Paul Mitchell
Paul Michael Mitchell Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 19, 1949 in Worcester, MA
High School: Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA)
School: Old Dominion University
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1975
Final Game: September 21, 1980
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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
1975 25 BAL AL 3 0 1.000 3.63 11 4 4 1 0 0 57.0 41 23 23 8 19 4 31 0 0 1 224 97 1.053 6.5 1.3 3.0 4.9 1.63
1976 26 OAK AL 9 7 .563 4.25 26 26 0 4 1 0 142.0 169 74 67 15 30 0 67 1 1 4 615 79 1.401 10.7 1.0 1.9 4.2 2.23
1977 27 TOT AL 3 6 .333 6.41 14 12 1 0 0 0 53.1 71 42 38 10 23 1 25 1 0 2 254 64 1.763 12.0 1.7 3.9 4.2 1.09
1977 27 OAK AL 0 3 .000 10.54 5 3 1 0 0 0 13.2 21 16 16 3 7 0 5 0 0 0 71 38 2.049 13.8 2.0 4.6 3.3 0.71
1977 27 SEA AL 3 3 .500 4.99 9 9 0 0 0 0 39.2 50 26 22 7 16 1 20 1 0 2 183 82 1.664 11.3 1.6 3.6 4.5 1.25
1978 28 SEA AL 8 14 .364 4.18 29 29 0 4 2 0 168.0 173 86 78 21 79 1 75 2 1 4 735 91 1.500 9.3 1.1 4.2 4.0 0.95
1979 29 TOT AL 4 7 .364 5.32 28 14 5 1 0 0 111.2 127 76 66 15 25 0 50 3 0 1 478 80 1.361 10.2 1.2 2.0 4.0 2.00
1979 29 SEA AL 1 4 .200 4.42 10 6 1 1 0 0 36.2 46 26 18 4 15 0 18 0 0 1 166 100 1.664 11.3 1.0 3.7 4.4 1.20
1979 29 MIL AL 3 3 .500 5.76 18 8 4 0 0 0 75.0 81 50 48 11 10 0 32 3 0 0 312 73 1.213 9.7 1.3 1.2 3.8 3.20
1980 30 MIL AL 5 5 .500 3.53 17 11 4 1 1 1 89.1 92 40 35 7 15 3 29 1 0 0 368 110 1.198 9.3 0.7 1.5 2.9 1.93
6 Seasons 32 39 .451 4.45 125 96 14 11 4 1 621.1 673 341 307 76 191 9 277 8 2 12 2674 85 1.391 9.7 1.1 2.8 4.0 1.45
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .451 4.45 38 30 4 3 1 0 191 207 105 94 23 59 3 85 2 1 4 823 85 1.391 9.7 1.1 2.8 4.0 1.45
SEA (3 yrs) 12 21 .364 4.35 48 44 1 5 2 0 244.1 269 138 118 32 110 2 113 3 1 7 1084 91 1.551 9.9 1.2 4.1 4.2 1.03
OAK (2 yrs) 9 10 .474 4.80 31 29 1 4 1 0 155.2 190 90 83 18 37 0 72 1 1 4 686 71 1.458 11.0 1.0 2.1 4.2 1.95
MIL (2 yrs) 8 8 .500 4.55 35 19 8 1 1 1 164.1 173 90 83 18 25 3 61 4 0 0 680 88 1.205 9.5 1.0 1.4 3.3 2.44
BAL (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 3.63 11 4 4 1 0 0 57.0 41 23 23 8 19 4 31 0 0 1 224 97 1.053 6.5 1.3 3.0 4.9 1.63

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
1975 25 BAL AL 11 224 201 23 41 8 1 8 2 1 19 31 .204 .271 .373 .645 .202 75 7 0 3 1 4
1976 26 OAK AL 26 615 574 74 169 23 2 15 18 6 30 67 .294 .328 .420 .748 .310 241 6 1 6 4 0
1977 27 TOT AL 14 254 223 42 71 10 2 10 5 0 23 25 .318 .380 .516 .896 .319 115 3 1 4 3 1
1977 27 OAK AL 5 71 62 16 21 2 0 3 2 0 7 5 .339 .406 .516 .922 .333 32 0 0 2 0 0
1977 27 SEA AL 9 183 161 26 50 8 2 7 3 0 16 20 .311 .370 .516 .886 .314 83 3 1 2 3 1
1978 28 SEA AL 29 735 640 86 173 34 4 21 18 3 79 75 .270 .350 .434 .785 .277 278 17 2 10 4 1
1979 29 TOT AL 28 478 442 76 127 24 2 15 19 4 25 50 .287 .325 .452 .777 .292 200 13 3 1 7 0
1979 29 MIL AL 18 312 293 50 81 16 2 11 12 3 10 32 .276 .301 .457 .759 .273 134 8 3 0 6 0
1979 29 SEA AL 10 166 149 26 46 8 0 4 7 1 15 18 .309 .370 .443 .813 .328 66 5 0 1 1 0
1980 30 MIL AL 17 368 344 40 92 20 1 7 9 1 15 29 .267 .298 .392 .690 .273 135 9 1 5 3 3
6 Seasons 125 2674 2424 341 673 119 12 76 71 15 191 277 .278 .330 .431 .760 .285 1044 55 8 29 22 9
162 Game Avg. 38 823 746 105 207 37 4 23 22 5 59 85 .278 .330 .431 .760 .285 321 17 2 9 7 3
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
1975 25 BAL AL 11 4 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 1.000 0 3 1 0 1 25% 43 70 21 6 2 0 4 9.0 2.5 5.3
1976 26 OAK AL 26 26 9 7 10 1 1 16 10 .615 2 4 4 1 11 42% 48 81 -2 29 9 9 9 4.8 5.1 5.5
1977 27 TOT AL 14 12 3 6 3 0 0 4 8 .333 0 3 0 0 3 25% 42 64 26 12 3 1 8 3.3 2.8 4.1
1977 27 OAK AL 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 38 30 6 2 0 3 2.0 1.0 3.1
1977 27 SEA AL 9 9 3 3 3 0 0 4 5 .444 0 3 0 0 3 33% 44 64 26 6 1 1 5 3.7 3.2 4.4
1978 28 SEA AL 29 29 8 14 7 1 5 10 19 .345 1 3 4 2 12 41% 48 80 28 29 10 0 17 3.5 3.5 5.8
1979 29 TOT AL 28 14 4 7 3 1 1 5 9 .357 0 2 1 0 6 43% 43 71 20 19 7 1 10 4.7 4.9 4.8
1979 29 SEA AL 10 6 1 4 1 0 1 1 5 .167 0 1 1 0 3 50% 45 62 31 11 1 0 4 3.4 3.8 4.8
1979 29 MIL AL 18 8 3 3 2 1 0 4 4 .500 0 1 0 0 3 38% 42 71 20 8 6 1 6 5.7 5.7 4.8
1980 30 MIL AL 17 11 4 5 2 1 0 4 7 .364 2 0 1 1 4 36% 48 79 31 11 2 1 5 4.2 5.3 6.1
6 Seasons 125 96 29 39 28 4 7 43 53 .448 5 15 11 4 37 39% 46 81 -2 106 33 12 53 4.3 4.2 5.4
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
1975 25 BAL AL 11 7 4 2 0 1 0 1 0% 2 0 14 4 29% 3 0.973 3 3 1 3 0 4 7 0 7 0 7 0 15.4
1977 27 TOT AL 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.903 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.5
1977 27 OAK AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.672 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.5
1979 29 TOT AL 28 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 0.757 1 1 12 1 1 12 7 7 12 2 12 1 9.6
1979 29 SEA AL 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 7 0.761 1 0 3 0 1 3 2 2 3 1 3 0 6.0
1979 29 MIL AL 18 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 2 0.755 0 1 9 1 0 9 5 5 9 1 9 1 11.1
1980 30 MIL AL 17 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 3 50% 7 0.901 1 2 3 3 0 3 3 3 6 0 6 1 11.0
4 Seasons 61 29 14 3 0 2 1 1 50% 3 0 32 9 28% 0.841 5 6 18 7 1 21 17 12 27 2 27 2 11.1

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%
1975 25 BAL AL 224 44% 3.6% 13.8% 8.5% 7.6% 42% 0.88 73% 41 7 17%
1976 26 OAK AL 615 47% 2.4% 10.9% 4.9% 6.5% 24% 0.74 81% 111 6 5%
1977 27 TOT AL 254 56% 3.9% 9.8% 9.1% 8.7% 31% 0.85 75% 50 3 6%
1977 27 OAK AL 71 52% 4.2% 7.0% 9.9% 7.0% 24% 0.57 76% 16 0 0%
1977 27 SEA AL 183 57% 3.8% 10.9% 8.7% 9.3% 34% 0.98 75% 34 3 9%
1978 28 SEA AL 735 50% 2.9% 10.2% 10.8% 8.0% 34% 0.85 75% 119 17 14%
1979 29 TOT AL 478 46% 3.1% 10.5% 5.2% 8.6% 32% 1.12 80% 91 13 14%
1979 29 SEA AL 166 44% 2.4% 10.8% 9.0% 7.2% 26% 1.51 77% 36 5 14%
1979 29 MIL AL 312 47% 3.5% 10.3% 3.2% 9.3% 36% 0.98 82% 55 8 15%
1980 30 MIL AL 368 56% 1.9% 7.9% 4.1% 7.6% 30% 1.01 85% 42 9 21%
6 Seasons 2674 50% 2.8% 10.4% 7.1% 7.7% 31% 0.89 78% 454 55 12%
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
1975 25 BAL AL 224 41 8 0 8 5 3 2 6 9 4 1 44% 1 1 0 78 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1976 26 OAK AL 615 169 15 1 8 10 5 9 6 31 19 5 61% 6 4 0 222 18 6 75% 17 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1977 27 TOT AL 254 71 10 1 8 3 7 7 3 17 11 0 65% 5 2 1 101 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1977 27 OAK AL 71 21 3 1 1 1 2 3 0 4 2 0 50% 3 0 0 34 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1977 27 SEA AL 183 50 7 0 7 2 5 4 3 13 9 0 69% 2 2 1 67 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1978 28 SEA AL 735 173 21 0 6 9 12 13 8 36 19 7 53% 7 4 1 282 18 3 86% 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1979 29 TOT AL 478 127 15 0 9 7 8 11 4 29 19 3 66% 9 1 2 185 19 4 83% 18 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1979 29 SEA AL 166 46 4 0 6 2 2 4 0 11 7 0 64% 3 1 1 67 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1979 29 MIL AL 312 81 11 0 3 5 6 7 4 18 12 3 67% 6 0 1 118 12 3 80% 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1980 30 MIL AL 368 92 7 1 8 3 4 4 3 16 9 1 56% 3 0 0 115 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 Seasons 2674 673 76 3 47 37 39 46 30 138 81 17 59% 31 12 4 983 71 15 83% 69 12 2 3 0 0 1 0 49 0
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+
1975 25 3 0 1.000 3.63 11 4 4 1 0 0 57.0 41 23 23 8 19 4 31 0 0 1 224 97 1.053 6.5 1.3 3.0 4.9 1.63 97
1976 26 12 7 .632 4.07 37 30 4 5 1 0 199.0 210 97 90 23 49 4 98 1 1 5 839 83 1.302 9.5 1.0 2.2 4.4 2.00 83
1977 27 15 13 .536 4.57 51 42 5 5 1 0 252.1 281 139 128 33 72 5 123 2 1 7 1093 78 1.399 10.0 1.2 2.6 4.4 1.71 78
1978 28 23 27 .460 4.41 80 71 5 9 3 0 420.1 454 225 206 54 151 6 198 4 2 11 1828 83 1.439 9.7 1.2 3.2 4.2 1.31 83
1979 29 27 34 .443 4.60 108 85 10 10 3 0 532.0 581 301 272 69 176 6 248 7 2 12 2306 82 1.423 9.8 1.2 3.0 4.2 1.41 82
1980 30 32 39 .451 4.45 125 96 14 11 4 1 621.1 673 341 307 76 191 9 277 8 2 12 2674 85 1.391 9.7 1.1 2.8 4.0 1.45 85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1975 25 2 3 .400 4.58 53.0 45 30 27 9 21 29 0 1.245 7.6 3.6 4.9 1.38 1.5 11
1976 26 5 9 .357 5.77 131.0 191 93 84 17 34 62 1 1.718 13.1 2.3 4.3 1.82 1.2 26
1977 27 1 4 .200 6.92 52.0 74 44 40 10 24 24 1 1.885 12.8 4.2 4.2 1.00 1.7 14
1978 28 7 10 .412 4.96 156.0 182 96 86 22 83 70 2 1.699 10.5 4.8 4.0 0.84 1.3 29
1979 29 4 8 .333 5.58 108.0 129 74 67 15 25 48 3 1.426 10.8 2.1 4.0 1.92 1.3 28
1980 30 4 5 .444 4.13 85.0 97 43 39 7 16 28 1 1.329 10.3 1.7 3.0 1.75 0.7 17
6 Seasons 23 39 .371 5.28 585.0 718 380 343 80 203 261 8 1.574 11.0 4.0 1.29 1.2 125

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1978 AL--14--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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