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Paul Lindblad

Paul Aaron Lindblad

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 9, 1941 in Chanute, KS
High School: Chanute HS (Chanute, KS)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1965 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rangers/Senators/Yankees 1965-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978 (Age 37)
Died: January 1, 2006 in Arlington, TX
Buried: Emerald Hills Memorial Park, Kennedale, TX
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Standard Fielding

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% lgCS% PO Awards
1965 KCA AL 23 P 4 0 0 7.1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 4.91 1.00 .952 2.09 2.02 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 24 P 38 14 0 121.0 29 6 22 1 1 .966 2.08 0.74 .952 1.99 1.98 9 3 25% 38% 1
1967 KCA AL 25 P 46 10 1 115.2 21 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.63 0.46 .957 1.96 1.96 3 3 50% 41% 0
1968 OAK AL 26 P 47 1 0 56.1 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.08 0.28 .957 1.89 1.88 5 0 0% 37% 0
1969 OAK AL 27 P 60 0 0 78.1 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.49 0.22 .951 1.88 1.88 3 0 0% 36% 0
1970 OAK AL 28 P 62 0 0 63.1 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.18 .951 1.86 1.85 1 0 0% 39% 0
1971 TOT AL 29 P 51 0 0 99.2 25 4 21 0 1 1.000 2.26 0.49 .958 1.98 1.97 4 1 20% 39% 1
1971 OAK AL 29 P 8 0 0 16.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.50 .958 1.97 1.98 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 29 P 43 0 0 83.2 21 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.26 0.49 .958 1.98 1.97 4 1 20% 39% 1
1972 TEX AL 30 P 66 0 0 99.2 15 0 15 0 1 1.000 1.35 0.23 .950 1.86 1.85 2 2 50% 39% 0
1973 OAK AL 31 P 36 3 0 78.0 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.39 .951 1.86 1.85 4 3 43% 38% 1
1974 OAK AL 32 P 45 2 0 100.2 21 1 19 1 1 .952 1.79 0.44 .947 1.81 1.80 9 0 0% 38% 1
1975 OAK AL 33 P 68 0 0 122.1 35 10 23 2 3 .943 2.43 0.49 .940 1.87 1.86 10 3 23% 38% 1 MVP-18
1976 OAK AL 34 P 65 0 0 114.2 31 9 21 1 1 .968 2.35 0.46 .950 1.87 1.88 9 1 10% 34% 0
1977 TEX AL 35 P 42 1 0 98.2 23 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.10 0.55 .948 1.95 1.93 3 2 40% 39% 0
1978 TOT AL 36 P 25 1 0 58.0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.71 0.44 .954 1.91 1.88 4 2 33% 38% 0
1978 TEX AL 36 P 18 0 0 39.2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.13 0.28 .954 1.91 1.88 2 2 50% 38% 0
1978 NYY AL 36 P 7 1 0 18.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.95 0.86 .953 1.91 1.89 2 0 0% 38% 0
14 Seasons P 655 32 1 1213.2 267 56 205 6 11 .978 1.94 0.40 .950 1.90 1.89 66 20 23% 38% 5
14 Seasons TOT 655 32 1 1213.2 267 56 205 6 11 .978 1.94 0.40 .950 1.90 1.89 66 20 23% 38% 5
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1965 KCA AL 23 P
1966 KCA AL 24 P
1967 KCA AL 25 P
1968 OAK AL 26 P
1969 OAK AL 27 P
1970 OAK AL 28 P
1971 OAK AL 29 P
1971 WSA AL 29 P
1972 TEX AL 30 P
1973 OAK AL 31 P
1974 OAK AL 32 P
1975 OAK AL 33 P
1976 OAK AL 34 P
1977 TEX AL 35 P
1978 TEX AL 36 P
1978 NYY AL 36 P
14 Seasons P
14 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 KCA AL 23 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 24 38 14 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 KCA AL 25 48 10 48 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1968 OAK AL 26 47 1 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 OAK AL 27 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 OAK AL 28 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 29 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 OAK AL 29 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 TEX AL 30 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 OAK AL 31 36 3 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 32 45 2 3 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 33 68 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 OAK AL 34 65 0 1 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 35 42 1 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TEX AL 36 18 0 1 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 NYY AL 36 7 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 657 32 387 655 655 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1965 KCA AL 23 35 66% 29% 3 100% 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 24 520 82% 27% 23 100% 0 6 0 5 25 17 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1967 KCA AL 25 487 77% 23% 18 100% 0 4 0 3 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1968 OAK AL 26 235 79% 22% 11 100% 0 3 0 2 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1969 OAK AL 27 339 72% 20% 13 85% 0 2 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 OAK AL 28 266 74% 25% 9 100% 0 1 0 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1971 WSA AL 29 331 79% 28% 22 82% 2 3 2 1 17 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 50%
1971 OAK AL 29 65 89% 26% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 TEX AL 30 411 83% 26% 17 94% 0 0 0 0 17 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1973 OAK AL 31 341 85% 31% 9 89% 0 5 0 5 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1974 OAK AL 32 412 84% 32% 19 95% 0 1 0 1 19 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1975 OAK AL 33 499 84% 28% 24 96% 0 10 3 7 22 16 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1976 OAK AL 34 480 90% 31% 23 96% 0 9 2 7 21 19 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
1977 TEX AL 35 417 83% 31% 18 94% 0 7 0 4 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1978 TEX AL 36 170 79% 23% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1978 NYY AL 36 84 83% 17% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Seasons 5092 81% 27% 222 94% 2 55 7 39 207 172 18 6 0 2 4 0 10 9 9 1 42 93%
MLB Averages 80% 28% 90% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1975 AL (18, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1402nd)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1972 AL  66 (1st)
1975 AL  68 (2nd)
1976 AL  65 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
Career  .978 (31st)

Oldest s c a p y
1978 AL  born 1941-08-09 (6th)

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