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Paul
Minner		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 220
 
Born: July 30, 1923 in Usa, PA, NEW WILMINGTO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1946 22 STL NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 5
1947 23 STL NL $ 300,000 9 4 4 4 7 6 7 6 5 5
1948 24 STL NL $ 300,000 9 5 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5
1949 25 STL NL   9 5 4 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1950 26 STL NL   9 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1951 27 STL NL   9 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5
1952 28 STL NL   9 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1953 29 STL NL   9 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1954 30 STL NL   8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
1955 31 STL NL   8 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1956 32 STL NL   8 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 8 7 7 6 6 6
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  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
1946 22 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1947 23 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1948 24 STL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1949 25 STL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1950 26 STL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1951 27 STL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1952 28 STL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1953 29 STL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1954 30 STL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1955 31 STL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
1956 32 STL NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1946 22 STL NL 10 13 .435 28 28 11 1 0 210.3 241 108 28 72 48 4.62 .288 .343 .451 .794 8.6
    AAA   3 2 .600 5 5 0 0 0 27.7 37 17 1 12 9 5.53 .322 .386 .461 .847  
1947 23 STL NL 3 6 .333 22 12 5 1 0 108.3 101 47 10 36 27 3.90 .249 .309 .392 .700 6.5
1948 24 STL NL 4 4 .500 20 7 4 1 1 71.7 82 33 6 26 23 4.14 .293 .352 .400 .752 5.4
1949 25 AAA   2 1 .667 17 0 0 0 1 14.7 16 9 2 8 6 5.53 .291 .381 .436 .817  
1950 26 AAA   8 4 .667 33 18 0 0 2 133.7 137 46 15 53 77 3.10 .262 .330 .405 .735  
1951 27 AAA   10 8 .556 31 26 1 0 0 187.7 182 75 19 69 119 3.60 .250 .315 .376 .690  
1952 28 AAA   6 3 .667 59 0 0 0 5 64.0 70 36 9 37 53 5.06 .285 .378 .435 .813  
1953 29 AAA   3 2 .600 54 0 0 0 4 56.7 52 19 5 22 38 3.02 .252 .325 .354 .679  
1954 30 AAA   4 2 .667 72 0 0 0 5 58.7 58 25 9 23 44 3.84 .254 .323 .430 .753  
1955 31 AAA   1 1 .500 77 0 0 0 11 65.3 53 20 9 24 36 2.76 .230 .303 .374 .677  
1956 32 AAA   1 4 .200 73 0 0 0 8 58.0 60 30 7 23 45 4.66 .276 .346 .429 .774  
3 Years Sim 17 23 .425 70 47 20 3 1 390.3 424 188 44 134 98 4.33 .279 .336 .426 .761 20.5
9 Years AAA 38 27 .585 421 49 1 0 36 666.3 665 277 76 271 427 3.74 .261 .332 .400 .732  
Season Average 5 7 .417 23 15 6 1 0 130.1 141 62 14 44 32 4.33 .279 .336 .426 .761  
Career Highs 10 13 .500 28 28 11 1 1 210.3 241 108 28 72 48 4.62 .293 .352 .451 .794  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   297 132 34 85 73   .282 .336 .428 .764
vs LH   127 56 10 49 25   .270 .339 .421 .760
Home 12 13 .480 37 28 11 3 0 237.3 247 101 18 88 61 3.83 .270 .334 .383 .717
Away 5 10 .333 33 19 9 0 1 153.0 177 87 26 46 37 5.12 .292 .342 .491 .832
Mar/Apr 1 4 .200 8 7 3 1 0 54.3 48 29 6 21 15 4.80 .235 .307 .382 .689
May 1 3 .250 10 6 3 0 0 47.3 57 27 8 15 9 5.14 .297 .348 .490 .837
June 7 5 .583 16 11 7 2 0 99.0 123 48 9 30 25 4.36 .311 .359 .424 .783
July 2 4 .333 11 8 3 0 1 67.3 65 22 4 22 21 2.94 .249 .307 .372 .679
August 3 4 .429 15 8 2 0 0 62.0 76 36 8 29 11 5.23 .310 .383 .502 .885
Sep/Oct 3 3 .500 10 7 2 0 0 60.3 55 26 9 17 17 3.88 .246 .299 .393 .692
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1946 22 STL NL 28 70 5 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .171 .183 .200 .383 1.7 0.0
1947 23 STL NL 22 32 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .156 .156 .188 .344 0.4 0.0
1948 24 STL NL 20 18 2 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 .389 .389 .556 .944 3.5 0.8
1951 27 AAA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1954 30 AAA   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
3 Years Sim 70 120 7 24 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 26 .200 .207 .250 .457 5.6 0.8
2 Years AAA 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5  
162 Game Average 277 16 55 6 0 2 6 0 0 2 60 .200 .207 .250 .457 12.9  
Career Highs 28 70 5 12 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 14 .389 .389 .556 .944 3.5  
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   84 2 16 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 23 .190 .200 .226 .426 2.5
vs LH   36 5 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .306 .528 2.3
Home 37 72 4 16 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 14 .222 .222 .292 .514 4.0
Away 33 48 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .167 .184 .188 .371 0.7
RISP   15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.4
Close/Late   7 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.7
Mar/Apr 7 16 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .313 .563 1.1
May 6 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .143 .200 .214 .414 0.4
June 16 33 4 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 .242 .242 .333 .576 2.5
July 8 20 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .150 .250 -0.5
August 9 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1
Sep/Oct 10 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .263 .263 .263 .526 1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1946 22 STL NL P 28 28 210.3 13 35 0 2 1.000 2.05    
1947 23 STL NL P 22 12 108.3 1 22 0 2 1.000 1.91    
1948 24 STL NL P 20 7 71.7 8 15 1 1 .958 2.89    
Career Totals   70 47 390.3 22 72 1 5 .989 2.17    
Career Highs   28 28 210.3 13 35 1 2 1.000 2.89    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns Allowed
1946-8-28
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1946
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1946, off Hank Borowy (MIN)
Earned first career win on 5/17/1946
Hit first career homerun on 6/26/1948, off Max Lanier (CIN)
Injured on 6/29/1950 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 4/13/1956 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
 
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