Paul Jata

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: September 4, 1949 in Astoria, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Long Island City HS (Long Island City, NY).

High School: Long Island City HS (Long Island City, NY)

Debut: April 19, 1972 (Age 22-228d, 13,214th in major league history)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1972 (Age 23-030d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Full Name: Paul Jata

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

.230

RBI

OBP

.296

SLG

.257

OPS

.553

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	13-19 / in Starts: 10-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 82 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	55 (26-18-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 82 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	48 (25-15-7)

Most Driven In
T Taylor	1
W Horton	1
A Kaline	1

Most Driven In By
M Stanley	3
D McAuliffe	1
T Taylor	1
I Brown	1
E Brinkman	1
B Freehan	1
T Timmermann	0

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	3 (2)	Apr 19	DET	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	.72	-0.054	1.40	-0.06%	-0.46	1B
2	2	6 (2)	Apr 23	DET	@	MIL	L,0-3	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.75	0.038	1.27	0.04%	0.35	PH
3	3	11 (4)	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.40	-0.033	2.54	-0.04%	-0.19	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	4	12	May 2	DET		KCR	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	.72	-0.017	1.28	-0.02%	-0.19	PH
5	5	21 (8)	May 14 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,4-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	2.95	-0.070	5.91	-0.08%	-0.37	PH
6	6	27 (5)	May 20	DET		CLE	L,1-2	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	2.26	-0.060	6.00	-0.10%	-0.28	PH
7	7	32 (4)	May 26	DET	@	NYY	W,8-2	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	3	1.12	0.085	2.24	0.10%	0.53	LF
8	8	33	May 27	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	2-GF	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	4	1.35	-0.129	2.87	-0.17%	-1.55	PH RF
9	9	34	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	3	.82	0.097	1.82	0.13%	1.09	RF
10	10	36 (1)	May 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.240	.217	.457	3	1.10	-0.102	2.44	-0.14%	-0.52	RF
11	11	37	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.240	.217	.457	5	3.51	-0.018	8.69	-0.03%	-0.16	PH 1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	12	39 (1)	Jun 2	DET		MIN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.269	.555	5	.41	0.047	.81	0.06%	0.64	1B
13	13	43 (3)	Jun 6 (2)	DET		CAL	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.281	.267	.548	5	.39	-0.019	.93	-0.03%	-0.33	1B
14	14	44	Jun 7	DET		CAL	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.273	.258	.531	9	.09	-0.002	.22	0.00%	-0.08	PH
15	15	46 (1)	Jun 10	DET		OAK	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.270	.257	.527	3	1.19	-0.100	2.72	-0.14%	-0.53	1B
16	16	47	Jun 11	DET		OAK	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.275	.263	.538	5	1.20	-0.024	2.59	-0.03%	-0.03	1B
17	17	52 (4)	Jun 17	DET	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.279	.250	.529	6	1.36	-0.041	3.20	-0.06%	-0.38	1B
18	18	56 (3)	Jun 21	DET	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.298	.273	.571	6	1.36	0.018	3.23	0.03%	-0.17	1B
19	19	57	Jun 24 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.280	.255	.535	6	1.22	-0.086	4.80	-0.20%	-0.70	1B
20	20	60 (2)	Jun 26	DET		NYY	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.283	.260	.543	6	1.63	-0.031	4.47	-0.05%	-0.65	1B
21	21	63 (2)	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.296	.275	.571	8	2.11	0.067	6.28	0.12%	0.71	PH LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	22	65 (1)	Jul 1	DET		BAL	W,2-0	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.296	.607	6	.83	0.021	3.54	0.05%	-0.16	1B
23	23	66	Jul 2	DET		BAL	L,2-7	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.322	.309	.631	9	.14	0.006	.60	0.02%	0.36	PH
24	24	69 (2)	Jul 5	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.302	.288	.590	5	.45	-0.042	1.10	-0.06%	-0.50	1B
25	25	71 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.246	.313	.279	.592	1	1.55	-0.001	3.50	0.00%	-0.04	LF
26	26	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.309	.274	.583	1	.33	-0.009	.82	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
27	27	73	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.306	.273	.578	5	1.51	-0.043	3.95	-0.07%	-0.27	LF
28	28	78 (4)	Jul 13	DET		KCR	W,6-4	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.311	.269	.579	5	.83	0.000	2.42	0.00%	-0.13	RF
29	29	84 (5)	Jul 19	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.295	.254	.548	7	3.10	-0.263	8.94	-0.46%	-1.28	LF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	30	143 (58)	Sep 19 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.304	.264	.568	9	.80	0.042	4.81	0.15%	0.37	PH
31	31	150 (6)	Sep 28	DET		NYY	L,2-3	12-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.300	.260	.560	9	6.87	-0.177	53.09	-0.82%	-0.43	PH
32	32	156 (5)	Oct 4	DET		BOS	L,1-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.296	.257	.553	9	.85	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C RF
							13-19		82	74	8	17	2	0	0	3	7	0	14	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.230	.296	.257	.553		1.26	-0.920	3.62	-1.87%	-5.75

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