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Paul Lehner

Paul Eugene Lehner (Peanuts or Gulliver)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 1, 1920 in Dolomite, AL
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1946
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics/WhiteSox/Indians/RedSox 1946-1952

Final Game: June 30, 1952
Died: December 27, 1967 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer, AL
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Standard Batting

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
1946 25 SLB AL 16 46 45 6 10 1 2 0 5 0 0 1 5 .222 .239 .333 .572 55 15 0 0 0 O8/9
1947 26 SLB AL 135 523 483 59 120 25 9 7 48 5 5 28 29 .248 .294 .381 .675 85 184 18 3 9 *O8/7
1948 27 SLB AL 103 366 333 23 92 15 4 2 46 0 2 30 19 .276 .336 .363 .699 84 121 9 0 3 8O/3
1949 28 SLB AL 104 322 297 25 68 13 0 3 37 0 2 16 20 .229 .271 .303 .574 49 90 12 1 8 O8379
1950 29 PHA AL 114 468 427 48 132 17 5 9 52 1 1 32 33 .309 .357 .436 .793 104 186 12 0 8 O79/8
1951 30 TOT AL 65 203 180 14 31 9 1 1 7 0 1 18 12 .172 .247 .250 .497 35 45 5 0 5 87/9
1951 30 PHA AL 9 30 28 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143 .172 .179 .351 -5 5 3 0 1 /7O
1951 30 CHW AL 23 84 72 9 15 3 1 0 3 0 0 10 4 .208 .305 .278 .583 60 20 0 0 2 O8/97
1951 30 SLB AL 21 75 67 2 9 5 0 1 2 0 1 6 5 .134 .205 .254 .459 22 17 2 0 2 O8/7
1951 30 CLE AL 12 14 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .231 .286 .231 .516 44 3 0 0 0 /7O
1952 31 BOS AL 3 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .667 .800 .667 1.467 299 2 0 0 0 /O9
7 Yrs 540 1933 1768 175 455 80 21 22 197 6 11 127 118 .257 .309 .364 .672 78 643 56 4 33
162 Game Avg. 162 580 530 53 137 24 6 7 59 2 3 38 35 .257 .309 .364 .672 78 193 17 1 10
SLB (5 yrs) 379 1332 1225 115 299 59 15 13 138 5 10 81 78 .244 .293 .349 .642 71 427 41 4 22
PHA (2 yrs) 123 498 455 49 136 18 5 9 53 1 1 33 34 .299 .346 .420 .766 97 191 15 0 9
BOS (1 yr) 3 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .667 .800 .667 1.467 299 2 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 12 14 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .231 .286 .231 .516 44 3 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 23 84 72 9 15 3 1 0 3 0 0 10 4 .208 .305 .278 .583 60 20 0 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1946 25 SLB AL 16 46 -3 0 0 -3 -0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .460 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $ O8/9
1947 26 SLB AL 135 523 -11 -0 0 -6 -1 -18 -2.0 13 -5 -0.7 .485 .488 0.0 -0.8 1 $ *O8/7
1948 27 SLB AL 103 366 -7 -1 -1 -6 -1 -17 -1.7 9 -8 -0.7 .484 .490 -0.2 -0.7 -2 $ 8O/3
1949 28 SLB AL 104 322 -23 0 0 -3 -2 -28 -2.8 8 -20 -2.0 .473 .483 -1.7 -0.5 -17 $ O8379
1950 29 PHA AL 114 468 2 -1 -1 1 -4 -4 -0.3 12 8 0.9 .497 .498 0.7 -0.3 7 $ O79/8
1951 30 PHA AL 9 30 -4 0 -0 0 -0 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .442 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ /7O
1951 30 CHW AL 23 84 -4 -0 0 0 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .479 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ O8/97
1951 30 SLB AL 21 75 -8 -0 -0 -1 -0 -9 -1.0 2 -7 -0.8 .453 .494 -0.7 -0.1 -6 $ O8/7
1951 30 CLE AL 12 14 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /7O
1952 31 BOS AL 3 5 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.2 .546 .501 0.2 -0.0 1 $ /O9
7 Seasons 540 1933 -57 -4 -2 -18 -10 -91 -9.5 50 -41 -4.4 .483 .494 -2.7 -2.9 -23 $
SLB (5 yrs) 379 1332 -51 -2 -1 -19 -4 -78 -8.1 34 -44 -4.7 .479 .490 -2.8 -2.5 -25 $
PHA (2 yrs) 123 498 -2 -1 -2 1 -5 -9 -0.9 13 4 0.5 .493 .497 0.3 -0.3 3 $
BOS (1 yr) 3 5 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.2 .546 .501 0.2 -0.0 1 $
CLE (1 yr) 12 14 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
CHW (1 yr) 23 84 -4 -0 0 0 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .479 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $

Advanced Batting

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
1946 25 SLB AL 46 35 4 3.0 100 .250 .222 .270 .239 .345 .333 .388 .572 .732 55 .362 -3.2 -0.3 .457 .133 .111
1947 26 SLB AL 523 395 52 3.5 98 .253 .248 .265 .294 .345 .381 .381 .675 .726 85 .422 -12.8 -1.3 .557 .190 .133 5.8
1948 27 SLB AL 366 255 40 4.2 107 .288 .276 .275 .336 .361 .363 .398 .699 .759 84 .455 -8.3 -0.8 .591 .171 .087 .0
1949 28 SLB AL 322 251 24 2.5 111 .237 .229 .277 .271 .370 .303 .402 .574 .772 49 .254 -24.1 -2.4 .432 .121 .074 .0
1950 29 PHA AL 468 316 66 5.5 112 .319 .309 .276 .357 .363 .436 .414 .793 .776 104 .550 0.8 0.1 .708 .201 .126 1.8
1951 30 TOT AL 203 160 11 1.8 102 .180 .172 .267 .247 .349 .250 .392 .497 .741 35 .164 -16.9 -1.7 .400 .172 .078 .0
1951 30 PHA AL 30 28 1 1.0 103 .148 .143 .269 .172 .350 .179 .394 .351 .744 -5 .056 -4.3 -0.4 .222 .071 .036
1951 30 CHW AL 84 59 6 2.7 100 .221 .208 .265 .305 .346 .278 .389 .583 .735 60 .285 -4.0 -0.4 .526 .208 .069
1951 30 SLB AL 75 63 3 1.3 105 .131 .134 .271 .205 .353 .254 .397 .459 .750 22 .091 -7.7 -0.8 .361 .194 .119 .0
1951 30 CLE AL 14 10 1 2.7 97 .273 .231 .260 .286 .340 .231 .382 .516 .722 44 .280 -1.0 -0.1 .400 .077 .000
1952 31 BOS AL 5 1 2 54.0 102 .667 .667 .268 .800 .349 .667 .391 1.467 .741 299 .991 1.3 0.1 4.000 .667 .000
7 Yrs 1933 1413 199 3.8 106 .266 .257 .272 .309 .357 .364 .397 .672 .754 78 .412 -63.2 -6.4 .557 .175 .106 9.4
162 Game Avg. 580 424 60 3.8 106 .266 .257 .272 .309 .357 .364 .397 .672 .754 78 .412 -63.2 -6.4 .557 .175 .106 3
SLB (5 yrs) 1332 999 123 3.3 104 .252 .244 .271 .293 .356 .349 .392 .642 .748 71 .368 -56.1 -5.7 .519 .167 .104 7.2
PHA (2 yrs) 498 344 67 5.2 111 .308 .299 .276 .346 .362 .420 .412 .766 .774 97 .521 -3.4 -0.4 .669 .193 .121 1.8
BOS (1 yr) 5 1 2 54.0 102 .667 .667 .268 .800 .349 .667 .391 1.467 .741 299 .991 1.3 0.1 4.000 .667 .000
CLE (1 yr) 14 10 1 2.7 97 .273 .231 .260 .286 .340 .231 .382 .516 .722 44 .279 -1.0 -0.1 .400 .077 .000
CHW (1 yr) 84 59 6 2.7 100 .221 .208 .265 .305 .346 .278 .389 .583 .735 60 .286 -4.0 -0.4 .526 .208 .069

Ratio Batting*

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
1946 25 SLB AL 46 0.0% 10.9% 2.2% 6.5% 30% 5.00 9.0 9.0 87%
1947 26 SLB AL 523 1.3% 5.5% 5.4% 7.8% 34% 1.04 16.7 69.0 10.1 85%
1948 27 SLB AL 366 0.6% 5.2% 8.2% 5.7% 23% 0.63 17.5 166.5 7.2 1.24 85%
1949 28 SLB AL 322 0.9% 6.2% 5.0% 5.0% 24% 1.25 14.9 99.0 8.0 1.37 85%
1950 29 PHA AL 468 1.9% 7.1% 6.8% 6.6% 24% 1.03 12.9 47.4 8.2 0.91 82%
1951 30 TOT AL 203 0.5% 5.9% 8.9% 5.4% 36% 0.67 15.0 180.0 25.7 0.93 82%
1951 30 PHA AL 30 0.0% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3% 25% 1.00 28.0 28.0 1.25 90%
1951 30 CHW AL 84 0.0% 4.8% 11.9% 4.8% 27% 0.40 18.0 24.0 0.83 81%
1951 30 SLB AL 75 1.3% 6.7% 8.0% 8.0% 67% 0.83 13.4 67.0 33.5 0.92 81%
1951 30 CLE AL 14 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 6.5 13.0 0.75 79%
1952 31 BOS AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 1.5 60%
7 Yrs 1933 1.1% 6.1% 6.6% 6.4% 27% 0.93 15.0 80.4 9.0 1.06 84%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.9% 9.8% 6.3% 27% 1.01 9.0 50.7 8.2 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 25 SLB AL -3.2 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 26 SLB AL -12.8 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 SLB AL -8.8 -0.9 144 0.3 3.3 -3.0 1.14 -0.3 0.6 -3.4 -0.3 1.01 -5.6 0.82 9
1949 28 SLB AL -24.1 -2.4 195 -0.1 3.3 -3.4 1.02 -1.1 1.0 -6.8 -0.7 0.90 -12.4 1.05 19
1950 29 PHA AL 0.8 0.1 352 0.5 6.4 -5.9 .99 -0.1 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.93 -3.0 2.35 4
1951 30 TOT AL -16.9 -1.7 195 -1.8 2.4 -4.2 1.01 -1.5 -0.3 -17.0 -1.7 0.94 -17.4 1.93 17
1951 30 PHA AL -4.3 -0.4 30 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 1.09 -0.5 -0.4 -5.3 -0.5 0.94 -5.6 2.08 3
1951 30 CHW AL -4.0 -0.4 85 -0.2 1.1 -1.2 .84 -0.4 0.2 -4.7 -0.5 0.94 -4.5 1.84 4
1951 30 SLB AL -7.7 -0.8 66 -0.8 0.6 -1.5 1.04 -0.6 -0.3 -6.5 -0.6 0.91 -6.2 2.29 1
1951 30 CLE AL -1.0 -0.1 14 0.1 0.5 -0.4 1.73 -0.1 0.1 -0.6 -0.1 1.06 -1.1 1.88 9
1952 31 BOS AL 1.3 0.1 5 0.2 0.2 -0.0 1.35 0.1 0.0 2.3 0.2 1.25 1.7 1.94 1
7 Yrs -63.7 -6.4 891 -0.9 15.6 -16.6 1.03 -2.9 1.9 -24.7 -2.5 0.94 -36.7 1.43 50

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1948 27 SLB AL 0 0 18% 54 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 30% 6 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 2
1949 28 SLB AL 2 0 27% 74 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 53% 11 8 3 1 0 1 7 1 6
1950 29 PHA AL 4 1 25% 145 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 31% 22 16 5 3 2 1 7 2 4
1951 30 TOT AL 3 0 27% 54 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 36% 4 4 0 2 2 0 5 1 4
1951 30 PHA AL 0 0 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 30 CHW AL 0 0 36% 24 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2
1951 30 SLB AL 2 0 7% 20 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 30 CLE AL 1 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1952 31 BOS AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 9 1 27% 329 6 11 35% 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 4 38% 43 33 9 6 4 2 23 6 16

Situational Hitting*

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
1948 27 SLB AL 366 82% 92 9 4 0 1 0.82 2 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 300% 35 9 26% 18 4 22% 105 19 18% 13 4 31% 7 4 57% 0
1949 28 SLB AL 322 72% 68 19 6 1 3 1.05 3 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 5 8 160% 31 12 39% 21 11 52% 103 19 18% 7 5 71% 9 5 56% 0
1950 29 PHA AL 468 68% 132 4 2 1 1 2.35 9 0 10 4 4 3 6 0 6 8 133% 75 12 16% 33 11 33% 225 35 16% 20 9 45% 15 12 80% 0
1951 30 TOT AL 203 80% 31 17 4 0 2 1.93 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 5 100% 35 5 14% 15 7 47% 122 9 7% 8 2 25% 4 4 100% 0
1951 30 PHA AL 30 50% 4 3 1 0 0 2.08 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 3 33% 3 2 67% 19 2 11% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
1951 30 CHW AL 84 81% 15 4 1 0 1 1.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 12 0 0% 8 3 38% 54 4 7% 3 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1951 30 SLB AL 75 88% 9 1 0 0 0 2.29 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 12 2 17% 4 2 50% 37 2 5% 3 1 33% 0 0 0
1951 30 CLE AL 14 100% 3 9 2 0 1 1.88 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 12 1 8% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 31 BOS AL 5 100% 2 1 1 0 1 1.94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 7 2 29% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1364 74% 455 50 17 2 8 1.43 22 0 23 7 4 6 9 0 17 33 194% 180 56 31% 87 33 38% 562 84 15% 49 21 43% 35 25 71% 0
MLB Averages 51% 148% 18% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1946 25 16 46 45 6 10 1 2 0 5 0 0 1 5 .222 .239 .333 .572 55 15 0 0 0
1947 26 151 569 528 65 130 26 11 7 53 5 5 29 34 .246 .289 .377 .666 83 199 18 3 9
1948 27 254 935 861 88 222 41 15 9 99 5 7 59 53 .258 .308 .372 .679 83 320 27 3 12
1949 28 358 1257 1158 113 290 54 15 12 136 5 9 75 73 .250 .298 .354 .652 74 410 39 4 20
1950 29 472 1725 1585 161 422 71 20 21 188 6 10 107 106 .266 .314 .376 .690 82 596 51 4 28
1951 30 537 1928 1765 175 453 80 21 22 195 6 11 125 118 .257 .307 .363 .670 78 641 56 4 33
1952 31 540 1933 1768 175 455 80 21 22 197 6 11 127 118 .257 .309 .364 .672 78 643 56 4 33

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1946 25 17 49 48 7 11 1 2 0 6 0 1 5 .229 .245 .333 .578 4 16
1947 26 140 547 505 64 128 27 10 7 52 5 30 30 .253 .299 .388 .687 58 135
1948 27 108 376 343 22 91 15 4 2 44 0 30 20 .265 .324 .350 .674 39 103
1949 28 109 331 306 24 67 13 0 3 35 0 16 21 .219 .260 .291 .551 23 104
1950 29 119 475 436 45 128 16 5 9 48 1 31 34 .294 .340 .415 .756 62 114
1951 30 68 213 189 14 32 9 1 1 7 0 19 13 .169 .245 .243 .489 12 65
1952 31 3 7 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 .750 .857 .750 1.607 2 3
7 Yrs 564 1998 1831 176 460 81 22 22 195 6 130 123 .251 .302 .356 .658 200 540
162 Game Avg. 162 574 526 51 132 23 6 6 56 2 37 35 .251 .302 .356 .658 57 540

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1947 AL  9 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL  3 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1947 AL  18 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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