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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 (Tucson, AZ)
Schools: Arizona State University, Azusa Pacific University
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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	21	CIN-min	A-,Rk	10	2	.833	1.53	14	13					88.0	55	27	15	0	44								1.125	5.6	0.0	4.5			EUG,BIL · NORW,PION
1976	22	CIN-min	AA	13	6	.684	1.55	26	23		11	6	0	180.0	134	42	31	5	58	0	124	4	1	3			1.067	6.7	0.2	2.9	6.2	2.14	TRV · EL
1977	23	CIN-min	AAA	7	1	.875	3.56	12	12		3	1	0	81.0	69	35	32	4	26	0	55	2	0	2			1.173	7.7	0.4	2.9	6.1	2.12	INA · AA
1977	23	CIN	NL	6	6	.500	4.00	20	19	1	2	2	0	108.0	116	51	48	10	40	3	71	1	2	4	467	99	1.444	9.7	0.8	3.3	5.9	1.78
1978	24	CIN-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.12	4	4		0	0	0	26.0	21	14	9	1	15	0	27	0	0	1			1.385	7.3	0.3	5.2	9.3	1.80	INA · AA
1978	24	CIN	NL	6	4	.600	3.97	26	25	1	2	1	1	145.0	139	65	64	17	57	4	88	3	7	1	613	90	1.352	8.6	1.1	3.5	5.5	1.54
1979	25	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	2		0	0		5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0			0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00	INA · AA
1979	25	CIN	NL	5	4	.556	3.89	21	15	1	1	0	0	106.1	107	53	46	9	51	3	58	0	0	6	470	97	1.486	9.1	0.8	4.3	4.9	1.14
1980	26	CIN	NL	9	7	.563	4.01	33	19	4	2	1	2	152.2	147	69	68	13	41	2	94	1	5	8	630	90	1.231	8.7	0.8	2.4	5.5	2.29
1981	27	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	4.94	27	1	4	0	0	2	54.2	54	31	30	4	32	5	32	1	0	2	246	73	1.573	8.9	0.7	5.3	5.3	1.00
1982	28	PIT-min	AAA	0	4	.000	10.32	4	4	0	0	0	0	11.1	17	13	13	2	11	0	10	0	0	2			2.471	13.5	1.6	8.7	7.9	0.91	POR · PCL
1982	28	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	4.37	13	5	2	0	0	0	35.0	43	21	17	7	8	0	15	0	1	2	152	87	1.457	11.1	1.8	2.1	3.9	1.88
1983	29	CHC-min	AAA	2	2	.500	5.93	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.2	57	36	36	8	27	0	26	0	2	3			1.537	9.4	1.3	4.4	4.3	0.96	IWA · AA
1983	29	CHC	NL	3	2	.600	6.75	8	8	0	0	0	0	32.0	44	25	24	7	14	1	16	0	0	2	149	57	1.813	12.4	2.0	3.9	4.5	1.14
7 Seasons				32	27	.542	4.22	148	92	13	7	4	5	633.2	650	315	297	67	243	18	374	6	15	25	2727	88	1.409	9.2	1.0	3.5	5.3	1.54
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.542	4.22	42	26	4	2	1	1	180	184	89	84	19	69	5	106	2	4	7	773	88	1.409	9.2	1.0	3.5	5.3	1.54

CIN (5 yrs)				28	22	.560	4.07	127	79	11	7	4	5	566.2	563	269	256	53	221	17	343	6	14	21	2426	91	1.384	8.9	0.8	3.5	5.4	1.55
PIT (1 yr)				1	3	.250	4.37	13	5	2	0	0	0	35.0	43	21	17	7	8	0	15	0	1	2	152	87	1.457	11.1	1.8	2.1	3.9	1.88
CHC (1 yr)				3	2	.600	6.75	8	8	0	0	0	0	32.0	44	25	24	7	14	1	16	0	0	2	149	57	1.813	12.4	2.0	3.9	4.5	1.14

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1977	23	CIN	NL	108.0	19	51	63	0	.9	12	1.2	$
1978	24	CIN	NL	145.0	25	65	78	-3	.9	13	1.4	$
1979	25	CIN	NL	106.1	15	53	59	1	1.1	6	0.6	$
1980	26	CIN	NL	152.2	19	69	80	0	1.0	11	1.1	$
1981	27	CIN	NL	54.2	1	31	29	0	.9	-2	-0.5	$
1982	28	PIT	NL	35.0	5	21	19	0	.8	-2	-0.2	$
1983	29	CHC	NL	32.0	8	25	19	-1	1.0	-6	-0.6	$
7 Seasons				633.2	92	315	347	-3	1.0	32	3.0	$

CIN (5 yrs)				566.2	79	269	309	-2	1.0	40	3.8	$
PIT (1 yr)				35.0	5	21	19	0	.8	-2	-0.2	$
CHC (1 yr)				32.0	8	25	19	-1	1.0	-6	-0.6	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1975	21	CIN-min	A-,Rk	24	48	48		15	2	0	3						.313	.313	.542	.854		26						EUG,BIL · NORW,PION
1976	22	CIN-min	AA	40	77	69	4	20	1	0	1	9	0	0	4	7	.290	.338	.348	.686		24		1	3	0		TRV · EL
1977	23	CIN-min	AAA	14	38	35	2	10	2	0	1	8	0	0	1	9	.286	.306	.429	.734		15		0	2	0		INA · AA
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-min	AAA	4	10	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444		2		0	1	0		INA · AA
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-min	AAA	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667		0		0	0	0		INA · AA
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-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	POR · PCL
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-min	AAA	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1977	23	CIN	NL	42	-3	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$	1
1978	24	CIN	NL	55	-3	0	-1	0	0	5	2	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	1
1979	25	CIN	NL	45	-8	0	-1	0	0	4	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1
1980	26	CIN	NL	53	-6	0	-1	0	0	4	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1981	27	CIN	NL	9	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$90,000	1
1982	28	PIT	NL	12	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1983	29	CHC	NL	13	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
7 Seasons				229	-24	0	-3	0	0	20	5	-2	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$90,000

CIN (5 yrs)				204	-21	0	-3	0	0	18	5	-1	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$90,000
PIT (1 yr)				12	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CHC (1 yr)				13	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1977	CIN	NL	23	P	20	19	2	108.0	25	6	19	0	1	1.000	2.08	1.25	.950	1.85	1.85	7	8	53%	1
1978	CIN	NL	24	P	26	25	2	145.0	18	5	13	0	1	1.000	1.12	0.69	.951	1.91	1.89	10	8	44%	1
1979	CIN	NL	25	P	21	15	1	106.1	24	3	19	2	3	.917	1.86	1.05	.951	1.80	1.80	5	2	29%	0
1980	CIN	NL	26	P	33	19	2	152.2	36	11	22	3	4	.917	1.95	1.00	.952	1.91	1.91	14	4	22%	4
1981	CIN	NL	27	P	27	1	0	54.2	17	4	12	1	0	.941	2.63	0.59	.959	1.98	1.98	6	2	25%	1
1982	PIT	NL	28	P	13	5	0	35.0	7	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.54	.951	1.95	1.97	1	2	67%	0
1983	CHC	NL	29	P	8	8	0	32.0	10	3	5	2	0	.800	2.25	1.00	.952	1.91	1.91	3	2	40%	0
	7 Seasons			P	148	92	7	633.2	137	35	94	8	9	.942	1.83	0.87	.952	1.89	1.90	46	28	38%	7
	7 Seasons			TOT	148	92	7	633.2	137	35	94	8	9	.942	1.83	0.87	.952	1.89	1.90	46	28	38%	7

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y 1977 NL 2 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1980 NL 8 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1977 NL 2 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1980 NL 8 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1245), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Mark Portugal (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Mura (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Walk (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

January 9, 1974: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft.
February 9, 1982: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named later. The Baltimore Orioles sent Wayne Krenchicki (February 16, 1982) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
April 3, 1982: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Baltimore Orioles.
October 4, 1982: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
January 14, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
August 8, 1983: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1981	27	Cincinnati Reds	$90,000	1982 TSN Guide	Player loss; asked for $90K

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$90,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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