Paul Blair

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 168lb (183cm, 76kg)

Born: February 1, 1944 in Cushing, OK us

Died: December 26, 2013 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Cremated

High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1964 (Age 20-221d, 12,290th in major league history)
vs. WSA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 20, 1980 (Age 36-140d)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Paul L. D. Blair

Nicknames: Motormouth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.7

6042

1513

134

.250

776

RBI

620

171

OBP

.302

SLG

.382

OPS

.684

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BAL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
2	2	Apr 13	BAL		CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
3	3	Apr 14	BAL		CAL	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	CF
4	4	Apr 15	BAL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
5	5	Apr 17	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
6	6	Apr 18	BAL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	51	12.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 19	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	9 (1)	Apr 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,11-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
9	10	Apr 22	BAL	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	11	Apr 24	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
11	12	Apr 26	BAL		BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	13	Apr 27	BAL		BOS	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	14	Apr 28 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
14	15	Apr 28 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
15	16	Apr 30	BAL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	17	May 1	BAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
17	18	May 2	BAL		NYY	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	19	May 3	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	20	May 4	BAL	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
20	21	May 5	BAL	@	WSA	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	22	May 6	BAL		DET	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	23	May 7	BAL		DET	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	24	May 8	BAL		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	25	May 10	BAL		CLE	L,0-12	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	26	May 11	BAL		CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
26	27	May 12 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
27	28	May 12 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
28	29	May 14	BAL	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	30	May 15	BAL	@	DET	W,10-8	GF	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
30	31	May 17	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	32	May 18	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	36	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	33	May 19 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	35 (1)	May 20	BAL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
34	36	May 21	BAL		CHW	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	37	May 22	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
36	38	May 24 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	39	May 24 (2)	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
38	40	May 25	BAL		WSA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
39	41	May 26	BAL		WSA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
40	42	May 28	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
41	43	May 29	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	44	May 30	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	45	May 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 1	BAL	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	47	Jun 2	BAL	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
46	48	Jun 3	BAL		CAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	49	Jun 4	BAL		CAL	L,3-5	CG	45	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
48	50	Jun 5	BAL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
49	51	Jun 6	BAL		CAL	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
50	52	Jun 7 (1)	BAL		OAK	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
51	54 (1)	Jun 8	BAL		OAK	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	55	Jun 10	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	56	Jun 11	BAL	@	WSA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
54	58 (1)	Jun 15	BAL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
55	59	Jun 16 (1)	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	60	Jun 16 (2)	BAL	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	64 (3)	Jun 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
58	65	Jun 22	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
59	66	Jun 23	BAL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	CF
60	67	Jun 25	BAL		BOS	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	68	Jun 26	BAL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	69	Jun 27	BAL		MIN	L,0-2	CG	21	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
63	70	Jun 28	BAL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	71	Jun 29	BAL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
65	72	Jun 30	BAL		MIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	73	Jul 1	BAL		CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
67	74	Jul 3 (1)	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
68	75	Jul 3 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	76	Jul 4	BAL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	77	Jul 5	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	CF
71	78	Jul 6	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
72	80 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
73	81	Jul 11	BAL		WSA	W,2-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
74	82	Jul 12	BAL		WSA	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	83	Jul 13	BAL		WSA	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
76	84	Jul 14	BAL		NYY	W,6-4	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
77	85	Jul 15	BAL		NYY	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
78	86	Jul 16	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	CF
79	88 (1)	Jul 18	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
80	89	Jul 19	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
81	90	Jul 20	BAL	@	DET	W,5-3	GF	17	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
82	91	Jul 21 (1)	BAL	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	92	Jul 21 (2)	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
84	94 (1)	Jul 23	BAL		CLE	W,8-6	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
85	95	Jul 24	BAL		CLE	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
86	98 (2)	Jul 28	BAL		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
87	100 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
88	101	Jul 30	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
89	102	Jul 31	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	103	Aug 1	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
91	104	Aug 2	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
92	106 (1)	Aug 4	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
93	107	Aug 5	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
94	108	Aug 6	BAL		MIN	L,4-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
95	109	Aug 7 (1)	BAL		MIN	W,3-0	GF	14	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
96	110	Aug 7 (2)	BAL		MIN	W,9-6	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
97	111	Aug 8	BAL		MIN	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
98	112	Aug 9	BAL		CAL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
99	115 (2)	Aug 12	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
100	116	Aug 13	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-5	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
101	117	Aug 14	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
102	118	Aug 15 (1)	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
103	120 (1)	Aug 16	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
104	121	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
105	122	Aug 18	BAL	@	MIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
106	123	Aug 19	BAL	@	CAL	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
107	125 (1)	Aug 21	BAL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	68	15.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
108	126	Aug 23	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
109	127	Aug 24	BAL		BOS	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
110	128	Aug 25	BAL		BOS	W,3-2	GF	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
111	129	Aug 26 (1)	BAL		OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
112	132 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,7-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
113	134 (1)	Aug 29	BAL		WSA	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
114	136 (1)	Aug 31	BAL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	137	Sep 1	BAL	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
116	139 (1)	Sep 2 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
117	140	Sep 3	BAL		NYY	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
118	141	Sep 4	BAL		NYY	W,6-3	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
119	143 (1)	Sep 7	BAL		CHW	W,4-0	GF	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
120	144	Sep 8	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
121	147 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
122	148	Sep 12	BAL	@	WSA	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
123	149	Sep 13	BAL	@	CLE	L,2-10	GF	18	4.0	2	0	1	3	0	PH CF
124	150	Sep 14	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
125	151	Sep 15	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
126	152	Sep 16	BAL	@	BOS	W,8-1	GF	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
127	154 (1)	Sep 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
128	155	Sep 20	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
129	156	Sep 21	BAL	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
130	157	Sep 22	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-0	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
131	158	Sep 23	BAL		DET	W,2-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
132	159	Sep 24	BAL		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
133	162 (2)	Sep 27	BAL		CLE	L,0-2	GF	31	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
							133gm		985.0	273	11	3	287	3