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Paul Casanova
Paulino (Ortiz) Casanova

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 18, 1965
  vs. MIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 9, 1974
Born December 21, 1941 in Colon, Cuba

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 23 WSA AL   5   13    2    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .308  .357  .385  113    5   0   0   0   0   4
 1966 24 WSA AL 122  429   45  109  16  5  13   44   1  2  14  78  .254  .278  .406   95  174   3   2   2   1   8
 1967 25 WSA AL 141  528   47  131  19  1   9   53   1  1  17  65  .248  .273  .339   84  179   2   2   5   2  19 MVP-21,AS
 1968 26 WSA AL  96  322   19   63   6  0   4   25   0  1   7  52  .196  .210  .252   41   81   1   5   1   0   8
 1969 27 WSA AL 124  379   26   82   9  2   4   37   0  0  18  52  .216  .254  .282   54  107   2   6   7   3  12
 1970 28 WSA AL 104  328   25   75  17  3   6   30   0  0  10  47  .229  .251  .354   69  116   0   4   2   1   5
 1971 29 WSA AL  94  311   19   63   9  1   5   26   0  3  14  52  .203  .238  .286   52   89   1   2   1   1   8
 1972 30 ATL NL  49  136    8   28   3  0   2   10   0  1   4  28  .206  .229  .272   37   37   0   0   2   0   7
 1973 31 ATL NL  82  236   18   51   7  0   7   18   0  2  11  36  .216  .254  .335   57   79   0   0   3   1   5
 1974 32 ATL NL  42  104    5   21   0  0   0    8   0  0   5  17  .202  .232  .202   21   21   1   3   2   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     859 2786  214  627  87 12  50  252   2 10 101 430  .225  .252  .319   64  888  10  24  25   9  78
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        525   40  118  16  2   9   48   0  2  19  81  .225  .252  .319   64  167   2   5   5   2  15
 Career High    141  528   47  131  19  5  13   53   1  3  18  78  .254  .278  .406   95  179   3   6   7   3  19
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 23 WSA AL   14   13    0   0.0    90| .308  .248| .357  .318| .385  .381| .742  .699| 113  .000   0.3   0.0   0%
 1966 24 WSA AL  449  335   46   3.7    89| .254  .247| .278  .314| .406  .381| .684  .695|  95  .475  -4.9  -0.5  33%
 1967 25 WSA AL  551  421   44   2.8    81| .248  .239| .273  .307| .339  .358| .612  .665|  84  .375 -12.4  -1.4  50%
 1968 26 WSA AL  335  274   16   1.6    77| .196  .235| .210  .303| .252  .347| .462  .651|  41  .187 -23.4  -2.7   0%
 1969 27 WSA AL  408  317   26   2.2    90| .216  .247| .254  .323| .282  .373| .536  .696|  54  .234 -23.4  -2.4   0%
 1970 28 WSA AL  343  262   28   2.9    93| .229  .252| .251  .325| .354  .385| .605  .710|  69  .323 -14.8  -1.5   0%
 1971 29 WSA AL  329  262   19   2.0    87| .203  .248| .238  .319| .286  .368| .524  .687|  52  .210 -20.1  -2.2   0%
 1972 30 ATL NL  140  116    6   1.4    99| .206  .266| .229  .336| .272  .394| .501  .730|  37  .124 -12.2  -1.3   0%
 1973 31 ATL NL  248  192   18   2.5   103| .216  .272| .254  .342| .335  .404| .589  .746|  57  .276 -15.4  -1.6   0%
 1974 32 ATL NL  113   89    5   1.5    98| .202  .267| .232  .340| .202  .386| .434  .725|  21  .132 -11.4  -1.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2930 2281  208   2.5    89| .225  .249| .252  .319| .319  .373| .571  .692|  64  .292 -137.6 -14.8  16%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 23 WSA AL C 4 15 0 1 0 .938 .987 3.75 5.67 4.35 6.97 4 31.0 0 2 3 0 1966 24 WSA AL C 119 674 53 14 12 .981 .988 6.11 5.86 6.34 6.86 113 1032.7 6 30 37 32 1967 25 WSA AL C 137 827 70 15 19 .984 .989 6.55 6.15 6.61 7.22 132 1221.0 14 36 38 37 AS 1968 26 WSA AL C 92 472 46 6 3 .989 .990 5.63 6.01 6.13 6.97 86 761.0 10 32 38 23 1969 27 WSA AL C 122 583 59 5 5 .992 .987 5.26 5.59 6.07 6.65 106 952.3 11 35 53 27 1970 28 WSA AL C 100 461 48 6 12 .988 .988 5.09 5.82 5.92 6.65 82 774.3 2 22 23 24 1971 29 WSA AL C 83 416 40 7 4 .985 .988 5.49 5.63 5.73 6.37 81 716.7 6 20 32 17 1972 30 ATL NL C 43 139 16 4 3 .975 .987 3.60 5.87 4.65 6.61 32 300.0 4 15 10 8 1973 31 ATL NL C 78 330 48 9 3 .977 .987 4.85 5.58 5.92 6.34 64 574.3 9 18 59 28 1974 32 ATL NL C 33 123 15 2 4 .986 .985 4.18 5.37 5.02 6.12 29 247.3 3 3 18 12
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1965 23 WSA AL C 4 15 0 1 0 .938 .987 3.75 5.67 4.35 6.97 4 31.0 0 2 3 0 1966 24 WSA AL C 119 674 53 14 12 .981 .988 6.11 5.86 6.34 6.86 113 1032.7 6 30 37 32 1967 25 WSA AL C 137 827 70 15 19 .984 .989 6.55 6.15 6.61 7.22 132 1221.0 14 36 38 37 1968 26 WSA AL C 92 472 46 6 3 .989 .990 5.63 6.01 6.13 6.97 86 761.0 10 32 38 23 1969 27 WSA AL C 122 583 59 5 5 .992 .987 5.26 5.59 6.07 6.65 106 952.3 11 35 53 27 1970 28 WSA AL C 100 461 48 6 12 .988 .988 5.09 5.82 5.92 6.65 82 774.3 2 22 23 24 1971 29 WSA AL C 83 416 40 7 4 .985 .988 5.49 5.63 5.73 6.37 81 716.7 6 20 32 17 1972 30 ATL NL C 43 139 16 4 3 .975 .987 3.60 5.87 4.65 6.61 32 300.0 4 15 10 8 1973 31 ATL NL C 78 330 48 9 3 .977 .987 4.85 5.58 5.92 6.34 64 574.3 9 18 59 28 1974 32 ATL NL C 33 123 15 2 4 .986 .985 4.18 5.37 5.02 6.12 29 247.3 3 3 18 12
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 811 4040 395 69 65 .985 .988 5.47 5.81 6.04 6.75 729 6610.7 65 213 311 208 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 811 4040 395 69 65 .985 .988 5.47 5.81 6.04 6.75 729 6611
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1967   WSA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1967

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1967-AL-21-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Sac. Flies
1968 AL-5-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1967 AL-19-2

HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1960 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

June 11, 1960: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

December 27, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

April 23, 1961: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

September 21, 1961: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

April 26, 1962: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

October 5, 1962: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Senators.

December 2, 1971: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Atlanta Braves for Hal King.

March 28, 1975: Released by the Atlanta Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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