Paul Householder
Paul Wesley Householder
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 4, 1958 in Columbus, OH
High School: North Haven (North Haven, CT)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1980
Final Game: June 3, 1987
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1980 21 CIN NL 20 46 45 3 11 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 13 .244 .261 .311 .572 59 14 0 0 0 0 0 9/8
1981 22 CIN NL 23 79 69 12 19 4 0 2 9 3 1 10 16 .275 .367 .420 .787 122 29 2 0 0 0 0 9/87
1982 23 CIN NL 138 455 417 40 88 11 5 9 34 17 11 30 77 .211 .265 .326 .592 64 136 6 2 3 3 5 *9/8
1983 24 CIN NL 123 427 380 40 97 24 4 6 43 12 12 44 60 .255 .335 .387 .722 98 147 7 2 0 1 5 *98/7
1984 25 TOT NL 27 29 26 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 .115 .207 .154 .361 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 9/78
1984 25 CIN NL 14 15 12 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 .083 .267 .167 .433 23 2 0 0 0 0 1 /978
1984 25 STL NL 13 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 2 1 0 0 0 0 /798
1985 26 MIL AL 95 329 299 41 77 15 0 11 34 1 2 27 60 .258 .320 .418 .738 101 125 5 1 1 1 0 98/7D
1986 27 MIL AL 26 90 78 4 17 3 1 1 16 1 2 7 16 .218 .284 .321 .605 63 25 1 1 2 2 0 7/98D
1987 28 HOU NL 14 16 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .083 .313 .167 .479 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 /89
8 Seasons 466 1471 1326 146 313 60 11 29 144 36 29 126 250 .236 .304 .363 .667 83 482 22 6 6 7 11
162 Game Avg. 162 511 461 51 109 21 4 10 50 13 10 44 87 .236 .304 .363 .667 83 168 8 2 2 2 4
CIN (5 yrs) 318 1022 923 98 216 41 10 17 93 34 25 88 169 .234 .302 .355 .658 82 328 15 4 3 4 11
MIL (2 yrs) 121 419 377 45 94 18 1 12 50 2 4 34 76 .249 .313 .398 .710 93 150 6 2 3 3 0
STL (1 yr) 13 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 2 1 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 14 16 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2 .083 .313 .167 .479 34 2 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 345 1052 949 101 219 42 10 17 94 34 25 92 174 .231 .300 .350 .650 80 332 16 4 3 4 11
AL (2 yrs) 121 419 377 45 94 18 1 12 50 2 4 34 76 .249 .313 .398 .710 93 150 6 2 3 3 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1980 21 CIN NL 46 34 4 3.2 96 .344 .244 .268 .261 .330 .311 .389 .572 .719 59 .371 -2.8 -0.3 .471 .111 .067 .0
1981 22 CIN NL 79 53 11 5.6 93 .333 .275 .265 .367 .330 .420 .379 .787 .710 122 .638 2.2 0.2 .774 .319 .145 2.4
1982 23 CIN NL 455 352 35 2.7 96 .237 .211 .268 .265 .331 .326 .389 .592 .720 64 .304 -22.1 -2.3 .503 .201 .115 11.8
1983 24 CIN NL 427 303 48 4.3 99 .289 .255 .267 .335 .336 .387 .395 .722 .731 98 .502 -0.8 -0.1 .639 .247 .132 8.0
1984 25 TOT NL 29 25 1 1.1 94 .150 .115 .264 .207 .330 .154 .384 .361 .714 3 .078 -3.4 -0.3 .280 .154 .038 .0
1984 25 CIN NL 15 12 1 2.2 97 .111 .083 .268 .267 .333 .167 .390 .433 .723 23 .242 -1.2 -0.1 .417 .333 .083 .0
1984 25 STL NL 14 13 0 0.0 92 .182 .143 .261 .143 .326 .143 .380 .286 .705 -18 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .154 .000 .000
1985 26 MIL AL 329 231 40 4.6 99 .288 .258 .261 .320 .327 .418 .406 .738 .733 101 .504 0.1 0.0 .664 .247 .161 1.8
1986 27 MIL AL 90 68 7 2.8 103 .254 .218 .265 .284 .333 .321 .413 .605 .747 63 .275 -4.1 -0.4 .500 .179 .103 1.0
1987 28 HOU NL 16 11 1 2.4 102 .100 .083 .264 .313 .333 .167 .412 .479 .745 34 .228 -0.9 -0.1 .545 .417 .083
8 Seasons 1471 1077 147 3.7 98 .269 .236 .266 .304 .332 .363 .396 .667 .727 83 .424 -31.9 -3.3 .584 .228 .127 32.1
162 Game Avg. 511 374 51 3.7 98 .269 .236 .266 .304 .332 .363 .396 .667 .727 83 .424 -31.9 -3.3 .584 .228 .127 11
CIN (5 yrs) 1022 754 99 3.5 97 .269 .234 .267 .302 .333 .355 .391 .658 .724 82 .420 -24.7 -2.6 .574 .226 .121 22.7
MIL (2 yrs) 419 299 47 4.2 100 .281 .249 .262 .313 .328 .398 .407 .710 .736 93 .458 -4.0 -0.4 .628 .233 .149 3.4
STL (1 yr) 14 13 0 0.0 92 .182 .143 .261 .143 .326 .143 .380 .286 .705 -18 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .154 .000 .000
HOU (1 yr) 16 11 1 2.4 102 .100 .083 .264 .313 .333 .167 .412 .479 .745 34 .228 -0.9 -0.1 .545 .417 .083
NL (6 yrs) 1052 778 100 3.5 97 .265 .231 .267 .300 .333 .350 .391 .650 .724 80 .410 -27.9 -2.9 .567 .226 .119 22.7
AL (2 yrs) 419 299 47 4.2 100 .281 .249 .262 .313 .328 .398 .407 .710 .736 93 .458 -4.0 -0.4 .628 .233 .149 3.4

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1980 21 CIN NL 46 0.0% 28.3% 2.2% 4.4% 18% 13.00 3.5 6.4 1.44 70%
1981 22 CIN NL 79 2.5% 20.3% 12.7% 7.6% 32% 1.60 4.3 34.5 7.7 1.77 65%
1982 23 CIN NL 455 2.0% 16.9% 6.6% 5.5% 28% 2.57 5.4 46.3 12.3 1.04 73%
1983 24 CIN NL 427 1.4% 14.1% 10.3% 8.0% 35% 1.36 6.3 63.3 8.8 1.11 74%
1984 25 TOT NL 29 0.0% 20.7% 10.3% 3.5% 33% 2.00 4.3 0.55 69%
1984 25 CIN NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 6.7% 100% 1.00 4.0 0.33 60%
1984 25 STL NL 14 0.0% 21.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.7 0.80 79%
1985 26 MIL AL 329 3.3% 18.2% 8.2% 7.9% 34% 2.22 5.0 27.2 8.8 1.06 70%
1986 27 MIL AL 90 1.1% 17.8% 7.8% 5.6% 29% 2.29 4.9 78.0 4.9 0.96 70%
1987 28 HOU NL 16 0.0% 12.5% 25.0% 6.3% 100% 0.50 6.0 12.0 1.25 63%
8 Seasons 1471 2.0% 17.0% 8.6% 6.8% 32% 1.98 5.3 45.7 9.2 1.08 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1980 21 CIN NL 0 0 25% 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 22 CIN NL 0 0 37% 33 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 44% 3 2 1 1 0 1 5 3 2
1982 23 CIN NL 3 1 28% 132 17 11 61% 17 10 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 12 62% 20 9 11 3 1 2 14 1 10
1983 24 CIN NL 4 0 25% 168 12 12 50% 12 9 0 2 0 1 3 2 5 8 49% 21 11 10 4 2 1 10 4 6
1984 25 TOT NL 1 1 67% 8 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1984 25 CIN NL 0 1 75% 6 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1984 25 STL NL 1 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1985 26 MIL AL 9 0 32% 135 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 38% 20 16 4 1 1 0 13 2 9
1986 27 MIL AL 0 0 13% 27 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 60% 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 28 HOU NL 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
8 Seasons 17 2 28% 522 36 29 55% 35 25 1 2 0 2 6 3 17 40 50% 74 43 30 11 5 5 44 10 29
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1980 21 CIN NL 46 100% 11 7 2 0 0 1.49 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 40 7 18% 2 1 50% 9 4 44% 0
1981 22 CIN NL 79 100% 19 4 1 0 0 0.94 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0% 8 2 25% 2 0 0% 40 7 18% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1982 23 CIN NL 456 100% 88 10 1 0 1 1.49 9 0 8 4 5 6 3 0 3 3 100% 69 6 9% 50 15 30% 277 25 9% 27 10 37% 36 9 25% 0
1983 24 CIN NL 427 100% 97 17 3 0 0 1.27 6 0 8 4 2 5 1 1 1 0 0% 69 7 10% 39 14 36% 231 38 16% 17 6 35% 27 9 33% 0
1984 25 TOT NL 30 100% 3 11 1 0 0 0.85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 0 0% 17 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1984 25 CIN NL 16 100% 1 5 0 0 0 1.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1984 25 STL NL 14 100% 2 6 1 0 0 0.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1985 26 MIL AL 329 100% 77 4 1 0 0 0.63 11 0 12 6 5 3 8 0 2 1 50% 59 5 8% 24 3 13% 221 24 11% 15 6 40% 24 9 38% 0
1986 27 MIL AL 90 100% 17 3 0 0 0 3.27 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 23 1 4% 11 5 45% 76 15 20% 7 5 71% 7 2 29% 0
1987 28 HOU NL 16 100% 1 7 1 0 1 1.70 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 17 1 6% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
8 Seasons 1473 100% 313 63 10 0 2 1.34 29 0 39 16 13 15 14 1 10 6 60% 239 22 9% 134 37 28% 919 117 13% 73 29 40% 108 34 31% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 21 20 46 45 3 11 1 1 0 7 1 0 1 13 .244 .261 .311 .572 59 14 0 0 0 0 0
1981 22 43 125 114 15 30 5 1 2 16 4 1 11 29 .263 .328 .377 .705 98 43 2 0 0 0 0
1982 23 181 580 531 55 118 16 6 11 50 21 12 41 106 .222 .279 .337 .616 71 179 8 2 3 3 5
1983 24 304 1007 911 95 215 40 10 17 93 33 24 85 166 .236 .303 .358 .661 82 326 15 4 3 4 10
1984 25 331 1036 937 99 218 41 10 17 93 34 25 88 172 .233 .300 .352 .652 80 330 16 4 3 4 11
1985 26 426 1365 1236 140 295 56 10 28 127 35 27 115 232 .239 .305 .368 .673 85 455 21 5 4 5 11
1986 27 452 1455 1314 144 312 59 11 29 143 36 29 122 248 .237 .304 .365 .669 84 480 22 6 6 7 11
1987 28 466 1471 1326 146 313 60 11 29 144 36 29 126 250 .236 .304 .363 .667 83 482 22 6 6 7 11

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1980 21 20 47 46 3 12 1 1 0 7 1 1 13 .261 .277 .326 .603 4 20
1981 22 35 123 107 20 31 7 0 3 15 5 16 24 .290 .382 .439 .821 18 23
1982 23 138 455 419 42 90 11 5 9 36 17 31 77 .215 .270 .329 .600 37 138
1983 24 123 428 381 42 98 24 4 6 45 12 44 60 .257 .336 .388 .725 50 123
1984 25 27 29 26 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 6 .115 .207 .154 .361 1 27
1985 26 95 329 300 42 78 15 0 11 35 1 27 60 .260 .322 .420 .742 41 95
1986 27 26 88 78 4 17 3 1 1 15 1 7 16 .218 .284 .321 .605 7 26
1987 28 14 16 12 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 .083 .313 .167 .479 1 14
8 Seasons 478 1515 1369 160 330 63 11 30 154 38 133 258 .241 .310 .369 .678 159 466
162 Game Avg. 162 513 464 54 112 21 4 10 52 13 45 87 .241 .310 .369 .678 54 466

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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