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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1946 22 BRO NL 0 1 .000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 22 50 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00
1948 24 BRO NL 4 3 .571 2.44 28 2 11 0 0 1 62.2 61 23 17 5 26 23 0 0 2 269 164 1.388 8.8 0.7 3.7 3.3 0.88
1949 25 BRO NL 3 1 .750 3.80 27 1 15 0 0 2 47.1 49 22 20 7 18 17 1 0 1 203 108 1.415 9.3 1.3 3.4 3.2 0.94
1950 26 CHC NL 8 13 .381 4.11 39 24 9 9 1 4 190.1 217 105 87 18 72 99 1 3 3 839 102 1.518 10.3 0.9 3.4 4.7 1.38
1951 27 CHC NL 6 17 .261 3.79 33 28 3 14 3 1 201.2 219 97 85 20 64 68 0 1 5 861 107 1.403 9.8 0.9 2.9 3.0 1.06
1952 28 CHC NL 14 9 .609 3.74 28 27 1 12 2 0 180.2 180 84 75 13 54 61 1 1 2 762 103 1.295 9.0 0.6 2.7 3.0 1.13
1953 29 CHC NL 12 15 .444 4.21 31 27 2 9 2 1 201.0 227 109 94 15 40 64 3 0 0 860 105 1.328 10.2 0.7 1.8 2.9 1.60
1954 30 CHC NL 11 11 .500 3.96 32 29 3 12 0 1 218.0 236 107 96 19 50 79 1 0 1 913 106 1.312 9.7 0.8 2.1 3.3 1.58
1955 31 CHC NL 9 9 .500 3.48 22 22 0 7 1 0 157.2 173 67 61 15 47 10 53 1 0 2 675 118 1.395 9.9 0.9 2.7 3.0 1.13
1956 32 CHC NL 2 5 .286 6.89 10 9 0 1 0 0 47.0 60 38 36 9 19 2 14 2 0 1 213 55 1.681 11.5 1.7 3.6 2.7 0.74
10 Seasons 69 84 .451 3.94 253 169 44 64 9 10 1310.1 1428 656 574 122 393 12 481 10 5 17 5617 105 1.390 9.8 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.22
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .451 3.94 41 27 7 10 1 2 211 230 106 92 20 63 78 2 1 3 905 105 1.390 9.8 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.22
CHC (7 yrs) 62 79 .440 4.02 195 166 18 64 9 7 1196.1 1312 607 534 109 346 12 438 9 5 14 5123 103 1.386 9.9 0.8 2.6 3.3 1.27
BRO (3 yrs) 7 5 .583 3.16 58 3 26 0 0 3 114.0 116 49 40 13 47 43 1 0 3 494 127 1.430 9.2 1.0 3.7 3.4 0.91

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1949 25 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 WS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 30 CHC NL 32 913 843 107 236 45 12 19 4 5 50 79 .280 .317 .429 .747 .287 362 14 1 8 11
1955 31 CHC NL 22 674 610 67 173 10 1 15 3 1 47 53 .284 .333 .377 .710 .289 230 3 1 11 5 10
1956 32 CHC NL 10 213 186 38 60 5 0 9 4 1 19 14 .323 .388 .495 .882 .309 92 4 2 4 2 2
3 Seasons 64 1800 1639 212 469 60 13 43 11 7 116 146 .286 .331 .417 .749 .290 684 21 4 23 18 12
162 Game Avg. 35 987 899 116 257 33 7 24 6 4 64 80 .286 .331 .417 .749 .290 375 12 2 13 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 30 CHC NL 32 29 11 10 8 2 4 13 16 .448 1 2 12 0 14 48% 50 75 19 13 7 5 12 5.2 5.4 7.4
1955 31 CHC NL 22 22 9 9 4 2 5 11 11 .500 1 1 7 1 14 64% 51 84 30 7 2 0 14 4.7 3.8 7.2
1956 32 CHC NL 10 9 2 5 2 2 2 3 6 .333 0 1 1 0 3 33% 39 66 13 4 2 1 7 4.4 4.2 4.9
3 Seasons 64 60 22 24 14 6 11 27 33 .450 2 4 20 1 31 52% 49 84 13 24 11 6 33 4.9 4.9 6.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 30 CHC NL 32 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 2 67% 0.956 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 4.3
1956 32 CHC NL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.078 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 8.0
2 Seasons 42 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 2 40% 0.980 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 3 2 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1946 22 BRO NL
1948 24 BRO NL
1949 25 BRO NL
1950 26 CHC NL
1951 27 CHC NL
1952 28 CHC NL
1953 29 CHC NL
1954 30 CHC NL 913 72% 2.1% 8.7% 5.5% 8.3% 32% 0.85 83% 111 14 13%
1955 31 CHC NL 675 68% 2.2% 7.9% 7.0% 3.9% 15% 0.97 81% 37 3 8%
1956 32 CHC NL 213 67% 4.2% 6.6% 8.9% 6.6% 23% 1.15 77% 39 4 10%
10 Seasons 1801 71% 6.8% 26.7% 21.8% 6.4% 8% 0.91 82% 187 21 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1946 22 BRO NL 6 1 0
1948 24 BRO NL 61 5 2
1949 25 BRO NL 49 7 1
1950 26 CHC NL 217 18 3
1951 27 CHC NL 219 20 5
1952 28 CHC NL 180 13 2
1953 29 CHC NL 227 15 0
1954 30 CHC NL 679 236 19 0 5 12 5 5 12 22 17 1 77% 8 1 0 254 4 5 44% 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 234
1955 31 CHC NL 225 173 15 0 3 4 2 2 4 10 4 0 40% 1 2 0 87 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 450
1956 32 CHC NL 169 60 9 0 3 7 1 5 3 14 10 0 71% 0 1 0 68 4 1 80% 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 44
10 Seasons 1073 1428 122 0 11 23 8 12 19 46 31 1 67% 9 17 0 409 11 7 61% 6 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 20 728
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1946 22 0 1 .000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 22 50 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00 50
1947 23 0 1 .000 6.75 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 22 50 2.250 13.5 2.3 6.8 6.8 1.00 50
1948 24 4 4 .500 2.70 31 2 11 0 0 1 66.2 67 27 20 6 29 26 0 0 2 291 147 1.440 9.0 0.8 3.9 3.5 0.90 147
1949 25 7 5 .583 3.16 58 3 26 0 0 3 114.0 116 49 40 13 47 43 1 0 3 494 127 1.430 9.2 1.0 3.7 3.4 0.91 127
1950 26 15 18 .455 3.76 97 27 35 9 1 7 304.1 333 154 127 31 119 142 2 3 6 1333 110 1.485 9.8 0.9 3.5 4.2 1.19 110
1951 27 21 35 .375 3.77 130 55 38 23 4 8 506.0 552 251 212 51 183 210 2 4 11 2194 109 1.453 9.8 0.9 3.3 3.7 1.15 109
1952 28 35 44 .443 3.76 158 82 39 35 6 8 686.2 732 335 287 64 237 271 3 5 13 2956 107 1.411 9.6 0.8 3.1 3.6 1.14 107
1953 29 47 59 .443 3.86 189 109 41 44 8 9 887.2 959 444 381 79 277 335 6 5 13 3816 107 1.392 9.7 0.8 2.8 3.4 1.21 107
1954 30 58 70 .453 3.88 221 138 44 56 8 10 1105.2 1195 551 477 98 327 414 7 5 14 4729 107 1.377 9.7 0.8 2.7 3.4 1.27 107
1955 31 67 79 .459 3.83 243 160 44 63 9 10 1263.1 1368 618 538 113 374 10 467 8 5 16 5404 108 1.379 9.7 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.25 108
1956 32 69 84 .451 3.94 253 169 44 64 9 10 1310.1 1428 656 574 122 393 12 481 10 5 17 5617 105 1.390 9.8 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.22 105

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1946 22 0 0 9.00 4.0 7 4 4 1 4 3 0 2.750 15.8 9.0 6.8 0.75 2.3 3
1948 24 5 2 .714 2.57 63.0 64 20 18 5 27 23 0 1.444 9.1 3.9 3.3 0.85 0.7 28
1949 25 3 2 .600 3.83 47.0 50 22 20 7 18 17 1 1.447 9.6 3.4 3.3 0.94 1.3 27
1950 26 11 10 .524 3.94 194.0 220 94 85 18 73 101 1 1.510 10.2 3.4 4.7 1.38 0.8 39
1951 27 12 10 .545 3.79 202.0 223 94 85 20 65 68 0 1.426 9.9 2.9 3.0 1.05 0.9 33
1952 28 10 10 .500 3.96 182.0 191 89 80 14 57 61 1 1.363 9.4 2.8 3.0 1.07 0.7 28
1953 29 12 11 .522 3.81 208.0 225 98 88 15 40 66 3 1.274 9.7 1.7 2.9 1.65 0.6 31
1954 30 12 12 .500 3.83 223.0 240 106 95 19 51 81 1 1.305 9.7 2.1 3.3 1.59 0.8 32
1955 31 10 7 .588 3.41 161.0 178 68 61 15 48 54 1 1.404 10.0 2.7 3.0 1.13 0.8 22
1956 32 1 4 .200 7.63 46.0 64 43 39 10 20 14 2 1.826 12.5 3.9 2.7 0.70 2.0 10
10 Seasons 76 68 .528 3.89 1330.0 1462 638 575 124 403 488 10 1.402 9.9 3.3 1.21 0.8 253

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1955 NL  3.482 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  14 (9th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1953 NL  1.328 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1951 NL  2.856 (9th)
1953 NL  1.791 (3rd)
1954 NL  2.064 (2nd)
1955 NL  2.683 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL  4.681 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL  4 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1953 NL  201.0 (10th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1951 NL  14 (9th)
1954 NL  12 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1951 NL  3 (7th)
1953 NL  2 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1953 NL  227 (4th)
1954 NL  236 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1954 NL  1.580 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1953 NL  .672 (6th)
1954 NL  .784 (8th)
1955 NL  .856 (7th)

Losses s c a p y
1951 NL  17 (1st)
1953 NL  15 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1954 NL  96 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1955 NL  118 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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