Steve
McLaughlin
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 250
 
Born: October 14, 1982 in Ireland
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2003 20 TN FF   2 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2
2004 21 TN FF   3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3
2005 22 TN FF   4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4
2006 23 TN FF $ 300,000 5 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4
2007 24 LA FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5
2008 25 LA FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 3 3 0 0 0 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 2 2 2 6 6 6 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 26 LA FF $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 9 7 7 7
2010 27 LA FF $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
2011 28 LA FF $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
2012 29 LA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 9 7 7 7
2013 30 LA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 9 7 7 7
2014 31 LA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
2015 32 LA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 9 7 7 7
2016 33 LA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 9 7 7 7
2017 34 LA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 6 6 6
2018 35 LA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5
2019 36 LA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5
2020 37 CO GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4
2021 38 CO GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
2022 39 CO GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 9 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2003 20 A   132 504 74 148 22 2 10 51 6 2 70 104 .294 .380 .405 .785 79.4  
2004 21 AA   2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .400 .000 .400 0.4  
    A   130 497 74 181 17 0 16 76 0 2 66 96 .364 .439 .495 .934 100.7  
2005 22 AA   137 501 61 148 24 0 9 63 2 1 80 92 .295 .392 .397 .790 81.1  
2006 23 TN FF 16 29 3 8 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 7 .276 .400 .448 .848 5.1 0.7
    AAA   131 464 55 138 19 0 8 55 4 1 95 100 .297 .417 .390 .807 82.1  
2007 24 LA FF 146 467 65 123 13 0 7 38 0 0 68 61 .263 .366 .336 .702 63.9 12.6
2008 25 LA FF 155 551 71 144 19 0 12 57 2 1 86 82 .261 .363 .361 .724 77.5 15.2
2009 26 LA FF 116 186 29 64 8 1 4 29 0 0 18 22 .344 .408 .462 .870 30.7 8.4
2010 27 LA FF 152 534 81 159 23 1 18 61 1 1 54 40 .298 .366 .446 .812 83.4 18.7
2011 28 LA FF 156 584 67 135 13 0 19 57 0 0 50 68 .231 .295 .351 .646 59.7 7.7
2012 29 LA FF 159 541 57 137 22 0 20 90 1 0 58 51 .253 .323 .405 .728 72.7 15.0
2013 30 LA FF 152 507 60 133 18 2 18 61 0 0 60 54 .262 .347 .412 .759 71.8 13.9
2014 31 LA FF 156 520 70 141 21 0 21 81 0 3 82 67 .271 .376 .433 .808 84.3 21.4
2015 32 LA FF 156 541 57 151 18 1 17 71 0 1 70 55 .279 .363 .410 .774 79.6 16.4
2016 33 LA FF 162 590 57 117 18 0 12 48 1 1 79 57 .198 .299 .290 .588 52.6 6.9
2017 34 LA FF 156 568 51 152 20 0 9 63 0 0 82 63 .268 .365 .350 .716 76.1 19.5
2018 35 LA FF 149 582 76 153 15 0 17 65 1 0 56 77 .263 .338 .376 .715 74.2 15.7
2019 36 LA FF 160 601 64 155 12 0 6 53 1 0 51 99 .258 .324 .308 .632 58.3 9.1
2020 37 CO GE 143 448 45 122 20 0 8 55 1 0 29 83 .272 .320 .371 .690 51.4 9.1
2021 38 CO GE 114 351 22 89 5 0 2 28 0 0 17 78 .254 .292 .285 .577 29.3 2.5
2022 39 CO GE 61 128 10 23 4 0 1 8 1 0 8 19 .180 .246 .234 .481 8.3 0.0
17 Years Sim 2309 7728 885 2006 251 5 192 867 9 7 874 983 .260 .340 .368 .708 979.0 192.9
1 Years AAA 131 464 55 138 19 0 8 55 4 1 95 100 .297 .426 .390 .816 82.1  
2 Years AA 139 504 62 148 24 0 9 63 2 1 82 94 .294 .398 .395 .792 81.5  
2 Years A 262 1001 148 329 39 2 26 127 6 4 136 200 .329 .414 .450 .864 180.1  
5 Years Minors 532 1969 265 615 82 2 43 245 12 6 313 394 .312 .413 .422 .834 343.7  
162 Game Average 542 62 140 17 0 13 60 0 0 61 68 .260 .340 .368 .708 68.7  
Career Highs 162 601 81 159 23 2 21 90 2 3 86 99 .344 .408 .462 .870 84.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5598 629 1434 183 4 134 607 7 6 618 722 .256 .335 .362 .697 695.1
vs LH   2130 256 572 68 1 58 260 2 1 256 261 .269 .352 .383 .735 293.5
Home 1133 3726 441 974 122 2 99 432 4 3 421 474 .261 .341 .375 .716 486.7
Away 1176 4002 444 1032 129 3 93 435 5 4 453 509 .258 .339 .361 .700 501.9
RISP   1678 0 445 62 3 40 655 0 0 237 230 .265 .354 .377 .732 237.6
Pinch Hitting   220 19 63 5 0 3 29 0 0 22 27 .286 .359 .350 .709 27.8
Close/Late   1097 96 297 40 2 21 125 0 0 137 136 .271 .360 .368 .729 147.9
Mar/Apr 324 1052 135 279 33 0 27 118 1 1 122 128 .265 .349 .374 .722 139.3
May 382 1297 135 332 44 0 29 144 1 2 141 174 .256 .335 .357 .692 157.8
June 395 1300 145 352 39 0 36 148 1 1 141 141 .271 .347 .384 .730 175.2
July 368 1261 128 307 43 1 25 124 1 0 140 155 .243 .327 .339 .665 143.2
August 418 1437 162 358 48 2 34 163 3 1 162 206 .249 .326 .356 .683 174.3
Sep/Oct 422 1381 180 378 44 2 41 170 2 2 168 179 .274 .356 .398 .753 198.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2006 23 TN FF 1B 13 7 72.0 78 7 0 10 1.000 10.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2007 24 LA FF 1B 142 118 1086.3 1057 73 6 83 .995 9.36 0 0 .000 0 1.5
2008 25 LA FF 1B 153 145 1310.3 1302 87 10 75 .993 9.54 0 0 .000 0 2.3
2009 26 LA FF 1B 31 28 246.0 264 19 1 23 .996 10.35 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 2 0 1.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 27 LA FF 1B 136 128 1154.7 1335 77 14 101 .990 11.01 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 1 0 7.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2011 28 LA FF 1B 148 145 1308.0 1500 95 6 114 .996 10.97 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    C 1 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 1 0.0
2012 29 LA FF 1B 149 144 1308.3 1470 96 9 128 .994 10.77 0 0 .000 0 2.4
2013 30 LA FF 1B 145 144 1262.3 1412 93 8 104 .995 10.73 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    2B 1 0 9.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2014 31 LA FF 1B 151 147 1314.7 1462 99 11 117 .993 10.69 0 0 .000 0 2.3
2015 32 LA FF 1B 148 147 1313.3 1400 97 8 122 .995 10.26 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    3B 1 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 33 LA FF 1B 162 162 1474.7 1597 104 7 135 .996 10.38 0 0 .000 0 2.8
2017 34 LA FF 1B 156 156 1390.7 1469 103 13 126 .992 10.17 0 0 .000 0 2.0
2018 35 LA FF 1B 149 149 1324.3 1395 91 12 114 .992 10.10 0 0 .000 0 1.3
2019 36 LA FF 1B 158 155 1382.0 1526 115 7 122 .996 10.69 0 0 .000 0 2.6
2020 37 CO GE 1B 133 127 1102.0 1234 108 9 119 .993 10.96 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    2B 1 1 9.0 4 3 1 0 .875 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2021 38 CO GE 1B 103 93 813.0 882 61 5 80 .995 10.44 0 0 .000 0 1.8
2022 39 CO GE 1B 37 30 268.3 289 17 1 20 .997 10.26 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 3 3 27.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.33 1 0 .000 3 0.0
  1B 2114 2025 18131.0 19672 1342 127 1593 .994 10.43 0 0 .000 0 30.0
  C 4 3 35.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 4.11 1 0 .000 4 0.0
  2B 2 1 18.7 5 4 1 1 .900 4.34 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 1 1 10.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  SS 3 0 8.7 0 4 1 0 .800 4.16 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2125 2030 18208.3 19694 1352 129 1594 .994 10.40 1 0 .000 4 30.1
Career Highs   162 162 1474.7 1597 115 14 135 1.000 10.97 1 0 .000 3  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 24 LA FF 4 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .267 .353 .333 .686
2009 26 LA FF 13 12 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .250 .308 .500 .808
2013 30 LA FF 11 36 4 15 1 0 2 10 0 0 3 6 .417 .463 .611 1.075
2014 31 LA FF 4 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .154 .143 .154 .297
2019 36 LA FF 16 61 12 17 0 0 0 3 1 0 6 10 .279 .343 .279 .622
Career Post-Season Batting 48 137 20 41 2 0 3 19 1 0 12 23 .299 .355 .380 .735
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2010-7-.298
Games
2012-4-159
2015-9-156
2016-1-162
2019-1-160
CAR-36-2309
At-Bats
2016-8-590
2018-10-582
2019-7-601
CAR-46-7728
Singles
2017-8-123
2019-10-137
CAR-42-1558
RBIs
2012-10-90
Walks
2008-4-86
2014-5-82
2016-8-79
2017-6-82
CAR-45-874
Strikeouts
2019-8-99
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Tennessee in 2003
Had first career hit on 9/5/2006, off Armando Quinonez (Mis)
Hit first career homerun on 9/28/2006, off Dustin Carrasquillo (NC)
Traded from Tennessee to Louisiana on 3/1/2007 (Going to Ten: P J. Bassler. Going to Lou: 1B S. McLaughlin)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/2010, hitting .462 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against D.C. on 8/13/2015
Injured on 4/24/2017 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/28/2018 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Louisiana to Colorado on 3/3/2020 (Going to CO: 1B Steve McLaughlin, LA's 1st-4th round picks in 2020. Going to LA: 3B Robert Hanley, 1B Hal Rehm)
Injured on 8/29/2021 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4 weeks
Had 2000th career hit on 8/15/2022, off Charles Lewandowski (KS)