Zach McKinstry stats
TigersRight Fielder · #39
Bio
- Age
- 31 yearsApr 29, 1995
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 180 lbs
- Experience
- 7 yearsDebut 2020
- Birthplace
- Toledo, OH
- Draft
- 2016Rd 33, Pk 1
- College
- Central Michigan
- AL Silver Slugger
- 2025
Bio
- Age
- 31 yearsApr 29, 1995
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Weight
- 180 lbs
- Experience
- 7 yearsDebut 2020
- Birthplace
- Toledo, OH
- Draft
- 2016Rd 33, Pk 1
- College
- Central Michigan
- AL Silver Slugger
- 2025
Stats
Standard
Tigers- GP
- 124
- AB
- 366
- R
- 42
- H
- 74
- HR
- 4
- RBI
- 26
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .202
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | LAD | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| 2021 | LAD | 60 | 158 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 29 | 1 | .215 |
| 2022 |  LAD/CHC | 57 | 166 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 14 | 7 | .199 |
| 2023 | DET | 148 | 464 | 60 | 107 | 9 | 35 | 16 | .231 |
| 2024 | DET | 118 | 297 | 32 | 64 | 4 | 23 | 16 | .215 |
| 2025 | DET | 144 | 452 | 68 | 117 | 12 | 49 | 19 | .259 |
| 2026 | DET | 124 | 366 | 42 | 74 | 4 | 26 | 3 | .202 |
Career regular season
- GP
- 655
- AB
- 1,910
- R
- 243
- H
- 431
- HR
- 41
- RBI
- 176
- SB
- 62
- AVG
- .226
Career Postseason
- GP
- 13
- AB
- 36
- R
- 3
- H
- 8
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 4
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .222
Expanded
- PA
- 415
- TB
- 109
- XBH
- 23
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 4
- P/PA
- 3.81
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | LAD | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | LAD | 172 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | LAD/CHC | 185 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | DET | 518 | 163 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | DET | 325 | 100 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2025 | DET | 511 | 198 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4.0 |
| 2026 | DET | 415 | 109 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3.8 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,133
- TB
- 697
- XBH
- 157
- HBP
- 19
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 20
- P/PA
- 3.99
Advanced
- WAR
- 1.5
- RC
- 31.2
- RC/27
- 2.80
- ISOP
- .096
- SECA
- .202
- BB/K · 47th
- 0.60
- AB/HR
- 91.5
- GO/FO
- 0.70
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | LAD | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2 | .143 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | LAD | -0.8 | 16.3 | 3.4 | .190 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 22.6 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | LAD/CHC | 0.5 | 18.5 | 3.7 | .163 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 33.2 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | DET | 1.2 | 52.4 | 3.8 | .121 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 51.6 | 0.6 |
| 2024 | DET | 0.8 | 30.9 | 3.5 | .121 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 74.3 | 0.5 |
| 2025 | DET | 2.8 | 69.3 | 5.3 | .179 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 37.7 | 0.7 |
| 2026 | DET | 1.5 | 31.2 | 2.8 | .096 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 91.5 | 0.7 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
Career regular season
- WAR
- 6.0
- RC
- 218.9
- RC/27
- 3.80
- ISOP
- .139
- SECA
- .258
- BB/K
- 0.39
- AB/HR
- 46.6
- GO/FO
- 0.60
Against other right fielders
2026 regular season, 58 MLB right fielders with 25+ games.
- Home Runs4
Higher than 16% of the other 57 MLB right fielders.
- Batting Average.202
Higher than 12% of the other 57 MLB right fielders.
- RBI26
Higher than 39% of the other 57 MLB right fielders.
Latest performance
Zach McKinstry
Sep 18 · @ CHW · W 11-8
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- BB
- 0
- SO
- 2
- AVG
- .202
Games
All gamesNext
vs WSHTue, Sep 22
vs WSH since 2022
- 14
- GP
- 40
- AB
- 6
- R
- 14
- H
- 1
- HR
- 2
- RBI
| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Sep 18 | at CHWW 11-8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Sep 17 | atCHWL 3-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 15 | at TORW 10-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Sep 14 | atTORW 6-5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 13 | vs COLW 8-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 12 | vsCOLW 11-7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What are Zach McKinstry's career stats?
Zach McKinstry has played 7 seasons for the Dodgers and the Tigers. He is a career .226 hitter with 431 hits, 41 home runs and 176 RBI. His best season so far is 2020: a .286 batting average, 0 home runs and 0 RBI.
Best single games
- Hits: 4 vs SF on Sep 11, 2022, L 4-2
- Home Runs: 1 vs ARI on Jul 10, 2021, W 22-1
- RBI: 4 vs CHC on Jun 27, 2021, W 7-1
- Runs: 2 @ ARI on Jun 19, 2021, W 9-3
- Stolen Bases: 2 @ CIN on Oct 4, 2022, L 3-2
- Walks: 3 vs CHW on May 26, 2023, L 12-3
Regular season only, from MLB game logs since 2020.
League leaderboards and awards
7 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2020 to 2026
Championships
- 2020 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Awards
More on Zach McKinstry
Playoff series
Zach McKinstry played 13 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 2 won, 2 lost.
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  CLE | Won 2-1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 |  SEA | Lost 2-3 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 |  HOU | Won 2-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | CLE | Lost 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Zach McKinstry against each club
- vs Cleveland Guardians (50)
- vs Kansas City Royals (46)
- vs Chicago White Sox (45)
- vs Minnesota Twins (45)
- vs Seattle Mariners (28)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (26)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (22)
- vs Athletics (21)
- vs New York Yankees (21)
- vs Texas Rangers (21)
- vs Houston Astros (20)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (20)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (19)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (19)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (19)
- vs Boston Red Sox (16)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (16)
- vs New York Mets (16)
- vs Colorado Rockies (15)
- vs Miami Marlins (15)
- vs San Francisco Giants (14)
- vs Washington Nationals (14)
- vs Chicago Cubs (11)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (11)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (11)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (10)
- vs San Diego Padres (9)
- vs Atlanta Braves (8)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (7)
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