Paul Lindblad
Paul Aaron Lindblad
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 9, 1941 in Chanute, KS
High School: Chanute (Chanute, KS)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1965
Final Game: October 1, 1978
Died: January 1, 2006 in Arlington, TX
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 KCA AL 23 P 4 0 7.1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 4.91 1.00 .960 2.09 0.75
1966 KCA AL 24 P 38 14 121.0 29 6 22 1 1 .966 2.08 0.74 .952 1.99 0.75
1967 KCA AL 25 P 46 10 115.2 21 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.63 0.46 .957 1.96 0.74
1968 OAK AL 26 P 47 1 56.1 13 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.08 0.28 .954 1.89 0.73
1969 OAK AL 27 P 60 0 80.1 13 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.22 .946 1.88 0.69
1970 OAK AL 28 P 62 0 63.1 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.18 .945 1.86 0.67
1971 TOT AL 29 P 51 0 99.2 25 4 21 0 1 1.000 2.26 0.49 .956 1.98 0.77
1971 OAK AL 29 P 8 0 16.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.50 .950 1.97 0.78
1971 WSA AL 29 P 43 0 83.2 21 3 18 0 1 1.000 2.26 0.49 .957 1.98 0.77
1972 TEX AL 30 P 66 0 99.2 15 0 15 0 1 1.000 1.35 0.23 .947 1.86 0.75
1973 OAK AL 31 P 36 3 78.0 14 5 9 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.39 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 OAK AL 32 P 45 2 100.2 21 1 19 1 1 .952 1.79 0.44 .948 1.81 0.83
1975 OAK AL 33 P 68 0 122.1 35 10 23 2 3 .943 2.43 0.49 .940 1.87 0.85 MVP-18
1976 OAK AL 34 P 65 0 114.2 31 9 21 1 1 .968 2.35 0.46 .948 1.87 0.85
1977 TEX AL 35 P 42 1 98.2 23 7 16 0 0 1.000 2.10 0.55 .943 1.95 0.84
1978 TOT AL 36 P 25 1 58.0 11 2 9 0 1 1.000 1.71 0.44 .955 1.91 0.85
1978 TEX AL 36 P 18 0 39.2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.13 0.28 .960 1.91 0.85
1978 NYY AL 36 P 7 1 18.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.95 0.86 .950 1.91 0.86
14 Seasons P 655 32 1215.2 267 56 205 6 11 .978 1.93 0.40 .949 1.90 0.78
14 Seasons TOT 655 32 1215.2 267 56 205 6 11 .978 1.93 0.40 .927 1.90 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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
1966 KCA AL 24 38 14 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 KCA AL 25 48 10 48 48 46 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
1969 OAK AL 27 60 0 60 60 60 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
1971 WSA AL 29 43 0 43 43 43 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
1972 TEX AL 30 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 OAK AL 31 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 OAK AL 32 45 0 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 0 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 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 657 25 387 657 655 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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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 36 64% 28% 3 100% 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 KCA AL 24 535 80% 26% 23 100% 0 6 0 5 25 17 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1967 KCA AL 25 498 75% 22% 18 100% 0 4 0 3 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1968 OAK AL 26 241 77% 22% 11 100% 0 3 0 2 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1969 OAK AL 27 344 71% 19% 13 85% 0 2 0 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 OAK AL 28 269 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 29 341 76% 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 30 421 81% 25% 17 94% 0 0 0 0 17 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1973 OAK AL 31 355 82% 30% 9 89% 0 5 0 5 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1974 OAK AL 32 423 82% 31% 19 95% 0 1 0 1 19 16 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1975 OAK AL 33 521 80% 27% 24 96% 0 10 3 7 22 16 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1976 OAK AL 34 494 87% 30% 23 96% 0 9 2 7 21 19 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
1977 TEX AL 35 423 82% 31% 18 94% 0 7 0 4 16 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1978 TEX AL 36 176 76% 22% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1978 NYY AL 36 87 80% 16% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Seasons 5229 79% 26% 222 94% 2 55 7 39 207 172 18 6 0 2 4 0 10 9 9 1 42 93%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 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 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.

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