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Paul Ratliff

Paul Hawthorne Ratliff

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 23, 1944 in San Diego, CA
High School: Pasadena HS (Pasadena, TX)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1963
Teams (by GP): Twins/Brewers 1963-1972

Final Game: July 23, 1972
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Standard Batting

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
1963 19 MIN AL 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 86 8 0 1 0 0 0 /2
1970 26 MIN AL 69 171 149 19 40 7 2 5 22 0 0 15 51 .268 .363 .443 .806 119 66 1 7 0 0 2 2
1971 27 TOT AL 44 96 85 6 14 2 0 5 13 0 0 9 38 .165 .250 .365 .615 72 31 0 1 0 1 2 2
1971 27 MIN AL 21 49 44 3 7 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 17 .159 .224 .318 .543 51 14 0 0 0 1 1 2
1971 27 MIL AL 23 47 41 3 7 1 0 3 7 0 0 5 21 .171 .277 .415 .691 96 17 0 1 0 0 1 2
1972 28 MIL AL 22 45 42 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 23 .071 .114 .143 .256 -23 6 1 0 1 0 1 2
4 Yrs 145 336 297 28 61 10 2 12 42 0 0 28 119 .205 .293 .374 .666 85 111 2 9 1 1 5
162 Game Avg. 162 375 332 31 68 11 2 13 47 0 0 31 133 .205 .293 .374 .666 85 124 2 10 1 1 6
MIN (3 yrs) 100 244 214 24 51 9 2 8 31 0 0 21 75 .238 .328 .411 .739 102 88 1 8 0 1 3
MIL (2 yrs) 45 92 83 4 10 1 0 4 11 0 0 7 44 .120 .198 .277 .475 39 23 1 1 1 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1963 19 MIN AL 10 24 -0 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1970 26 MIN AL 69 171 3 1 -0 -2 2 4 0.4 6 9 0.9 .506 .502 1.2 -0.0 11 $ 2
1971 27 MIN AL 21 49 -4 -0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.2 .484 .498 -0.2 0.1 -1 $14,000 2
1971 27 MIL AL 23 47 0 -1 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 2 0 0.0 .495 .499 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 2
1972 28 MIL AL 22 45 -6 0 0 0 1 -5 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .469 .496 -0.5 0.1 -4 $14,000 2
4 Seasons 145 336 -8 -0 1 -3 4 -6 -0.9 11 5 0.2 .494 .499 0.7 0.1 8 $28,000
MIN (3 yrs) 100 244 -1 0 0 -2 3 0 -0.1 8 8 0.7 .500 .500 1.0 0.1 10 $14,000
MIL (2 yrs) 45 92 -6 -0 0 -1 1 -6 -0.8 3 -3 -0.5 .482 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $14,000

Advanced Batting

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
1963 19 MIN AL 24 17 3 4.8 96 .231 .190 .258 .292 .324 .381 .398 .673 .722 86 .558 -0.4 -0.0 .647 .286 .190 .0
1970 26 MIN AL 171 110 25 6.1 100 .376 .268 .261 .363 .336 .443 .399 .806 .735 119 .655 4.0 0.4 .800 .275 .174 .0
1971 27 TOT AL 96 72 8 3.0 93 .209 .165 .256 .250 .328 .365 .379 .615 .707 72 .366 -3.6 -0.4 .577 .306 .200 .0
1971 27 MIN AL 49 38 3 2.1 95 .192 .159 .258 .224 .331 .318 .384 .543 .714 51 .237 -3.1 -0.3 .486 .250 .159 .0
1971 27 MIL AL 47 34 5 4.0 91 .235 .171 .253 .277 .324 .415 .375 .691 .700 96 .492 -0.5 -0.1 .676 .366 .244 .0
1972 28 MIL AL 45 41 1 0.7 81 .111 .071 .243 .114 .312 .143 .351 .256 .663 -23 .042 -6.5 -0.7 .200 .119 .071 .0
4 Yrs 336 240 37 4.2 95 .293 .205 .257 .293 .330 .374 .387 .666 .716 85 .503 -6.5 -0.8 .622 .263 .168 .0
162 Game Avg. 375 268 41 4.2 95 .293 .205 .257 .293 .330 .374 .387 .666 .716 85 .503 -6.5 -0.8 .622 .263 .168
MIN (3 yrs) 244 165 31 5.1 99 .326 .238 .260 .328 .334 .411 .396 .739 .730 102 .580 0.5 0.0 .713 .271 .173 .0
MIL (2 yrs) 92 75 6 2.1 86 .171 .120 .248 .198 .318 .277 .363 .475 .681 39 .258 -7.0 -0.8 .419 .241 .157 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1970 26 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1963 19 MIN AL 24 4.2% 29.2% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 3.50 3.0 21.0 7.0 2.33 54%
1970 26 MIN AL 171 2.9% 29.8% 8.8% 8.2% 35% 3.40 2.9 29.8 6.8 0.51 54%
1971 27 TOT AL 96 5.2% 39.6% 9.4% 7.3% 50% 4.22 2.2 17.0 6.5 1.06 45%
1971 27 MIN AL 49 4.1% 34.7% 8.2% 6.1% 43% 4.25 2.6 22.0 7.3 0.75 53%
1971 27 MIL AL 47 6.4% 44.7% 10.6% 8.5% 57% 4.20 2.0 13.7 5.9 2.00 36%
1972 28 MIL AL 45 2.2% 51.1% 4.4% 2.2% 33% 11.50 1.8 42.0 10.5 1.57 40%
4 Yrs 336 3.6% 35.4% 8.3% 7.1% 39% 4.25 2.5 24.8 7.1 0.85 50%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.3% 8.3% 6.0% 27% 1.85 5.8 43.3 9.3 1.11 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1963 19 MIN AL -0.4 -0.0 24 -0.1 0.4 -0.4 .96 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.0 0.99 0.9 1.23 4
1970 26 MIN AL 4.0 0.4 174 1.0 3.7 -2.7 .97 0.4 0.6 6.6 0.7 0.95 6.0 1.43 21
1971 27 TOT AL -3.6 -0.4 96 0.1 2.1 -1.9 1.13 -0.1 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.94 -1.9 1.46 16
1971 27 MIN AL -3.1 -0.3 49 0.1 1.2 -1.1 1.26 -0.1 0.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.96 -2.7 1.50 7
1971 27 MIL AL -0.5 -0.1 47 0.0 0.9 -0.8 1.00 0.0 -0.0 2.2 0.2 0.92 0.8 1.42 9
1972 28 MIL AL -6.5 -0.7 46 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 1.00 -0.7 -0.1 -6.2 -0.7 1.08 -6.4 1.12 10
4 Yrs -6.5 -0.8 340 0.3 6.5 -6.2 1.02 -0.2 0.5 1.1 0.0 0.97 -1.4 1.36 51

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1963 19 MIN AL 0 0 17% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1970 26 MIN AL 0 0 25% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 61% 9 5 4 2 0 2 7 1 5
1971 27 TOT AL 1 0 5% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
1971 27 MIN AL 0 0 11% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 MIL AL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1972 28 MIL AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 Yrs 1 0 19% 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 52% 17 9 7 2 0 2 10 1 6

Situational Hitting*

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
1963 19 MIN AL 24 100% 4 4 2 0 1 1.23 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 16 2 13% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1970 26 MIN AL 171 94% 40 21 4 1 1 1.43 5 0 3 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 35 1 3% 12 0 0% 113 17 15% 9 2 22% 3 1 33% 0
1971 27 TOT AL 96 97% 14 16 1 0 0 1.46 5 0 2 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 0 0% 5 3 60% 60 9 15% 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 0
1971 27 MIN AL 49 98% 7 7 0 0 0 1.50 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0 0% 5 3 60% 34 5 15% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1971 27 MIL AL 47 96% 7 9 1 0 0 1.42 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 26 4 15% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1972 28 MIL AL 45 93% 3 10 0 0 0 1.12 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 10 2 20% 35 3 9% 7 1 14% 2 1 50% 0
4 Yrs 336 95% 61 51 7 1 2 1.36 12 0 8 12 0 3 9 0 1 1 100% 69 2 3% 29 5 17% 224 31 14% 20 6 30% 8 4 50% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 30% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1963 19 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 86 8 0 1 0 0 0
1964 20 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 86 8 0 1 0 0 0
1965 21 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 86 8 0 1 0 0 0
1966 22 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 86 8 0 1 0 0 0
1967 23 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 86 8 0 1 0 0 0
1968 24 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 86 8 0 1 0 0 0
1969 25 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 86 8 0 1 0 0 0
1970 26 79 195 170 21 44 8 2 6 25 0 0 17 58 .259 .354 .435 .789 115 74 1 8 0 0 2
1971 27 123 291 255 27 58 10 2 11 38 0 0 26 96 .227 .320 .412 .731 101 105 1 9 0 1 4
1972 28 145 336 297 28 61 10 2 12 42 0 0 28 119 .205 .293 .374 .666 85 111 2 9 1 1 5

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 19 10 24 21 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 2 7 .190 .292 .381 .673 2 10
1970 26 69 172 150 20 41 7 2 5 23 0 15 51 .273 .366 .447 .813 23 69
1971 27 44 99 87 7 16 2 0 6 15 0 10 38 .184 .273 .414 .687 9 44
1972 28 23 49 45 2 4 0 0 1 6 0 3 24 .089 .146 .156 .301 1 22
4 Yrs 146 344 303 31 65 10 2 13 47 0 30 120 .215 .303 .389 .693 35 145
162 Game Avg. 162 382 336 34 72 11 2 14 52 0 33 133 .215 .303 .389 .693 39 145

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL  7 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1963 AL  born 1944-01-23 (5th)

                           

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