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Paul Kilgus

Paul Nelson Kilgus

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 2, 1962 in Bowling Green, KY
High School: Bowling Green (Bowling Green, KY)
School: University of Kentucky
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 43rd round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1987
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Orioles/Cubs/Cardinals/BlueJays 1987-1993
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1984	22	TEX-min	A-	7	5	.583	2.87	14	14	0	0	0	0	78.1	87	38	25	1	31	0	60	3	0	4			1.506	10.0	0.1	3.6	6.9	1.94	TRI · NORW
1985	23	TEX-min	A	3	1	.750	2.03	38	0	19	0	0	10	84.1	69	28	19	5	26	2	67	6	1	4			1.126	7.4	0.5	2.8	7.2	2.58	SAL · CARL
1986	24	TEX-min	AA	3	7	.300	3.73	41	7	24	2	0	8	103.2	102	56	43	7	36	5	59	4	3	4			1.331	8.9	0.6	3.1	5.1	1.64	TUL · TL
1987	25	TEX-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	4.01	21	0	17	0	0	7	24.2	23	12	11	2	10	3	14	2	1	1			1.338	8.4	0.7	3.6	5.1	1.40	OKC · AA
1987	25	TEX	AL	2	7	.222	4.13	25	12	2	0	0	0	89.1	95	45	41	14	31	2	42	2	0	0	385	110	1.410	9.6	1.4	3.1	4.2	1.35
1988	26	TEX	AL	12	15	.444	4.16	32	32	0	5	3	0	203.1	190	105	94	18	71	2	88	10	4	6	871	99	1.284	8.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	1.24
1989	27	CHC-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	5	0	0	2			1.222	9.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	2.50	IWA · AA
1989	27	CHC	NL	6	10	.375	4.39	35	23	5	0	0	2	145.2	164	90	71	9	49	6	61	5	2	3	642	86	1.462	10.1	0.6	3.0	3.8	1.24
1990	28	TOR-min	AAA	6	8	.429	2.94	20	17	0	7	1	0	125.2	116	47	41	10	39	4	75	5	3	6			1.233	8.3	0.7	2.8	5.4	1.92	SYR · IL
1990	28	TOR	AL	0	0		6.06	11	0	4	0	0	0	16.1	19	11	11	2	7	1	7	1	0	0	74	69	1.592	10.5	1.1	3.9	3.9	1.00
1991	29	BAL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	5.76	9	6	2	0	0	0	45.1	58	32	29	3	10	0	29	0	0	1	202		1.500	11.5	0.6	2.0	5.8	2.90	ROC · IL
1991	29	BAL	AL	0	2	.000	5.08	38	0	14	0	0	1	62.0	60	38	35	8	24	2	32	3	0	2	267	79	1.355	8.7	1.2	3.5	4.6	1.33

1993	31	STL-min	AAA	7	1	.875	2.65	9	9	0	4	1	0	68.0	59	21	20	10	19	0	54	1	0	3	275		1.147	7.8	1.3	2.5	7.1	2.84	LOU · AA
1993	31	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	0.63	22	1	7	0	0	1	28.2	18	2	2	1	8	1	21	1	0	0	109	640	0.907	5.7	0.3	2.5	6.6	2.63
6 Seasons				21	34	.382	4.19	163	68	32	5	3	4	545.1	546	291	254	52	190	14	251	22	6	11	2348	97	1.350	9.0	0.9	3.1	4.1	1.32
162 Game Avg.				6	10	.382	4.19	48	20	9	1	1	1	161	161	86	75	15	56	4	74	6	2	3	691	97	1.350	9.0	0.9	3.1	4.1	1.32

TEX (2 yrs)				14	22	.389	4.15	57	44	2	5	3	0	292.2	285	150	135	32	102	4	130	12	4	6	1256	102	1.322	8.8	1.0	3.1	4.0	1.27
STL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	0.63	22	1	7	0	0	1	28.2	18	2	2	1	8	1	21	1	0	0	109	640	0.907	5.7	0.3	2.5	6.6	2.63
CHC (1 yr)				6	10	.375	4.39	35	23	5	0	0	2	145.2	164	90	71	9	49	6	61	5	2	3	642	86	1.462	10.1	0.6	3.0	3.8	1.24
BAL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.08	38	0	14	0	0	1	62.0	60	38	35	8	24	2	32	3	0	2	267	79	1.355	8.7	1.2	3.5	4.6	1.33
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		6.06	11	0	4	0	0	0	16.1	19	11	11	2	7	1	7	1	0	0	74	69	1.592	10.5	1.1	3.9	3.9	1.00

AL (4 yrs)			AL	14	24	.368	4.39	106	44	20	5	3	1	371.0	364	199	181	42	133	7	169	16	4	8	1597	96	1.340	8.8	1.0	3.2	4.1	1.27
NL (2 yrs)			NL	7	10	.412	3.77	57	24	12	0	0	3	174.1	182	92	73	10	57	7	82	6	2	3	751	102	1.371	9.4	0.5	2.9	4.2	1.44

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1987	25	TEX	AL	89.1	12	45	59	-2	.9	14	1.2	$
1988	26	TEX	AL	203.1	32	105	116	5	.9	11	1.1	$80,000
1989	27	CHC	NL	145.2	23	90	83	-1	1.0	-7	-0.8	$130,000
1990	28	TOR	AL	16.1	0	11	10	0	.4	-1	-0.2	$242,500
1991	29	BAL	AL	62.0	0	38	35	2	.4	-3	-0.5	$200,000

1993	31	STL	NL	28.2	1	2	16	0	1.1	14	1.4	$
6 Seasons				545.1	68	291	319	4	.9	28	2.2	$652,500

TEX (2 yrs)				292.2	44	150	175	3	.9	25	2.3	$80,000
STL (1 yr)				28.2	1	2	16	0	1.1	14	1.4	$
CHC (1 yr)				145.2	23	90	83	-1	1.0	-7	-0.8	$130,000
BAL (1 yr)				62.0	0	38	35	2	.4	-3	-0.5	$200,000
TOR (1 yr)				16.1	0	11	10	0	.4	-1	-0.2	$242,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1989	27	CHC	NL	NLCS	L	SFG	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
1 NLCS							0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	1.667	12.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	1.00

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
1984	22	TEX-min	A-	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	TRI · NORW
1985	23	TEX-min	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SAL · CARL
1986	24	TEX-min	AA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	TUL · TL
1987	25	TEX-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1987	25	TEX	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	26	TEX	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	27	CHC-min	AAA	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500		1		0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1989	27	CHC	NL	35	46	41	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.073	.095	.073	.168	-53	3	0	0	4	0	0	1
1990	28	TOR-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1990	28	TOR	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	29	BAL-min	AAA	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	ROC · IL
1991	29	BAL	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1993	31	STL-min	AAA	10	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444		2		0	0	0	0	LOU · AA
1993	31	STL	NL	22	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
6 Seasons				163	51	46	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.087	.106	.087	.193	-46	4	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	51	46	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.087	.106	.087	.193	-46	4	0	0	4	0	0

TEX (2 yrs)				57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				22	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				35	46	41	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.073	.095	.073	.168	-53	3	0	0	4	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				106	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				57	51	46	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.087	.106	.087	.193	-46	4	0	0	4	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1989	27	CHC	NL	46	-8	0	-1	0	0	4	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$130,000	1

1993	31	STL	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				51	-9	0	-1	0	0	5	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$130,000

STL (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				46	-8	0	-1	0	0	4	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$130,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	27	CHC	NL	NLCS	SFG	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1987	TEX	AL	25	P	25	12	0	89.1	20	7	9	4	2	.800	1.61	0.64	.955	1.84	1.82	2	6	75%	1
1988	TEX	AL	26	P	32	32	5	203.1	47	11	34	2	4	.957	1.99	1.41	.961	1.78	1.77	18	5	22%	2
1989	CHC	NL	27	P	35	23	0	145.2	37	10	25	2	0	.946	2.16	1.00	.947	1.87	1.87	5	5	50%	3
1990	TOR	AL	28	P	11	0	0	16.1	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.20	0.36	.952	1.76	1.76	1	1	50%	0
1991	BAL	AL	29	P	38	0	0	62.0	29	14	13	2	2	.931	3.92	0.71	.956	1.80	1.80	2	2	50%	1
1993	STL	NL	31	P	22	1	0	28.2	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	2.20	0.32	.953	1.85	1.83	4	2	33%	0
	6 Seasons			P	163	68	5	545.1	144	47	87	10	8	.931	2.21	0.82	.955	1.82	1.81	32	21	40%	7
	6 Seasons			TOT	163	68	5	545.1	144	47	87	10	8	.931	2.21	0.82	.955	1.82	1.81	32	21	40%	7

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1988 AL 3 (5th)	Losses s c a p y 1988 AL 15 (6th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1988 AL 10 (5th)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1987 AL 4 (5th)
Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y 1991 AL 3.92 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 43rd round of the 1984 amateur draft.
December 5, 1988: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Luis Benitez (minors), Pablo Delgado (minors), Curt Wilkerson, Mitch Williams and Steve Wilson to the Chicago Cubs for Drew Hall, Jamie Moyer and Rafael Palmeiro.
December 7, 1989: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jose Nunez.
December 14, 1990: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Baltimore Orioles for Mickey Weston.
October 16, 1991: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
January 19, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
December 18, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1987	25	Texas Rangers	$62,500	Proofing corrections
1988	26	Texas Rangers	$80,000*
1989	27	Chicago Cubs	$130,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	28	Toronto Blue Jays	$242,500	AP in Toronto Star
1991	29	Baltimore Orioles	$200,000	USA Today survey

1994	32	St. Louis Cardinals	$225,000	4/5/94 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$940,000

Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $85,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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