Paul Reuschel
Paul Richard Reuschel
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 12, 1947 in Quincy, IL
High School: Central (Camp Point, IL)
School: Western Illinois University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 4th round of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 17, 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1975
Final Game: September 28, 1979
Relatives: Brother of Rick Reuschel
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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
1975 28 CHC NL 1 3 .250 3.50 28 0 18 0 0 5 36.0 44 15 14 1 13 2 12 1 0 1 160 110 1.583 11.0 0.3 3.3 3.0 0.92
1976 29 CHC NL 4 2 .667 4.55 50 2 11 0 0 3 87.0 94 46 44 12 33 4 55 1 2 3 377 84 1.460 9.7 1.2 3.4 5.7 1.67
1977 30 CHC NL 5 6 .455 4.37 69 0 26 0 0 4 107.0 105 58 52 9 40 8 62 0 2 5 452 100 1.355 8.8 0.8 3.4 5.2 1.55
1978 31 TOT MLB 4 4 .500 3.59 34 6 12 1 0 0 117.2 124 49 47 9 35 4 37 3 1 2 503 107 1.351 9.5 0.7 2.7 2.8 1.06
1978 31 CHC NL 2 0 1.000 5.14 16 0 6 0 0 0 28.0 29 16 16 4 13 3 13 1 0 1 122 78 1.500 9.3 1.3 4.2 4.2 1.00
1978 31 CLE AL 2 4 .333 3.11 18 6 6 1 0 0 89.2 95 33 31 5 22 1 24 2 1 1 381 121 1.305 9.5 0.5 2.2 2.4 1.09
1979 32 CLE AL 2 1 .667 7.94 17 1 5 0 0 1 45.1 73 43 40 7 11 0 22 0 0 0 212 54 1.853 14.5 1.4 2.2 4.4 2.00
5 Seasons 16 16 .500 4.51 198 9 72 1 0 13 393.0 440 211 197 38 132 18 188 5 5 11 1704 89 1.455 10.1 0.9 3.0 4.3 1.42
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 4.51 65 3 24 0 0 4 129 145 69 65 12 43 6 62 2 2 4 560 89 1.455 10.1 0.9 3.0 4.3 1.42
CHC (4 yrs) 12 11 .522 4.40 163 2 61 0 0 12 258.0 272 135 126 26 99 17 142 3 4 10 1111 93 1.438 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.0 1.43
CLE (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 4.73 35 7 11 1 0 1 135.0 168 76 71 12 33 1 46 2 1 1 593 83 1.489 11.2 0.8 2.2 3.1 1.39
NL (4 yrs) 12 11 .522 4.40 163 2 61 0 0 12 258.0 272 135 126 26 99 17 142 3 4 10 1111 93 1.438 9.5 0.9 3.5 5.0 1.43
AL (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 4.73 35 7 11 1 0 1 135.0 168 76 71 12 33 1 46 2 1 1 593 83 1.489 11.2 0.8 2.2 3.1 1.39

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
1975 28 CHC NL 28 160 141 15 44 5 1 1 1 2 13 12 .312 .372 .383 .755 .333 54 4 1 4 1 2
1976 29 CHC NL 50 377 338 46 94 9 4 12 4 3 33 55 .278 .341 .435 .776 .299 147 12 1 2 3 4
1977 30 CHC NL 69 452 401 58 105 10 6 9 16 5 40 62 .262 .326 .384 .710 .287 154 12 0 7 4 8
1978 31 TOT MLB 34 502 457 49 124 17 1 9 10 5 35 37 .271 .326 .372 .698 .278 170 13 3 5 2 4
1978 31 CHC NL 16 122 108 16 29 8 0 4 2 2 13 13 .269 .352 .454 .806 .275 49 5 1 0 0 3
1978 31 CLE AL 18 380 349 33 95 9 1 5 8 3 22 24 .272 .317 .347 .664 .280 121 8 2 5 2 1
1979 32 CLE AL 17 212 200 43 73 18 4 7 2 0 11 22 .365 .398 .600 .998 .386 120 8 0 1 0 0
5 Seasons 198 1703 1537 211 440 59 16 38 33 15 132 188 .286 .343 .420 .762 .304 645 49 5 19 10 18
162 Game Avg. 65 559 505 69 145 19 5 12 11 5 43 62 .286 .343 .420 .762 .304 212 16 2 6 3 6
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
1976 29 CHC NL 50 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0% 32 49 14 30 10 1 0 4.5 3.9 3.7
1978 31 TOT MLB 34 6 0 4 2 0 4 1 5 .167 2 0 1 0 5 83% 65 45 18 4 1 3 2.2 1.7 7.0
1978 31 CLE AL 18 6 0 4 2 0 4 1 5 .167 2 0 1 0 5 83% 54 65 45 14 3 1 3 2.2 1.7 7.0
1979 32 CLE AL 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 17 3 0 0 7.9 18.0 2.7
3 Seasons 85 9 0 5 4 0 4 3 6 .333 3 0 1 0 5 56% 46 65 14 61 16 2 3 3.3 2.6 5.8
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
1975 28 CHC NL 28 28 18 1 3 7 5 2 71% 8 1 20 6 30% 7 1.183 11 6 10 10 4 14 12 16 13 11 15 12 3.9
1976 29 CHC NL 50 48 11 4 1 3 3 0 100% 6 2 37 7 19% 7 0.832 12 6 29 8 6 34 23 25 31 12 33 12 5.0
1977 30 CHC NL 69 69 26 5 6 9 4 5 44% 15 6 44 19 43% 8 0.949 19 15 34 18 8 43 23 46 35 15 39 22 4.7
1978 31 TOT MLB 34 28 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 29 14 48% 0.656 8 5 14 3 3 22 15 13 23 3 23 4 8.1
1978 31 CHC NL 16 16 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 7 58% 6 0.573 4 3 8 2 3 11 5 11 11 3 11 4 5.3
1978 31 CLE AL 18 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 7 41% 3 0.682 4 2 6 1 0 11 10 2 12 0 12 0 11.9
1979 32 CLE AL 17 16 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 18 8 44% 5 0.477 1 4 11 2 0 14 11 5 13 1 14 0 8.0
5 Seasons 198 189 72 16 11 20 13 7 65% 31 10 148 54 36% 0.800 51 36 98 41 21 127 84 105 115 42 124 50 5.4

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%
1975 28 CHC NL 160 46% 0.6% 7.5% 8.1% 4.4% 16% 1.24 81% 35 4 11%
1976 29 CHC NL 377 42% 3.2% 14.6% 8.8% 6.6% 27% 1.46 73% 84 12 14%
1977 30 CHC NL 452 35% 2.0% 13.7% 8.9% 5.5% 24% 1.66 74% 94 12 13%
1978 31 TOT MLB 503 48% 1.8% 7.4% 7.0% 5.4% 22% 1.38 82% 82 13 16%
1978 31 CHC NL 122 33% 3.3% 10.7% 10.7% 9.8% 41% 1.30 75% 17 5 29%
1978 31 CLE AL 381 52% 1.3% 6.3% 5.8% 4.0% 16% 1.41 85% 65 8 12%
1979 32 CLE AL 212 34% 3.3% 10.4% 5.2% 13.7% 40% 1.64 81% 38 8 21%
5 Seasons 1704 41% 2.2% 11.0% 7.8% 6.6% 26% 1.48 78% 333 49 15%
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
1975 28 CHC NL 160 44 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 12 6 2 50% 3 1 0 61 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1976 29 CHC NL 377 94 12 0 8 5 7 11 1 19 11 1 58% 5 3 1 148 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1977 30 CHC NL 452 105 9 1 19 7 2 7 2 42 20 9 48% 9 5 1 166 16 5 76% 13 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 19 0
1978 31 TOT MLB 503 124 9 1 6 5 4 1 8 17 11 1 65% 6 2 3 193 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1978 31 CHC NL 122 29 4 1 3 2 2 1 3 4 3 0 75% 1 1 1 46 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 31 CLE AL 381 95 5 0 3 3 2 0 5 13 8 1 62% 5 1 2 147 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1979 32 CLE AL 212 73 7 0 8 2 5 4 3 13 8 1 62% 3 0 1 79 2 0 100% 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons 1704 440 38 2 50 19 19 23 15 103 56 14 54% 26 11 6 647 33 15 69% 28 13 4 2 1 0 5 0 43 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+
1975 28 1 3 .250 3.50 28 0 18 0 0 5 36.0 44 15 14 1 13 2 12 1 0 1 160 110 1.583 11.0 0.3 3.3 3.0 0.92 110
1976 29 5 5 .500 4.24 78 2 29 0 0 8 123.0 138 61 58 13 46 6 67 2 2 4 537 90 1.496 10.1 1.0 3.4 4.9 1.46 90
1977 30 10 11 .476 4.30 147 2 55 0 0 12 230.0 243 119 110 22 86 14 129 2 4 9 989 95 1.430 9.5 0.9 3.4 5.0 1.50 95
1978 31 14 15 .483 4.06 181 8 67 1 0 12 347.2 367 168 157 31 121 18 166 5 5 11 1492 98 1.404 9.5 0.8 3.1 4.3 1.37 98
1979 32 16 16 .500 4.51 198 9 72 1 0 13 393.0 440 211 197 38 132 18 188 5 5 11 1704 89 1.455 10.1 0.9 3.0 4.3 1.42 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1975 28 2 1 .667 3.71 34.0 43 16 14 1 13 11 1 1.647 11.4 3.4 2.9 0.85 0.3 28
1976 29 4 5 .444 4.88 83.0 95 50 45 12 33 52 1 1.542 10.3 3.6 5.6 1.58 1.3 50
1977 30 5 6 .455 4.03 105.0 99 52 47 8 38 61 0 1.305 8.5 3.3 5.2 1.61 0.7 69
1978 31 6 6 .500 4.10 112.0 129 57 51 9 36 35 3 1.473 10.4 2.9 2.8 0.97 0.7 34
1979 32 1 3 .250 8.37 43.0 73 44 40 7 11 21 0 1.953 15.3 2.3 4.4 1.91 1.5 17
5 Seasons 18 21 .462 4.70 377.0 439 219 197 37 131 180 5 1.512 10.5 4.3 1.37 0.9 198

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
1977 NL--69--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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