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 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
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 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 81 1.545 9.3 1.3 4.6 7.2 1.56
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 64 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 80 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 76 114 1.418 8.3 1.0 4.4 2.9 0.67
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 14 3.750 27.0 6.8 6.8 6.8 1.00
7 Seasons 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 103 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 78 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 89 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 78 1.576 9.6 1.4 4.6 3.2 0.70

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 228 2699 2381 299 619 112 18 60 30 18 246 452 .260 .331 .398 .729 .295 947 51 19 30 23 36
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
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
1968 23 CLE AL 36 7 3 3 1 0 1 4 3 .571 0 1 0 0 4 57% 51 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% 52 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% 48 74 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% 43 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% 57 101 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% 43 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% 43 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 38 38 6 2 1 0 2.0 0.0 4.7
6 Seasons 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

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
1968 23 CLE AL 36 29 13 2 5 5 3 2 60% 9 3 25 9 36% 7 1.102 14 5 9 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 1.089 12 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 1.137 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 1.070 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 1.000 13 3 12 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% 0.888 12 6 17 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 0.901 10 4 11 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 0.820 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 1.582 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2.0
7 Seasons 228 151 59 8 12 16 8 8 50% 31 12 153 48 31% 1.040 62 25 61 34 24 93 81 70 69 52 74 34 4.3

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%
1968 23 CLE AL 383 70% 2.9% 22.7% 9.1% 7.8% 42% 0.59 63% 59 5 8%
1969 24 CLE AL 496 71% 2.4% 19.8% 10.9% 7.9% 38% 0.53 66% 85 8 9%
1970 25 CLE AL 390 83% 3.3% 18.0% 11.5% 6.9% 30% 0.82 66% 85 10 12%
1971 26 CLE AL 271 86% 3.0% 12.2% 5.2% 7.0% 24% 0.78 76% 64 6 9%
1972 27 TEX AL 673 82% 0.6% 16.1% 7.7% 5.7% 26% 0.84 74% 127 11 9%
1973 28 TOT MLB 477 69% 2.3% 11.5% 9.4% 7.6% 30% 0.98 75% 115 11 10%
1973 28 TEX AL 401 69% 2.2% 12.2% 9.0% 7.2% 28% 1.05 75% 96 8 8%
1973 28 CHC NL 76 72% 2.6% 7.9% 11.8% 9.2% 41% 0.71 78% 19 3 16%
1974 29 CHC NL 9 33% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 25% 67% 3 0 0%
7 Seasons 2699 76% 2.2% 16.8% 9.1% 7.0% 31% 0.76 70% 538 51 9%
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
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 3 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 4 2 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 4 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 Seasons 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 13 5 53 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+
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 87 1.350 8.1 1.1 4.1 7.7 1.90 87
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 92 1.333 8.5 0.8 3.5 6.8 1.98 92
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

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 83 58 52 13 40 81 6 1.447 8.8 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 6.67 58.0 79 48 43 8 14 31 5 1.603 12.3 2.2 4.8 2.21 1.2 17
1972 27 11 6 .647 3.08 155.0 176 59 53 5 61 104 2 1.529 10.2 3.5 6.0 1.70 0.3 49
1973 28 3 7 .300 5.55 99.0 128 68 61 12 48 52 5 1.778 11.6 4.4 4.7 1.08 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 Seasons 28 35 .444 4.70 593.0 668 344 310 64 264 429 20 1.572 10.1 6.5 1.63 1.0 228

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1972 AL  2.171 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL  .223 (1st)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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