William Landis McKinney (born August 23, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent.
He made his MLB debut with the Yankees in 2018, and was traded to the Blue Jays during the season, with whom he played for until 2020.
[5] On July 4, 2014, the Athletics traded McKinney to the Chicago Cubs with Addison Russell and Dan Straily, in exchange for Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel.
[8] After he batted .340 in 29 games,[9] the Cubs promoted him to the Tennessee Smokies of the Double-A Southern League in May.
McKinney began the 2017 season with Trenton, and was promoted to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Triple-A International League in late June.
[15] He finished the 2017 season with a combined .277 batting average with 16 home runs and 64 RBIs between both clubs.
An injury to Aaron Hicks led the Yankees to promote McKinney to the major leagues on March 30.
The next day, McKinney sprained the AC joint in his left shoulder, and went on the disabled list.
[22] On August 21, McKinney hit his first major league home run off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Ryan Meisinger.
[28] In 39 games with the Mets, McKinney slashed .220/.304/.473 with five home runs and 14 RBI, before being designated for assignment on July 16.
[29] On July 21, 2021, McKinney was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for minor league outfielder Carlos Rincon.
[35] On March 16, 2022, McKinney signed a minor-league deal with the Oakland Athletics that included an invitation to Spring Training.
On June 7, 2023, McKinney was selected to the major league roster after Aaron Judge was placed on the injured list.