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Paul
Blair		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 176
 
Born: February 1, 1944 in Usa, OK, CUSHING
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1964 20 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6
1965 21 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1966 22 STL NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1967 23 STL NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1968 24 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1969 25 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1970 26 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 6 7
1971 27 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1972 28 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1973 29 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1974 30 STL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 9 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1975 31 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1976 32 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1977 33 BOS AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1978 34 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1979 35 IND AL $ 600,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1980 36 CLN NL $ 400,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
1981 37 LAD NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7
1982 38 LAD NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
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 20 AA   134 506 78 136 30 2 21 103 15 5 57 67 .269 .343 .460 .803 80.4  
1965 21 AAA   31 128 17 32 9 1 4 15 0 2 8 16 .250 .294 .430 .724 15.1  
    AA   105 412 51 109 28 2 10 42 7 6 43 60 .265 .334 .415 .749 56.0  
1966 22 AAA   90 211 20 50 11 2 3 25 5 3 11 32 .237 .275 .351 .625 19.5  
1967 23 AAA   137 536 69 143 35 3 21 90 13 7 53 75 .267 .333 .461 .794 81.0  
1968 24 AAA   137 545 56 131 47 0 18 78 13 0 38 81 .240 .290 .426 .716 68.3  
1969 25 STL NL 55 174 19 42 15 3 4 21 1 0 4 29 .241 .263 .431 .694 18.0 2.2
    AAA   73 174 20 45 14 0 5 22 1 2 12 39 .259 .306 .425 .732 21.5  
1970 26 AAA   137 546 70 136 34 2 14 74 9 3 48 93 .249 .310 .396 .705 67.3  
1971 27 STL NL 33 76 5 10 1 0 1 3 3 1 6 13 .132 .195 .184 .379 1.6 0.0
    AAA   54 219 31 52 16 1 7 34 3 0 18 39 .237 .295 .416 .711 27.3  
1972 28 STL NL 42 98 9 23 7 0 0 8 3 1 4 10 .235 .265 .306 .571 5.9 0.0
1973 29 STL NL 17 18 5 5 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 .278 .381 .556 .937 3.3 0.9
1974 30 STL NL 66 170 13 36 8 1 2 11 2 1 13 21 .212 .266 .306 .572 11.7 0.0
1975 31 DET AL 100 242 21 58 15 3 5 32 3 1 11 28 .240 .273 .388 .661 23.3 2.0
1976 32 DET AL 154 557 67 134 31 4 8 48 17 3 66 83 .241 .322 .354 .676 67.1 8.6
1977 33 AAA   137 480 55 131 29 2 13 56 7 1 52 50 .273 .344 .423 .767 70.3  
1978 34 BOS AL 100 277 25 57 19 1 2 29 4 0 25 23 .206 .273 .303 .576 21.8 0.8
1979 35 IND AL 87 186 13 39 5 0 4 19 0 1 15 32 .210 .269 .301 .570 12.4 0.0
1980 36 CLN NL 132 380 41 95 27 1 7 42 1 0 24 47 .250 .295 .382 .676 40.3 5.6
1981 37 LAD NL 83 199 17 44 10 2 0 20 2 0 15 17 .221 .269 .291 .561 15.5 0.8
1982 38 LAD NL 151 514 45 118 26 4 6 44 3 1 38 70 .230 .282 .331 .613 41.5 5.7
12 Years Sim 1020 2891 280 661 166 19 40 279 39 9 224 375 .229 .284 .341 .625 262.4 26.6
8 Years AAA 796 2839 338 720 195 11 85 394 51 18 240 425 .254 .311 .420 .731 370.3  
2 Years AA 239 918 129 245 58 4 31 145 22 11 100 127 .267 .338 .440 .778 136.4  
10 Years Minors 1035 3757 467 965 253 15 116 539 73 29 340 552 .257 .318 .425 .743 506.7  
162 Game Average 459 44 104 26 3 6 44 6 1 35 59 .229 .284 .341 .625 41.7  
Career Highs 154 557 67 134 31 4 8 48 17 3 66 83 .278 .381 .556 .937 67.1  
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   1956 192 454 105 16 32 186 29 9 148 264 .232 .286 .351 .637 197.3
vs LH   935 88 207 61 3 8 93 10 0 76 111 .221 .281 .319 .600 83.8
Home 504 1422 141 310 74 9 25 125 26 3 101 184 .218 .271 .335 .606 130.9
Away 516 1469 139 351 92 10 15 154 13 6 123 191 .239 .297 .346 .643 150.2
RISP   632 0 147 37 5 8 217 0 0 57 67 .233 .292 .345 .637 64.7
Pinch Hitting   113 11 34 9 1 1 29 0 1 8 9 .301 .344 .425 .769 15.3
Close/Late   396 40 95 17 3 8 58 0 0 29 45 .240 .294 .359 .652 41.3
Mar/Apr 114 332 33 73 18 3 2 22 1 1 30 37 .220 .285 .310 .595 29.2
May 195 555 66 139 36 4 8 66 10 3 43 77 .250 .305 .373 .678 62.6
June 203 569 57 125 32 3 6 51 6 1 52 72 .220 .286 .318 .604 52.6
July 177 494 36 101 25 2 8 49 8 2 34 77 .204 .254 .312 .566 39.2
August 181 525 49 116 28 2 8 42 8 0 37 65 .221 .273 .328 .601 47.5
Sep/Oct 144 416 39 107 27 5 8 49 6 1 28 47 .257 .304 .404 .708 50.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1969 25 STL NL CF 53 53 447.0 130 4 2 0 .985 2.70   1.7
1971 27 STL NL CF 28 25 206.7 44 2 0 1 1.000 2.00   0.7
    RF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1972 28 STL NL LF 17 13 116.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.6
    CF 14 6 71.7 16 2 0 1 1.000 2.26    
    RF 9 5 55.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
    2B 1 0 3.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 8.11   0.0
1973 29 STL NL LF 8 4 38.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.1
    RF 5 2 19.7 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.92    
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 30 STL NL CF 36 33 286.3 76 1 1 0 .987 2.42   0.8
    RF 18 14 115.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.11    
    2B 11 0 23.0 10 9 0 3 1.000 7.43   0.2
    LF 3 1 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 31 DET AL LF 23 19 178.7 44 2 1 1 .979 2.32   0.9
    RF 15 15 134.0 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.75    
    CF 20 12 119.0 30 0 1 0 .968 2.27    
    2B 30 0 70.7 17 27 2 2 .957 5.60   0.2
1976 32 DET AL CF 149 149 1246.7 332 6 2 2 .994 2.44   3.6
    2B 12 0 24.0 9 15 0 4 1.000 9.00   0.2
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 34 BOS AL CF 57 52 437.3 128 0 1 0 .992 2.63   2.1
    RF 14 11 90.0 27 1 1 1 .966 2.80    
    2B 14 6 63.0 13 16 0 7 1.000 4.14   0.2
    LF 8 5 45.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.38    
1979 35 IND AL 2B 17 16 141.0 32 56 2 13 .978 5.62   0.5
    CF 21 12 122.0 36 0 0 0 1.000 2.66   1.1
    RF 24 8 101.0 30 2 0 1 1.000 2.85    
    LF 19 7 85.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1980 36 CLN NL CF 86 78 677.3 214 3 1 2 .995 2.88   4.0
    LF 22 22 194.0 52 2 0 0 1.000 2.51    
    2B 21 0 46.0 13 27 1 7 .976 7.83   0.3
    RF 4 4 33.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 37 LAD NL LF 29 19 182.3 37 0 0 0 1.000 1.83   0.5
    CF 21 20 140.3 40 0 2 0 .952 2.57    
    2B 23 0 45.3 13 21 2 6 .944 6.75   0.2
    RF 10 3 45.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.60    
1982 38 LAD NL CF 146 145 1228.0 375 7 7 2 .982 2.80   1.8
    2B 5 0 10.0 4 5 0 4 1.000 8.10   0.1
    LF 2 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  CF 632 585 4985.3 1421 25 17 8 .988 2.61   15.6
  LF 134 90 868.3 199 4 1 1 .995 2.10   2.0
  RF 105 62 602.3 146 5 1 3 .993 2.26    
  2B 134 22 426.3 112 178 7 46 .976 6.12   1.9
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1008 759 6886.3 1879 213 26 58 .988 2.73   19.6
Career Highs   164 149 1276.7 384 59 7 14 1.000 3.53    
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
1971 27 STL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 34 BOS AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
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  1. Johnny Groth (959)
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  5. Dib Williams (946)
  6. George Alusik (943)
  7. Joe Christopher (934)
  8. Tom Umphlett (933)
  9. Tony Phillips (931)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 36th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1964
Injured on 7/11/1966 with a Bruised Heel, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/29/1967 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/7/1968 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (double) on 5/1/1969, off Luke Walker (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1969, off Dennis Higgins (OAK)
Injured on 4/23/1970 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by St. Louis on 10/22/1974
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/14/1975 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 4/3/1977 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/24/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/16/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
7/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Los Angeles on 3/4/1981 (Going to CLN: P Mike Garman. Going to LAD: RF Tom Brunansky, DH Roy Foster, 2B Tom Heintzelman, P Butch Metzger, CF Paul Blair)
Injured on 9/4/1981 with a Broken Ribs, out for 7 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1982
 
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