Paul
Splittorff
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 8, 1946 in Usa, IN, EVANSVILLE
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 23 DET AL $ 300,000 6 4 3 3 6 5 6 7 7 7
1971 24 DET AL $ 300,000 6 4 3 3 6 5 6 7 6 6
1972 25 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 6 5 6 7 6 6
1973 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 5 3 3 3 6 5 5 7 6 6
1974 27 BOS AL   5 3 3 3 6 5 5 7 6 6
1975 28 BOS AL   5 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 7 7
1976 29 BOS AL   5 3 3 3 6 5 5 8 7 7
1977 30 BOS AL   5 3 2 3 6 5 6 8 7 7
1978 31 BOS AL   7 3 2 3 6 5 5 7 7 7
1979 32 BOS AL   7 3 2 2 6 5 5 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 3 2 2 6 5 5 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 4 3 3 6 5 6 8 7 7
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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
1970 23 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1971 24 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1972 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1973 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1974 27 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1975 28 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1976 29 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1977 30 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1978 31 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1979 32 BOS AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
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
1970 23 DET AL 1 5 .167 6 6 1 0 0 43.7 44 20 7 13 11 4.12 .263 .315 .461 .776 2.1
    AAA   7 6 .538 17 17 1 1 0 123.7 150 54 11 28 73 3.93 .300 .337 .420 .757  
1971 24 DET AL 2 5 .286 9 8 0 0 0 56.7 67 35 6 20 20 5.56 .299 .358 .433 .791 0.3
    AAA   3 6 .333 12 11 1 0 0 82.0 91 34 8 27 43 3.73 .286 .342 .406 .748  
1972 25 DET AL 0 0 .000 7 3 1 0 0 9.7 12 5 1 6 1 4.65 .333 .429 .472 .901 0.3
  BOS AL 4 4 .500 20 8 1 0 0 103.0 108 49 8 38 37 4.28 .278 .341 .393 .734 6.3
  TOT   4 4 .500 27 11 2 0 0 112.7 120 54 9 44 38 4.31 .282 .349 .400 .749 6.6
1973 26 BOS AL 8 14 .364 36 27 2 0 0 181.0 232 131 31 81 56 6.51 .314 .382 .512 .893 0.6
1974 27 AAA   2 5 .286 22 10 1 0 3 75.7 78 43 6 40 37 5.11 .271 .360 .413 .773  
1975 28 AAA   8 12 .400 28 28 1 0 0 173.3 234 96 19 70 77 4.98 .326 .386 .474 .859  
1976 29 AAA   11 11 .500 29 29 1 0 0 172.3 207 90 17 103 72 4.70 .300 .391 .441 .832  
1977 30 AAA   12 9 .571 30 30 2 0 0 212.0 224 75 10 67 90 3.18 .276 .331 .378 .709  
1978 31 AAA   10 7 .588 22 22 1 1 0 160.3 142 49 16 51 73 2.75 .237 .297 .351 .648  
1979 32 AAA   10 5 .667 20 20 0 0 0 135.0 141 42 5 48 52 2.80 .274 .336 .356 .692  
4 Years Sim 15 28 .349 78 52 5 0 0 394.0 463 240 53 158 125 5.48 .298 .362 .464 .827 9.6
8 Years AAA 63 61 .508 180 167 8 2 3 1134.3 1267 483 92 434 517 3.83 .285 .349 .406 .755  
Season Average 3 7 .300 19 13 1 0 0 98.5 115 60 13 39 31 5.48 .298 .362 .464 .827  
Career Highs 8 14 .500 36 27 2 0 0 181.0 232 131 31 81 56 6.51 .314 .382 .512 .893  
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   326 165 38 99 79   .307 .366 .479 .845
vs LH   137 75 15 59 46   .278 .356 .433 .789
Home 5 19 .208 40 28 3 0 0 202.3 255 146 29 81 68 6.49 .312 .374 .499 .874
Away 10 9 .526 38 24 2 0 0 191.7 208 94 24 77 57 4.41 .282 .350 .425 .775
Mar/Apr 2 7 .222 13 9 1 0 0 62.3 67 41 7 26 20 5.92 .276 .346 .420 .765
May 4 4 .500 13 10 1 0 0 77.0 104 46 11 23 21 5.38 .328 .374 .486 .859
June 1 3 .250 12 5 0 0 0 53.7 54 26 8 18 22 4.36 .265 .324 .441 .766
July 1 7 .125 14 11 1 0 0 78.7 83 44 12 35 26 5.03 .272 .347 .466 .813
August 6 4 .600 11 11 2 0 0 77.0 85 40 10 31 27 4.68 .289 .357 .463 .820
Sep/Oct 1 3 .250 15 6 0 0 0 45.3 70 43 5 25 9 8.54 .365 .438 .510 .948
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
1972 25 BOS AL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1978 31 AAA   7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1 Years Sim 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1 Years AAA 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 162 162 162 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 81.0  
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   1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Away 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
RISP   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Close/Late   1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
August 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 23 DET AL P 6 6 43.7 5 14 0 0 1.000 3.92    
1971 24 DET AL P 9 8 56.7 3 10 0 0 1.000 2.06    
1972 25 DET AL P 7 3 9.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86    
  BOS AL P 20 8 103.0 4 19 1 3 .958 2.01    
  TOT   P 27 11 112.7 4 21 1 3 .962 2.00    
1973 26 BOS AL P 36 27 181.0 13 34 0 3 1.000 2.34    
Career Totals   78 52 394.0 25 79 1 6 .990 2.38    
Career Highs   36 27 181.0 13 34 1 3 1.000 3.92    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1973-8-14
Homeruns Allowed
1973-6-31
       
 
   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, 21st overall pick, by Detroit in 1970
Earned first career win on 7/14/1970
Injured on 7/31/1970 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 6/1/1972 (Going to BOS: P Don Drysdale, RF Oscar Gamble, P Paul Splittorff, SS Tony Kubek. Going to DET: P Dave Boswell, P Jim Palmer)
Had first career hit on 8/31/1972, off Rickey Clark (TAM)
Injured on 6/16/1975 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 5/26/1976 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 6/10/1977 with a Blister On Finger, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/11/1979 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 6/3/1979 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/15/1979 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 2 weeks