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Paul Moskau

Paul Richard Moskau

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 20, 1953 in St. Joseph, MO
High School: Rincon HS (Tuscon, AZ)
Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, CA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1977
Teams (by GP): Reds/Pirates/Cubs 1977-1983

Final Game: May 31, 1983
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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
1977 23 CIN NL 22 42 38 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 10 .184 .244 .289 .533 42 11 1 0 1 0 0 1
1978 24 CIN NL 29 55 49 6 10 3 0 1 11 0 0 4 10 .204 .264 .327 .591 65 16 0 0 2 0 0 1
1979 25 CIN NL 21 45 37 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .081 .103 .108 .211 -42 4 1 0 6 1 0 1
1980 26 CIN NL 33 53 44 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .159 .178 .182 .360 1 8 0 0 8 0 0 1
1981 27 CIN NL 27 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -57 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1982 28 PIT NL 13 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1983 29 CHC NL 8 13 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .273 .455 23 3 0 0 2 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 153 229 196 19 30 7 0 2 17 0 0 10 48 .153 .193 .219 .413 13 43 3 0 22 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 242 208 20 32 7 0 2 18 0 0 11 51 .153 .193 .219 .413 13 46 3 0 23 1 0
CIN (5 yrs) 132 204 174 16 27 6 0 2 17 0 0 10 46 .155 .200 .224 .424 17 39 2 0 19 1 0
PIT (1 yr) 13 12 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 1 0 1 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 8 13 11 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .273 .455 23 3 0 0 2 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 Awards
1977 23 CIN NL 22 42 -3 -0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .508 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1978 24 CIN NL 29 55 -3 0 0 0 6 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .515 .503 0.4 0.0 6 $ 1
1979 25 CIN NL 21 45 -8 -0 -0 0 5 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .482 .498 -0.4 0.0 -2 $ 1
1980 26 CIN NL 33 53 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1981 27 CIN NL 27 9 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $90,000 1
1982 28 PIT NL 13 12 -2 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1983 29 CHC NL 8 13 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ /1
7 Seasons 153 229 -27 0 -0 0 27 -0 0.0 7 7 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.1 0.1 7 $90,000
CIN (5 yrs) 132 204 -23 0 -0 0 24 1 0.1 6 7 0.1 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 7 $90,000
PIT (1 yr) 13 12 -2 0 -0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
CHC (1 yr) 8 13 -1 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $

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
1977 23 CIN NL 42 33 3 2.5 105 .222 .184 .272 .244 .340 .289 .414 .533 .754 42 .239 -3.3 -0.3 .438 .184 .105 .0
1978 24 CIN NL 55 41 5 3.3 95 .237 .204 .262 .264 .330 .327 .385 .591 .715 65 .390 -2.4 -0.2 .513 .204 .122 .0
1979 25 CIN NL 45 42 1 0.6 100 .120 .081 .270 .103 .336 .108 .401 .211 .737 -42 .028 -7.4 -0.8 .143 .054 .027
1980 26 CIN NL 53 45 2 1.2 96 .206 .159 .268 .178 .330 .182 .389 .360 .719 1 .090 -6.0 -0.6 .243 .045 .023
1981 27 CIN NL 9 8 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .265 .143 .330 .000 .380 .143 .710 -57 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .167 .000
1982 28 PIT NL 12 12 0 0.0 98 .111 .091 .270 .091 .334 .091 .393 .182 .727 -50 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .091 .000 .000
1983 29 CHC NL 13 11 1 2.4 100 .182 .182 .268 .182 .337 .273 .397 .455 .734 23 .267 -1.2 -0.1 .333 .091 .091
7 Yrs 229 192 12 1.7 98 .190 .153 .268 .193 .334 .219 .396 .413 .729 13 .150 -23.9 -2.5 .314 .117 .066 .0
162 Game Avg. 242 203 13 1.7 98 .190 .153 .268 .193 .334 .219 .396 .413 .729 13 .150 -23.9 -2.5 .314 .117 .066
CIN (5 yrs) 204 169 11 1.8 98 .197 .155 .267 .200 .333 .224 .396 .424 .729 17 .160 -20.4 -2.1 .329 .126 .069 .0
PIT (1 yr) 12 12 0 0.0 98 .111 .091 .270 .091 .334 .091 .393 .182 .727 -50 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .091 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 13 11 1 2.4 100 .182 .182 .268 .182 .337 .273 .397 .455 .734 23 .267 -1.2 -0.1 .333 .091 .091

Ratio Batting*

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
1977 23 CIN NL 42 2.4% 23.8% 7.1% 4.8% 29% 3.33 3.8 38.0 19.0 2.29 64%
1978 24 CIN NL 55 1.8% 18.2% 7.3% 7.3% 40% 2.50 4.9 49.0 4.5 2.30 69%
1979 25 CIN NL 45 0.0% 28.9% 2.2% 2.2% 33% 13.00 2.8 12.3 1.90 56%
1980 26 CIN NL 53 0.0% 18.9% 1.9% 1.9% 14% 10.00 4.4 44.0 1.92 64%
1981 27 CIN NL 9 0.0% 33.3% 11.1% 0.0% 3.00 2.0 4.00 33%
1982 28 PIT NL 12 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.5 4.00 75%
1983 29 CHC NL 13 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 1.50 85%
7 Yrs 229 0.9% 21.0% 4.4% 3.9% 30% 4.80 4.1 98.0 11.5 2.15 64%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.9% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.54 6.9 44.2 8.5 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 23 CIN NL -3.3 -0.3 42 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .71 -0.2 0.0 -3.5 -0.3 0.85 -3.0 0.02 1
1978 24 CIN NL -2.4 -0.2 56 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 .94 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 1.01 -2.6 3.18 1
1979 25 CIN NL -7.4 -0.8 45 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .98 -0.8 0.2 -7.9 -0.8 1.04 -8.1 0
1980 26 CIN NL -6.0 -0.6 53 -0.6 0.3 -0.8 .84 -0.6 -0.1 -6.0 -0.6 0.91 -6.4 0
1981 27 CIN NL -1.3 -0.1 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.07 -1.8 0
1982 28 PIT NL -2.3 -0.2 12 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .88 -0.2 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.99 -2.7 0
1983 29 CHC NL -1.2 -0.1 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .89 -0.2 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.94 -1.1 0
7 Yrs -23.9 -2.5 230 -1.9 1.9 -3.9 .87 -2.5 0.2 -23.7 -2.4 0.96 -25.7 1.60 2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1977 23 CIN NL 0 0 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 24 CIN NL 0 0 39% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 80% 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
1979 25 CIN NL 0 0 75% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1980 26 CIN NL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 27 CIN NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 28 PIT NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1983 29 CHC NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 45% 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 9 6 3 1 0 1 4 1 3

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
1977 23 CIN NL 42 40% 7 1 0 0 0 0.02 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 8 1 13% 8 2 25% 20 2 10% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1978 24 CIN NL 55 53% 10 1 1 0 0 3.18 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 50% 5 0 0% 6 2 33% 38 10 26% 3 3 100% 4 1 25% 0
1979 25 CIN NL 45 40% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 11 1 9% 12 4 33% 38 3 8% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 0
1980 26 CIN NL 53 19% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 10 0 0% 9 5 56% 24 1 4% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1981 27 CIN NL 9 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1982 28 PIT NL 12 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 29 CHC NL 13 8% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 229 33% 30 2 1 0 0 1.60 2 0 6 1 1 1 1 0 24 22 92% 40 3 8% 41 14 34% 146 16 11% 11 6 55% 8 3 38% 0
MLB Averages 56% 81% 11% 36% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1977 23 22 42 38 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 10 .184 .244 .289 .533 42 11 1 0 1 0 0
1978 24 51 97 87 9 17 4 0 2 13 0 0 7 20 .195 .255 .310 .566 54 27 1 0 3 0 0
1979 25 72 142 124 12 20 5 0 2 16 0 0 8 33 .161 .211 .250 .461 26 31 2 0 9 1 0
1980 26 105 195 168 16 27 6 0 2 17 0 0 9 43 .161 .202 .232 .434 19 39 2 0 17 1 0
1981 27 132 204 174 16 27 6 0 2 17 0 0 10 46 .155 .200 .224 .424 17 39 2 0 19 1 0
1982 28 145 216 185 17 28 6 0 2 17 0 0 10 48 .151 .194 .216 .410 13 40 3 0 20 1 0
1983 29 153 229 196 19 30 7 0 2 17 0 0 10 48 .153 .193 .219 .413 13 43 3 0 22 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1977 23 22 42 38 3 7 1 0 1 2 0 3 10 .184 .244 .289 .533 3 22
1978 24 29 56 50 7 11 3 0 1 13 0 4 10 .220 .278 .340 .618 5 29
1979 25 21 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .000 .026 .000 .026 0 21
1980 26 33 54 45 6 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 .178 .196 .200 .396 2 33
1981 27 41 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 27
1982 28 13 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
1983 29 8 14 12 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .417 .667 1 8
7 Yrs 167 237 202 20 29 7 0 2 16 0 11 50 .144 .187 .208 .395 11 153
162 Game Avg. 162 230 196 19 28 7 0 2 16 0 11 49 .144 .187 .208 .395 11 153

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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