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Paul
Ratliff		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 23, 1944 in Usa, CA, SAN DIEGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1980   
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
1963 19 NYG NL     4 4 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4
1964 20 NYG NL     3 3 2 7 8 7 4 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4
1965 21 OAK AL     3 3 3 7 8 8 5 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 4
1966 22 OAK AL     3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 4 6 5 4 4 4
1967 23 OAK AL     3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 5 4 4 4
1968 24 OAK AL     3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 4 4
1969 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3
1970 26 OAK AL     4 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 3 3
1971 27 OAK AL     4 4 3 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 8 7 3 3 3
1972 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 8 3 3 3
1973 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8 3 3 3
1974 30 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 3 7 8 8 5 6 5 7 8 8 3 3 3
1975 31 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 5 8 9 9 3 3 3
1976 32 NYA AL     4 4 4 7 8 8 5 5 5 8 10 9 3 3 3
1977 33 PIT NL $ 2,600,000   5 5 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 9 3 3 3
1978 34 PIT NL $ 2,600,000   5 5 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 9 10 10 3 3 3
1979 35 SDP NL $ 910,000   4 4 4 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 10 9 3 3 3
1980 36 SDP NL $ 910,000   3 3 3 5 6 6 3 4 3 8 10 9 3 3 3
1981 37 SDP NL $ 910,000   2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 8 10 9 3 3 3
1982 38 SDP NL $ 910,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 8 10 9 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 6 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000   5 5 5 7 8 8 5 6 6 9 10 10 4 4 4
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
1963 19 A   137 507 111 150 17 2 60 118 4 6 84 107 .296 .396 .692 1.088 129.3  
1964 20 A   127 452 91 122 23 2 48 85 3 3 88 105 .270 .389 .648 1.037 110.1  
1965 21 AA   27 112 24 28 5 1 12 19 1 3 12 21 .250 .323 .634 .957 22.2  
    A   109 375 69 96 18 0 35 80 5 5 68 89 .256 .370 .584 .954 80.5  
1966 22 A   137 445 94 123 25 2 52 118 6 5 82 78 .276 .389 .692 1.081 113.4  
1967 23 A   137 467 97 123 25 4 53 129 3 5 100 122 .263 .393 .675 1.068 118.9  
1968 24 AAA   29 117 23 21 5 0 11 30 0 0 19 36 .179 .294 .504 .798 19.2  
    AA   108 397 72 91 19 3 42 87 4 0 67 108 .229 .341 .610 .950 84.9  
1969 25 OAK AL 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
    AAA   132 467 78 107 25 2 35 100 0 3 46 126 .229 .298 .516 .814 73.1  
1970 26 AAA   135 458 75 100 18 1 35 92 2 0 65 117 .218 .315 .491 .807 75.5  
1971 27 AAA   110 377 77 103 21 0 39 80 0 0 67 82 .273 .383 .639 1.022 89.3  
1972 28 OAK AL 35 85 10 18 2 1 2 14 0 0 7 20 .212 .287 .329 .617 7.3 0.2
    AAA   102 345 63 90 14 3 30 65 0 0 54 87 .261 .361 .580 .941 71.8  
1973 29 OAK AL 94 203 24 49 14 1 7 26 1 0 22 46 .241 .323 .424 .747 27.7 4.6
1974 30 OAK AL 96 219 28 48 12 0 8 36 0 0 26 43 .219 .301 .384 .685 27.2 3.3
1975 31 NYA AL 87 221 41 43 9 0 14 40 1 1 30 60 .195 .312 .425 .737 31.2 4.3
1976 32 NYA AL 85 187 34 41 6 1 13 41 0 0 33 50 .219 .338 .471 .808 32.2 6.0
1977 33 PIT NL 140 391 64 90 18 2 18 66 1 0 62 81 .230 .354 .425 .779 60.4 13.2
1978 34 PIT NL 127 322 52 73 14 3 10 41 1 0 47 72 .227 .334 .382 .716 42.6 7.0
1979 35 SDP NL 64 151 21 39 3 1 10 31 0 0 18 36 .258 .337 .490 .827 25.7 6.0
1980 36 SDP NL 67 194 16 33 6 0 6 24 0 0 21 46 .170 .261 .294 .555 14.5 0.0
1981 37 SDP NL 12 28 1 5 1 0 0 9 0 1 6 3 .179 .324 .214 .538 1.6 0.0
1982 38 AAA   111 401 42 80 11 0 7 37 2 1 48 94 .200 .285 .279 .564 34.5  
11 Years Sim 809 2005 291 440 85 9 88 328 4 2 272 458 .219 .323 .402 .725 270.7 44.5
6 Years AAA 619 2165 358 501 94 6 157 404 4 4 299 542 .231 .341 .498 .839 363.4  
2 Years AA 135 509 96 119 24 4 54 106 5 3 79 129 .234 .346 .615 .961 107.1  
5 Years A 647 2246 462 614 108 10 248 530 21 24 422 501 .273 .407 .662 1.068 552.2  
13 Years Minors 1401 4920 916 1234 226 20 459 1040 30 31 800 1172 .251 .372 .585 .957 1022.6  
162 Game Average 401 58 88 17 1 17 65 0 0 54 91 .219 .323 .402 .725 54.2  
Career Highs 140 391 64 90 18 3 18 66 1 1 62 81 .258 .354 .490 .827 60.4  
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   1693 249 370 73 6 73 272 4 2 236 381 .219 .324 .398 .722 226.2
vs LH   312 42 70 12 3 15 56 0 0 36 77 .224 .317 .426 .743 42.4
Home 387 984 145 217 42 5 38 149 2 0 138 237 .221 .326 .389 .716 129.8
Away 422 1021 146 223 43 4 50 179 2 2 134 221 .218 .319 .415 .734 138.8
RISP   524 0 126 23 0 27 222 0 0 64 126 .240 .327 .439 .766 77.0
Pinch Hitting   180 26 44 8 0 11 51 0 0 28 38 .244 .353 .472 .826 30.6
Close/Late   295 36 63 12 2 16 53 0 0 39 64 .214 .314 .431 .744 41.2
Mar/Apr 121 297 45 69 10 0 15 53 0 0 32 57 .232 .312 .418 .730 39.8
May 142 336 54 71 20 1 10 46 3 0 67 84 .211 .353 .366 .719 47.7
June 134 357 54 72 14 3 13 50 0 0 41 71 .202 .288 .367 .655 39.5
July 118 311 48 76 13 1 21 65 0 2 40 79 .244 .348 .495 .843 51.5
August 153 373 50 75 9 2 15 58 0 0 39 85 .201 .283 .357 .640 39.3
Sep/Oct 141 331 40 77 19 2 14 56 1 0 53 82 .233 .353 .429 .782 50.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1969 25 OAK AL C 2 1 8.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.20 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 28 OAK AL 3B 24 22 192.3 19 65 4 10 .955 3.93 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    C 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 29 OAK AL C 24 20 172.7 107 14 2 0 .984 6.31 22 12 .545 0 1.0
    1B 19 12 111.7 141 8 4 16 .974 12.01 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 20 6 86.0 5 18 1 0 .958 2.41 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 30 OAK AL C 23 22 185.0 136 7 0 0 1.000 6.96 13 5 .385 0 1.5
    3B 22 11 110.0 5 29 0 3 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 14 8 81.3 98 10 1 9 .991 11.95 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 31 NYA AL C 39 36 320.7 215 19 5 0 .979 6.57 51 15 .294 1 1.2
    3B 18 9 95.7 6 22 0 1 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 2 0 5.0 5 2 0 2 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 32 NYA AL C 38 35 295.0 204 15 1 0 .995 6.68 35 10 .286 1 0.7
    3B 9 8 72.0 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 6 5 42.0 38 1 0 3 1.000 8.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1977 33 PIT NL C 132 115 1071.3 591 56 3 2 .995 5.44 94 35 .372 3 8.3
    1B 4 3 28.0 38 4 0 5 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 34 PIT NL C 64 62 547.0 306 21 3 1 .991 5.38 46 14 .304 0 1.5
    3B 20 12 130.0 8 32 1 3 .976 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 11 10 81.0 92 11 0 8 1.000 11.44 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1979 35 SDP NL C 32 31 252.0 119 9 1 0 .992 4.57 20 8 .400 1 1.4
    1B 13 7 66.0 112 8 0 8 1.000 16.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 5.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 4.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 36 SDP NL C 32 31 266.0 130 7 2 0 .986 4.64 17 3 .176 0 1.3
    1B 9 6 60.0 76 6 2 11 .976 12.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 13 5 53.7 4 16 2 2 .909 3.35 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 37 SDP NL C 5 4 38.3 26 0 0 0 1.000 6.10 4 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 2 19.0 19 3 1 2 .957 10.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 10.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 392 357 3157.0 1839 148 17 3 .992 5.66 304 102 .336 6 17.1
  3B 135 73 757.6 48 195 8 20 .968 2.89 0 0 .000 0 2.4
  1B 81 53 494.0 619 53 8 64 .988 12.24 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  LF 5 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 3 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   619 483 4428.3 2511 397 33 87 .989 5.91 304 102 .336 6 20.6
Career Highs   137 118 1101.3 629 65 7 16 1.000 7.17 94 35 .545 3  
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
1973 29 OAK AL 8 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .500 1.000
1975 31 NYA AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1977 33 PIT NL 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100
1980 36 SDP NL 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 14 18 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .222 .333 .278 .611
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bennie Warren (969)
  2. Earl Williams (956)
  3. Mike Stanley (953)
  4. Carlton Fisk (947)
  5. Cliff Johnson (940)
  6. Bruce Bochy (936)
  7. Don Pavletich (934)
  8. Bob Schmidt (930)
  9. Steve Yeager (929)
  10. Matt Nokes (929)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 45th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1963
Injured on 6/11/1964 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1965 (Going to NYG: C Gene Oliver. Going to TAM: C Paul Ratliff, P John O'donoghue)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Oakland on 7/1/1965 (Going to TAM: P Denny Mclain. Going to OAK: C Paul Ratliff, 1B Jim Gentile, C Vic Roznovsky)
Injured on 7/26/1966 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/29/1968 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/25/1969 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/16/1969 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/23/1969, off Don Wilson (STL)
Injured on 8/22/1970 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/8/1971 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 8/9/1972, off Jim Dickson (NYA)
Traded from Oakland to New York (A) on 2/7/1975 (Going to NYA: C Paul Ratliff. Going to OAK: 3B Pete Ward)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/21/1976 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Released by New York (A) on 10/23/1976
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/4/1977 to a 2-year deal worth $2,600,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/25/1979 to a 4-year deal worth $910,000 per year
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
 
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