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 Pitching

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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 22 NYG NL 0 0 8.31 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 22 49 2.308 16.6 0.0 4.2 8.3 2.00
1955 23 NYG NL 4 4 .500 3.39 34 2 16 0 0 0 82.1 70 36 31 8 50 5 47 2 0 0 361 120 1.457 7.7 0.9 5.5 5.1 0.94
1958 26 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 81 1.565 8.7 1.2 5.4 5.4 1.00
1959 27 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 27 3.000 20.0 0.0 7.0 3.5 0.50
1960 28 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 66 1.515 9.5 0.8 4.1 5.7 1.40
1961 29 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 35 2.381 12.9 3.0 8.6 6.4 0.75
1961 29 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 29 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 11 5.400 32.4 5.4 16.2 5.4 0.33
6 Seasons 11 9 .550 5.39 102 11 31 0 0 0 240.1 249 167 144 30 148 12 145 4 2 7 1099 73 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 73 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 94 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 52 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 11 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 82 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 35 2.381 12.9 3.0 8.6 6.4 0.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 22 NYG NL 6 21 18 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .444 .476 .500 .976 .533 9 2 0 0 1
1955 23 NYG NL 34 361 301 36 70 7 3 8 3 2 50 47 .233 .345 .355 .700 .251 107 4 2 7 1 5
1958 26 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
1959 27 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
1960 28 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
1961 29 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
1961 29 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
1961 29 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
6 Seasons 102 1098 918 167 249 38 7 30 11 12 148 145 .271 .373 .426 .799 .292 391 17 4 22 6 12
162 Game Avg. 61 661 552 100 150 23 4 18 7 7 89 87 .271 .373 .426 .799 .292 235 10 2 13 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 23 NYG NL 34 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44 47 41 7 4 1 1 3.1 0.0 2.3
1958 26 SFG NL 29 9 2 5 2 0 1 3 6 .333 0 1 0 0 3 33% 48 78 29 26 11 3 4 3.6 3.5 5.7
2 Seasons 63 11 2 6 3 0 1 4 7 .364 0 2 0 0 3 27% 47 78 29 33 15 4 5 3.6 3.4 5.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 22 NYG NL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 20% 7 0.243 1 1 4 1 0 5 3 3 2 3 2 1 2.2
1955 23 NYG NL 34 32 16 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 27% 0.721 3 7 16 2 3 21 9 17 22 6 18 5 7.3
1958 26 SFG NL 29 20 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 40% 7 0.977 3 5 11 2 2 16 8 12 12 4 12 2 6.1
1959 27 PIT NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 0.362 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 1 3 0 5.8
1960 28 PIT NL 16 16 3 2 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 3 19% 4 0.657 3 4 9 3 0 13 9 7 10 4 11 2 6.2
1961 29 TOT AL 13 13 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 5 100% 0.845 4 3 6 1 2 10 3 10 8 3 8 1 4.8
1961 29 MIN AL 12 12 4 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 5 5 100% 7 0.935 4 3 5 1 2 9 3 9 7 3 7 1 4.8
1961 29 KCA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.139 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
6 Seasons 102 91 31 9 3 2 0 2 0% 3 0 58 19 33% 0.802 14 22 48 9 7 69 33 52 57 21 54 11 6.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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 22 NYG NL 21 24% 0.0% 19.1% 9.5% 4.8% 13% 2.00 71% 7 2 29%
1955 23 NYG NL 361 39% 2.2% 13.0% 13.9% 5.0% 26% 0.82 68% 61 4 7%
1958 26 SFG NL 410 39% 2.9% 13.4% 13.4% 6.6% 30% 1.00 68% 84 9 11%
1959 27 PIT NL 45 33% 0.0% 6.7% 13.3% 11.1% 29% 1.50 73% 12 1 8%
1960 28 PIT NL 146 34% 2.1% 14.4% 10.3% 6.2% 26% 0.95 71% 21 1 5%
1961 29 TOT AL 115 33% 6.1% 13.0% 17.4% 13.0% 50% 0.84 63% 25 0 0%
1961 29 MIN AL 102 31% 5.9% 13.7% 16.7% 12.8% 54% 0.95 63% 22 0 0%
1961 29 KCA AL 13 46% 7.7% 7.7% 23.1% 15.4% 33% 0.00 62% 3 0 0%
6 Seasons 1098 37% 2.7% 13.2% 13.5% 6.8% 30% 0.94 68% 210 17 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 22 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 23 NYG NL 297 70 8 0 7 7 1 6 2 5 2 0 40% 4 0 1 128 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 64
1958 26 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 27 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 28 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 29 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 1 0 1 0
1961 29 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 1 0 1 0
1961 29 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 Seasons 1034 249 30 1 28 20 10 18 12 47 25 3 53% 16 7 3 428 11 12 48% 11 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 26 64
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 22 0 0 8.31 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 8 4 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 22 49 2.308 16.6 0.0 4.2 8.3 2.00 49
1955 23 4 4 .500 3.63 40 2 17 0 0 0 86.2 78 40 35 8 52 5 51 2 0 0 383 112 1.500 8.1 0.8 5.4 5.3 0.98 112
1956 24 4 4 .500 3.63 40 2 17 0 0 0 86.2 78 40 35 8 52 5 51 2 0 0 383 112 1.500 8.1 0.8 5.4 5.3 0.98 112
1957 25 4 4 .500 3.63 40 2 17 0 0 0 86.2 78 40 35 8 52 5 51 2 0 0 383 112 1.500 8.1 0.8 5.4 5.3 0.98 112
1958 26 8 9 .471 4.18 69 11 24 0 0 0 178.2 167 96 83 20 107 9 106 4 2 2 793 94 1.534 8.4 1.0 5.4 5.3 0.99 94
1959 27 8 9 .471 4.59 73 11 24 0 0 0 186.1 184 108 95 20 113 10 109 4 2 3 838 86 1.594 8.9 1.0 5.5 5.3 0.96 86
1960 28 10 9 .526 4.76 89 11 27 0 0 0 219.1 219 133 116 23 128 11 130 4 2 7 984 82 1.582 9.0 0.9 5.3 5.3 1.02 82
1961 29 11 9 .550 5.39 102 11 31 0 0 0 240.1 249 167 144 30 148 12 145 4 2 7 1099 73 1.652 9.3 1.1 5.5 5.4 0.98 73

Neutralized Pitching

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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 22 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 23 5 4 .556 3.28 85.0 72 34 31 8 51 49 2 1.447 7.6 5.4 5.2 0.96 0.8 34
1958 26 4 6 .400 5.24 91.0 97 59 53 13 60 54 2 1.725 9.6 5.9 5.3 0.90 1.3 29
1959 27 0 0 14.62 8.0 18 14 13 0 6 3 0 3.000 20.3 6.8 3.4 0.50 0.0 4
1960 28 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 29 0 2 .000 10.64 22.0 30 29 26 7 20 16 0 2.273 12.3 8.2 6.5 0.80 2.9 13
6 Seasons 10 14 .417 5.56 243.0 263 166 150 31 155 147 4 1.720 9.7 5.4 0.95 1.1 102

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