112	320	41	83	19	0	14	70	0	44	45	.259	.349	.450	.799	8.6
1986	40–41	KC	112	278	22	70	14	0	7	37	0	18	39	.252	.298	.378	.676	4.6
1987	41–42	KC	18	32	5	10	3	0	1	9	0	5	1	.313	.405	.500	.905	—