Mike Macfarlane

Catcher

1987—1999

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
NR

Player Detail

Michael Andrew
GIVEN NAME
Macfarlane
SURNAME
April 12, 1964, in Stockton, CA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1987—1999
Playing Career
Played from 23-35
PLAYING AGE
Kansas City Royals
Boston Red Sox
Oakland A's
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Kansas City Royals
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
Spanky
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
6-1 / 200
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
July 23, 1987
Major League Debut
October 3, 1999
FINAL GAME

Related Content

In 1988, Macfarlane became the first Royals rookie catcher to start on Opening Day since Ellie Rodríguez in 1969.
  • Mike Macfarlane Scouting Report

30

HITTING

30

POWER

30

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1164
906
129
514
.252

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
14.2
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.752
.704
107.2

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.252
.322
.430

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Mike Stanley

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Mike Macfarlane Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Macfarlane
535
134
68
33
3
19
76
44
104
2
230
193
.252
.322
.430
752
AVG C
537
136
61
26
2
14
47
95
3
208
188
.253
.316
.387
.704

Mike Macfarlane Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
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Updated THRU 2021
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UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Mike Macfarlane PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
14.7
13.7
10.1
8.7
2.04
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Mike Macfarlane
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Mike Macfarlane
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C