Paul Minner
Paul Edison Minner (Lefty)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 30, 1923 in New Wilmington, PA
High School: New Wilmington (New Wilmington, PA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1946
Final Game: June 12, 1956
Died: March 28, 2006 in LeMoyne, PA
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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
1946 22 BRO NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1948 24 BRO NL 31 24 21 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 3 .190 .292 .286 .577 55 6 0 0 0 1
1949 25 BRO NL 27 14 14 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 .214 .214 .214 .429 13 3 0 0 0 1
1950 26 CHC NL 43 70 65 6 14 0 1 1 7 0 4 16 .215 .261 .292 .553 46 19 2 0 1 1
1951 27 CHC NL 36 78 71 8 18 4 0 1 6 0 0 5 10 .254 .303 .352 .655 74 25 2 0 2 1
1952 28 CHC NL 29 72 64 8 15 5 1 1 5 0 0 5 19 .234 .290 .391 .680 86 25 0 0 3 1
1953 29 CHC NL 31 74 68 5 15 1 1 1 6 0 0 3 16 .221 .254 .309 .562 45 21 2 0 3 1
1954 30 CHC NL 33 88 76 7 13 3 0 2 14 0 0 8 19 .171 .241 .289 .531 38 22 1 0 1 3 1
1955 31 CHC NL 22 62 56 5 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .232 .295 .268 .563 51 15 0 0 1 0 0 1
1956 32 CHC NL 10 12 12 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .583 .833 116 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Seasons 265 494 447 46 98 19 4 6 43 0 0 33 101 .219 .271 .320 .591 56 143 7 0 11 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 302 273 28 60 12 2 4 26 0 20 62 .219 .271 .320 .591 56 87 4 0 7
CHC (7 yrs) 204 456 412 41 91 17 4 6 39 0 0 30 93 .221 .272 .325 .597 58 134 7 0 11 3 0
BRO (3 yrs) 61 38 35 5 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 8 .200 .263 .257 .520 39 9 0 0 0 0 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
1948 24 BRO NL 24 17 2 3.1 104 .222 .190 .272 .292 .347 .286 .403 .577 .750 55 .343 -1.2 -0.1 .529 .238 .095
1949 25 BRO NL 14 11 1 2.4 107 .333 .214 .275 .214 .349 .214 .412 .429 .761 13 .239 -1.8 -0.2 .273 .000 .000
1950 26 CHC NL 70 54 5 2.5 107 .271 .215 .268 .261 .345 .292 .416 .553 .761 46 .233 -5.5 -0.5 .434 .138 .077 .0
1951 27 CHC NL 78 57 8 3.8 105 .283 .254 .270 .303 .344 .352 .409 .655 .753 74 .418 -2.7 -0.3 .545 .169 .099 .0
1952 28 CHC NL 72 52 7 3.6 98 .318 .234 .263 .290 .336 .391 .391 .680 .727 86 .435 -1.3 -0.1 .612 .234 .156 .0
1953 29 CHC NL 74 58 5 2.3 112 .275 .221 .276 .254 .348 .309 .431 .562 .779 45 .202 -6.0 -0.6 .436 .132 .088 .0
1954 30 CHC NL 88 68 6 2.4 110 .190 .171 .275 .241 .347 .289 .426 .531 .772 38 .216 -7.0 -0.7 .469 .224 .118 .0
1955 31 CHC NL 62 44 5 3.0 105 .265 .232 .265 .295 .336 .268 .420 .563 .757 51 .312 -3.9 -0.4 .465 .125 .036
1956 32 CHC NL 12 9 2 5.9 102 .500 .250 .263 .250 .330 .583 .415 .833 .745 116 .627 0.2 0.0 .778 .333 .333
10 Seasons 494 370 41 3.0 106 .268 .219 .270 .271 .343 .320 .415 .591 .758 56 .308 -29.2 -2.9 .494 .174 .101 .0
162 Game Avg. 302 226 25 3.0 106 .268 .219 .270 .271 .343 .320 .415 .591 .758 56 .308 -29.2 -2.9 .494 .174 .101
CHC (7 yrs) 456 342 38 3.0 106 .269 .221 .270 .272 .343 .325 .416 .597 .758 58 .308 -26.2 -2.6 .500 .177 .104 .0
BRO (3 yrs) 38 28 3 2.9 106 .259 .200 .274 .263 .348 .257 .406 .520 .755 39 .303 -3.0 -0.3 .429 .143 .057

Postseason Batting

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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
1949 25 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1948 24 BRO NL 24 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 8.3% 50% 1.00 7.0 10.5 75%
1949 25 BRO NL 14 0.0% 35.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 7.0 64%
1950 26 CHC NL 70 1.4% 22.9% 5.7% 2.9% 14% 4.00 4.1 65.0 9.3 69%
1951 27 CHC NL 78 1.3% 12.8% 6.4% 6.4% 28% 2.00 7.1 71.0 11.8 77%
1952 28 CHC NL 72 1.4% 26.4% 6.9% 9.7% 47% 3.80 3.4 64.0 12.8 61%
1953 29 CHC NL 74 1.4% 21.6% 4.1% 4.1% 20% 5.33 4.3 68.0 11.3 69%
1954 30 CHC NL 88 2.3% 21.6% 9.1% 5.7% 39% 2.38 4.0 38.0 5.4 1.50 66%
1955 31 CHC NL 62 0.0% 11.3% 8.1% 3.2% 15% 1.40 8.0 56.0 2.25 79%
1956 32 CHC NL 12 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 2.0 50%
10 Seasons 494 1.2% 20.5% 6.7% 5.9% 30% 3.06 4.4 74.5 10.4 1.78 69%
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
1954 30 CHC NL 1 0 26% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38% 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1955 31 CHC NL 0 0 28% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1956 32 CHC NL 0 0 67% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1 0 32% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 4 0 2 2 0 3 0 3
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
1954 30 CHC NL 65 82% 13 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 12 1 8% 10 1 10% 40 5 13% 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 23
1955 31 CHC NL 18 78% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 9 1 11% 0 0 2 0 0% 44
1956 32 CHC NL 10 80% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 2
10 Seasons 93 81% 98 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 11 1100% 16 7 44% 15 2 13% 53 6 11% 1 1 100% 5 1 20% 69
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
1948 24 34 24 21 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .190 .292 .286 .577 55 6 0 0 0 0 0
1949 25 61 38 35 5 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 8 .200 .263 .257 .520 39 9 0 0 0 0 0
1950 26 104 108 100 11 21 2 1 1 11 0 0 7 24 .210 .262 .280 .542 43 28 2 0 1 0 0
1951 27 140 186 171 19 39 6 1 2 17 0 0 12 34 .228 .279 .310 .589 56 53 4 0 3 0 0
1952 28 169 258 235 27 54 11 2 3 22 0 0 17 53 .230 .282 .332 .614 64 78 4 0 6 0 0
1953 29 200 332 303 32 69 12 3 4 28 0 0 20 69 .228 .276 .327 .602 60 99 6 0 9 0 0
1954 30 233 420 379 39 82 15 3 6 42 0 0 28 88 .216 .268 .319 .588 55 121 7 0 10 3 0
1955 31 255 482 435 44 95 17 3 6 43 0 0 33 95 .218 .272 .313 .584 54 136 7 0 11 3 0
1956 32 265 494 447 46 98 19 4 6 43 0 0 33 101 .219 .271 .320 .591 56 143 7 0 11 3 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1948 24 32 27 23 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 4 3 .217 .333 .304 .638 2 31
1949 25 28 15 15 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 27
1950 26 45 72 68 6 15 0 1 1 7 0 4 17 .221 .264 .294 .558 5 43
1951 27 37 78 73 8 18 4 0 1 6 0 5 10 .247 .295 .342 .637 7 36
1952 28 30 74 68 9 17 6 1 1 6 0 6 20 .250 .311 .412 .723 8 29
1953 29 32 73 70 5 15 1 1 1 6 0 3 17 .214 .247 .300 .547 5 31
1954 30 35 90 79 7 13 3 0 2 13 0 8 20 .165 .233 .278 .512 5 33
1955 31 23 66 60 5 15 2 0 0 1 0 6 7 .250 .318 .283 .602 5 22
1956 32 10 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 10
9 Seasons 272 508 469 49 98 18 3 6 44 0 36 105 .209 .264 .299 .562 40 262
162 Game Avg. 162 303 279 29 58 11 2 4 26 0 21 63 .209 .264 .299 .562 24 262

* 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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