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Paul Minner
Paul Edison Minner (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 12, 1946
Final Game June 12, 1956
Born July 30, 1923 in New Wilmington, PA
Died March 28, 2006 in LeMoyne, PA

Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1946 22 BRO NL   0   1   3   0   0   0   0  0    4.0    6    4    3   1    3    3   0   0    22       0  6.75  3.38   50 2.250
 1948 24 BRO NL   4   3  28   2   0   0  11  1   62.7   61   23   17   5   26   23   0   2   269       0  2.44  3.99  164 1.388
 1949 25 BRO NL   3   1  27   1   0   0  15  2   47.3   49   22   20   7   18   17   1   1   203       0  3.80  4.12  108 1.415
 1950 26 CHC NL   8  13  39  24   9   1   9  4  190.3  217  105   87  18   72   99   1   3   839       3  4.11  4.18  102 1.518
 1951 27 CHC NL   6  17  33  28  14   3   3  1  201.7  219   97   85  20   64   68   0   5   861       1  3.79  4.08  107 1.403
 1952 28 CHC NL  14   9  28  27  12   2   1  0  180.7  180   84   75  13   54   61   1   2   762       1  3.74  3.84  103 1.295
 1953 29 CHC NL  12  15  31  27   9   2   2  1  201.0  227  109   94  15   40   64   3   0   860       0  4.21  4.45  106 1.328
 1954 30 CHC NL  11  11  32  29  12   0   3  1  218.0  236  107   96  19   50   79   1   1   913       0  3.96  4.19  106 1.312
 1955 31 CHC NL   9   9  22  22   7   1   0  0  157.7  173   67   61  15   47   53   1   2   675  10   0  3.48  4.12  118 1.395
 1956 32 CHC NL   2   5  10   9   1   0   0  0   47.0   60   38   36   9   19   14   2   1   213   2   0  6.89  3.81   55 1.681
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .451  69  84 253 169  64   9  44 10 1310.3 1428  656  574 122  393  481  10  17  5617  12   5  3.94  4.13  105 1.390
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  13  40  27  10   1   7  1  211.0  230  105   92  19   63   77   1   2   905   1   0  3.94  4.13  105 1.390
 Career High     14  17  39  29  14   3  15  4  218.0  236  109   96  20   72   99   3   5   913  10   3  2.44  4.45  164 1.295

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 24 BRO NL  31   21    2    4   2  0   0    2   0      3   3  .190  .292  .286   55    6   0           0   0
 1949 25 BRO NL  27   14    3    3   0  0   0    2   0      0   5  .214  .214  .214   13    3   0           0   0
 1950 26 CHC NL  43   65    6   14   0  1   1    7   0      4  16  .215  .261  .292   46   19   1           0   2
 1951 27 CHC NL  36   71    8   18   4  0   1    6   0  0   5  10  .254  .303  .352   74   25   2           0   2
 1952 28 CHC NL  29   64    8   15   5  1   1    5   0  0   5  19  .234  .290  .391   86   25   3           0   0
 1953 29 CHC NL  31   68    5   15   1  1   1    6   0  0   3  16  .221  .254  .309   45   21   3           0   2
 1954 30 CHC NL  33   76    7   13   3  0   2   14   0  0   8  19  .171  .241  .289   38   22   1   3       0   1
 1955 31 CHC NL  22   56    5   13   2  0   0    1   0  0   5   7  .232  .295  .268   51   15   1   0   0   0   0
 1956 32 CHC NL  10   12    2    3   2  1   0    0   0  0   0   6  .250  .250  .583  116    7   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     265  447   46   98  19  4   6   43   0  0  33 101  .219  .271  .320   56  143  11   3   0   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        273   28   60  12  2   4   26   0  0  20  62  .219  .271  .320   56   87   7   2   0   0   4
 Career High     43   76    8   18   5  1   2   14   0  0   8  19                          25   3   3   0   0   2

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 24 BRO NL   24   17    2   3.1   104| .190  .272| .292  .347| .286  .403| .578  .750|  55  .343  -1.2  -0.1     
 1949 25 BRO NL   14   11    1   2.4   107| .214  .275| .214  .349| .214  .412| .428  .761|  13  .239  -1.8  -0.2     
 1950 26 CHC NL   70   54    5   2.5   107| .215  .268| .261  .345| .292  .416| .553  .761|  46  .233  -5.5  -0.5     
 1951 27 CHC NL   78   57    8   3.8   105| .254  .270| .303  .344| .352  .409| .655  .753|  74  .418  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1952 28 CHC NL   72   52    7   3.6    98| .234  .263| .290  .336| .391  .391| .681  .727|  86  .435  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1953 29 CHC NL   74   58    5   2.3   112| .221  .276| .254  .348| .309  .431| .563  .779|  45  .202  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1954 30 CHC NL   88   68    6   2.4   110| .171  .275| .241  .347| .289  .426| .530  .772|  38  .216  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1955 31 CHC NL   62   44    5   3.0   105| .232  .265| .295  .336| .268  .420| .563  .757|  51  .312  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1956 32 CHC NL   12    9    2   5.9   102| .250  .263| .250  .330| .583  .415| .833  .745| 116  .627   0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      494  370   41   3.0   106| .219  .270| .271  .343| .320  .415| .591  .758|  56  .308 -29.2  -2.9     

* 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  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1946 22 BRO NL   P    3      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.00  0.00  2.25    0    4.0
 1948 24 BRO NL   P   28      2   14    1    2  .941  .964  0.57  0.91  2.30  2.11    2   62.7
 1949 25 BRO NL   P   27      2   11    1    0  .929  .956  0.48  0.91  2.47  2.04    1   47.3
 1950 26 CHC NL   P   39     12   45    2    4  .966  .961  1.46  0.97  2.70  2.12   24  190.3
 1951 27 CHC NL   P   33     10   53    1    6  .984  .962  1.91  0.96  2.81  2.14   28  201.7
 1952 28 CHC NL   P   28     15   40    1    3  .982  .953  1.96  0.98  2.74  2.18   27  180.7
 1953 29 CHC NL   P   31     11   56    3    2  .957  .956  2.16  0.87  3.00  2.06   27  201.0
 1954 30 CHC NL   P   32     15   42    1    6  .983  .960  1.78  0.87  2.35  2.07   29  218.0
 1955 31 CHC NL   P   22      4   39    1    3  .977  .949  1.95  0.83  2.45  2.04   22  157.7
 1956 32 CHC NL   P   10      4   10    1    0  .933  .966  1.40  0.83  2.68  2.05    9   47.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1946 22 BRO NL   P    3      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  1.00  0.00  2.25    0    4.0
 1948 24 BRO NL   P   28      2   14    1    2  .941  .964  0.57  0.91  2.30  2.11    2   62.7
 1949 25 BRO NL   P   27      2   11    1    0  .929  .956  0.48  0.91  2.47  2.04    1   47.3
 1950 26 CHC NL   P   39     12   45    2    4  .966  .961  1.46  0.97  2.70  2.12   24  190.3
 1951 27 CHC NL   P   33     10   53    1    6  .984  .962  1.91  0.96  2.81  2.14   28  201.7
 1952 28 CHC NL   P   28     15   40    1    3  .982  .953  1.96  0.98  2.74  2.18   27  180.7
 1953 29 CHC NL   P   31     11   56    3    2  .957  .956  2.16  0.87  3.00  2.06   27  201.0
 1954 30 CHC NL   P   32     15   42    1    6  .983  .960  1.78  0.87  2.35  2.07   29  218.0
 1955 31 CHC NL   P   22      4   39    1    3  .977  .949  1.95  0.83  2.45  2.04   22  157.7
 1956 32 CHC NL   P   10      4   10    1    0  .933  .966  1.40  0.83  2.68  2.05    9   47.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 253     75  310   13   26  .967  .958  1.52  0.91  2.64  2.10  169 1310.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       253     75  310   13   26  .967  .958  1.52  0.91  2.65  2.10  169   1310

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1     1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1949   WS    BRO NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

ERA
1955 NL-3.48-8

Wins
1952 NL-14-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1953 NL-1.328-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1951 NL-2.86-9
1953 NL-1.79-3
1954 NL-2.06-2
1955 NL-2.68-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1950 NL-4.68-7

Saves
1950 NL-4-7

Innings
1953 NL-201.0-10

Comp. Games
1951 NL-14-9
1954 NL-12-7

Shutouts
1951 NL-3-7
1953 NL-2-10

Hits Allowed
1953 NL-227-4
1954 NL-236-7

SO to Walk
1954 NL-1.58-7

Losses
1951 NL-17-1
1953 NL-15-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1954 NL-96-9

Adjusted ERA+
1955 NL-118-6

Gray Ink: Pitching - 28 (820) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
October 14, 1949: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Dodgers for $100,000.
October 1, 1956: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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ERA 1955 NL-3.48-8	Wins 1952 NL-14-9	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1953 NL-1.328-10	Bases on Balls/9IP 1951 NL-2.86-9 1953 NL-1.79-3 1954 NL-2.06-2 1955 NL-2.68-8	Strikeouts/9IP 1950 NL-4.68-7	Saves 1950 NL-4-7
Innings 1953 NL-201.0-10	Comp. Games 1951 NL-14-9 1954 NL-12-7	Shutouts 1951 NL-3-7 1953 NL-2-10	Hits Allowed 1953 NL-227-4 1954 NL-236-7	SO to Walk 1954 NL-1.58-7	Losses 1951 NL-17-1 1953 NL-15-8
Earned Runs Allow. 1954 NL-96-9	Adjusted ERA+ 1955 NL-118-6