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Paul Giel

Paul Robert Giel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 29, 1932 in Winona, MN
High School: Winona (Winona, MN)
School: University of Minnesota
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1954
Teams (by GP): Giants/Pirates/Twins/Athletics 1954-1961

Final Game: June 2, 1961
Died: May 22, 2002 in Minneapolis, MN
Buried: Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN
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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
1954 21 NYG NL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 22 NYG NL 34 20 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .053 .053 .105 .158 -60 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1958 25 SFG NL 29 33 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .074 .138 .074 .212 -41 2 0 1 4 0 0 1
1959 26 PIT NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1960 27 PIT NL 16 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1961 28 TOT AL 16 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 28 MIN AL 15 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 28 KCA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Seasons 105 63 55 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .073 .105 .091 .196 -47 5 0 1 6 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 97 85 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 26 .073 .105 .091 .196 -47 8 0 2 9 0
SFG (3 yrs) 69 53 46 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .065 .104 .087 .191 -48 4 0 1 5 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 20 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 15 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 1 0 0 0 0 0
KCA (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 89 61 53 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .057 .091 .075 .166 -55 4 0 1 6 0 0
AL (1 yr) 16 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 163 1 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1955 22 NYG NL 20 -4 0 0 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1958 25 SFG NL 33 -5 0 0 0 0 2 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1960 27 PIT NL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1961 28 MIN AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
4 Seasons 63 -11 0 0 0 0 4 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $
SFG (2 yrs) 53 -9 0 0 0 0 3 2 -4 -0.5 -4 -0.4 -0.1 $
MIN (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
PIT (1 yr) 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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
1955 22 NYG NL 20 19 0 0.0 106 .077 .053 .267 .053 .338 .105 .422 .158 .760 -60 .000 -4.4 -0.4 .111 .053 .053
1958 25 SFG NL 33 29 1 0.9 104 .105 .074 .267 .138 .335 .074 .418 .212 .753 -41 .050 -5.6 -0.6 .160 .037 .000
1960 27 PIT NL 8 8 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .264 .000 .330 .000 .406 .000 .736 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1961 28 TOT AL 2 1 1 26.7 109 1.000 .500 .270 .500 .347 .500 .422 1.000 .768 163 .961 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1961 28 MIN AL 2 1 1 26.7 109 1.000 .500 .270 .500 .347 .500 .422 1.000 .768 163 .961 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
6 Seasons 63 57 2 0.9 105 .105 .073 .267 .105 .336 .091 .418 .196 .754 -47 .051 -11.7 -1.2 .137 .036 .018
162 Game Avg. 97 88 3 0.9 105 .105 .073 .267 .105 .336 .091 .418 .196 .754 -47 .051 -11.7 -1.2 .137 .036 .018
SFG (3 yrs) 53 48 1 0.6 105 .094 .065 .267 .104 .336 .087 .420 .191 .756 -48 .020 -9.9 -1.0 .140 .043 .022
MIN (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.7 109 1.000 .500 .270 .500 .347 .500 .422 1.000 .768 163 .961 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
PIT (2 yrs) 8 8 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .264 .000 .330 .000 .406 .000 .736 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 61 56 1 0.5 105 .081 .057 .267 .091 .335 .075 .418 .166 .753 -55 .016 -11.8 -1.2 .120 .038 .019
AL (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.7 109 1.000 .500 .270 .500 .347 .500 .422 1.000 .768 163 .961 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000

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
1955 22 NYG NL 20 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 5.0% 100% 3.2 2.25 65%
1958 25 SFG NL 33 0.0% 24.2% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 8.00 3.4 27.0 3.00 58%
1960 27 PIT NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.5 5.00 63%
1961 28 TOT AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
1961 28 MIN AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 50%
6 Seasons 63 0.0% 27.0% 1.6% 1.6% 25% 17.00 3.2 55.0 2.90 60%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.5% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.39 7.1 38.1 8.3 0.99 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 21 NYG NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1955 22 NYG NL -4.4 -0.4 20 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .78 -0.4 0.2 -3.3 -0.3 0.79 -4.4 0
1958 25 SFG NL -5.6 -0.6 33 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 1.01 -0.5 0.1 -4.3 -0.4 0.98 -5.0 0
1959 26 PIT NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1960 27 PIT NL -1.9 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .56 -0.2 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.75 -1.8 0
1961 28 TOT AL 0.2 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .97 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.90 0.3 0
1961 28 MIN AL 0.2 0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .97 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.90 0.3 0
1961 28 KCA AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Seasons -11.7 -1.2 64 -0.5 0.5 -1.1 .88 -1.0 0.4 -8.4 -0.8 0.88 -10.9 0

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
1955 22 NYG NL 0 0 200% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 25 SFG NL 1 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 27 PIT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 TOT AL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 MIN AL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1 0 33% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

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
1955 22 NYG NL 20 35% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 8 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1958 25 SFG NL 33 21% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 0 0% 7 2 29% 26 1 4% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1960 27 PIT NL 8 38% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 TOT AL 2 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 MIN AL 2 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 63 29% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 13 0 0% 13 5 38% 37 1 3% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 49% 78% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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
1955 22 40 20 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .053 .053 .105 .158 -60 2 0 0 1 0 0
1956 23 40 20 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .053 .053 .105 .158 -60 2 0 0 1 0 0
1957 24 40 20 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .053 .053 .105 .158 -60 2 0 0 1 0 0
1958 25 69 53 46 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .065 .104 .087 .191 -48 4 0 1 5 0 0
1959 26 73 53 46 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .065 .104 .087 .191 -48 4 0 1 5 0 0
1960 27 89 61 53 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .057 .091 .075 .166 -55 4 0 1 6 0 0
1961 28 105 63 55 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .073 .105 .091 .196 -47 5 0 1 6 0 0

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
1955 22 36 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 34
1958 25 31 30 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 29
1960 27 17 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16
1961 28 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 16
4 Seasons 100 59 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 .034 .000 .034 0 95
162 Game Avg. 162 96 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 28 .000 .034 .000 .034 0 95

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Youngest s c a p y
1954 NL  born 1932-09-29 (10th)

                                         

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