Dave McKay
1975–1982 · bats B / throws R · Minnesota Twins, Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays
645G
.229AVG
.266OBP
.313SLG
More career statistics
441H
21HR
170RBI
20SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 645 | 2,086 | 1,928 | 191 | 441 | 70 | 15 | 21 | 170 | 86 | 337 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 604 | .229 | .266 | .313 | .579 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1975-08-29 to 1975-09-17
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1981-09-30 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1977-04-28 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 9 total bases | 1978-09-08 | 1 in 419 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 312 | 1004 | 218 | 9 | 80 | 43 | 149 | .236 | .260 | .330 |
| Away | 333 | 1082 | 223 | 12 | 90 | 43 | 188 | .222 | .246 | .298 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 100 | 316 | 60 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 55 | .203 | .222 | .244 |
| May | 127 | 389 | 78 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 56 | .218 | .249 | .314 |
| June | 96 | 303 | 54 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 67 | .192 | .208 | .274 |
| July | 65 | 205 | 39 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 36 | .205 | .224 | .268 |
| August | 102 | 316 | 74 | 6 | 33 | 15 | 51 | .254 | .282 | .375 |
| September | 143 | 512 | 126 | 5 | 43 | 25 | 65 | .267 | .295 | .352 |
| October | 12 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .238 | .244 | .405 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| milwaukee-brewers | 61 | 218 | 50 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 20 | .248 | .261 | .351 |
| baltimore-orioles | 59 | 199 | 37 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 40 | .209 | .246 | .305 |
| new-york-yankees | 56 | 185 | 43 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 35 | .247 | .265 | .333 |
| chicago-white-sox | 55 | 198 | 42 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 23 | .231 | .258 | .286 |
| boston-red-sox | 55 | 171 | 36 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 27 | .221 | .234 | .301 |
| texas-rangers | 51 | 166 | 43 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 26 | .279 | .295 | .344 |
| kansas-city-royals | 51 | 163 | 38 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 | .255 | .276 | .356 |
| cleveland-guardians | 49 | 163 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 34 | .195 | .209 | .289 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 |  Minnesota Twins | 33 | 125 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .256 | – | – |
| 1976 | Minnesota Twins | 45 | 138 | 28 | – | 8 | 1 | .203 | – | – |
| 1977 |  Toronto Blue Jays | 95 | 274 | 54 | 3 | 22 | 2 | .197 | – | – |
| 1978 | Toronto Blue Jays | 145 | 504 | 120 | 7 | 45 | 4 | .238 | – | – |
| 1979 | Toronto Blue Jays | 47 | 156 | 34 | – | 12 | 1 | .218 | – | – |
| 1980 |  Athletics | 123 | 295 | 72 | 1 | 29 | 1 | .244 | – | – |
| 1981 | Athletics | 79 | 224 | 59 | 4 | 21 | 4 | .263 | – | – |
| 1982 | Athletics | 78 | 212 | 42 | 4 | 17 | 6 | .198 | – | – |