Paul Giel
Paul Robert Giel
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 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
Final Game: June 2, 1961
Died: May 22, 2002 in Minneapolis, MN
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 NYG NL 22 P 6 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.08 0.87
1955 NYG NL 23 P 34 2 82.1 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.53 0.41 .950 2.04 0.83
1958 SFG NL 26 P 29 9 92.0 26 8 18 0 2 1.000 2.54 0.90 .954 1.97 0.77
1959 PIT NL 27 P 4 0 7.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.50 .950 2.00 0.82
1960 PIT NL 28 P 16 0 33.0 6 2 3 1 0 .833 1.36 0.31 .967 2.10 0.87
1961 TOT AL 29 P 13 0 21.0 8 1 5 2 0 .750 2.57 0.46 .962 2.06 0.83
1961 MIN AL 29 P 12 0 19.1 8 1 5 2 0 .750 2.79 0.50 .962 2.05 0.83
1961 KCA AL 29 P 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 0.80
6 Seasons P 102 11 240.1 56 15 38 3 3 .946 1.98 0.52 .955 2.02 0.82
6 Seasons TOT 102 11 240.1 56 15 38 3 3 .946 1.98 0.52 .902 2.02 0.82

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 NYG NL 22 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 23 34 2 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 SFG NL 26 29 9 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 27 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 PIT NL 28 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 MIN AL 29 15 0 15 15 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1961 KCA AL 29 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 105 11 105 105 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 22 22 73% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 23 303 73% 23% 10 100% 0 5 1 4 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1958 SFG NL 26 424 74% 24% 16 100% 0 5 1 3 16 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1959 PIT NL 27 49 82% 16% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1960 PIT NL 28 155 77% 25% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1961 MIN AL 29 104 70% 23% 6 67% 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 KCA AL 29 14 71% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1071 74% 23% 37 92% 0 12 2 8 36 29 2 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 11 91%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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