Paul Casanova

Paulino (Ortiz) Casanova

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 21, 1941 in Colon, Cuba
Signed
by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1965
Teams (by GP): Senators/Braves 1965-1974

Final Game: September 9, 1974
Relatives: Father of Raul Casanova
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1961 Did not play in major leagues (Indianapolis Clowns)
1965 23 WSA AL 5 14 13 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .308 .357 .385 .742 113 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1966 24 WSA AL 122 449 429 45 109 16 5 13 44 1 2 14 78 .254 .278 .406 .684 95 174 8 1 3 2 2 *2
1967 25 WSA AL 141 551 528 47 131 19 1 9 53 1 1 17 65 .248 .273 .339 .612 84 179 19 2 2 2 5 *2 AS,MVP-21
1968 26 WSA AL 96 335 322 19 63 6 0 4 25 0 1 7 52 .196 .210 .252 .461 42 81 8 0 1 5 1 2
1969 27 WSA AL 124 408 379 26 82 9 2 4 37 0 0 18 52 .216 .254 .282 .536 54 107 12 3 2 6 7 *2
1970 28 WSA AL 104 343 328 25 75 17 3 6 30 0 0 10 47 .229 .251 .354 .604 69 116 5 1 0 4 2 2
1971 29 WSA AL 94 329 311 19 63 9 1 5 26 0 3 14 52 .203 .238 .286 .524 53 89 8 1 1 2 1 2
1972 30 ATL NL 49 139 136 8 28 3 0 2 10 0 1 4 28 .206 .229 .272 .501 37 37 7 0 0 0 2 2
1973 31 ATL NL 82 248 236 18 51 7 0 7 18 0 2 11 36 .216 .254 .335 .589 57 79 5 1 0 0 3 2
1974 32 ATL NL 42 113 104 5 21 0 0 0 8 0 0 5 17 .202 .232 .202 .434 21 21 2 0 1 3 2 2
10 Yrs 859 2929 2786 214 627 87 12 50 252 2 10 101 430 .225 .252 .319 .571 65 888 74 9 10 24 25
162 Game Avg. 162 552 525 40 118 16 2 9 48 0 2 19 81 .225 .252 .319 .571 65 167 14 2 2 5 5
WSA (7 yrs) 686 2429 2310 183 527 77 12 41 216 2 7 81 349 .228 .255 .325 .580 69 751 60 8 9 21 18
ATL (3 yrs) 173 500 476 31 100 10 0 9 36 0 3 20 81 .210 .242 .288 .530 44 137 14 1 1 3 7
AL (7 yrs) 686 2429 2310 183 527 77 12 41 216 2 7 81 349 .228 .255 .325 .580 69 751 60 8 9 21 18
NL (3 yrs) 173 500 476 31 100 10 0 9 36 0 3 20 81 .210 .242 .288 .530 44 137 14 1 1 3 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1965 23 WSA AL 5 14 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .487 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /2
1966 24 WSA AL 122 449 -3 0 -0 5 6 8 0.8 13 21 2.0 .508 .506 1.7 1.2 16 $ *2
1967 25 WSA AL 141 551 -8 -0 -1 6 8 4 0.2 16 19 1.8 .503 .503 1.2 1.5 13 $15,000 *2 AS,MVP-21
1968 26 WSA AL 96 335 -19 -2 -0 -2 5 -18 -2.5 10 -9 -1.5 .476 .486 -1.1 0.3 -7 $20,000 2
1969 27 WSA AL 124 408 -20 -1 -1 3 6 -14 -1.6 11 -2 -0.5 .488 .491 -0.7 1.0 -5 $ *2
1970 28 WSA AL 104 343 -14 -1 -0 8 5 -2 -0.3 11 9 0.8 .498 .498 0.0 1.4 1 $ 2
1971 29 WSA AL 94 329 -17 -0 -1 -1 5 -15 -1.8 11 -4 -0.7 .482 .489 -0.6 0.4 -3 $26,000 2
1972 30 ATL NL 49 139 -12 -1 -1 -1 2 -13 -1.5 4 -9 -1.1 .470 .491 -1.0 0.2 -8 $ 2
1973 31 ATL NL 82 248 -14 -0 -1 -2 4 -13 -1.5 7 -6 -0.8 .482 .491 -0.5 0.2 -4 $ 2
1974 32 ATL NL 42 113 -10 -1 0 4 2 -5 -0.5 3 -1 -0.2 .488 .497 -0.6 0.6 -5 $ 2
10 Seasons 859 2929 -117 -7 -5 19 43 -67 -8.7 86 18 -0.2 .491 .495 -1.5 6.6 -1 $61,000
WSA (7 yrs) 686 2429 -82 -5 -4 18 36 -37 -5.2 71 34 1.9 .493 .496 0.6 5.7 16 $61,000
ATL (3 yrs) 173 500 -35 -2 -1 1 7 -30 -3.5 14 -16 -2.1 .480 .493 -2.1 1.0 -17 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1965 23 WSA AL 14 9 2 6.0 90 .400 .308 .248 .357 .318 .385 .381 .742 .699 113 .673 0.3 0.0 .667 .154 .077
1966 24 WSA AL 449 335 46 3.7 89 .282 .254 .247 .278 .314 .406 .381 .684 .695 95 .475 -4.9 -0.5 .570 .182 .152 1.9
1967 25 WSA AL 551 421 44 2.8 81 .268 .248 .239 .273 .307 .339 .358 .612 .666 84 .375 -12.5 -1.4 .475 .123 .091 1.8
1968 26 WSA AL 335 274 16 1.6 77 .218 .196 .234 .210 .302 .252 .346 .461 .648 42 .187 -23.1 -2.6 .325 .075 .056 .0
1969 27 WSA AL 408 317 26 2.2 90 .237 .216 .247 .254 .323 .282 .373 .536 .696 54 .234 -23.4 -2.4 .414 .113 .066 .0
1970 28 WSA AL 343 262 28 2.9 93 .247 .229 .252 .251 .325 .354 .385 .604 .710 69 .323 -14.8 -1.5 .492 .155 .125 .0
1971 29 WSA AL 329 262 19 2.0 86 .227 .203 .247 .238 .318 .286 .367 .524 .684 53 .210 -19.8 -2.1 .390 .119 .084 .0
1972 30 ATL NL 139 116 6 1.4 99 .245 .206 .267 .229 .336 .272 .394 .501 .730 37 .124 -12.2 -1.3 .345 .088 .066 .0
1973 31 ATL NL 248 192 18 2.5 103 .228 .216 .272 .254 .342 .335 .404 .589 .746 57 .276 -15.4 -1.6 .464 .157 .119 .0
1974 32 ATL NL 113 89 5 1.5 98 .233 .202 .267 .232 .340 .202 .386 .434 .726 21 .132 -11.4 -1.2 .306 .048 .000
10 Yrs 2929 2277 210 2.5 88 .248 .225 .248 .252 .319 .319 .373 .571 .692 65 .297 -137.1 -14.7 .441 .127 .094 3.8
162 Game Avg. 552 429 40 2.5 88 .248 .225 .248 .252 .319 .319 .373 .571 .692 65 .297 -137.1 -14.7 .441 .127 .094 1
WSA (7 yrs) 2429 1880 181 2.6 86 .250 .228 .244 .255 .314 .325 .368 .580 .683 69 .318 -98.2 -10.6 .451 .130 .097 3.8
ATL (3 yrs) 500 397 29 2.0 101 .234 .210 .269 .242 .340 .288 .397 .530 .737 44 .199 -38.9 -4.1 .394 .113 .078 .0
AL (7 yrs) 2429 1880 181 2.6 86 .250 .228 .244 .255 .314 .325 .368 .580 .683 69 .318 -98.2 -10.6 .451 .130 .097 3.8
NL (3 yrs) 500 397 29 2.0 101 .234 .210 .269 .242 .340 .288 .397 .530 .737 44 .199 -38.9 -4.1 .394 .113 .078 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 WSA AL 25 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 23 WSA AL 14 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 7.1% 25% 3.00 4.3 13.0 1.00 71%
1966 24 WSA AL 449 2.9% 17.4% 3.1% 7.6% 31% 5.57 5.5 33.0 9.8 1.04 76%
1967 25 WSA AL 551 1.6% 11.8% 3.1% 5.3% 22% 3.82 8.1 58.7 10.0 1.13 83%
1968 26 WSA AL 335 1.2% 15.5% 2.1% 3.0% 16% 7.43 6.2 80.5 12.9 0.89 81%
1969 27 WSA AL 408 1.0% 12.8% 4.4% 3.7% 18% 2.89 7.3 94.8 10.2 0.86 81%
1970 28 WSA AL 343 1.8% 13.7% 2.9% 7.6% 35% 4.70 7.0 54.7 10.9 0.75 81%
1971 29 WSA AL 329 1.5% 15.8% 4.3% 4.6% 24% 3.71 6.0 62.2 12.0 0.66 78%
1972 30 ATL NL 139 1.4% 20.1% 2.9% 3.6% 18% 7.00 4.9 68.0 13.6 0.62 76%
1973 31 ATL NL 248 2.8% 14.5% 4.4% 5.7% 28% 3.27 6.6 33.7 13.1 0.91 78%
1974 32 ATL NL 113 0.0% 15.0% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 3.40 6.1 13.0 0.74 80%
10 Yrs 2929 1.7% 14.7% 3.5% 5.1% 24% 4.26 6.5 55.7 11.1 0.88 80%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.8% 8.5% 6.0% 27% 1.76 6.0 44.5 9.2 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 23 WSA AL 0.3 0.0 15 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .87 0.1 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.01 0.9 0
1966 24 WSA AL -4.9 -0.5 459 -1.0 7.3 -8.4 1.04 -0.9 -0.1 -6.1 -0.7 0.95 -7.4 0.87 4
1967 25 WSA AL -12.5 -1.4 560 -2.3 9.2 -11.5 1.08 -1.3 -0.8 -9.5 -1.1 1.00 -11.4 3.19 8
1968 26 WSA AL -23.4 -2.7 337 -1.4 4.7 -6.0 1.02 -2.1 0.7 -15.1 -1.8 0.98 -17.9 2.70 7
1969 27 WSA AL -23.4 -2.4 413 -1.3 6.3 -7.6 1.05 -2.3 1.0 -19.4 -2.1 1.01 -23.3 1.85 5
1970 28 WSA AL -14.8 -1.5 348 -1.2 5.6 -6.7 1.01 -1.3 0.2 -15.5 -1.6 0.93 -13.9 1.39 9
1971 29 WSA AL -20.2 -2.2 336 -2.0 4.9 -6.9 1.08 -1.9 0.0 -21.5 -2.4 0.98 -19.5 2.10 8
1972 30 ATL NL -12.2 -1.3 140 -1.1 2.0 -3.0 1.02 -1.1 0.0 -14.4 -1.5 1.03 -12.0 2.18 6
1973 31 ATL NL -15.4 -1.6 241 -1.5 3.3 -4.9 1.03 -0.8 -0.7 -17.7 -1.8 0.96 -11.4 2.61 4
1974 32 ATL NL -11.4 -1.2 113 -0.7 1.6 -2.4 1.12 -0.6 -0.1 -5.6 -0.6 0.99 -6.9 2.01 9
10 Yrs -137.8 -14.8 2962 -12.5 45.1 -57.6 1.05 -12.2 0.2 -125.3 -13.5 0.98 -122.8 2.13 60

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 23 WSA AL 0 0 40% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 WSA AL 6 0 29% 155 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 9 46% 18 14 4 2 0 1 13 3 10
1967 25 WSA AL 11 0 27% 179 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 10 45% 30 19 11 7 3 4 16 6 9
1968 26 WSA AL 7 0 23% 85 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17% 12 12 0 2 2 0 4 1 3
1969 27 WSA AL 10 0 22% 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 50% 18 13 5 0 0 0 12 2 10
1970 28 WSA AL 4 0 24% 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 32% 11 11 0 1 1 0 7 1 6
1971 29 WSA AL 4 0 19% 83 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 41% 13 9 4 1 0 1 3 1 2
1972 30 ATL NL 1 0 20% 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 7 7 0 1 0 1 4 1 3
1973 31 ATL NL 3 0 20% 61 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 47% 5 3 1 1 1 0 9 2 6
1974 32 ATL NL 4 0 19% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29% 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 2 1
10 Yrs 50 0 24% 906 2 10 17% 2 9 0 0 0 1 4 0 33 41 41% 117 91 25 16 7 8 71 19 50

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 23 WSA AL 14 71% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1966 24 WSA AL 449 25% 109 4 1 0 0 0.87 13 0 11 12 1 8 5 0 3 3 100% 83 8 10% 37 10 27% 263 31 12% 25 13 52% 21 11 52% 0
1967 25 WSA AL 551 21% 131 8 1 0 1 3.19 9 1 21 5 4 4 5 0 2 2 100% 122 19 16% 47 14 30% 378 49 13% 38 14 37% 23 14 61% 0
1968 26 WSA AL 335 44% 63 7 1 0 1 2.70 4 0 11 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 100% 76 8 11% 38 10 26% 203 22 11% 19 10 53% 12 5 42% 0
1969 27 WSA AL 408 41% 82 5 1 1 1 1.85 4 0 6 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 100% 97 12 12% 51 17 33% 277 38 14% 32 17 53% 21 12 57% 0
1970 28 WSA AL 343 59% 75 9 1 0 1 1.39 6 0 12 4 2 4 2 0 2 0 0% 48 5 10% 30 6 20% 188 26 14% 22 8 36% 10 2 20% 0
1971 29 WSA AL 329 44% 63 8 1 0 1 2.10 5 0 10 3 2 4 1 0 1 1 100% 68 8 12% 27 3 11% 211 23 11% 17 7 41% 7 3 43% 0
1972 30 ATL NL 139 53% 28 6 0 0 0 2.18 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 33 7 21% 15 1 7% 94 9 10% 7 0 0% 6 4 67% 0
1973 31 ATL NL 248 45% 51 4 1 1 1 2.61 7 0 6 3 4 1 6 1 0 0 39 5 13% 17 4 24% 151 11 7% 7 5 71% 5 2 40% 0
1974 32 ATL NL 113 48% 21 9 4 0 2 2.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 25 2 8% 12 4 33% 81 12 15% 8 4 50% 4 2 50% 0
10 Yrs 2929 39% 627 60 11 2 8 2.13 50 1 83 30 20 26 24 1 14 10 71% 593 74 12% 276 69 25% 1854 222 12% 177 78 44% 109 55 50% 0
MLB Averages 54% 76% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 23 5 14 13 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .308 .357 .385 .742 113 5 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 127 463 442 47 113 17 5 13 45 1 2 15 81 .256 .280 .405 .685 96 179 8 1 3 2 2
1967 25 268 1014 970 94 244 36 6 22 98 2 3 32 146 .252 .277 .369 .646 89 358 27 3 5 4 7
1968 26 364 1349 1292 113 307 42 6 26 123 2 4 39 198 .238 .260 .340 .600 78 439 35 3 6 9 8
1969 27 488 1757 1671 139 389 51 8 30 160 2 4 57 250 .233 .258 .327 .585 72 546 47 6 8 15 15
1970 28 592 2100 1999 164 464 68 11 36 190 2 4 67 297 .232 .257 .331 .588 72 662 52 7 8 19 17
1971 29 686 2429 2310 183 527 77 12 41 216 2 7 81 349 .228 .255 .325 .580 69 751 60 8 9 21 18
1972 30 735 2568 2446 191 555 80 12 43 226 2 8 85 377 .227 .253 .322 .575 67 788 67 8 9 21 20
1973 31 817 2816 2682 209 606 87 12 50 244 2 10 96 413 .226 .253 .323 .576 66 867 72 9 9 21 23
1974 32 859 2929 2786 214 627 87 12 50 252 2 10 101 430 .225 .252 .319 .571 65 888 74 9 10 24 25

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 23 5 14 13 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 .308 .357 .385 .742 2 5
1966 24 123 461 440 52 118 17 5 14 50 1 15 78 .268 .293 .425 .718 55 122
1967 25 141 572 547 59 150 22 1 10 67 1 19 65 .274 .300 .373 .673 61 141
1968 26 96 347 333 25 74 7 0 5 33 0 8 52 .222 .237 .288 .525 23 96
1969 27 124 417 386 30 89 10 2 4 43 0 20 52 .231 .270 .298 .568 31 124
1970 28 104 350 334 28 81 18 3 6 34 0 11 47 .243 .266 .368 .634 33 104
1971 29 95 341 321 24 71 10 1 6 32 0 16 52 .221 .259 .315 .573 26 94
1972 30 51 147 143 9 30 3 0 2 11 0 4 29 .210 .231 .273 .504 9 49
1973 31 82 248 236 18 51 7 0 7 18 0 11 36 .216 .254 .335 .589 20 82
1974 32 42 113 104 5 21 0 0 0 8 0 5 17 .202 .232 .202 .434 5 42
10 Yrs 863 3010 2857 252 689 95 12 54 297 2 110 431 .241 .269 .340 .609 265 859
162 Game Avg. 162 565 536 47 129 18 2 10 56 0 21 81 .241 .269 .340 .609 50 859

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 AL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1967 AL  1.5 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1968 AL  5 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1967 AL  19 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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