Mike Macfarlane

Michael Andrew "Mike" Macfarlane (born April 12, 1964) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Royals (1987–1994, 1996–1998), Boston Red Sox (1995) and Oakland Athletics (1998–1999). Macfarlane graduated from Lincoln High School in 1982. He batted and threw right-handed and played collegiate baseball for Santa Clara University before his selection in the fourth round (97th overall) of the 1985 draft.

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• Career
• Highlights
• References

Career

In a 13-season career, Macfarlane posted a .252 batting average with 129 home runs and 514 runs batted in in 1,164 games played.

Highlights

1988, became the first Royals rookie catcher to start on Opening Day since Ellie Rodríguez in 1969

1992, led Kansas City with 17 home runs and a .445 slugging percentage

1994, became the Royals leader in all-time games caught, surpassing a club record set by John Wathan

Ranked sixth among American League catchers with a .993 fielding percentage while throwing out 35% of potential basestealers.

His 97 hit by pitches ranks him 65th in MLB all-time list