Mike Paul
Michael George Paul
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 183 lb.

Born: April 18, 1945 in Detroit, MI
High School: Pius X (Downey, CA)
School: University of Arizona
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 20th round of the 1967 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1968
Final Game: April 16, 1974
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Standard Batting

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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
1968 23 CLE AL 36 26 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .167 .200 .167 .367 13 4 0 0 1 0 0 1/3
1969 24 CLE AL 47 29 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .036 .000 .036 -89 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1970 25 CLE AL 30 27 26 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .154 .154 .154 .308 -16 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1971 26 CLE AL 17 22 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .053 .143 .053 .195 -44 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 27 TEX AL 49 52 48 2 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .167 .184 .229 .413 25 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1973 28 CHC NL 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 29 CHC NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Seasons 192 160 148 8 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 56 .115 .144 .135 .279 -19 20 1 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 135 125 7 14 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 47 .115 .144 .135 .279 -19 17 1 0 6 0 0
CLE (4 yrs) 130 104 96 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 34 .094 .130 .094 .224 -36 9 1 0 4 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 49 52 48 2 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .167 .184 .229 .413 25 11 0 0 3 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 179 156 144 8 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 53 .118 .148 .139 .287 -17 20 1 0 7 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 13 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1968 23 CLE AL 26 21 1 1.3 79 .364 .167 .237 .200 .306 .167 .351 .367 .657 13 .136 -2.6 -0.3 .250 .042 .000
1969 24 CLE AL 29 29 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .258 .036 .335 .000 .389 .036 .724 -89 .000 -7.0 -0.7 .036 .037 .000
1970 25 CLE AL 27 23 1 1.2 101 .211 .154 .262 .154 .337 .154 .400 .308 .738 -16 .085 -4.3 -0.4 .182 .000 .000
1971 26 CLE AL 22 19 0 0.0 99 .071 .053 .265 .143 .338 .053 .393 .195 .732 -44 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .167 .105 .000
1972 27 TEX AL 52 43 2 1.2 80 .276 .167 .242 .184 .310 .229 .349 .413 .659 25 .124 -4.4 -0.5 .300 .083 .063
1973 28 CHC NL 4 4 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .000 .340 .000 .402 .000 .743 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
8 Seasons 160 139 4 0.8 90 .185 .115 .251 .144 .323 .135 .373 .279 .696 -19 .049 -23.3 -2.5 .189 .054 .020
162 Game Avg. 135 117 3 0.8 90 .185 .115 .251 .144 .323 .135 .373 .279 .696 -19 .049 -23.3 -2.5 .189 .054 .020
CLE (4 yrs) 104 92 2 0.6 94 .145 .094 .255 .130 .329 .094 .383 .224 .712 -36 .029 -17.7 -1.9 .148 .042 .000
TEX (2 yrs) 52 43 2 1.3 80 .276 .167 .242 .184 .310 .229 .349 .413 .659 25 .124 -4.4 -0.5 .300 .083 .063
CHC (2 yrs) 4 4 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .000 .340 .000 .402 .000 .743 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
AL (6 yrs) 156 135 4 0.8 89 .187 .118 .251 .148 .323 .139 .372 .287 .695 -17 .052 -22.1 -2.4 .195 .056 .021
NL (2 yrs) 4 4 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .000 .340 .000 .402 .000 .743 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1968 23 CLE AL 26 0.0% 50.0% 3.9% 0.0% 0% 13.00 1.8 6.00 42%
1969 24 CLE AL 29 0.0% 31.0% 3.5% 0.0% 9.00 3.0 9.00 62%
1970 25 CLE AL 27 0.0% 25.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 3.67 70%
1971 26 CLE AL 22 0.0% 22.7% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 2.50 3.8 1.33 64%
1972 27 TEX AL 52 0.0% 36.5% 1.9% 5.8% 38% 19.00 2.5 48.0 2.83 56%
1973 28 CHC NL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 0.00 25%
7 Seasons 160 0.0% 35.0% 3.1% 1.9% 18% 11.20 2.6 148.0 3.00 58%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1968 23 CLE AL 1 0 40% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1969 24 CLE AL 0 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1970 25 CLE AL 1 0 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1971 26 CLE AL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1972 27 TEX AL 1 0 22% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1973 28 CHC 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
7 Seasons 3 0 36% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 7 7 0 2 2 0 3 3 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1968 23 CLE AL 26 42% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 12 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1969 24 CLE AL 29 76% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 5 2 40% 18 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1970 25 CLE AL 27 48% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 14 1 7% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1971 26 CLE AL 22 73% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1972 27 TEX AL 52 71% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 11 0 0% 8 2 25% 28 2 7% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
1973 28 CHC NL 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 160 64% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 25 1 4% 21 5 24% 85 3 4% 6 3 50% 4 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1968 23 36 26 24 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .167 .200 .167 .367 13 4 0 0 1 0 0
1969 24 83 55 51 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 .078 .113 .078 .192 -44 4 1 0 2 0 0
1970 25 113 82 77 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 .104 .127 .104 .230 -34 8 1 0 3 0 0
1971 26 130 104 96 6 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 34 .094 .130 .094 .224 -36 9 1 0 4 0 0
1972 27 179 156 144 8 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 53 .118 .148 .139 .287 -17 20 1 0 7 0 0
1973 28 380 320 296 16 34 6 0 0 2 0 0 10 112 .115 .144 .135 .279 -19 40 2 0 14 0 0
1974 29 192 160 148 8 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 56 .115 .144 .135 .279 -19 20 1 0 7 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1968 23 36 26 25 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .200 .231 .200 .431 1 36
1969 24 47 28 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 47
1970 25 30 26 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 30
1971 26 17 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .095 .000 .095 0 17
1972 27 51 53 52 3 10 4 0 0 1 0 1 20 .192 .208 .269 .477 3 49
1973 28 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
6 Seasons 192 158 153 9 15 4 0 0 1 0 5 57 .098 .127 .124 .251 5 190
162 Game Avg. 162 133 129 8 13 3 0 0 1 0 4 48 .098 .127 .124 .251 4 190

* 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.

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