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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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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

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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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1966 CHC NL 25 2B 2 1 13.0 9 5 3 1 1 .889 -0.9 -83.1 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 5.54 4.00 .978 5.33 4.70
1967 CHC NL 26 SS 31 26 223.1 121 40 77 4 12 .967 -2.0 -10.7 -2.0 -3.2 1.3 0 4.71 3.77 .963 4.99 4.31
1967 CHC NL 26 2B 17 9 95.0 66 26 39 1 11 .985 4.2 53.1 3.2 1.6 1.6 1 6.16 3.82 .976 5.26 4.63
1967 CHC NL 26 3B 2 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -225.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0.00 0.00 3.04 2.75
1968 LAD NL 27 2B 89 80 710.0 408 172 229 7 48 .983 -0.4 -0.7 -1.4 -6.9 5.5 1 5.08 4.51 .977 5.21 4.74
1968 LAD NL 27 SS 45 35 322.0 182 59 119 4 20 .978 1.8 6.7 0.8 2.0 -1.2 1 4.98 3.96 .962 4.98 4.50
1968 LAD NL 27 3B 7 0 9.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -12.4 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 0 1.86 0.29 .950 2.98 2.71
1969 TOT NL 28 2B 48 35 336.1 183 77 102 4 22 .978 -2.0 -7.1 -2.0 -1.6 -0.4 0 4.79 3.73 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 TOT NL 28 SS 10 7 66.0 39 13 25 1 7 .974 0.7 12.7 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 1 5.18 3.80 .962 4.94 4.21
1969 LAD NL 28 2B 23 12 129.0 66 27 38 1 9 .985 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 -0.9 0 4.53 2.83 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 LAD NL 28 SS 3 1 10.0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 -0.7 -84.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.80 0.67 .967 4.95 4.20
1969 CHC NL 28 2B 25 23 207.1 117 50 64 3 13 .974 -2.0 -11.6 -2.0 -2.4 0.5 0 4.95 4.56 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 CHC NL 28 SS 7 6 56.0 36 13 23 0 7 1.000 1.4 30.0 0.4 0.8 -0.4 1 5.79 5.14 .961 4.93 4.21
1969 CHC NL 28 3B 6 4 41.0 12 2 9 1 1 .917 -2.0 -58.5 -2.0 -2.0 0.0 0 2.41 1.83 .950 2.92 2.63
1969 CHC NL 28 CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.10
1969 CHC NL 28 OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
1970 CHC NL 29 2B 22 17 169.2 101 42 58 1 18 .990 -1.5 -10.6 -1.5 0.6 -2.1 0 5.30 4.55 .979 5.32 4.67
1970 CHC NL 29 SS 17 9 88.0 53 24 27 2 7 .962 -1.2 -16.4 -1.2 -1.3 0.0 0 5.22 3.00 .966 5.05 4.23
1970 CHC NL 29 3B 16 11 109.0 22 9 12 1 1 .955 -3.6 -39.6 -3.6 -2.3 -1.2 0 1.73 1.31 .945 2.91 2.58
1971 CHC NL 30 2B 40 31 313.2 196 74 119 3 26 .985 -5.8 -22.2 -5.8 -4.4 -1.4 0 5.54 4.83 .978 5.47 4.86
1971 CHC NL 30 3B 16 12 115.1 32 4 27 1 1 .969 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.8 1.8 0 2.42 1.94 .947 2.80 2.32
1971 CHC NL 30 SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 160.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 0.00 0.00 5.10 4.50
1972 CHC NL 31 2B 36 22 225.0 160 59 98 3 22 .981 4.5 24.0 4.5 0.2 4.3 0 6.28 4.36 .978 5.36 4.88
1972 CHC NL 31 SS 8 8 69.1 48 18 29 1 8 .979 0.4 6.9 0.4 -1.4 1.8 0 6.10 5.88 .967 5.04 4.47
1972 CHC NL 31 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1973 CHC NL 32 2B 84 68 607.0 426 171 247 8 53 .981 2.2 4.3 2.2 4.5 -2.3 0 6.20 4.98 .980 5.52 4.91
1973 CHC NL 32 SS 9 4 50.1 22 8 14 0 5 1.000 -0.8 -19.1 -1.8 -0.5 -1.3 1 3.93 2.44 .959 4.94 4.31
1973 CHC NL 32 3B 1 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 .900 2.88 2.50
1974 PIT NL 33 2B 12 9 89.0 53 21 30 2 5 .962 0.5 6.7 0.5 -0.7 1.1 0 5.16 4.25 .974 5.47 4.64
1974 PIT NL 33 SS 10 0 19.0 11 3 8 0 4 1.000 0.3 18.9 0.3 0.0 0.4 0 5.21 1.10 .964 4.97 4.26
1975 PIT NL 34 2B 8 5 57.0 30 16 14 0 2 1.000 1.0 21.1 1.0 0.0 1.0 0 4.74 3.75 .973 5.54 4.92
1975 PIT NL 34 SS 8 0 11.2 9 1 7 1 1 .889 -0.7 -72.0 -0.7 -1.4 0.7 0 6.17 1.00 .967 5.01 4.21
10 Seasons 2B 358 277 2615.2 1632 663 939 30 208 .982 1.8 0.8 -0.2 -6.7 6.4 2 5.51 4.47 .978 5.35 4.79
9 Seasons SS 139 89 852.2 485 166 306 13 64 .973 -1.1 -1.5 -4.1 -5.7 1.7 3 4.98 3.40 .963 4.99 4.36
7 Seasons 3B 49 27 284.2 69 16 50 3 3 .957 -6.2 -26.1 -6.2 -6.1 -0.0 0 2.09 1.35 .946 2.87 2.53
1 Season CF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 2.10
1 Season OF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.80
11 Seasons TOT 547 393 3755.0 2187 846 1295 46 275 .979 -5.6 -1.8 -10.6 -18.5 8.0 0 5 5.13 3.91 .952 5.08 4.47
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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Transactions

June 17, 1960: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

November 30, 1967: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Jim Williams to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Lou Johnson.

June 11, 1969: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Ron Fairly to the Montreal Expos for Manny Mota and Maury Wills.

June 11, 1969: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago Cubs for Jack Lamabe and Adolfo Phillips.

April 1, 1974: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tom Dettore and cash.

July 30, 1975: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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