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Paul
Lehner		  
Nickname: Peanuts
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: July 1, 1920 in Usa, AL, DOLOMITE
 
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
1946 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 3 3 5 7 6 3 3 3 9 9 9
1947 26 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 3 3 6 7 7 3 4 3 9 10 10
1948 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 4 4 10 10 10
1949 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 8 7 4 5 5 9 10 10
1950 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 5 5 9 10 10
1951 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 8 7 4 5 5 9 10 10
1952 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 9
1953 32 MIN AL $ 350,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 9
1954 33 MIN AL $ 750,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 8 9 8
1955 34 MIN AL $ 750,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 8 8 8
1956 35 MIN AL $ 750,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 4 3 7 7 7
1957 36 MIN AL $ 450,000   6 6 6 1 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 3 7 7 7
1958 37 MIN AL $ 450,000   5 5 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 750,000   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 8 4 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
1946 25 AAA   83 333 30 75 19 3 4 39 0 3 28 16 .225 .285 .336 .622 30.9  
    AA   54 199 27 61 9 0 8 24 2 0 27 7 .307 .389 .472 .862 36.3  
1947 26 AAA   136 539 48 127 27 3 6 61 5 9 48 25 .236 .298 .330 .628 51.5  
1948 27 NYG NL 5 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .222 .300 .222 .522 0.7 0.1
    AAA   137 545 61 138 36 3 11 78 8 4 44 19 .253 .309 .391 .700 64.9  
1949 28 NYG NL 27 51 12 16 3 0 2 5 0 0 10 1 .314 .419 .490 .910 10.9 2.4
    AAA   26 107 13 31 7 0 2 12 1 1 11 4 .290 .356 .411 .767 15.2  
1950 29 NYG NL 42 60 4 19 2 0 1 6 0 0 7 1 .317 .397 .400 .797 8.6 1.2
1951 30 NYG NL 111 216 20 55 17 1 2 34 0 0 18 9 .255 .311 .370 .681 23.8 2.1
1952 31 MIN AL 101 207 28 56 8 1 3 23 0 0 17 11 .271 .324 .362 .687 24.6 2.5
1953 32 MIN AL 117 304 39 83 21 3 1 36 1 0 29 24 .273 .334 .372 .706 35.8 4.9
1954 33 MIN AL 81 147 18 37 9 2 0 20 0 0 12 14 .252 .306 .340 .646 14.7 1.3
1955 34 MIN AL 110 264 31 74 18 0 2 36 1 1 21 23 .280 .332 .371 .703 29.3 4.4
1956 35 MIN AL 103 211 17 50 7 1 0 13 1 2 17 25 .237 .297 .280 .577 16.8 1.1
1957 36 MIN AL 38 80 9 23 6 0 0 14 1 0 1 9 .288 .282 .363 .645 8.2 0.9
1958 37 MIN AL 103 130 16 32 6 1 3 8 0 0 4 25 .246 .274 .377 .651 11.6 0.8
11 Years Sim 838 1679 195 447 97 9 14 196 4 3 137 142 .266 .321 .360 .681 185.0 21.5
4 Years AAA 382 1524 152 371 89 9 23 190 14 17 131 64 .243 .302 .359 .661 162.5  
1 Years AA 54 199 27 61 9 0 8 24 2 0 27 7 .307 .389 .472 .862 36.3  
5 Years Minors 436 1723 179 432 98 9 31 214 16 17 158 71 .251 .312 .372 .684 198.8  
162 Game Average 324 37 86 18 1 2 37 0 0 26 27 .266 .321 .360 .681 35.8  
Career Highs 117 304 39 83 21 3 3 36 1 2 29 25 .317 .419 .490 .910 35.8  
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   1249 142 352 73 5 11 156 1 2 109 91 .282 .339 .375 .713 155.6
vs LH   430 53 95 24 4 3 40 3 1 28 51 .221 .268 .316 .584 35.3
Home 414 820 108 218 59 6 9 99 3 1 63 66 .266 .318 .385 .703 97.5
Away 424 859 87 229 38 3 5 97 1 2 74 76 .267 .323 .335 .659 93.4
RISP   428 0 105 22 2 3 167 0 0 34 43 .245 .295 .327 .622 41.8
Pinch Hitting   356 40 109 24 1 5 55 0 1 28 29 .306 .357 .421 .778 50.5
Close/Late   255 23 65 14 2 2 25 0 0 17 21 .255 .303 .349 .652 26.1
Mar/Apr 103 150 21 42 7 1 2 21 0 0 13 11 .280 .337 .380 .717 19.0
May 133 245 35 73 12 3 1 33 0 1 29 15 .298 .371 .384 .755 34.7
June 162 298 28 68 19 2 1 27 0 0 23 18 .228 .282 .315 .597 25.9
July 136 267 32 79 18 1 2 35 1 1 20 25 .296 .345 .393 .738 34.5
August 150 355 46 106 31 1 6 49 2 1 25 32 .299 .342 .442 .784 50.6
Sep/Oct 154 364 33 79 10 1 2 31 1 0 27 41 .217 .273 .266 .539 26.1
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
1948 27 NYG NL CF 3 2 16.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.10   0.0
1949 28 NYG NL CF 11 11 89.7 19 0 1 0 .950 1.91   0.4
    LF 3 2 19.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.32    
    RF 2 2 18.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 29 NYG NL CF 7 6 46.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.4
    1B 4 3 26.0 36 1 0 4 1.000 12.81   0.0
    LF 4 1 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    RF 1 1 7.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14    
1951 30 NYG NL 1B 29 12 130.7 165 15 2 17 .989 12.40   0.4
    RF 16 15 130.0 26 2 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.7
    LF 22 4 78.7 8 1 1 0 .900 1.03    
    CF 11 5 68.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.78    
1952 31 MIN AL CF 21 16 140.0 36 2 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.8
    1B 17 14 129.3 153 15 5 16 .971 11.69   0.1
    RF 9 6 58.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    LF 7 5 50.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.52    
1953 32 MIN AL 1B 43 39 349.0 462 37 1 32 .998 12.87   0.5
    LF 19 15 139.0 36 2 3 0 .927 2.46   1.0
    CF 17 14 120.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    RF 5 4 43.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.26    
1954 33 MIN AL 1B 14 14 125.0 150 7 1 12 .994 11.30   0.3
    CF 12 10 90.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.60   0.5
    RF 10 1 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
    LF 4 1 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1955 34 MIN AL RF 29 27 243.7 52 0 1 0 .981 1.92   1.6
    CF 25 22 191.0 54 2 1 0 .982 2.64    
    1B 13 11 95.3 105 11 1 7 .991 10.95   0.1
    LF 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1956 35 MIN AL RF 22 20 168.0 34 3 0 2 1.000 1.98   0.9
    CF 19 16 144.7 40 0 0 0 1.000 2.49    
    1B 19 12 110.0 140 7 0 13 1.000 12.03   0.3
    LF 4 2 22.7 4 0 1 0 .800 1.59    
1957 36 MIN AL 1B 18 11 107.0 120 4 0 18 1.000 10.43   0.3
    LF 5 4 32.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.13   0.0
    RF 4 2 25.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.36    
1958 37 MIN AL LF 10 6 61.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.3
    CF 17 2 46.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.16    
    RF 7 3 35.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 160 116 1075.3 1334 97 10 120 .993 11.98   2.1
  CF 143 104 952.3 251 5 2 0 .992 2.42   2.1
  RF 105 81 750.7 151 5 1 2 .994 1.87   3.2
  LF 81 40 440.3 96 4 5 0 .952 2.04   1.3
Career Totals   489 341 3218.6 1832 111 18 122 .991 5.43   8.8
Career Highs   84 72 651.0 532 39 5 32 1.000 7.89    
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
1948 27 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1954 33 MIN AL 13 34 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 .118 .189 .206 .395
1955 34 MIN AL 6 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1956 35 MIN AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 24 43 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 .140 .196 .209 .405
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  5. Evar Swanson (961)
  6. Bill Bruton (960)
  7. Dick Davis (959)
  8. Jesus Alou (958)
  9. Tom Wright (956)
  10. Ted Uhlaender (955)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 48th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1946
Injured on 4/4/1946 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Had first career hit on 9/23/1948, off Hi Bithorn (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1949, off Ed Hanyzewski (BRK)
4/2/1950: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 2/21/1952 (Going to NYG: P Al Javery. Going to MIN: SS Jim Tabor, LF Paul O'dea, P Paul Calvert, RF Paul Lehner)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1953: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $750,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/14/1957 to a 2-year deal worth $450,000 per year
 
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