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Mike Paul

Michael George Paul

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 18, 1945 in Detroit, MI
High School: Pius X HS (Downey, CA)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 20th round of the 1967 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1968
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rangers/Cubs 1968-1974

Final Game: April 16, 1974
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Standard Pitching

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
1967	22	CLE-min	A,AAA	5	6	.455	2.34	18	14		0	0		104.0	86	36	27	8	32	1	140	1	0	0			1.135	7.4	0.7	2.8	12.1	4.38	REN,POR · CALL,PCL
1968	23	CLE-min	A	2	1	.667	1.09	4	4					33.0	18	6	4	2	6								0.727	4.9	0.5	1.6			REN · CALL
1968	23	CLE	AL	5	8	.385	3.93	36	7	13	0	0	3	91.2	72	42	40	11	35	5	87	5	1	0	383	76	1.167	7.1	1.1	3.4	8.5	2.49
1969	24	CLE	AL	5	10	.333	3.61	47	12	15	0	0	2	117.1	104	48	47	12	54	11	98	2	1	1	497	104	1.347	8.0	0.9	4.1	7.5	1.81
1970	25	CLE-min	AAA	6	1	.857	2.15	10	9		3	0	1	71.0	60	19	17	4	15	3	46	3	0	0			1.056	7.6	0.5	1.9	5.8	3.07	WCH · AA
1970	25	CLE	AL	2	8	.200	4.81	30	15	3	1	0	0	88.0	91	51	47	13	45	0	70	0	0	2	390	82	1.545	9.3	1.3	4.6	7.2	1.56
1971	26	CLE-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.37	17	17		2	1	0	107.0	102	55	52	14	42	8	79	3	0	1			1.346	8.6	1.2	3.5	6.6	1.88	WCH · AA
1971	26	CLE	AL	2	7	.222	5.95	17	12	1	1	0	0	62.0	78	42	41	8	14	3	33	5	1	0	271	65	1.484	11.3	1.2	2.0	4.8	2.36
1972	27	TEX	AL	8	9	.471	2.17	49	20	11	2	1	1	161.2	149	50	39	4	52	12	108	2	2	3	674	139	1.243	8.3	*0.2*	2.9	6.0	2.08
1973	28	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	4.68	47	11	16	1	0	2	105.2	121	62	55	11	45	4	55	5	1	3	477	81	1.571	10.3	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.22
1973	28	TEX	AL	5	4	.556	4.95	36	10	13	1	0	2	87.1	104	55	48	9	36	2	49	5	0	3	401	75	1.603	10.7	0.9	3.7	5.0	1.36
1973	28	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	3.44	11	1	3	0	0	0	18.1	17	7	7	2	9	2	6	0	1	0	76	117	1.418	8.3	1.0	4.4	2.9	0.67
1974	29	PHI-min	AAA	7	2	.778	3.32	33	6		4	1	0	76.0	87	33	28	3	19	2	49	0	0	0			1.395	10.3	0.4	2.2	5.8	2.58	TOL · IL
1974	29	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	4	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	18	3.750	27.0	6.8	6.8	6.8	1.00
1975	30	PHI-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.67	45	6		0	0	0	79.0	95	45	41	8	16	6	60	3	0	3			1.405	10.8	0.9	1.8	6.8	3.75	TOL · IL
7 Yrs				27	48	.360	3.91	228	77	59	5	1	8	627.2	619	299	273	60	246	36	452	19	6	9	2701	89	1.378	8.9	0.9	3.5	6.5	1.84
162 Game Avg.				6	11	.360	3.91	51	17	13	1	0	2	140	138	67	61	13	55	8	101	4	1	2	602	89	1.378	8.9	0.9	3.5	6.5	1.84

CLE (4 yrs)				14	33	.298	4.39	130	46	32	2	0	5	359.0	345	183	175	44	148	19	288	12	3	3	1541	82	1.373	8.6	1.1	3.7	7.2	1.95
TEX (2 yrs)				13	13	.500	3.14	85	30	24	3	1	3	249.0	253	105	87	13	88	14	157	7	2	6	1075	104	1.369	9.1	0.5	3.2	5.7	1.78
CHC (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	5.03	13	1	3	0	0	0	19.2	21	11	11	3	10	3	7	0	1	0	85	81	1.576	9.6	1.4	4.6	3.2	0.70

AL (6 yrs)				27	46	.370	3.88	215	76	56	5	1	8	608.0	598	288	262	57	236	33	445	19	5	9	2616	90	1.372	8.9	0.8	3.5	6.6	1.89
NL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	5.03	13	1	3	0	0	0	19.2	21	11	11	3	10	3	7	0	1	0	85	81	1.576	9.6	1.4	4.6	3.2	0.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1968	23	CLE	AL	91.2	36	7	42	4.12	3.51	0.22	-0.06	97.8	3.16	-9	-1.1	1.6	-0.3	-0.7	-3	.470	.493	$
1969	24	CLE	AL	117.1	47	12	48	3.68	4.11	-0.27	-0.04	102.8	4.46	11	1.3	1.3	-0.1	2.1	20	.527	.508	$
1970	25	CLE	AL	88.0	30	15	51	5.22	4.36	0.05	0.04	100.6	4.38	-7	-0.8	2.0	-0.1	-0.1	1	.473	.495	$19,000
1971	26	CLE	AL	61.2	17	12	42	6.13	4.17	-0.09	0.05	106.6	4.59	-10	-1.1	1.6	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.433	.493	$
1972	27	TEX	AL	161.2	49	20	50	2.78	3.43	-0.17	0.01	97.7	3.53	15	1.9	1.3	-0.1	3.2	26	.539	.512	$
1973	28	TEX	AL	87.1	36	10	55	5.67	4.28	-0.56	-0.12	97.8	4.61	-11	-1.1	1.1	-0.2	-0.5	-1	.468	.493	$30,000
1973	28	CHC	NL	18.1	11	1	7	3.44	4.22	-0.28	-0.23	108.0	4.62	2	0.3	.9	-0.0	0.4	4	.524	.502	$
1974	29	CHC	NL	1.1	2	0	4	27.00	4.39	-1.12	-0.35	110.0	5.67	-3	-0.3	1.5	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.349	.498	$
7 Seasons				627.1	228	77	299	4.29	3.92	-0.15	-0.03	100.3	4.06	-13	-1.1	1.4	-0.8	3.4	40	.495	.499	$49,000

CLE (4 yrs)				358.2	130	46	183	4.59	4.03	-0.03	-0.01	101.6	4.13	-16	-1.8	1.5	-0.5	0.7	13	.486	.497	$19,000
TEX (2 yrs)				249.0	85	30	105	3.80	3.73	-0.31	-0.04	97.7	3.91	4	0.7	1.2	-0.2	2.7	25	.509	.502	$30,000
CHC (2 yrs)				19.2	13	1	11	5.03	4.23	-0.34	-0.23	108.1	4.69	-1	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1	.497	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1968	23	CLE	AL	36	383	338	42	72	15	4	11	4	1	35	87	.213	.295	.379	.673	.252	128	5	5	3	2	5	3
1969	24	CLE	AL	47	496	431	48	104	23	4	12	15	6	54	98	.241	.326	.397	.723	.283	171	8	2	5	4	11	2
1970	25	CLE	AL	30	390	336	51	91	10	4	13	3	3	45	70	.271	.351	.440	.792	.301	148	10	0	3	6	0	2
1971	26	CLE	AL	17	271	245	42	78	11	0	8	0	1	14	33	.318	.365	.461	.826	.340	113	6	5	5	2	3	2
1972	27	TEX	AL	49	673	604	50	149	29	5	4	3	4	52	108	.247	.307	.331	.638	.292	200	11	2	11	4	12	12
1973	28	CHC	NL	11	76	66	7	17	5	0	2	1	1	9	6	.258	.342	.424	.766	.254	28	3	0	0	1	2	0
1973	28	TEX	AL	36	401	353	55	104	19	1	9	4	2	36	49	.295	.364	.431	.795	.318	152	8	5	3	4	2	10
1973	28	TOT	MLB	47	477	419	62	121	24	1	11	5	3	45	55	.289	.361	.430	.790	.307	180	11	5	3	5	4	10
1974	29	CHC	NL	2	9	8	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.556	.875	1.431	.500	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
7 Yrs				228	2699	2381	299	619	112	18	60	30	18	246	452	.260	.331	.398	.729	.295	947	51	19	30	23	36	31
162 Game Avg.				51	602	531	67	138	25	4	13	7	4	55	101	.260	.331	.398	.729	.295	211	11	4	7	5	8	7
MLB Averages																.250	.318	.367	.685	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1968	23	CLE	AL	-7.8	-0.9	393	-2.0	6.3	-8.3	1.04	-1.0	-1.0	-10.9	-1.2	1.04	-11.1	12	5	11
1969	24	CLE	AL	4.0	0.4	522	1.7	9.9	-8.2	1.07	0.3	1.3	8.5	0.9	1.07	-1.4	11	7	16
1970	25	CLE	AL	-7.4	-0.8	399	-1.2	7.2	-8.5	1.15	-1.0	-0.1	-9.3	-0.9	1.15	-11.5	8	2	5
1971	26	CLE	AL	-11.6	-1.2	274	-1.1	4.5	-5.6	1.07	-1.0	-0.0	-13.9	-1.4	1.07	-9.7	2	1	2
1972	27	TEX	AL	12.9	1.5	687	0.7	11.0	-10.3	.96	0.8	-0.1	10.3	1.2	0.96	8.1	12	4	10
1973	28	TOT	MLB	-11.2	-1.1	490	-1.3	6.9	-8.2	.87	-1.1	-0.4	-19.9	-2.0	0.87	-11.7	12	6	14
1973	28	TEX	AL	-12.7	-1.3	411	-1.4	5.7	-7.1	.88	-1.2	-0.4	-20.6	-2.1	0.88	-12.0	10	4	8
1973	28	CHC	NL	1.5	0.2	79	0.1	1.1	-1.1	.80	0.1	-0.0	0.7	0.1	0.80	0.4	2	2	6
1974	29	CHC	NL	-2.9	-0.3	9	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	1.50	-0.1	0.1	-3.1	-0.3	1.50	-1.5	1	0	1
7 Yrs				-24.0	-2.3	2774	-3.3	46.0	-49.3	1.02	-3.0	-0.3	-38.3	-3.7	1.02	-38.8	58	25	59

Starting Pitching*

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
1968	23	CLE	AL	36	7	3	3	1	0	1	4	3	.571	0	1	0	0	4	57%	50.9	69	20	16	5	4	2	4.1	3.1	5.9
1969	24	CLE	AL	47	12	1	7	4	1	3	1	11	.083	0	1	0	0	4	33%	51.4	70	32	21	8	5	3	1.9	2.2	5.2
1970	25	CLE	AL	30	15	2	7	6	0	2	5	10	.333	1	3	1	0	5	33%	47.8	72	30	21	8	5	3	3.0	2.5	5.1
1971	26	CLE	AL	17	12	2	7	3	0	0	4	8	.333	0	2	1	0	3	25%	42.8	71	27	16	7	3	4	2.8	2.7	4.8
1972	27	TEX	AL	49	20	7	8	5	1	3	9	11	.450	2	2	2	1	13	65%	57.4	101	35	25	9	4	7	2.5	2.8	6.4
1973	28	TOT	MLB	47	11	4	4	3	0	1	5	6	.455	0	3	1	0	5	45%	0.0	75	20	33	7	6	2	3.5	3.8	4.2
1973	28	TEX	AL	36	10	4	3	3	0	1	5	5	.500	0	3	1	0	5	50%	42.8	75	20	27	5	5	2	3.6	4.2	4.2
1973	28	CHC	NL	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	38	38	6	2	1	0	2.0	0.0	4.7
6 Yrs				226	77	19	36	22	2	10	28	49	.364	3	12	5	1	34	44%	50	101	20	132	44	27	21	2.8	2.8	5.4
MLB Averages													.500						57%	53	109	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1968	23	CLE	AL	36	29	13	2	5	5	3	2	60%	9	3	25	9	36%	7	1.038	12	5	11	10	4	15	14	15	17	7	18	8	5.2
1969	24	CLE	AL	47	35	15	4	3	2	2	0	100%	5	2	25	6	24%	8	1.069	11	7	16	6	6	23	15	20	18	10	18	10	4.7
1970	25	CLE	AL	30	15	3	0	1	2	0	2	0%	4	2	21	4	19%	7	1.149	8	2	5	4	3	8	9	6	4	9	5	4	2.3
1971	26	CLE	AL	17	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	2	1.068	2	1	2	0	1	4	3	2	0	2	0	0	2.4
1972	27	TEX	AL	49	29	11	1	1	3	1	2	33%	6	3	31	9	29%	8	.963	12	4	10	7	4	18	17	12	12	11	13	7	3.4
1973	28	TOT	MLB	47	36	16	1	1	4	2	2	50%	7	2	44	17	39%		.869	12	6	14	7	5	24	22	14	18	11	20	5	4.9
1973	28	TEX	AL	36	26	13	1	1	4	2	2	50%	6	1	30	12	40%	7	.882	10	4	8	6	3	17	14	12	13	7	14	3	5.3
1973	28	CHC	NL	11	10	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	14	5	36%	7	.799	2	2	6	1	2	7	8	2	5	4	6	2	4.1
1974	29	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	4	1.502	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.0
7 Yrs				228	151	59	8	12	16	8	8	50%	31	12	153	48	31%		1.016	58	25	59	34	24	93	81	70	69	52	74	34	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1968	23	CLE	AL	383	30%	2.9%	22.7%	9.1%	7.8%	42%	0.59	63%	59	5	8%
1969	24	CLE	AL	496	29%	2.4%	19.8%	10.9%	7.9%	38%	0.53	66%	85	8	9%
1970	25	CLE	AL	390	17%	3.3%	18.0%	11.5%	6.9%	30%	0.82	66%	85	10	12%
1971	26	CLE	AL	271	14%	3.0%	12.2%	5.2%	7.0%	24%	0.78	76%	64	6	9%
1972	27	TEX	AL	673	18%	0.6%	16.1%	7.7%	5.7%	26%	0.84	74%	127	11	9%
1973	28	TOT	MLB	477	31%	2.3%	11.5%	9.4%	7.6%	30%	0.98	75%	115	11	10%
1973	28	TEX	AL	401	31%	2.2%	12.2%	9.0%	7.2%	28%	1.05	75%	96	8	8%
1973	28	CHC	NL	76	28%	2.6%	7.9%	11.8%	9.2%	41%	0.71	78%	19	3	16%
1974	29	CHC	NL	9	67%	11.1%	11.1%	11.1%	11.1%	25%		67%	3	0	0%
7 Yrs				2699	24%	2.2%	16.8%	9.1%	7.0%	31%	0.76	70%	538	51	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.6%	8.7%	5.9%	27%	1.10	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1968	23	CLE	AL	383	72			11	0	9	7	4	5	6	17	6	7	35%	3	0	0	123	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
1969	24	CLE	AL	496	104			12	0	11	9	3	6	6	35	12	6	34%	2	1	1	180	15	6	71%	13	5	2	1	0	0	5	3	9	0
1970	25	CLE	AL	390	91			13	0	19	9	4	8	5	24	12	6	50%	2	2	1	145	3	3	50%	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	0
1971	26	CLE	AL	271	78			8	0	13	8	0	3	5	23	13	3	57%	2	0	0	96	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1972	27	TEX	AL	673	149			4	0	20	3	1	4	0	37	12	11	32%	12	3	1	259	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	0
1973	28	TOT	MLB	477	121			11	0	25	8	3	3	8	44	23	6	52%	10	3	0	191	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	0
1973	28	TEX	AL	401	104			9	0	21	6	3	1	8	37	19	5	51%	10	3	0	159	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
1973	28	CHC	NL	76	17			2	0	4	2	0	2	0	7	4	1	57%	0	0	0	32	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
1974	29	CHC	NL	9	4			1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				2699	619			60	1	98	44	16	30	30	180	78	39	43%	31	9	3	999	30	18	63%	27	16	3	2	0	0	10	6	53	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1968	23	5	8	.385	3.93	36	7	13	0	0	3	91.2	72	42	40	11	35	5	87	5	1	0	383	76	1.167	7.1	1.1	3.4	8.5	2.49	76
1969	24	10	18	.357	3.75	83	19	28	0	0	5	209.0	176	90	87	23	89	16	185	7	2	1	880	91	1.268	7.6	1.0	3.8	8.0	2.08	91
1970	25	12	26	.316	4.06	113	34	31	1	0	5	297.0	267	141	134	36	134	16	255	7	2	3	1270	88	1.350	8.1	1.1	4.1	7.7	1.90	88
1971	26	14	33	.298	4.39	130	46	32	2	0	5	359.0	345	183	175	44	148	19	288	12	3	3	1541	82	1.373	8.6	1.1	3.7	7.2	1.95	82
1972	27	22	42	.344	3.70	179	66	43	4	1	6	520.2	494	233	214	48	200	31	396	14	5	6	2215	93	1.333	8.5	0.8	3.5	6.8	1.98	93
1973	28	27	47	.365	3.87	226	77	59	5	1	8	626.1	615	295	269	59	245	35	451	19	6	9	2692	90	1.373	8.8	0.8	3.5	6.5	1.84	90
1974	29	27	48	.360	3.91	228	77	59	5	1	8	627.2	619	299	273	60	246	36	452	19	6	9	2701	89	1.378	8.9	0.9	3.5	6.5	1.84	89

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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
1968	23	3	6	.333	5.51	85.0	82	58	52	13	40	81	6	1.435	8.7	4.2	8.6	2.03	1.4	36
1969	24	6	6	.500	3.97	111.0	106	54	49	12	55	93	2	1.450	8.6	4.5	7.5	1.69	1.0	47
1970	25	3	6	.333	5.14	84.0	92	53	48	13	45	67	0	1.631	9.9	4.8	7.2	1.49	1.4	30
1971	26	2	4	.333	6.52	58.0	80	47	42	8	14	31	5	1.621	12.4	2.2	4.8	2.21	1.2	17
1972	27	11	6	.647	3.10	154.0	177	59	53	5	62	103	2	1.552	10.3	3.6	6.0	1.66	0.3	49
1973	28	4	7	.364	5.55	99.0	127	68	61	12	47	52	5	1.758	11.5	4.3	4.7	1.11	1.1	47
1974	29	0	0		36.00	1.0	4	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.000	36.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	9.0	2
7 Yrs		29	35	.453	4.70	592.0	668	343	309	64	264	428	20	1.574	10.2		6.5	1.62	1.0	228

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1972 AL 2.17 (6th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1972 AL 0.223 (1st)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1972 AL 139 (6th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1972 AL 2.17 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL 0.223 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1972 AL 139 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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John Henry Johnson (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Grant Jackson (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Grant Jackson (983) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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