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Paul
Giel		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 29, 1932 in Usa, MN, WINONA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 22 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 2 4 3 5 7 6
1955 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 2 4 3 5 7 6
1956 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 7 8 8 2 4 3 5 6 6
1957 25 CIN NL $ 300,000 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 5 6 5
1958 26 CIN NL $ 350,000 6 7 8 7 3 4 3 4 6 5
1959 27 CIN NL $ 350,000 5 7 8 7 3 5 4 5 6 5
1960 28 CIN NL $ 350,000 5 7 7 7 4 5 4 5 6 6
1961 29 CIN NL $ 350,000 5 6 7 6 3 5 4 3 3 3
1962 30 COL NL $ 350,000 5 5 6 5 3 4 3 3 4 3
1963 31 COL NL $ 350,000 5 5 5 5 2 4 3 3 3 3
1964 32 COL NL $ 350,000 5 4 5 5 1 3 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 5 5 1 3 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 7 8 8 4 5 4 5 7 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1954 22 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 26 CIN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 27 CIN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 28 CIN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 29 CIN NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 30 COL NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 31 COL NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 32 COL NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1954 22 CIN NL 1 1 .500 6 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 2 1 4 6 1.38 .255 .314 .362 .675 2.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 9 4 1 1 4 5.14 .300 .323 .467 .789  
    AA   2 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 4 19.7 15 3 0 9 25 1.37 .217 .308 .217 .525  
1955 23 CIN NL 0 0 .000 30 0 0 0 0 26.3 21 7 2 17 13 2.39 .221 .339 .337 .676 2.6
1956 24 CIN NL 0 1 .000 45 0 0 0 0 38.3 41 19 7 22 25 4.46 .272 .364 .470 .834 1.7
1957 25 CIN NL 7 5 .583 100 0 0 0 3 76.0 71 54 12 51 61 6.39 .253 .368 .423 .792 1.3
1958 26 CIN NL 1 4 .200 49 0 0 0 1 42.0 45 30 10 22 41 6.43 .278 .362 .537 .899 0.0
1959 27 CIN NL 0 4 .000 20 0 0 0 2 13.7 14 13 3 11 16 8.57 .286 .417 .551 .968 0.0
    AAA   0 1 .000 30 0 0 0 2 24.0 17 15 3 18 33 5.63 .202 .343 .357 .700  
1960 28 CIN NL 0 3 .000 26 9 0 0 0 19.7 18 14 2 16 18 6.41 .243 .378 .365 .743 0.0
    AAA   0 2 .000 14 0 0 0 11 13.3 6 4 1 7 20 2.70 .130 .245 .217 .463  
    AA   0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 3 19.7 11 2 2 7 29 0.92 .164 .243 .269 .512  
1964 32 A   6 4 .600 60 0 0 0 5 42.3 37 17 7 18 52 3.61 .243 .324 .421 .745  
1965 33 A   2 2 .500 77 0 0 0 16 61.3 40 14 2 23 61 2.05 .190 .270 .281 .551  
7 Years Sim 9 18 .333 276 9 0 0 6 229.0 222 139 37 143 180 5.46 .258 .364 .442 .807 7.7
3 Years AAA 0 4 .000 45 1 0 0 13 44.3 32 23 5 26 57 4.67 .200 .312 .338 .649  
2 Years AA 2 0 1.000 43 0 0 0 7 39.3 26 5 2 16 54 1.14 .191 .276 .243 .519  
2 Years A 8 6 .571 137 0 0 0 21 103.7 77 31 9 41 113 2.69 .213 .293 .340 .633  
7 Years Minors 10 10 .500 225 1 0 0 41 187.3 135 59 16 83 224 2.83 .205 .294 .319 .613  
Season Average 1 2 .333 39 1 0 0 0 32.7 31 19 5 20 25 5.46 .258 .364 .442 .807  
Career Highs 7 5 .583 100 9 0 0 3 76.0 71 54 12 51 61 8.57 .286 .417 .551 .968  
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   141 93 24 75 132   .250 .339 .419 .758
vs LH   81 46 13 68 48   .274 .409 .486 .896
Home 4 10 .286 134 4 0 0 2 115.3 121 83 22 79 92 6.48 .273 .383 .476 .859
Away 5 8 .385 142 5 0 0 4 113.6 101 56 15 64 88 4.44 .243 .344 .406 .750
Mar/Apr 4 1 .800 36 0 0 0 0 31.7 24 19 7 17 23 5.40 .212 .315 .460 .776
May 1 6 .143 64 0 0 0 3 49.3 43 32 10 31 50 5.84 .240 .352 .475 .827
June 0 4 .000 48 0 0 0 0 36.7 48 29 6 26 26 7.12 .316 .416 .513 .929
July 1 1 .500 30 0 0 0 0 20.3 25 21 3 19 19 9.30 .316 .449 .468 .917
August 1 3 .250 41 4 0 0 0 33.3 31 13 5 17 26 3.51 .254 .345 .426 .772
Sep/Oct 2 3 .400 57 5 0 0 3 57.7 51 25 6 33 36 3.90 .238 .340 .355 .695
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
1954 22 CIN NL 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1955 23 CIN NL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1956 24 CIN NL 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1957 25 CIN NL 100 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1958 26 CIN NL 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1959 27 CIN NL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1960 28 CIN NL 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
7 Years Sim 277 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0
162 Game Average 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
Career Highs 100 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
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   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
vs LH   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Home 109 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Away 50 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
RISP   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Close/Late   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
Sep/Oct 41 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1954 22 CIN NL P 6 0 13.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1955 23 CIN NL P 30 0 26.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.03    
    SS 1 0 2.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 7.73   0.0
1956 24 CIN NL P 45 0 38.3 1 12 0 0 1.000 3.05    
1957 25 CIN NL P 100 0 76.0 3 15 0 1 1.000 2.13    
1958 26 CIN NL P 49 0 42.0 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1959 27 CIN NL P 20 0 13.7 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.29    
1960 28 CIN NL P 26 9 19.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.92    
  P 276 9 229.0 6 46 0 2 1.000 2.04    
  SS 1 0 2.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 7.73   0.0
Career Totals   277 9 231.3 7 47 0 3 1.000 2.10    
Career Highs   100 9 76.0 3 15 0 1 1.000 3.29    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1957-1-100
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. John Romonosky (969)
  5. Al Papai (969)
  6. Hal McKain (969)
  7. Tim Belcher (968)
  8. Rudy Seanez (967)
  9. Hugh East (967)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1954
Injured on 3/21/1954 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 9/1/1954
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1960, going 0-0, 0.00
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Colorado to Los Angeles on 7/31/1965 (Going to COL: SS J.c. Hartman. Going to LAD: SS Jim Brideweser, 3B Tommy Brown, P Paul Giel, 2B Pete Runnels, P Joey Jay)
Released by Los Angeles on 10/13/1965
 
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