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Paul
Molitor		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 22, 1956 in Usa, MN, ST. PAUL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1980    1985    1986    1987   
All-Star Selections 1979    1981    1982    1984    1986    1987    1988    1989    1990   
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
1978 21 IND AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1979 22 IND AL $ 300,000   9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1980 23 IND AL $ 300,000   9 9 10 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 10 10
1981 24 IND AL $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1982 25 IND AL $ 5,007,143   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1983 26 IND AL $ 5,007,143   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1984 27 IND AL $ 5,007,143   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1985 28 IND AL $ 5,650,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1986 29 IND AL $ 5,650,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
1987 30 IND AL $ 5,650,000   9 9 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1988 31 BOS AL $ 9,170,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1989 32 BOS AL $ 9,170,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 9 9
1990 33 BOS AL $ 9,170,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 9 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4 10 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,170,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 10 10
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
1978 21 IND AL 54 222 34 65 6 2 4 18 10 2 22 7 .293 .359 .392 .751 32.3 6.1
    AAA   104 448 65 146 30 3 13 57 14 3 24 28 .326 .360 .493 .853 74.2  
1979 22 IND AL 152 589 73 169 28 6 11 81 8 2 44 11 .287 .336 .411 .747 73.2 13.5
1980 23 IND AL 157 569 65 166 32 6 9 89 13 6 53 14 .292 .349 .417 .765 73.5 12.7
1981 24 IND AL 154 600 99 205 42 9 10 97 16 3 42 18 .342 .382 .492 .873 101.5 24.9
1982 25 IND AL 156 589 87 198 23 3 14 76 16 6 48 8 .336 .383 .457 .840 96.3 24.1
1983 26 IND AL 154 595 85 175 42 3 6 95 12 2 45 12 .294 .344 .405 .749 76.7 15.8
1984 27 IND AL 155 596 85 196 34 4 22 104 10 4 55 8 .329 .382 .510 .892 108.7 26.4
1985 28 IND AL 147 596 76 183 41 3 11 96 8 4 44 17 .307 .352 .441 .794 85.0 18.2
1986 29 IND AL 157 598 84 199 41 9 15 99 9 4 57 19 .333 .387 .507 .894 106.3 24.7
1987 30 IND AL 156 644 98 213 45 3 19 101 13 3 35 28 .331 .365 .498 .864 106.0 23.9
1988 31 BOS AL 153 587 98 189 49 3 23 105 11 4 47 37 .322 .368 .533 .901 104.0 25.2
1989 32 BOS AL 141 459 55 141 38 4 8 60 10 1 34 14 .307 .352 .460 .812 71.4 15.3
1990 33 BOS AL 155 610 94 194 52 5 23 106 4 1 36 31 .318 .354 .533 .887 103.3 27.1
13 Years Sim 1891 7254 1033 2293 473 60 175 1127 140 42 562 224 .316 .363 .470 .833 1138.5 257.7
1 Years AAA 104 448 65 146 30 3 13 57 14 3 24 28 .326 .363 .493 .856 74.2  
162 Game Average 621 88 196 40 5 14 96 11 3 48 19 .316 .363 .470 .833 97.5  
Career Highs 157 644 99 213 52 9 23 106 16 6 57 37 .342 .387 .533 .901 108.7  
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   5272 746 1652 345 44 135 861 102 32 402 176 .313 .359 .472 .832 849.8
vs LH   1982 287 641 128 16 40 266 38 10 160 48 .323 .373 .465 .838 324.2
Home 950 3562 528 1135 237 31 88 559 70 23 278 109 .319 .367 .477 .844 585.9
Away 941 3692 505 1158 236 29 87 568 70 19 284 115 .314 .359 .464 .823 588.2
RISP   1867 0 618 132 17 53 885 0 0 206 56 .331 .385 .505 .890 347.2
Pinch Hitting   111 12 34 5 2 0 18 0 2 12 5 .306 .368 .387 .755 15.2
Close/Late   863 112 280 51 8 23 150 0 0 103 28 .324 .394 .482 .876 156.2
Mar/Apr 293 1145 156 374 75 7 32 204 20 8 86 34 .327 .370 .488 .858 193.6
May 316 1203 170 375 75 14 27 187 22 8 96 42 .312 .360 .465 .824 191.5
June 313 1209 174 393 86 14 34 203 12 9 92 29 .325 .371 .504 .875 207.2
July 290 1127 164 375 74 11 23 164 29 6 79 33 .333 .374 .479 .853 189.3
August 341 1275 205 403 86 10 32 190 27 9 108 41 .316 .367 .475 .841 210.9
Sep/Oct 338 1295 164 373 77 4 27 179 30 2 101 45 .288 .339 .416 .755 181.6
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
1978 21 IND AL 2B 54 49 472.7 130 211 7 50 .980 6.49 0 0 .000 0 2.1
1979 22 IND AL 2B 143 141 1250.7 314 536 18 107 .979 6.12 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    3B 3 0 7.7 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 23 IND AL 2B 148 144 1274.0 291 563 22 116 .975 6.03 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    SS 5 0 10.0 1 3 1 0 .800 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 24 IND AL 2B 148 146 1325.3 309 554 11 120 .987 5.86 0 0 .000 0 6.9
    CF 3 0 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 2 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 25 IND AL CF 122 120 1084.0 340 4 1 2 .997 2.86 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    2B 25 24 212.7 55 91 1 15 .993 6.18 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 7 0 19.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1983 26 IND AL CF 115 114 1003.0 312 5 0 2 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    2B 37 37 325.3 83 172 8 32 .970 7.05 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 27 IND AL 2B 147 146 1301.0 288 559 20 113 .977 5.86 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    SS 4 0 10.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 28 IND AL 2B 145 145 1277.7 323 596 20 128 .979 6.47 0 0 .000 0 6.7
    SS 1 0 3.7 3 1 0 1 1.000 9.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 29 IND AL 2B 144 144 1286.3 321 575 18 125 .980 6.27 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    SS 4 0 13.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 5 0 12.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 0 8.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1987 30 IND AL 2B 150 149 1312.3 333 656 19 153 .981 6.78 0 0 .000 0 6.6
    SS 2 1 10.0 3 4 0 0 1.000 6.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 31 BOS AL 3B 87 87 757.3 42 164 10 17 .954 2.45 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 29 27 246.0 55 96 4 21 .974 5.52 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 32 BOS AL 3B 60 55 492.7 25 106 8 10 .942 2.39 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    2B 49 48 419.3 98 187 3 41 .990 6.12 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    CF 15 0 32.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 8 0 21.0 3 12 1 3 .938 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1990 33 BOS AL 3B 94 93 823.7 47 189 16 14 .937 2.58 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    2B 55 52 470.0 112 221 6 51 .982 6.38 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    CF 4 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 1274 1252 11173.3 2712 5017 157 1072 .980 6.23 0 0 .000 0 49.5
  CF 271 234 2167.0 672 11 1 5 .999 2.84 0 0 .000 0 7.7
  3B 262 235 2122.6 119 470 34 43 .945 2.50 0 0 .000 0 4.4
  SS 33 1 82.0 12 37 2 7 .961 5.38 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  C 1 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 2 0.0
Career Totals   1841 1722 15552.9 3522 5535 194 1127 .979 5.24 0 0 .000 2 62.1
Career Highs   156 151 1347.3 397 661 23 153 .996 6.77 0 0 .000 2  
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
1981 24 IND AL 12 48 4 19 5 1 1 12 3 1 5 2 .396 .453 .604 1.057
1982 25 IND AL 12 48 6 16 2 0 2 7 1 0 1 2 .333 .340 .500 .840
1983 26 IND AL 16 63 7 21 4 1 1 7 1 1 6 4 .333 .380 .476 .856
1984 27 IND AL 7 27 6 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .481 .533 .630 1.163
1985 28 IND AL 5 19 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .421 .500 .474 .974
Career Post-Season Batting 52 205 26 77 16 2 4 32 5 2 18 10 .376 .420 .532 .952
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
1981-1-.342
1982-1-.336
1984-4-.329
1985-10-.307
1986-2-.333
1987-3-.331
1988-4-.322
1989-5-.307
1990-5-.318
CAR-27-.316
 On-Base Pct
1981-9-.382
1982-5-.383
1984-8-.382
1986-5-.387
 Slugging Pct
1981-4-.492
1982-10-.457
1984-5-.510
1986-4-.507
1987-7-.498
1988-5-.533
1990-6-.533
 OPS
1981-4-.873
1982-6-.840
1984-3-.892
1986-3-.894
1987-9-.864
1988-5-.901
1990-6-.887
 XR
1981-7-101.5
1982-5-96.3
1984-2-108.7
1986-2-106.3
1987-5-106.0
1988-10-104.0
1990-4-103.3
 Games
1980-2-157
1982-5-156
1986-2-157
1987-2-156
1990-7-155
At-Bats
1981-10-600
1983-10-595
1986-10-598
1987-1-644
1990-4-610
 Runs
1981-5-99
1982-9-87
1987-9-98
1988-6-98
1990-8-94
 Hits
1981-2-205
1982-1-198
1984-1-196
1985-5-183
1986-2-199
1987-1-213
1988-4-189
1990-3-194
 Total Bases
1981-4-295
1982-7-269
1984-3-304
1986-3-303
1987-3-321
1988-4-313
1990-2-325
 Singles
1981-5-144
1982-2-158
1984-5-136
1985-8-128
1986-6-134
1987-2-146
 Doubles
1981-3-42
1983-5-42
1985-7-41
1986-9-41
1987-5-45
1988-2-49
1990-3-52
CAR-43-473
Triples
1981-5-9
1986-2-9
 Homeruns
1984-8-22
 RBIs
1981-6-97
1984-4-104
1986-10-99
1987-9-101
1988-8-105
1990-5-106
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 150    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 56    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Lee Walls (852)
  2. Garry Maddox (848)
  3. Billy Cox (846)
  4. Willie Horton (840)
  5. Tony Lazzeri (839)
  6. Tony Cuccinello (839)
  7. Lou Boudreau (827)
  8. Rance Mulliniks (816)
  9. Denny Walling (815)
  10. Vern Stephens (814)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Indianapolis in 1978
Injured on 7/30/1978 with a Bruised Finger, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 8/1/1978, off John Gelnar (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/1978, off Gary Nolan (KCR)
Injured on 5/4/1979 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 4/3/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1980, hitting .435 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1980
Hit for the cycle against Toronto on 5/3/1981
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,007,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,007,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1983, hitting .565 with 0 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 9/6/1983
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1983, hitting .357 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,007,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1984, hitting .588 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
6/1/1984: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $5,650,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1984, hitting .402 with 6 HR, 20 RBI
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Tampa Bay on 4/18/1985
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1985, hitting .583 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 8/18/1985 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1985
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1986
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Philadelphia on 5/17/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1987, hitting .519 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
7/31/1987: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $9,170,000 per year, for 5 years
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/13/1987
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1987
Traded from Indianapolis to Boston (A) on 3/4/1988 (Going to IND: CF Ron Shepherd. Going to BOS: 1B Dave Stapleton, P Lary Sorensen, 2B Paul Molitor)
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1988, hitting .340 with 7 HR, 20 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against Seattle on 9/20/1988
Had 2000th career hit on 5/13/1989, off Tom Candiotti (LAD)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1989, hitting .640 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Injured on 9/30/1989 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 5/19/1990
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1990, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 7/28/1990
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1990, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 12 RBI
 
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