Paul Minner

Paul Edison Minner (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 30, 1923 in New Wilmington, PA
High School: New Wilmington HS (New Wilmington, PA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1946
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers 1946-1956

Final Game: June 12, 1956
Died: March 28, 2006 in Lemoyne, PA
Cremated
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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
1941	17	MIN-min	A1,D	6	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							KNX,THV · SOUA,GAFL
1942	18	ELZ,KNX	D,A1	46	109	109		30	5	2	1						.275	.275	.385	.661		42							ELZ,KNX · APPY,SOUA
1946	22	LAD-min	AA	44	78	78		17	2	0	1						.218	.218	.282	.500		22							MOB · SOUA
1946	22	BRO	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0			/1

1947	23	LAD-min	AA	30	54	54		14	4	1	0						.259	.259	.370	.630		20							MOB · SOUA
1948	24	LAD-min	AAA	6																									MTL · IL
1948	24	BRO	NL	31	23	21	2	4	2	0	0	2	0		3	3	.190	.292	.286	.577	54	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	44	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 Yrs				265	493	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	301	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	37	35	5	7	2	0	0	4	0		3	8	.200	.263	.257	.520	39	9	0	0	0

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
1946	22	BRO	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1948	24	BRO	NL	31	23	-1	-0	1	0	2	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1949	25	BRO	NL	27	14	-2	0	0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1950	26	CHC	NL	43	70	-5	0	1	0	8	4	0.3	2	6	0.3	.509	.502	0.4	-0.0	6	$	1
1951	27	CHC	NL	36	78	-3	-0	0	0	8	5	0.5	3	8	0.5	.514	.503	0.5	-0.0	8	$	1
1952	28	CHC	NL	29	72	-2	-0	0	0	8	6	0.7	2	9	0.7	.524	.504	0.7	0.0	9	$	1
1953	29	CHC	NL	31	74	-5	-0	-1	0	8	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	4	$	1
1954	30	CHC	NL	33	88	-8	0	0	0	10	3	0.3	3	6	0.3	.509	.502	0.3	-0.0	6	$	1
1955	31	CHC	NL	22	62	-4	0	1	0	6	3	0.3	2	5	0.3	.514	.502	0.3	-0.0	5	$	1
1956	32	CHC	NL	10	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.518	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
10 Seasons				265	493	-29	-0	3	0	53	26	2.6	16	42	2.7	.510	.502	2.8	-0.1	43	$

CHC (7 yrs)				204	456	-26	-0	2	0	49	24	2.4	15	40	2.5	.512	.502	2.6	-0.1	40	$
BRO (3 yrs)				61	37	-3	-0	1	0	4	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.503	.500	0.2	0.0	3	$

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
1948	24	BRO	NL	23	17	2	3.1	105	.222	.190	.274	.292	.349	.286	.405	.577	.754	54	.343	-1.3	-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	.419	-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	.277	.254	.348	.309	.431	.562	.779	44	.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	.773	38	.216	-7.1	-0.7	.469	.224	.118	.0
1955	31	CHC	NL	62	44	5	3.0	106	.265	.232	.266	.295	.337	.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 Yrs				493	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.				301	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	.759	58	.309	-26.2	-2.6	.500	.177	.104	.0
BRO (3 yrs)				37	28	3	2.9	106	.259	.200	.274	.263	.349	.257	.408	.520	.757	39	.303	-3.1	-0.3	.429	.143	.057

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
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
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	24	BRO	NL	23	0.0%	13.0%	13.0%	8.7%	50%	1.00	7.0		10.5	3.33	78%
1949	25	BRO	NL	14	0.0%	35.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8		7.0	0.50	64%
1950	26	CHC	NL	70	1.4%	22.9%	5.7%	2.9%	14%	4.00	4.1	65.0	9.3	1.90	69%
1951	27	CHC	NL	78	1.3%	12.8%	6.4%	6.4%	28%	2.00	7.1	71.0	11.8	0.80	77%
1952	28	CHC	NL	72	1.4%	26.4%	6.9%	9.7%	47%	3.80	3.4	64.0	12.8	1.78	61%
1953	29	CHC	NL	74	1.4%	21.6%	4.1%	4.1%	20%	5.33	4.3	68.0	11.3	1.44	69%
1954	30	CHC	NL	88	2.3%	21.6%	9.1%	5.7%	39%	2.38	4.0	38.0	5.4	1.39	66%
1955	31	CHC	NL	62	0.0%	11.3%	8.1%	3.2%	15%	1.40	8.0		56.0	2.00	79%
1956	32	CHC	NL	12	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	25.0%	100%		2.0			2.00	50%
10 Yrs				493	1.2%	20.5%	6.7%	5.9%	30%	3.06	4.4	74.5	10.4	1.46	70%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.4%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.07	8.5	45.9	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1946	22	BRO	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	24	BRO	NL	-1.3	-0.1	23	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.88	-0.0	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.99	-0.5	2.71	3
1949	25	BRO	NL	-1.8	-0.2	14	0.1	0.3	-0.2	.87	-0.1	0.1	-1.4	-0.1	1.09	-1.5		0
1950	26	CHC	NL	-5.5	-0.5	63	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	1.16	-0.4	-0.2	-4.6	-0.5	0.93	-4.4	2.47	3
1951	27	CHC	NL	-2.7	-0.3	60	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	1.03	-0.2	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.90	-1.7	2.20	1
1952	28	CHC	NL	-1.3	-0.1	60	-0.1	0.9	-0.9	.94	0.1	-0.1	1.9	0.2	0.98	0.9		0
1953	29	CHC	NL	-6.0	-0.6	70	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	.96	-0.3	0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.94	-3.7		0
1954	30	CHC	NL	-7.1	-0.7	73	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	.91	-0.6	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.96	-6.4		0
1955	31	CHC	NL	-3.9	-0.4	49	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	.88	-0.2	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.98	-2.1		0
1956	32	CHC	NL	0.2	0.0	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.84	0.0	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.73	-0.1		0
10 Yrs				-29.3	-2.9	424	-1.8	5.8	-7.6	.97	-1.6	-0.3	-18.6	-1.8	0.95	-19.5	2.53	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	24	BRO	NL	1	29%	13		0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	25	BRO	NL	0	100%	6		0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1950	26	CHC	NL	1	29%	32		1	0	1	27%	7	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
1951	27	CHC	NL	1	32%	31	0	0	2	1	22%	3	2	1	1	1	0	5	3	1
1952	28	CHC	NL	1	37%	21	0	0	1	0	25%	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	2
1953	29	CHC	NL	2	24%	28	0	0	0	0	11%	6	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1954	30	CHC	NL	1	26%	23	0	0	0	0	38%	4	4	0	1	1	0	3	0	3
1955	31	CHC	NL	0	28%	24	0	0	0	1	25%	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1956	32	CHC	NL	0	67%	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				7	32%	181	0	1	3	4	24%	30	29	1	5	3	2	19	8	10

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	24	BRO	NL	23	70%	4			3	1	0	0	2.71	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	4	0	0%	18	2	11%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1949	25	BRO	NL	14	57%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	12	2	17%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1950	26	CHC	NL	70	67%	14			3	0	0	0	2.47	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	16	2	13%	13	0	0%	38	4	11%	5	1	20%	0	0		0
1951	27	CHC	NL	78	80%	18			1	0	0	0	2.20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	12	2	17%	10	1	10%	33	3	9%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
1952	28	CHC	NL	72	57%	15			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	75%	10	0	0%	9	3	33%	38	6	16%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1953	29	CHC	NL	74	69%	15			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	3	100%	13	2	15%	15	3	20%	43	5	12%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
1954	30	CHC	NL	88	79%	13			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	14	1	7%	13	3	23%	46	6	13%	2	2	100%	4	1	25%	0
1955	31	CHC	NL	62	88%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	0	0%	11	1	9%	29	2	7%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
1956	32	CHC	NL	12	83%	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		1	0	0%	0
10 Yrs				493	72%	98			7	1	0	0	2.53	6	0	9	6	0	3	3	0	16	11	69%	84	7	8%	79	13	16%	261	30	11%	21	12	57%	15	5	33%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			117%			15%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	24	34	23	21	2	4	2	0	0	2		3	3	.190	.292	.286	.577	54	6	0	0
1949	25	61	37	35	5	7	2	0	0	4		3	8	.200	.263	.257	.520	39	9	0	0
1950	26	104	107	100	11	21	2	1	1	11		7	24	.210	.262	.280	.542	43	28	2	1
1951	27	140	185	171	19	39	6	1	2	17	0	12	34	.228	.279	.310	.589	56	53	4	3
1952	28	169	257	235	27	54	11	2	3	22	0	17	53	.230	.282	.332	.614	64	78	4	6
1953	29	200	331	303	32	69	12	3	4	28	0	20	69	.228	.276	.327	.602	59	99	6	9
1954	30	233	419	379	39	82	15	3	6	42	0	28	88	.216	.268	.319	.588	55	121	7	10	3
1955	31	255	481	435	44	95	17	3	6	43	0	33	95	.218	.272	.313	.584	54	136	7	11	3	0
1956	32	265	493	447	46	98	19	4	6	43	0	33	101	.219	.271	.320	.591	56	143	7	11	3	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	24	32	27	23	2	5	2	0	0	2	4	3	.217	.333	.304	.638	2	31
1949	25	28	15	15	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	5	.267	.267	.267	.533	1	27
1950	26	45	73	68	6	15	0	1	1	7	4	17	.221	.264	.294	.558	5	43
1951	27	37	80	73	8	18	4	0	1	6	5	10	.247	.295	.342	.637	7	36
1952	28	30	77	68	9	17	6	1	1	6	6	20	.250	.311	.412	.723	8	29
1953	29	32	76	70	5	15	1	1	1	6	3	17	.214	.247	.300	.547	5	31
1954	30	35	91	79	7	13	3	0	2	13	8	20	.165	.233	.278	.512	5	33
1955	31	23	64	58	5	13	2	0	0	1	5	7	.224	.286	.259	.544	4	22
1956	32	10	12	12	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.583	.833	2	10
9 Yrs		272	515	466	49	103	20	4	6	44	35	105	.221	.274	.320	.594	39	262
162 Game Avg.		162	307	278	29	61	12	2	4	26	21	63	.221	.274	.320	.594	23	262

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