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

Born: April 18, 1945 in Detroit, MI
Schools: 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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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 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
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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 TOT 11 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 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
7 Seasons 192 160 148 8 17 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 53 .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 45 .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
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 CLE AL 23 P 36 7 91.2 13 3 9 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 1.18 0.33 .962 1.89 0.73
1968 CLE AL 23 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 8.30
1969 CLE AL 24 P 47 12 117.1 16 1 14 1 1 .938 0.0 0.0 1.15 0.32 .950 1.88 0.69
1970 CLE AL 25 P 30 15 88.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 0.0 0.0 0.82 0.27 .956 1.86 0.67
1971 CLE AL 26 P 17 12 61.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.17 0.47 .950 1.98 0.77
1972 TEX AL 27 P 49 20 161.2 26 7 19 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.45 0.53 .946 1.86 0.75
1973 TOT 28 P 47 11 105.2 27 4 22 1 2 .963 0.0 0.0 2.21 0.55 .952 1.86 0.83
1973 TEX AL 28 P 36 10 87.1 23 3 19 1 2 .957 0.0 0.0 2.27 0.61 .952 1.85 0.86
1973 CHC NL 28 P 11 1 18.1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.96 0.36 .950 1.87 0.73
1974 CHC NL 29 P 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.70
7 Seasons P 228 77 627.1 99 19 76 4 7 .960 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.42 .952 1.88 0.74
1 Season 1B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 8.30
7 Seasons TOT 229 77 627.1 99 19 76 4 7 .960 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.36 0.41 .911 1.88 0.77

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 (2064), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1853), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1967: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 20th round of the 1967 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1967.

December 2, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Roy Foster, Rich Hand and Ken Suarez to the Texas Rangers for Gary Jones, Terry Ley, Denny Riddleberger and Del Unser.

August 31, 1973: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago Cubs for . The Chicago Cubs sent Larry Gura (November 14, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

April 28, 1974: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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