Paul Popovich
Paul Edward Popovich
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 18, 1940 in Flemington, WV
High School: Flemington (Flemington, WV)
School: West Virginia University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1964
Final Game: July 21, 1975
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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
1964 23 CHC NL 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 458 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 25 CHC NL 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /4
1967 26 CHC NL 49 173 159 18 34 4 0 0 2 0 1 9 12 .214 .265 .239 .504 43 38 6 2 3 0 0 64/5
1968 27 LAD NL 134 462 418 35 97 8 1 2 25 1 3 29 37 .232 .280 .270 .551 72 113 7 1 9 5 2 46/5
1969 28 TOT NL 88 231 204 31 58 6 0 1 18 0 1 19 18 .284 .347 .328 .675 85 67 2 1 6 1 0 46/58
1969 28 LAD NL 28 54 50 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 .200 .212 .200 .412 20 10 1 0 2 1 0 4/6
1969 28 CHC NL 60 177 154 26 48 6 0 1 14 0 1 18 14 .312 .387 .370 .757 103 57 1 1 4 0 0 4/658
1970 29 CHC NL 78 209 186 22 47 5 1 4 20 0 1 18 18 .253 .324 .355 .679 75 66 3 2 2 1 4 465
1971 30 CHC NL 89 243 226 24 49 7 1 4 28 0 1 14 17 .217 .260 .310 .570 53 70 7 0 1 2 0 45/6
1972 31 CHC NL 58 142 129 8 25 3 2 1 11 0 1 12 8 .194 .261 .271 .532 46 35 4 0 0 1 2 4/65
1973 32 CHC NL 99 308 280 24 66 6 3 2 24 3 2 18 27 .236 .280 .300 .580 57 84 8 1 4 5 5 4/65
1974 33 PIT NL 59 90 83 9 18 2 1 0 5 0 0 5 10 .217 .256 .265 .521 48 22 0 0 0 2 1 46
1975 34 PIT NL 25 44 40 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .200 .273 .225 .498 40 9 0 1 0 0 0 /46
11 Seasons 682 1909 1732 176 403 42 9 14 134 4 10 127 151 .233 .286 .292 .577 62 505 38 8 25 17 14
162 Game Avg. 162 453 411 42 96 10 2 3 32 1 2 30 36 .233 .286 .292 .577 62 120 9 2 6 4 3
CHC (8 yrs) 436 1259 1141 122 270 31 7 12 99 3 7 89 98 .237 .293 .308 .601 62 351 30 6 14 9 11
PIT (2 yrs) 84 134 123 14 26 3 1 0 6 0 0 8 12 .211 .261 .252 .513 46 31 0 1 0 2 1
LAD (2 yrs) 162 516 468 40 107 8 1 2 29 1 3 30 41 .229 .273 .263 .536 67 123 8 1 11 6 2

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
1964 23 CHC NL 1 0 1 97 1.000 1.000 .268 1.000 .326 1.000 .398 2.000 .724 458 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
1966 25 CHC NL 6 7 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .266 .000 .324 .000 .400 .000 .725 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1967 26 CHC NL 173 135 9 1.8 94 .231 .214 .264 .265 .327 .239 .387 .504 .714 43 .190 -12.2 -1.3 .364 .075 .025
1968 27 LAD NL 462 345 32 2.5 75 .247 .232 .243 .280 .300 .270 .342 .551 .642 72 .343 -13.0 -1.5 .426 .103 .038 1.3
1969 28 TOT NL 231 156 26 4.5 101 .306 .284 .268 .347 .340 .328 .397 .675 .738 85 .532 -3.9 -0.4 .577 .132 .044 .0
1969 28 LAD NL 54 44 2 1.2 89 .213 .200 .251 .212 .320 .200 .372 .412 .692 20 .095 -5.2 -0.5 .268 .020 .000
1969 28 CHC NL 177 112 24 5.7 105 .338 .312 .274 .387 .346 .370 .406 .757 .752 103 .642 1.3 0.1 .694 .169 .058 .0
1970 29 CHC NL 209 146 22 4.0 112 .261 .253 .280 .324 .354 .355 .427 .679 .781 75 .437 -7.4 -0.7 .594 .194 .102 .0
1971 30 CHC NL 243 188 17 2.4 102 .217 .217 .274 .260 .342 .310 .401 .570 .743 53 .281 -15.2 -1.6 .449 .150 .093 .0
1972 31 CHC NL 142 110 9 2.2 100 .198 .194 .268 .261 .337 .271 .395 .532 .733 46 .248 -9.9 -1.0 .422 .163 .078 .0
1973 32 CHC NL 308 233 23 2.7 102 .250 .236 .270 .280 .341 .300 .402 .580 .743 57 .296 -17.5 -1.8 .464 .132 .064 2.4
1974 33 PIT NL 90 67 6 2.4 92 .240 .217 .259 .256 .330 .265 .374 .521 .704 48 .262 -5.8 -0.6 .415 .108 .048
1975 34 PIT NL 44 32 3 2.5 95 .211 .200 .264 .273 .335 .225 .382 .498 .716 40 .273 -3.2 -0.3 .406 .100 .025
11 Seasons 1909 1419 148 2.8 95 .246 .233 .263 .286 .330 .292 .386 .577 .716 62 .337 -89.2 -9.4 .460 .129 .059 6.2
162 Game Avg. 453 337 35 2.8 95 .246 .233 .263 .286 .330 .292 .386 .577 .716 62 .337 -89.2 -9.4 .460 .129 .059 1
CHC (8 yrs) 1259 931 105 3.0 103 .248 .237 .272 .293 .342 .308 .404 .601 .745 62 .354 -61.9 -6.5 .487 .145 .071 4.8
PIT (2 yrs) 134 99 9 2.5 93 .230 .211 .260 .261 .332 .252 .377 .513 .708 46 .265 -9.0 -0.9 .412 .106 .041
LAD (2 yrs) 516 389 34 2.4 77 .244 .229 .244 .273 .302 .263 .346 .536 .648 67 .312 -18.3 -2.0 .409 .094 .034 1.3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 33 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 3 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 3 0 0 0 0 0

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
1964 23 CHC NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1966 25 CHC NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 4.00 67%
1967 26 CHC NL 173 0.0% 6.9% 5.2% 2.3% 12% 1.33 13.3 79.5 1.02 85%
1968 27 LAD NL 462 0.4% 8.0% 6.3% 2.4% 11% 1.28 11.3 209.0 16.7 0.92 83%
1969 28 TOT NL 231 0.4% 7.8% 8.2% 3.0% 12% 0.95 11.3 204.0 11.3 0.90 81%
1969 28 LAD NL 54 0.0% 7.4% 1.9% 0.0% 0% 4.00 12.5 12.5 1.11 87%
1969 28 CHC NL 177 0.6% 7.9% 10.2% 4.0% 15% 0.78 11.0 154.0 11.0 0.83 79%
1970 29 CHC NL 209 1.9% 8.6% 8.6% 4.8% 21% 1.00 10.3 46.5 9.3 0.94 79%
1971 30 CHC NL 243 1.7% 7.0% 5.8% 4.9% 25% 1.21 13.3 56.5 8.1 0.77 85%
1972 31 CHC NL 142 0.7% 5.6% 8.5% 4.2% 24% 0.67 16.1 129.0 11.7 1.04 85%
1973 32 CHC NL 308 0.7% 8.8% 5.8% 3.6% 17% 1.50 10.4 140.0 11.7 0.98 83%
1974 33 PIT NL 90 0.0% 11.1% 5.6% 3.3% 17% 2.00 8.3 16.6 0.54 83%
1975 34 PIT NL 44 0.0% 4.6% 6.8% 2.3% 13% 0.67 20.0 40.0 0.48 86%
11 Seasons 1909 0.7% 7.9% 6.7% 3.4% 16% 1.19 11.5 123.7 12.9 0.89 83%
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
1964 23 CHC NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 25 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
1967 26 CHC NL 2 0 40% 69 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 61% 12 5 6 0 0 0 6 1 5
1968 27 LAD NL 6 0 26% 163 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 49% 20 13 7 7 4 2 16 4 12
1969 28 TOT NL 1 0 39% 115 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 55% 13 5 7 3 2 1 6 2 4
1969 28 LAD NL 1 0 46% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1969 28 CHC NL 0 0 38% 89 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 53% 12 4 7 3 2 1 4 2 2
1970 29 CHC NL 2 0 29% 85 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 33% 13 7 5 2 1 1 3 2 0
1971 30 CHC NL 3 0 34% 86 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 52% 16 8 8 2 1 1 3 1 2
1972 31 CHC NL 1 0 19% 44 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 33% 8 7 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1973 32 CHC NL 3 0 27% 92 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 46% 16 11 5 2 0 2 8 2 5
1974 33 PIT NL 0 0 39% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44% 5 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 2
1975 34 PIT NL 0 0 42% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
11 Seasons 18 0 31% 703 4 10 29% 4 8 0 0 0 2 2 0 18 36 48% 106 63 40 19 10 8 50 12 36
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
1964 23 CHC NL 1 100% 1 1 1 0 0 0.62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 25 CHC NL 6 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 26 CHC NL 173 100% 34 7 0 0 0 1.15 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 30 6 20% 16 5 31% 77 2 3% 6 1 17% 7 3 43% 0
1968 27 LAD NL 447 100% 97 4 0 0 0 1.91 2 0 14 0 2 1 1 0 10 9 90% 89 7 8% 46 17 37% 267 26 10% 25 13 52% 23 10 43% 15
1969 28 TOT NL 231 100% 58 24 8 0 3 2.19 1 0 12 0 1 0 1 0 7 6 86% 53 2 4% 28 10 36% 158 17 11% 11 5 45% 13 7 54% 0
1969 28 LAD NL 54 100% 10 3 1 0 0 2.14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 1 10% 9 4 44% 37 4 11% 5 2 40% 8 5 63% 0
1969 28 CHC NL 177 100% 48 21 7 0 3 2.20 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 5 4 80% 43 1 2% 19 6 32% 121 13 11% 6 3 50% 5 2 40% 0
1970 29 CHC NL 209 100% 47 26 2 0 1 2.06 4 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 3 2 67% 37 3 8% 19 6 32% 132 17 13% 12 5 42% 16 6 38% 0
1971 30 CHC NL 243 100% 49 30 2 0 3 1.90 4 1 8 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 50% 49 7 14% 19 8 42% 147 26 18% 10 7 70% 13 6 46% 0
1972 31 CHC NL 142 100% 25 12 2 0 2 1.82 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28 4 14% 14 3 21% 92 10 11% 10 2 20% 5 3 60% 0
1973 32 CHC NL 308 100% 66 9 1 0 1 1.43 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 100% 66 8 12% 37 16 43% 198 23 12% 17 10 59% 23 9 39% 0
1974 33 PIT NL 90 100% 18 38 9 0 2 1.72 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0% 7 4 57% 51 5 10% 3 2 67% 6 2 33% 0
1975 34 PIT NL 44 100% 8 15 3 0 1 2.34 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 1 100% 30 1 3% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
11 Seasons 1894 100% 403 166 28 0 13 1.90 14 1 57 4 10 6 8 0 29 25 86% 373 38 10% 187 70 37% 1154 127 11% 95 46 48% 106 46 43% 15
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
1964 23 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 458 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 24 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 458 1 0 0 0 0 0
1966 25 3 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 1 0 0 0 0
1967 26 52 180 166 18 35 4 0 0 2 0 1 9 14 .211 .260 .235 .495 40 39 7 2 3 0 0
1968 27 186 642 584 53 132 12 1 2 27 1 4 38 51 .226 .275 .260 .535 63 152 14 3 12 5 2
1969 28 274 873 788 84 190 18 1 3 45 1 5 57 69 .241 .294 .278 .571 69 219 16 4 18 6 2
1970 29 352 1082 974 106 237 23 2 7 65 1 6 75 87 .243 .299 .293 .592 70 285 19 6 20 7 6
1971 30 441 1325 1200 130 286 30 3 11 93 1 7 89 104 .238 .292 .296 .588 67 355 26 6 21 9 6
1972 31 499 1467 1329 138 311 33 5 12 104 1 8 101 112 .234 .289 .293 .583 65 390 30 6 21 10 8
1973 32 598 1775 1609 162 377 39 8 14 128 4 10 119 139 .234 .287 .295 .582 63 474 38 7 25 15 13
1974 33 657 1865 1692 171 395 41 9 14 133 4 10 124 149 .233 .286 .293 .579 63 496 38 7 25 17 14
1975 34 682 1909 1732 176 403 42 9 14 134 4 10 127 151 .233 .286 .292 .577 62 505 38 8 25 17 14

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1
1966 25 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1967 26 49 171 160 19 35 4 0 0 2 0 9 12 .219 .269 .244 .513 10 49
1968 27 133 478 437 48 118 10 1 2 34 1 35 37 .270 .322 .311 .633 45 134
1969 28 88 230 208 31 62 6 0 1 18 0 20 18 .298 .361 .341 .702 26 88
1970 29 78 203 183 19 44 5 1 4 18 0 17 18 .240 .310 .344 .655 19 78
1971 30 89 239 224 24 47 7 1 4 28 0 13 17 .210 .251 .304 .555 17 89
1972 31 61 148 135 9 26 3 2 1 12 0 12 8 .193 .257 .267 .523 9 58
1973 32 99 303 279 24 65 6 3 2 24 3 18 27 .233 .277 .297 .575 23 99
1974 33 59 93 85 10 20 2 1 0 6 0 6 10 .235 .280 .282 .562 7 59
1975 34 25 45 41 5 9 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 .220 .289 .244 .533 3 25
11 Seasons 684 1917 1759 189 426 44 9 14 143 4 133 151 .242 .296 .301 .597 160 682
162 Game Avg. 162 454 417 45 101 10 2 3 34 1 32 36 .242 .296 .301 .597 38 682

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