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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 HS (Winona, MN)
School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
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 Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1954 21 NYG NL 0 0 8.31 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 22 53 2.308 16.6 0.0 4.2 8.3 2.00
1955 22 NYG NL 4 4 .500 3.39 34 2 16 0 0 0 82.1 70 36 31 8 50 5 47 2 0 0 361 121 1.457 7.7 0.9 5.5 5.1 0.94
1956 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1957 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1958 25 SFG NL 4 5 .444 4.70 29 9 7 0 0 0 92.0 89 56 48 12 55 4 55 2 2 2 410 82 1.565 8.7 1.2 5.4 5.4 1.00
1959 26 PIT NL 0 0 14.09 4 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 17 12 12 0 6 1 3 0 0 1 45 29 3.000 20.0 0.0 7.0 3.5 0.50
1960 27 PIT NL 2 0 1.000 5.73 16 0 3 0 0 0 33.0 35 25 21 3 15 1 21 0 0 4 146 67 1.515 9.5 0.8 4.1 5.7 1.40
1961 28 TOT AL 1 0 1.000 12.00 13 0 4 0 0 0 21.0 30 34 28 7 20 1 15 0 0 0 115 36 2.381 12.9 3.0 8.6 6.4 0.75
1961 28 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 9.78 12 0 4 0 0 0 19.1 24 27 21 6 17 1 14 0 0 0 102 44 2.121 11.2 2.8 7.9 6.5 0.82
1961 28 KCA AL 0 0 37.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 13 5.400 32.4 5.4 16.2 5.4 0.33
6 Yrs 11 9 .550 5.39 102 11 31 0 0 0 240.1 249 167 144 30 148 12 145 4 2 7 1099 74 1.652 9.3 1.1 5.5 5.4 0.98
162 Game Avg. 7 5 .550 5.39 61 7 19 0 0 0 145 150 100 87 18 89 87 2 1 4 661 74 1.652 9.3 1.1 5.5 5.4 0.98
SFG (3 yrs) 8 9 .471 4.18 69 11 24 0 0 0 178.2 167 96 83 20 107 9 106 4 2 2 793 95 1.534 8.4 1.0 5.4 5.3 0.99
PIT (2 yrs) 2 0 1.000 7.30 20 0 3 0 0 0 40.2 52 37 33 3 21 2 24 0 0 5 191 53 1.795 11.5 0.7 4.6 5.3 1.14
MIN (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 9.78 12 0 4 0 0 0 19.1 24 27 21 6 17 1 14 0 0 0 102 44 2.121 11.2 2.8 7.9 6.5 0.82
KCA (1 yr) 0 0 37.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 7 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 13 13 5.400 32.4 5.4 16.2 5.4 0.33
NL (5 yrs) 10 9 .526 4.76 89 11 27 0 0 0 219.1 219 133 116 23 128 11 130 4 2 7 984 83 1.582 9.0 0.9 5.3 5.3 1.02
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 12.00 13 0 4 0 0 0 21.0 30 34 28 7 20 1 15 0 0 0 115 36 2.381 12.9 3.0 8.6 6.4 0.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1954 21 NYG NL 4.1 6 0 4 8.31 5.35 0.36 0.00 101.7 5.07 -2 -0.2 .5 0.0 -0.1 -1 .474 .499 $
1955 22 NYG NL 82.1 34 2 36 3.94 4.81 0.06 0.00 100.7 4.79 9 1.0 .8 -0.2 1.6 17 .529 .506 $
1958 25 SFG NL 92.0 29 9 56 5.48 4.48 -0.02 0.00 94.7 4.26 -13 -1.3 .8 -0.0 -0.5 -3 .456 .492 $
1959 26 PIT NL 7.2 4 0 12 14.09 4.22 0.04 0.00 93.6 3.92 -9 -0.8 .5 0.2 -0.5 -8 .312 .495 $
1960 27 PIT NL 33.0 16 0 25 6.82 4.14 0.25 -0.17 97.9 3.65 -12 -1.2 1.3 -0.2 -1.1 -8 .426 .493 $
1961 28 MIN AL 19.1 12 0 27 12.57 4.58 -0.09 -0.19 105.4 4.72 -17 -1.5 .9 0.0 -1.4 -15 .373 .491 $
1961 28 KCA AL 1.2 1 0 7 37.80 4.10 -0.38 -0.17 94.0 4.04 -6 -0.4 .2 0.1 -0.2 -6 .133 .498 $
6 Seasons 240.1 102 11 167 6.25 4.56 0.04 -0.04 98.1 4.40 -48 -4.3 .9 -0.1 -2.2 -24 .458 .496 $
SFG (3 yrs) 178.2 69 11 96 4.84 4.65 0.03 0.00 97.6 4.52 -5 -0.4 .8 -0.2 1.0 13 .494 .499 $
PIT (2 yrs) 40.2 20 0 37 8.19 4.16 0.21 -0.14 97.1 3.70 -20 -1.9 1.2 -0.1 -1.6 -16 .403 .494 $
MIN (1 yr) 19.1 12 0 27 12.57 4.58 -0.09 -0.19 105.4 4.72 -17 -1.5 .9 0.0 -1.4 -15 .373 .491 $
KCA (1 yr) 1.2 1 0 7 37.80 4.10 -0.38 -0.17 94.0 4.04 -6 -0.4 .2 0.1 -0.2 -6 .133 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1954 21 NYG NL 6 21 18 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .444 .476 .500 .976 .533 9 2 0 0 1 0
1955 22 NYG NL 34 325 301 36 70 7 3 8 3 2 50 47 .233 .345 .355 .700 .251 107 5 2 7 1 5 4
1958 25 SFG NL 29 410 343 56 89 13 2 12 3 5 55 55 .259 .363 .414 .777 .277 142 9 2 8 2 4 5
1959 26 PIT NL 4 45 36 12 17 4 1 0 2 0 6 3 .472 .548 .639 1.187 .515 23 1 0 3 0 1 0
1960 27 PIT NL 16 146 127 25 35 5 1 3 3 3 15 21 .276 .350 .402 .751 .308 51 1 0 3 1 1 3
1961 28 TOT AL 13 115 93 34 30 8 0 7 0 2 20 15 .323 .439 .634 1.073 .319 59 0 0 1 1 1 4
1961 28 KCA AL 1 13 10 7 6 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 .600 .692 1.000 1.692 .625 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 MIN AL 12 102 83 27 24 7 0 6 0 1 17 14 .289 .406 .590 .996 .281 49 0 0 1 1 1 4
6 Yrs 102 1062 918 167 249 38 7 30 11 12 148 145 .271 .373 .426 .799 .292 391 18 4 22 6 12 16
162 Game Avg. 61 639 552 100 150 23 4 18 7 7 89 87 .271 .373 .426 .799 .292 235 11 2 13 4 10
MLB Averages .258 .328 .392 .720 .276

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1954 21 NYG NL -1.6 -0.2 22 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .23 -0.1 -0.7 -1.8 -0.2 0.23 -1.4 1 1 4
1955 22 NYG NL 6.0 0.6 337 0.7 4.3 -3.6 .72 -0.0 1.0 8.0 0.8 0.72 -0.4 4 8 16
1958 25 SFG NL -10.5 -1.0 425 0.2 6.9 -6.7 .95 -0.9 1.1 -11.6 -1.2 0.95 -10.9 3 4 12
1959 26 PIT NL -8.0 -0.7 49 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .31 -0.6 -0.0 -6.6 -0.6 0.31 -7.8 0 2 2
1960 27 PIT NL -7.6 -0.8 155 0.1 1.4 -1.3 .61 -0.2 0.4 -7.1 -0.7 0.61 -4.0 3 2 11
1961 28 TOT AL -17.8 -1.6 118 -0.8 1.2 -2.0 .84 -1.0 0.0 -25.2 -2.2 0.83 -15.6 4 3 6
1961 28 MIN AL -12.3 -1.2 104 -0.7 1.2 -1.9 .93 -0.7 -0.1 -18.9 -1.7 0.93 -11.2 4 3 5
1961 28 KCA AL -5.5 -0.4 14 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .12 -0.3 -0.2 -6.3 -0.5 0.12 -4.3 0 0 1
6 Yrs -39.5 -3.7 1106 -0.2 14.1 -14.2 .78 -2.8 2.6 -44.2 -4.0 0.78 -40.1 15 20 51

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 22 NYG NL 34 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44.0 47 41 11 4 1 1 3.1 0.0 2.3
1958 25 SFG NL 29 9 2 5 2 0 1 3 6 .333 0 1 0 0 3 33% 47.7 78 29 26 11 3 4 3.6 3.5 5.7
2 Yrs 63 11 2 6 3 0 1 4 7 .364 0 2 0 0 3 27% 47 78 29 37 15 4 5 3.6 3.3 5.1
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -2 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 21 NYG NL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20% 7 .233 1 1 4 1 0 5 3 3 2 3 2 1 2.2
1955 22 NYG NL 34 32 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 5 25% 3 .723 4 8 16 2 3 23 11 17 22 6 19 5 7.3
1958 25 SFG NL 29 20 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 40% 7 .952 3 4 12 2 2 16 8 12 12 4 12 2 6.1
1959 26 PIT NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 .315 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 1 3 0 5.8
1960 27 PIT NL 16 16 3 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 3 19% 4 .608 3 2 11 3 0 13 9 7 10 4 11 2 6.2
1961 28 TOT AL 13 13 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 5 100% .840 4 3 6 1 2 10 3 10 8 3 8 1 4.8
1961 28 MIN AL 12 12 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 5 100% 7 .932 4 3 5 1 2 9 3 9 7 3 7 1 4.8
1961 28 KCA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .117 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
6 Yrs 102 91 31 9 3 2 0 2 0% 3 0 63 20 32% .781 15 20 51 9 7 71 35 52 57 21 55 11 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 21 NYG NL 21 76% 0.0% 19.1% 9.5% 4.8% 13% 2.00 71% 7 2 29%
1955 22 NYG NL 361 61% 2.5% 14.5% 15.4% 5.5% 26% 0.81 76% 64 5 8%
1958 25 SFG NL 410 61% 2.9% 13.4% 13.4% 6.6% 30% 1.00 68% 84 9 11%
1959 26 PIT NL 45 67% 0.0% 6.7% 13.3% 11.1% 29% 1.50 73% 12 1 8%
1960 27 PIT NL 146 66% 2.1% 14.4% 10.3% 6.2% 26% 0.95 71% 21 1 5%
1961 28 TOT AL 115 67% 6.1% 13.0% 17.4% 13.0% 50% 0.84 63% 25 0 0%
1961 28 MIN AL 102 69% 5.9% 13.7% 16.7% 12.8% 54% 0.95 63% 22 0 0%
1961 28 KCA AL 13 54% 7.7% 7.7% 23.1% 15.4% 33% 0.00 62% 3 0 0%
6 Yrs 1098 63% 2.8% 13.7% 13.9% 7.1% 30% 0.94 71% 213 18 8%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 12.9% 9.3% 6.7% 29% 0.99 76% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 21 NYG NL 21 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1955 22 NYG NL 325 70 8 0 10 7 1 6 2 5 2 0 40% 4 0 1 139 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 36
1958 25 SFG NL 410 89 12 0 12 9 3 8 4 18 10 2 56% 5 2 1 154 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1959 26 PIT NL 45 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 1 0 30 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1960 27 PIT NL 146 35 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 7 2 1 29% 3 4 0 61 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
1961 28 TOT AL 115 30 7 1 5 3 4 2 5 11 8 0 73% 4 0 0 48 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 28 MIN AL 102 24 6 1 4 3 3 2 4 10 7 0 70% 4 0 0 42 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 28 KCA AL 13 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1062 249 30 1 31 20 10 18 12 47 25 3 53% 16 7 3 439 11 12 48% 11 12 0 0 0 0 3 0 26 36
MLB Averages 51% 58%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1954 21 0 0 8.31 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 22 53 2.308 16.6 0.0 4.2 8.3 2.00 53
1955 22 4 4 .500 3.63 40 2 17 0 0 0 86.2 78 40 35 8 52 5 51 2 0 0 383 113 1.500 8.1 0.8 5.4 5.3 0.98 113
1956 23 4 4 .500 3.63 40 2 17 0 0 0 86.2 78 40 35 8 52 5 51 2 0 0 383 113 1.500 8.1 0.8 5.4 5.3 0.98 113
1957 24 4 4 .500 3.63 40 2 17 0 0 0 86.2 78 40 35 8 52 5 51 2 0 0 383 113 1.500 8.1 0.8 5.4 5.3 0.98 113
1958 25 8 9 .471 4.18 69 11 24 0 0 0 178.2 167 96 83 20 107 9 106 4 2 2 793 95 1.534 8.4 1.0 5.4 5.3 0.99 95
1959 26 8 9 .471 4.59 73 11 24 0 0 0 186.1 184 108 95 20 113 10 109 4 2 3 838 87 1.594 8.9 1.0 5.5 5.3 0.96 87
1960 27 10 9 .526 4.76 89 11 27 0 0 0 219.1 219 133 116 23 128 11 130 4 2 7 984 83 1.582 9.0 0.9 5.3 5.3 1.02 83
1961 28 11 9 .550 5.39 102 11 31 0 0 0 240.1 249 167 144 30 148 12 145 4 2 7 1099 74 1.652 9.3 1.1 5.5 5.4 0.98 74

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1954 21 0 0 9.00 4.0 8 4 4 0 2 4 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 6
1955 22 5 4 .556 3.43 84.0 73 36 32 8 52 48 2 1.488 7.8 5.6 5.1 0.92 0.9 34
1958 25 4 6 .400 5.09 92.0 95 58 52 13 59 55 2 1.674 9.3 5.8 5.4 0.93 1.3 29
1959 26 0 0 14.63 8.0 18 14 13 0 6 3 0 3.000 20.3 6.8 3.4 0.50 0.0 4
1960 27 1 2 .333 6.27 33.0 38 26 23 3 16 21 0 1.636 10.4 4.4 5.7 1.31 0.8 16
1961 28 0 2 .000 10.64 22.0 29 29 26 7 19 16 0 2.182 11.9 7.8 6.5 0.84 2.9 13
6 Yrs 10 14 .417 5.56 243.0 261 167 150 31 154 147 4 1.708 9.7 5.4 0.95 1.1 102

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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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