Paul Hartzell
Paul Franklin Hartzell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 2, 1953 in Bloomsburg, PA
School: Lehigh University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 10th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1976
Final Game: September 24, 1984
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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
1976 22 CAL AL 7 4 .636 2.77 37 15 14 7 2 2 166.0 166 64 51 6 43 5 51 10 0 3 692 120 1.259 9.0 0.3 2.3 2.8 1.19
1977 23 CAL AL 8 12 .400 3.57 41 23 12 6 0 4 189.1 200 92 75 14 38 6 79 4 1 5 793 110 1.257 9.5 0.7 1.8 3.8 2.08
1978 24 CAL AL 6 10 .375 3.44 54 12 28 5 0 6 157.0 168 67 60 8 41 9 55 5 1 5 659 105 1.331 9.6 0.5 2.4 3.2 1.34
1979 25 MIN AL 6 10 .375 5.36 28 26 0 4 0 0 163.0 193 102 97 18 44 4 44 4 0 1 704 82 1.454 10.7 1.0 2.4 2.4 1.00
1980 26 BAL AL 0 2 .000 6.62 6 0 4 0 0 0 17.2 22 14 13 3 9 2 5 0 0 1 80 60 1.755 11.2 1.5 4.6 2.5 0.56
1984 30 MIL AL 0 1 .000 7.84 4 1 0 0 0 0 10.1 17 11 9 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 54 49 2.226 14.8 0.0 5.2 2.6 0.50
6 Seasons 27 39 .409 3.90 170 77 58 22 2 12 703.1 766 350 305 49 181 26 237 23 2 15 2982 98 1.346 9.8 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.31
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .409 3.90 47 21 16 6 1 3 194 211 96 84 13 50 7 65 6 1 4 821 98 1.346 9.8 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.31
CAL (3 yrs) 21 26 .447 3.27 132 50 54 18 2 12 512.1 534 223 186 28 122 20 185 19 2 13 2144 111 1.280 9.4 0.5 2.1 3.2 1.52
MIN (1 yr) 6 10 .375 5.36 28 26 0 4 0 0 163.0 193 102 97 18 44 4 44 4 0 1 704 82 1.454 10.7 1.0 2.4 2.4 1.00
BAL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.62 6 0 4 0 0 0 17.2 22 14 13 3 9 2 5 0 0 1 80 60 1.755 11.2 1.5 4.6 2.5 0.56
MIL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.84 4 1 0 0 0 0 10.1 17 11 9 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 54 49 2.226 14.8 0.0 5.2 2.6 0.50

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
1976 22 CAL AL 37 692 624 64 166 19 1 6 15 6 43 51 .266 .321 .329 .649 .279 205 25 10 9 6 5
1977 23 CAL AL 41 793 730 92 200 24 6 14 14 9 38 79 .274 .309 .381 .689 .287 278 15 4 9 12 6
1978 24 CAL AL 54 659 605 67 168 26 6 8 14 10 41 55 .278 .328 .380 .708 .294 230 20 5 6 2 9
1979 25 MIN AL 28 704 641 102 193 35 6 18 16 7 44 44 .301 .346 .459 .804 .298 294 22 4 7 8 4
1980 26 BAL AL 6 80 71 14 22 2 2 3 1 0 9 5 .310 .388 .521 .909 .302 37 5 0 0 0 2
1984 30 MIL AL 4 54 46 11 17 4 2 0 0 1 6 3 .370 .426 .543 .969 .378 25 1 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 170 2982 2717 350 766 110 23 49 60 33 181 237 .282 .329 .393 .722 .291 1069 88 23 31 30 26
162 Game Avg. 47 821 748 96 211 30 6 13 17 9 50 65 .282 .329 .393 .722 .291 294 24 6 9 8 7
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
1976 22 CAL AL 37 15 7 2 6 2 1 7 8 .467 2 3 7 2 8 53% 55 82 30 22 4 2 7 4.3 4.7 7.3
1977 23 CAL AL 41 23 6 9 8 0 4 9 14 .391 1 4 6 0 10 43% 48 74 17 21 4 6 8 4.3 4.3 6.8
1978 24 CAL AL 54 12 5 5 2 1 2 7 5 .583 0 1 5 0 7 58% 48 76 16 23 9 1 3 2.8 3.1 6.3
1979 25 MIN AL 28 26 6 10 10 0 0 13 13 .500 3 5 4 0 9 35% 43 72 14 22 9 1 10 4.5 4.0 6.1
1984 30 MIL AL 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 43 43 43 4 1 0 1 3.0 1.5 6.7
5 Seasons 164 77 24 27 26 3 8 36 41 .468 6 13 22 2 35 45% 48 82 14 92 27 10 29 4.1 4.1 6.5
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
1976 22 CAL AL 37 22 14 0 2 3 2 1 67% 3 0 29 9 31% 6 1.027 6 2 14 5 1 16 15 7 15 5 15 4 7.8
1977 23 CAL AL 41 18 12 2 3 4 4 0 100% 4 0 24 15 63% 7 1.011 8 5 5 4 6 8 14 4 12 4 12 4 5.6
1978 24 CAL AL 54 42 28 1 5 8 6 2 75% 11 3 49 19 39% 7 1.024 14 11 17 16 4 22 28 14 27 10 28 9 5.8
1979 25 MIN AL 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0% 5 0.999 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.5
1980 26 BAL AL 6 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 5 0.328 1 2 3 1 1 4 3 3 4 2 4 0 8.8
1984 30 MIL AL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 6 75% 4 0.876 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 3.7
6 Seasons 170 93 58 3 12 15 12 3 80% 20 5 118 53 45% 0.994 32 22 39 28 13 52 64 29 61 23 63 17 6.4

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%
1976 22 CAL AL 692 44% 0.9% 7.4% 6.2% 3.8% 16% 1.99 83% 155 25 16%
1977 23 CAL AL 793 54% 1.8% 10.0% 4.8% 5.6% 22% 1.79 82% 146 15 10%
1978 24 CAL AL 659 53% 1.2% 8.4% 6.2% 6.1% 24% 1.77 83% 126 20 16%
1979 25 MIN AL 704 51% 2.6% 6.3% 6.3% 8.4% 31% 1.67 83% 121 22 18%
1980 26 BAL AL 80 29% 3.8% 6.3% 11.3% 8.8% 32% 2.69 79% 17 5 29%
1984 30 MIL AL 54 78% 0.0% 5.6% 11.1% 11.1% 35% 1.25 83% 16 1 6%
6 Seasons 2982 51% 1.6% 8.0% 6.1% 6.1% 24% 1.81 83% 581 88 15%
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
1976 22 CAL AL 692 166 6 0 17 6 0 2 4 38 23 3 61% 13 3 2 280 15 6 71% 14 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 12 0
1977 23 CAL AL 793 200 14 0 21 4 10 5 9 65 41 4 63% 14 5 0 283 14 9 61% 14 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 0
1978 24 CAL AL 659 168 8 0 18 2 6 3 5 41 23 4 56% 9 5 0 250 14 10 58% 13 10 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
1979 25 MIN AL 704 193 18 0 8 10 8 11 7 36 22 5 61% 7 1 1 254 16 7 70% 16 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
1980 26 BAL AL 80 22 3 1 7 3 0 1 2 8 3 1 38% 1 1 1 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1984 30 MIL AL 54 17 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 67% 2 0 0 26 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Seasons 2982 766 49 1 74 25 24 22 27 197 118 17 60% 46 15 4 1121 60 33 65% 58 33 2 0 0 0 9 0 58 0
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+
1976 22 7 4 .636 2.77 37 15 14 7 2 2 166.0 166 64 51 6 43 5 51 10 0 3 692 120 1.259 9.0 0.3 2.3 2.8 1.19 120
1977 23 15 16 .484 3.19 78 38 26 13 2 6 355.1 366 156 126 20 81 11 130 14 1 8 1485 114 1.258 9.3 0.5 2.1 3.3 1.60 114
1978 24 21 26 .447 3.27 132 50 54 18 2 12 512.1 534 223 186 28 122 20 185 19 2 13 2144 111 1.280 9.4 0.5 2.1 3.2 1.52 111
1979 25 27 36 .429 3.77 160 76 54 22 2 12 675.1 727 325 283 46 166 24 229 23 2 14 2848 101 1.322 9.7 0.6 2.2 3.1 1.38 101
1980 26 27 38 .415 3.84 166 76 58 22 2 12 693.0 749 339 296 49 175 26 234 23 2 15 2928 99 1.333 9.7 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.34 99
1981 27 27 38 .415 3.84 166 76 58 22 2 12 693.0 749 339 296 49 175 26 234 23 2 15 2928 99 1.333 9.7 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.34 99
1982 28 27 38 .415 3.84 166 76 58 22 2 12 693.0 749 339 296 49 175 26 234 23 2 15 2928 99 1.333 9.7 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.34 99
1983 29 27 38 .415 3.84 166 76 58 22 2 12 693.0 749 339 296 49 175 26 234 23 2 15 2928 99 1.333 9.7 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.34 99
1984 30 27 39 .409 3.90 170 77 58 22 2 12 703.1 766 350 305 49 181 26 237 23 2 15 2982 98 1.346 9.8 0.6 2.3 3.0 1.31 98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1976 22 8 8 .500 3.81 151.0 184 71 64 7 48 46 11 1.536 11.0 2.9 2.7 0.96 0.4 37
1977 23 10 10 .500 4.05 180.0 208 90 81 15 40 75 4 1.378 10.4 2.0 3.8 1.88 0.8 41
1978 24 7 8 .467 4.41 143.0 180 78 70 9 44 50 5 1.566 11.3 2.8 3.1 1.14 0.6 54
1979 25 6 11 .353 5.48 156.0 191 106 95 18 44 42 4 1.506 11.0 2.5 2.4 0.95 1.0 28
1980 26 0 1 .000 7.88 16.0 23 16 14 3 9 5 0 2.000 12.9 5.1 2.8 0.56 1.7 6
1984 30 0 1 .000 9.00 10.0 18 11 10 0 6 3 0 2.400 16.2 5.4 2.7 0.50 0.0 4
6 Seasons 31 39 .443 4.58 656.0 804 372 334 52 191 221 24 1.517 11.0 3.0 1.16 0.7 170

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1976 AL  2.765 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  1.806 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1976 AL  .325 (5th)
1977 AL  .666 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL  10 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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