Paul Runge

Paul William Runge

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 21, 1958 in Kingston, NY
School: Jacksonville University (Jacksonville, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 9th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1981
Team: Braves 1981-1988

Final Game: September 12, 1988
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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
1979	21	ATL-min	Rk	66	229	229		67	11	0	6						.293	.293	.419	.712		96							KPT · APPY
1980	22	ATL-min	AA,A	149	587	493	69	132	19	7	17	71	15	9	81	99	.268	.370	.438	.808		216		3	3	7			SAV,DHM · SOUL,CARL
1981	23	ATL-min	AAA	134	489	426	49	98	20	5	9	41	3	6	53	98	.230	.313	.364	.676		155		0	6	4	1		RMD · IL
1981	23	ATL	NL	10	31	27	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	.259	.355	.296	.651	85	8	1	0	0	0	0	6
1982	24	ATL-min	AAA	134	610	507	106	142	25	6	15	71	18	5	95	106	.280	.396	.442	.838		224		4	2	2	1		RMD · IL
1982	24	ATL	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	ATL-min	AAA	137	564	472	76	129	17	4	15	72	6	10	84	82	.273	.384	.422	.806		199		2	4	2	4		RMD · IL
1983	25	ATL	NL	5	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.250	.333	.250	.583	59	2	0	0	1	0	0	/4
1984	26	ATL-min	AAA	91	363	301	44	72	9	3	8	41	9	4	55	57	.239	.357	.369	.726		111		2	2	3	2		RMD · IL
1984	26	ATL	NL	28	103	90	5	24	3	1	0	3	5	3	10	14	.267	.340	.322	.662	82	29	2	0	3	0	0	4/65
1985	27	ATL	NL	50	110	87	15	19	3	0	1	5	0	1	18	18	.218	.349	.287	.636	77	25	3	0	4	1	0	5/64
1986	28	ATL-min	AAA	138	570	458	76	126	27	1	6	59	16	6	92	57	.275	.394	.378	.772		173		3	9	8	0		RMD · IL
1986	28	ATL	NL	7	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	2	1	0	0	0	0	/4
1987	29	ATL-min	AAA	70	303	235	34	65	11	3	3	21	12	7	63	26	.277	.430	.387	.817		91		1	3	1	0		RMD · IL
1987	29	ATL	NL	27	54	47	9	10	1	0	3	8	0	1	5	10	.213	.288	.426	.714	84	20	1	0	2	0	0	5/64
1988	30	ATL	NL	52	91	76	11	16	5	0	0	7	0	0	14	21	.211	.330	.276	.606	74	21	4	0	0	1	0	5/46
1989	31	SDP-min	AAA	119	453	375	56	95	14	5	6	50	8	2	69	77	.253	.367	.365	.733		137		1	4	4	0		LVG · PCL
1990	32	TOR-min	AAA	119	462	391	45	91	11	3	6	31	3	5	59	67	.233	.335	.322	.657		126		2	8	2	1		SYR · IL
8 Yrs				183	411	345	43	80	13	1	4	26	5	5	54	75	.232	.334	.310	.644	78	107	12	0	10	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	364	305	38	71	12	1	4	23	4	4	48	66	.232	.334	.310	.644	78	95	11	0	9	2	0

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
1981	23	ATL	NL	10	31	-1	0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.493	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	6
1982	24	ATL	NL	4	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.486	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
1983	25	ATL	NL	5	10	-0	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.487	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/4
1984	26	ATL	NL	28	103	-1	-1	0	3	1	2	0.3	3	5	0.6	.509	.502	0.2	0.5	2	$	4/65
1985	27	ATL	NL	50	110	-3	-0	-0	-2	0	-5	-0.6	3	-2	-0.2	.488	.496	0.0	-0.2	0	$	5/64
1986	28	ATL	NL	7	10	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	/4
1987	29	ATL	NL	27	54	-1	-1	0	-1	1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.490	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$95,000	5/64
1988	30	ATL	NL	52	91	-3	-1	-0	-2	1	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.490	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$107,500	5/46
8 Seasons				183	411	-9	-3	-0	-3	4	-12	-1.2	13	1	0.1	.493	.499	0.1	0.2	4	$202,500

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
1981	23	ATL	NL	31	21	3	3.9	94	.304	.259	.266	.355	.332	.296	.381	.651	.713	85	.471	-0.4	-0.0	.571	.185	.037
1982	24	ATL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.270	.000	.334	.000	.392	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1983	25	ATL	NL	10	7	1	3.8	103	.500	.250	.272	.333	.342	.250	.404	.583	.746	59	.455	-0.4	-0.1	.500	.125	.000
1984	26	ATL	NL	103	74	10	3.6	99	.316	.267	.271	.340	.337	.322	.394	.662	.732	82	.437	-2.1	-0.2	.577	.189	.056	.0
1985	27	ATL	NL	110	77	10	3.5	99	.261	.218	.266	.349	.334	.287	.396	.636	.730	77	.418	-1.9	-0.2	.583	.264	.069	.0
1986	28	ATL	NL	10	7	1	3.9	102	.500	.250	.267	.400	.338	.250	.403	.650	.741	80	.449	-0.1	-0.0	.571	.250	.000
1987	29	ATL	NL	54	41	5	3.3	109	.206	.213	.274	.288	.344	.426	.427	.714	.770	84	.336	-1.5	-0.1	.615	.298	.213	.0
1988	30	ATL	NL	91	65	7	2.9	93	.286	.211	.261	.330	.325	.276	.383	.606	.708	74	.358	-1.9	-0.2	.547	.250	.066
8 Yrs				411	294	37	3.4	99	.284	.232	.267	.334	.334	.310	.396	.644	.730	78	.402	-8.9	-0.9	.571	.235	.078	4.4
162 Game Avg.				364	260	33	3.4	99	.284	.232	.267	.334	.334	.310	.396	.644	.730	78	.402	-8.9	-0.9	.571	.235	.078	4

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
1981	23	ATL	NL	31	0.0%	12.9%	12.9%	3.2%	14%	1.00	6.8		13.5		4.67	74%
1982	24	ATL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							1.00	100%
1983	25	ATL	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.0		8.0			40%
1984	26	ATL	NL	103	0.0%	13.6%	9.7%	3.9%	17%	1.40	6.4		30.0		1.04	74%
1985	27	ATL	NL	110	0.9%	16.4%	16.4%	3.6%	21%	1.00	4.8	87.0	17.4		1.11	63%
1986	28	ATL	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.0					40%
1987	29	ATL	NL	54	5.6%	18.5%	9.3%	7.4%	40%	2.00	4.7	15.7	5.9		3.14	63%
1988	30	ATL	NL	91	0.0%	23.1%	15.4%	5.5%	31%	1.50	3.6		10.9	1.24	2.38	62%	23%	0.0%	24%
8 Yrs				411	1.0%	18.3%	13.1%	4.4%	23%	1.39	4.6	86.3	13.3	1.24	1.68	65%	23%	0.0%	24%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.2%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.67	6.3	41.0	8.4	0.80	1.08	74%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	23	ATL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	31	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.83	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.96	-1.4		0
1982	24	ATL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.52	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.73	-0.5	0.52	2
1983	25	ATL	NL	-0.4	-0.1	10	0.1	0.2	-0.1	1.28	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.91	-0.2	1.85	1
1984	26	ATL	NL	-2.1	-0.2	111	-0.7	1.8	-2.4	1.26	-0.3	-0.2	-3.7	-0.4	0.94	-3.9	2.09	0
1985	27	ATL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	113	-0.9	1.2	-2.1	1.00	-0.3	-0.6	-6.3	-0.6	0.94	-4.0	1.08	12
1986	28	ATL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	10	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.88	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.92	-0.2		0
1987	29	ATL	NL	-1.5	-0.1	58	-0.5	0.8	-1.2	1.06	0.1	-0.6	-1.1	-0.1	1.02	2.0	0.66	3
1988	30	ATL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	93	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.95	-0.2	-0.4	-0.9	-0.1	0.96	-1.8	1.16	21
8 Yrs				-8.9	-0.9	428	-2.8	5.4	-8.2	1.06	-1.0	-1.7	-13.0	-1.3	0.95	-10.1	1.08	39

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	23	ATL	NL	0	18%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	24	ATL	NL	0		3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	25	ATL	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	26	ATL	NL	2	15%	43	5	3	63%	5	2	1	0	1	0	17%	3	2	0	1	1	2	1	1
1985	27	ATL	NL	0	39%	53	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	7	24%	7	6	1	7	6	3	0	3
1986	28	ATL	NL	0	25%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1987	29	ATL	NL	1	50%	21	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	1	1	13%	6	5	1	2	2	0	0	0
1988	30	ATL	NL	0	37%	37	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	4	38%	8	7	1	0	0	8	2	5
8 Yrs				3	30%	184	5	5	50%	5	4	1	1	5	12	27%	25	21	3	10	9	14	3	10

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
1981	23	ATL	NL	31	13%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	2	0	0%	20	3	15%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1982	24	ATL	NL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1983	25	ATL	NL	10	50%	2			1	0	0	0	1.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1984	26	ATL	NL	103	27%	24			0	0	0	0	2.09	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	18	2	11%	9	2	22%	56	4	7%	5	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1985	27	ATL	NL	110	52%	19			12	2	0	0	1.08	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	4	100%	26	3	12%	16	6	38%	66	4	6%	5	1	20%	6	3	50%	0
1986	28	ATL	NL	10	20%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	29	ATL	NL	54	56%	10			3	0	0	0	0.66	3	0	4	1	2	1	2	0	3	2	67%	11	1	9%	8	5	63%	40	5	13%	2	1	50%	5	3	60%	0
1988	30	ATL	NL	91	40%	16	0	0	21	4	0	3	1.16	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	4	22%	8	3	38%	52	7	13%	6	2	33%	2	1	50%	0
8 Yrs				411	40%	80	0	0	39	6	0	3	1.08	4	0	15	1	3	1	3	0	12	10	83%	82	12	15%	44	17	39%	244	24	10%	21	4	19%	17	9	53%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			80%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	30	ATL	NL	91	346	3.80	197	57%	30%	19%	23%	28%	70%	0%	40%	73%	36%	5%	5	2	18%	16	6	12%	11	4	52%	0	0	0
1 Yr				91	346	3.80	197	57%	30%	19%	23%	28%	70%	0%	40%	73%	36%	5%	5	2	18%	16	6	12%	11	4	52%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	33%	5%			16%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1981	23	10	31	27	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	.259	.355	.296	.651	85	8	1	0	0
1982	24	14	33	29	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	.241	.333	.276	.609	73	8	1	0	0
1983	25	19	43	37	2	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	8	.243	.333	.270	.604	70	10	1	1	0
1984	26	47	146	127	7	33	4	1	0	6	5	3	15	22	.260	.338	.307	.645	79	39	3	4	0
1985	27	97	256	214	22	52	7	1	1	11	5	4	33	40	.243	.343	.299	.642	78	64	6	8	1
1986	28	104	266	222	23	54	7	1	1	11	5	4	35	44	.243	.345	.297	.642	78	66	7	8	1
1987	29	131	320	269	32	64	8	1	4	19	5	5	40	54	.238	.335	.320	.655	80	86	8	10	1
1988	30	183	411	345	43	80	13	1	4	26	5	5	54	75	.232	.334	.310	.644	78	107	12	10	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1981	23	15	47	41	3	11	2	0	0	3	0	6	6	.268	.362	.317	.679	5	10
1982	24	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1983	25	5	12	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	.333	.455	.333	.788	1	5
1984	26	28	103	90	5	24	3	1	0	3	5	10	14	.267	.340	.322	.662	10	28
1985	27	50	110	87	15	19	3	0	1	5	0	18	18	.218	.349	.287	.636	9	50
1986	28	7	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	7
1987	29	27	52	46	8	9	1	0	3	7	0	4	10	.196	.260	.413	.673	5	27
1988	30	52	93	77	13	17	5	0	0	8	0	15	21	.221	.344	.286	.630	8	52
8 Yrs		188	429	360	45	85	14	1	4	27	5	57	77	.236	.339	.314	.653	39	183
162 Game Avg.		162	370	310	39	73	12	1	3	23	4	49	66	.236	.339	.314	.653	34	183

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