Paul
Schaal
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 3, 1943 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969   
All-Star Selections 1966    1970    1973   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 21 BOS AL     5 5 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 9 8 8 8 8 8
1965 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 9 8 8 8 7 8
1966 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 4 3 3 6 5 5 9 8 8 8 7 8
1967 24 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1968 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1969 26 BOS AL $ 1,528,571   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 9 8 8 8 8 8
1970 27 BOS AL $ 1,536,429   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 7 8 9 8 8
1971 28 BOS AL $ 3,290,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 7 8 9 8 8
1972 29 BOS AL $ 3,290,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 9 7 8 8 8 8
1973 30 BOS AL $ 3,290,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 7
1974 31 BOS AL $ 1,900,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 7 7 8 8 8
1975 32 BOS AL $ 1,900,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 8
1976 33 BOS AL $ 1,900,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 7 6 7 8 7 7
1977 34 PHN NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 5 7 6 7 8 7 7
1978 35 PHN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6
1979 36 PHN NL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 3 2 3 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 2 3 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,290,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 9 8 8 9 8 8
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
1964 21 AAA   83 286 41 80 14 0 5 24 3 4 57 39 .280 .399 .381 .781 46.6  
    AA   54 191 38 56 8 2 7 23 8 2 46 30 .293 .430 .466 .896 40.9  
1965 22 BOS AL 22 53 8 13 3 1 1 9 0 2 8 10 .245 .344 .396 .740 6.3 0.9
    AAA   127 457 55 124 15 2 18 66 2 6 83 62 .271 .383 .431 .814 78.0  
1966 23 BOS AL 154 559 75 177 22 6 7 70 7 2 69 68 .317 .390 .415 .805 93.3 22.3
1967 24 BOS AL 154 590 67 156 21 2 6 48 2 3 62 79 .264 .333 .337 .671 67.0 10.3
1968 25 BOS AL 134 389 48 110 15 1 5 52 0 2 53 39 .283 .368 .365 .733 53.2 11.2
1969 26 BOS AL 108 326 52 94 21 3 4 47 3 3 31 30 .288 .348 .408 .756 43.4 8.8
1970 27 BOS AL 153 545 79 153 23 7 5 56 7 2 52 50 .281 .343 .376 .719 68.2 13.9
1971 28 BOS AL 155 604 85 165 31 3 9 48 3 7 70 62 .273 .351 .379 .730 75.6 14.4
1972 29 BOS AL 116 431 38 129 35 5 6 46 2 1 43 36 .299 .363 .445 .809 64.0 11.5
1973 30 BOS AL 140 501 61 139 21 2 10 63 2 4 66 46 .277 .363 .387 .751 70.0 9.6
1974 31 BOS AL 150 522 74 158 24 5 10 71 4 2 49 57 .303 .363 .425 .788 76.4 14.1
1975 32 BOS AL 136 427 46 117 22 3 4 56 3 0 36 49 .274 .330 .368 .698 50.6 6.5
1976 33 BOS AL 65 164 13 46 7 0 1 18 2 1 19 22 .280 .355 .341 .697 20.1 3.5
1977 34 PHN NL 106 282 34 80 12 1 3 30 1 0 34 32 .284 .364 .365 .729 36.3 6.8
1978 35 PHN NL 106 238 16 52 6 1 2 25 3 1 30 33 .218 .303 .277 .580 20.8 1.0
1979 36 PHN NL 55 171 14 44 5 0 1 8 1 0 22 19 .257 .342 .304 .646 17.9 2.8
    AAA   45 59 5 17 5 0 2 8 0 0 10 10 .288 .391 .475 .866 10.8  
15 Years Sim 1754 5802 710 1633 268 40 74 647 40 30 644 632 .281 .353 .380 .733 763.1 137.5
3 Years AAA 255 802 101 221 34 2 25 98 5 10 150 111 .276 .390 .416 .807 135.5  
1 Years AA 54 191 38 56 8 2 7 23 8 2 46 30 .293 .427 .466 .893 40.9  
4 Years Minors 309 993 139 277 42 4 32 121 13 12 196 141 .279 .398 .426 .824 176.4  
162 Game Average 535 65 150 24 3 6 59 3 2 59 58 .281 .353 .380 .733 70.5  
Career Highs 155 604 85 177 35 7 10 71 7 7 70 79 .317 .390 .445 .809 93.3  
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   3535 423 993 158 25 48 394 24 21 350 391 .281 .346 .380 .727 462.4
vs LH   2267 287 640 110 15 26 253 16 9 294 241 .282 .364 .378 .743 320.5
Home 880 2885 364 832 148 20 38 333 17 15 300 299 .288 .356 .393 .749 398.3
Away 874 2917 346 801 120 20 36 314 23 15 344 333 .275 .351 .366 .717 384.7
RISP   1319 0 376 54 6 19 528 0 0 159 142 .285 .355 .378 .734 184.5
Pinch Hitting   181 19 52 5 1 5 36 0 0 24 23 .287 .371 .409 .780 28.1
Close/Late   660 67 197 32 2 12 72 0 0 85 62 .298 .377 .408 .784 102.4
Mar/Apr 304 1032 128 274 44 8 7 98 4 6 119 113 .266 .342 .344 .686 124.1
May 308 1049 118 308 50 7 15 126 8 6 99 110 .294 .355 .398 .753 144.9
June 307 1065 123 292 45 8 16 108 5 4 109 105 .274 .341 .377 .717 137.7
July 282 942 108 266 51 7 12 112 12 4 104 116 .282 .355 .390 .745 130.6
August 258 812 103 219 34 4 12 86 5 6 101 98 .270 .350 .366 .716 106.8
Sep/Oct 295 902 130 274 44 6 12 117 6 4 112 90 .304 .380 .406 .785 138.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1965 22 BOS AL 2B 9 9 78.0 19 33 0 11 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 3 2 17.3 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.15 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1966 23 BOS AL 2B 151 147 1268.7 259 464 7 92 .990 5.13 0 0 .000 0 7.6
1967 24 BOS AL 2B 150 150 1285.3 245 444 16 85 .977 4.82 0 0 .000 0 4.1
1968 25 BOS AL 3B 68 66 572.0 35 134 9 8 .949 2.66 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    2B 46 41 360.0 78 148 4 31 .983 5.65 0 0 .000 0 1.8
1969 26 BOS AL 3B 64 60 542.3 30 114 7 3 .954 2.39 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 22 5 75.3 17 36 1 9 .981 6.33 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 27 BOS AL 2B 151 151 1282.3 277 499 18 116 .977 5.45 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 28 BOS AL 2B 152 148 1303.0 278 486 12 113 .985 5.28 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 29 BOS AL 2B 39 37 326.7 85 136 4 32 .982 6.09 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 27 25 223.0 14 49 3 2 .955 2.54 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1973 30 BOS AL 2B 119 113 996.7 242 430 8 107 .988 6.07 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    3B 19 14 115.7 12 37 2 3 .961 3.81 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1974 31 BOS AL 3B 137 132 1135.3 77 282 21 27 .945 2.85 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    2B 3 1 13.0 4 5 0 1 1.000 6.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 32 BOS AL 3B 83 79 690.3 51 127 12 13 .937 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    2B 46 24 257.3 55 91 2 23 .986 5.11 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1976 33 BOS AL 2B 59 47 426.7 98 166 3 39 .989 5.57 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 1 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 34 PHN NL 3B 60 56 458.3 39 133 16 9 .915 3.38 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 39 10 151.3 35 77 2 22 .982 6.66 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1978 35 PHN NL 2B 87 44 478.0 140 209 5 47 .986 6.57 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    3B 6 3 29.0 2 7 1 0 .900 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 36 PHN NL 3B 43 37 336.7 25 89 8 10 .934 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 11 10 83.0 22 25 0 8 1.000 5.10 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 1084 937 8385.3 1854 3249 82 736 .984 5.48 0 0 .000 0 33.7
  3B 513 475 4131.0 288 980 79 76 .941 2.76 0 0 .000 0 11.3
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1600 1412 12519.6 2142 4229 161 812 .975 4.58 0 0 .000 0 45.0
Career Highs   153 151 1305.0 278 500 21 116 1.000 6.36 0 0 .000 0  
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
1965 22 BOS AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 23 BOS AL 5 23 2 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .304 .333 .435 .768
1968 25 BOS AL 5 18 5 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .222 .300 .278 .578
1969 26 BOS AL 11 32 5 10 0 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 .313 .371 .313 .684
Career Post-Season Batting 24 76 12 21 4 0 0 11 0 0 6 9 .276 .329 .329 .658
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
1966-3-.317
On-Base Pct
1966-5-.390
XR
1966-8-93.3
At-Bats
1967-4-590
1971-3-604
Hits
1966-4-177
1971-8-165
Singles
1966-1-142
1967-5-127
1970-10-118
1971-8-122
Doubles
1972-4-35
Triples
1966-8-6
1970-2-7
1972-8-5
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1964
Injured on 5/12/1965 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/1/1965, off Jose Santiago (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1966, hitting .381 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1966, hitting .407 with 2 HR, 18 RBI
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Injured on 4/23/1968 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
10/3/1970: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $3,290,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/18/1972 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
7/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $1,900,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/8/1977 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year