Paul Schaal
Paul Schaal
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 3, 1943 in Pittsburgh, PA
High School: Compton (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Angels as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1964
Final Game: July 19, 1974
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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 21 LAA AL 17 34 32 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 .125 .176 .125 .301 -10 4 1 0 0 0 0 /45
1965 22 CAL AL 155 556 483 48 108 12 2 9 45 6 3 61 88 .224 .310 .313 .622 80 151 8 1 7 4 8 *5/4
1966 23 CAL AL 138 461 386 59 94 15 7 6 24 6 4 68 56 .244 .362 .365 .728 113 141 9 5 0 2 0 *5
1967 24 CAL AL 99 322 272 31 51 9 1 6 20 2 2 38 39 .188 .286 .294 .580 76 80 3 1 7 4 3 5/64
1968 25 CAL AL 60 253 219 22 46 7 1 2 16 5 7 29 25 .210 .307 .279 .585 83 61 3 2 2 1 0 5
1969 26 KCR AL 61 237 205 22 54 6 0 1 13 2 1 25 27 .263 .346 .307 .653 85 63 2 2 3 2 2 5/46
1970 27 KCR AL 124 427 380 50 102 12 3 5 35 7 4 43 39 .268 .343 .355 .698 94 135 10 1 1 2 1 56/4
1971 28 KCR AL 161 659 548 80 150 31 6 11 63 7 5 103 51 .274 .387 .412 .799 128 226 9 2 0 6 5 *5
1972 29 KCR AL 127 503 435 47 99 19 3 6 41 1 3 61 59 .228 .323 .326 .650 95 142 14 2 2 3 1 *5/6
1973 30 KCR AL 121 471 396 61 114 14 3 8 42 5 6 63 45 .288 .389 .399 .788 118 158 13 5 3 4 0 *5
1974 31 TOT AL 65 226 199 13 47 7 0 3 24 2 2 23 32 .236 .316 .317 .632 86 63 8 1 1 2 1 5
1974 31 KCR AL 12 43 34 3 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 5 5 .176 .286 .324 .609 72 11 3 1 1 2 0 5
1974 31 CAL AL 53 183 165 10 41 5 0 2 20 2 2 18 27 .248 .322 .315 .638 90 52 5 0 0 0 1 5
11 Seasons 1128 4149 3555 436 869 132 26 57 323 43 38 516 466 .244 .341 .344 .686 99 1224 80 22 26 30 21
162 Game Avg. 162 596 511 63 125 19 4 8 46 6 5 74 67 .244 .341 .344 .686 99 176 11 3 4 4 3
KCR (6 yrs) 606 2340 1998 263 525 84 15 32 198 22 19 300 226 .263 .360 .368 .728 107 735 51 13 10 19 9
CAL (6 yrs) 522 1809 1557 173 344 48 11 25 125 21 19 216 240 .221 .317 .314 .631 87 489 29 9 16 11 12

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 21 LAA AL 34 30 1 0.9 87 .148 .125 .244 .176 .310 .125 .379 .301 .690 -10 .055 -4.6 -0.5 .167 .031 .000
1965 22 CAL AL 556 397 50 3.4 89 .254 .224 .247 .310 .317 .313 .379 .622 .696 80 .422 -11.3 -1.2 .560 .222 .089 7.2
1966 23 CAL AL 461 307 55 4.8 87 .270 .244 .245 .362 .311 .365 .378 .728 .689 113 .596 9.7 1.0 .708 .303 .122 6.0
1967 24 CAL AL 322 237 25 2.8 80 .195 .188 .238 .286 .306 .294 .356 .580 .662 76 .378 -6.8 -0.8 .527 .246 .107 3.0
1968 25 CAL AL 253 186 19 2.8 76 .228 .210 .232 .307 .301 .279 .344 .585 .645 83 .390 -3.4 -0.4 .492 .192 .068 2.9
1969 26 KCR AL 237 159 24 4.1 95 .296 .263 .254 .346 .331 .307 .384 .653 .715 85 .483 -3.2 -0.3 .591 .171 .044 1.3
1970 27 KCR AL 427 295 47 4.3 97 .287 .268 .257 .343 .331 .355 .392 .698 .723 94 .498 -2.4 -0.2 .623 .208 .087 5.8
1971 28 KCR AL 659 418 95 6.1 91 .283 .274 .254 .387 .326 .412 .377 .799 .702 128 .682 25.9 2.7 .808 .330 .139 8.6
1972 29 KCR AL 503 358 46 3.4 82 .249 .228 .245 .323 .314 .326 .354 .650 .668 95 .477 -0.8 -0.1 .575 .234 .099 1.7
1973 30 KCR AL 471 308 63 5.5 98 .305 .288 .266 .389 .336 .399 .391 .788 .727 118 .606 12.3 1.2 .748 .268 .111 6.2
1974 31 TOT AL 226 165 19 3.1 86 .265 .236 .254 .316 .317 .317 .365 .632 .682 86 .372 -2.7 -0.3 .537 .196 .080 2.4
1974 31 KCR AL 43 34 3 2.4 93 .167 .176 .264 .286 .329 .324 .380 .609 .709 72 .266 -1.0 -0.1 .548 .294 .147 .0
1974 31 CAL AL 183 131 16 3.3 84 .287 .248 .251 .322 .315 .315 .361 .638 .676 90 .396 -1.8 -0.2 .534 .176 .067 2.0
11 Seasons 4149 2860 444 4.2 89 .265 .244 .250 .341 .320 .344 .374 .686 .694 99 .521 12.6 1.2 .630 .246 .100 49.0
162 Game Avg. 596 411 64 4.2 89 .265 .244 .250 .341 .320 .344 .374 .686 .694 99 .521 2 0 .630 .246 .100 7
KCR (6 yrs) 2340 1572 278 4.8 92 .280 .263 .255 .360 .327 .368 .378 .728 .705 107 .570 30.9 3.2 .681 .257 .105 26.1
CAL (6 yrs) 1809 1288 166 3.5 85 .245 .221 .243 .317 .311 .314 .368 .631 .679 87 .448 -18.2 -2.0 .568 .233 .093 22.8

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 21 LAA AL 34 0.0% 14.7% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 2.50 6.4 0.85 79%
1965 22 CAL AL 556 1.6% 15.8% 11.0% 4.1% 21% 1.44 5.5 53.7 10.7 0.99 70%
1966 23 CAL AL 461 1.3% 12.2% 14.8% 6.1% 30% 0.82 6.9 64.3 16.1 1.04 71%
1967 24 CAL AL 322 1.9% 12.1% 11.8% 5.0% 31% 1.03 7.0 45.3 13.6 0.73 72%
1968 25 CAL AL 253 0.8% 9.9% 11.5% 4.0% 22% 0.86 8.8 109.5 13.7 0.84 76%
1969 26 KCR AL 237 0.4% 11.4% 10.6% 3.0% 13% 1.08 7.6 205.0 15.8 1.27 76%
1970 27 KCR AL 427 1.2% 9.1% 10.1% 4.7% 20% 0.91 9.7 76.0 10.9 1.05 79%
1971 28 KCR AL 659 1.7% 7.7% 15.6% 7.3% 32% 0.50 10.7 49.8 8.7 1.04 75%
1972 29 KCR AL 503 1.2% 11.7% 12.1% 5.6% 28% 0.97 7.4 72.5 10.6 1.03 74%
1973 30 KCR AL 471 1.7% 9.6% 13.4% 5.3% 22% 0.71 8.8 49.5 9.4 1.02 74%
1974 31 TOT AL 226 1.3% 14.2% 10.2% 4.4% 21% 1.39 6.2 66.3 8.3 1.39 73%
1974 31 KCR AL 43 2.3% 11.6% 11.6% 7.0% 50% 1.00 6.8 34.0 8.5 1.55 70%
1974 31 CAL AL 183 1.1% 14.8% 9.8% 3.8% 17% 1.50 6.1 82.5 8.3 1.35 74%
11 Seasons 4149 1.4% 11.2% 12.4% 5.2% 25% 0.90 7.6 62.4 11.0 1.01 74%
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 21 LAA AL 0 0 50% 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 CAL AL 8 0 24% 207 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 14 43% 22 16 6 8 4 4 14 4 9
1966 23 CAL AL 3 0 33% 232 6 4 60% 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 13 39% 27 18 8 7 5 2 20 6 11
1967 24 CAL AL 8 0 30% 132 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 60% 12 8 4 1 0 1 12 1 10
1968 25 CAL AL 4 0 27% 94 5 7 42% 5 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 5 4 59% 14 7 7 1 0 1 7 1 5
1969 26 KCR AL 5 0 26% 127 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 48% 20 9 8 1 0 1 8 2 5
1970 27 KCR AL 5 0 32% 184 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 49% 33 23 10 5 2 3 17 2 14
1971 28 KCR AL 8 0 28% 323 7 5 58% 6 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 6 20 65% 41 17 23 16 8 8 25 3 22
1972 29 KCR AL 5 0 26% 199 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 55% 23 14 9 5 3 0 23 3 19
1973 30 KCR AL 10 0 31% 227 5 6 45% 5 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 11 49% 35 22 13 4 1 3 22 6 14
1974 31 TOT AL 3 0 15% 100 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 30% 9 7 2 5 3 2 6 3 2
1974 31 KCR AL 0 0 18% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1974 31 CAL AL 3 0 14% 87 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 24% 8 7 1 3 2 1 6 3 2
11 Seasons 59 0 28% 1836 43 38 53% 39 34 3 1 1 3 10 2 48 102 51% 238 142 91 53 26 25 154 31 111
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 21 LAA AL 34 9% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 4 0 0% 16 1 6% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1965 22 CAL AL 554 30% 108 1 1 0 0 0.45 9 0 6 8 1 5 4 0 8 7 88% 85 8 9% 45 16 36% 302 37 12% 30 11 37% 28 7 25% 2
1966 23 CAL AL 461 28% 94 5 0 0 0 2.03 6 0 7 4 2 3 3 1 0 0 71 9 13% 26 6 23% 229 19 8% 15 5 33% 26 5 19% 0
1967 24 CAL AL 322 37% 51 7 0 0 0 1.43 6 0 2 2 4 4 2 0 7 7 100% 48 3 6% 31 15 48% 152 17 11% 13 7 54% 23 7 30% 0
1968 25 CAL AL 253 29% 46 2 0 0 0 0.09 2 0 7 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 100% 24 3 13% 7 4 57% 110 15 14% 8 4 50% 9 3 33% 0
1969 26 KCR AL 237 37% 54 3 0 0 0 0.71 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 75% 32 2 6% 23 15 65% 129 12 9% 11 7 64% 15 5 33% 0
1970 27 KCR AL 427 39% 102 18 3 0 0 2.28 5 0 8 4 1 1 4 0 1 1 100% 83 10 12% 30 8 27% 236 30 13% 21 11 52% 22 7 32% 0
1971 28 KCR AL 659 31% 150 0 0 0 0 11 0 14 9 2 2 9 0 1 0 0% 97 9 9% 56 18 32% 359 53 15% 36 19 53% 43 15 35% 0
1972 29 KCR AL 503 35% 99 3 1 0 1 0.58 6 1 13 4 2 2 4 0 2 2 100% 88 14 16% 42 16 38% 302 40 13% 26 13 50% 20 11 55% 0
1973 30 KCR AL 471 30% 114 1 0 0 0 3.88 8 0 7 6 2 6 2 1 3 3 100% 92 13 14% 35 10 29% 269 35 13% 18 8 44% 29 16 55% 0
1974 31 TOT AL 226 39% 47 3 0 0 1 1.98 3 0 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 100% 45 8 18% 21 7 33% 146 25 17% 14 10 71% 21 8 38% 0
1974 31 KCR AL 43 44% 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 9 3 33% 8 2 25% 29 3 10% 4 2 50% 6 0 0% 0
1974 31 CAL AL 183 37% 41 3 0 0 1 1.98 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 36 5 14% 13 5 38% 117 22 19% 10 8 80% 15 8 53% 0
11 Seasons 4147 33% 869 43 5 0 2 1.76 57 1 70 41 16 26 31 2 29 26 90% 674 80 12% 320 115 36% 2250 284 13% 194 95 49% 236 84 36% 2
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 21 17 34 32 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 .125 .176 .125 .301 -10 4 1 0 0 0 0
1965 22 172 590 515 51 112 12 2 9 45 6 4 63 93 .217 .302 .301 .603 75 155 9 1 7 4 8
1966 23 310 1051 901 110 206 27 9 15 69 12 8 131 149 .229 .329 .329 .657 91 296 18 6 7 6 8
1967 24 409 1373 1173 141 257 36 10 21 89 14 10 169 188 .219 .319 .321 .639 88 376 21 7 14 10 11
1968 25 469 1626 1392 163 303 43 11 23 105 19 17 198 213 .218 .317 .314 .631 87 437 24 9 16 11 11
1969 26 530 1863 1597 185 357 49 11 24 118 21 18 223 240 .224 .320 .313 .634 87 500 26 11 19 13 13
1970 27 654 2290 1977 235 459 61 14 29 153 28 22 266 279 .232 .325 .321 .646 88 635 36 12 20 15 14
1971 28 815 2949 2525 315 609 92 20 40 216 35 27 369 330 .241 .339 .341 .680 97 861 45 14 20 21 19
1972 29 942 3452 2960 362 708 111 23 46 257 36 30 430 389 .239 .336 .339 .675 97 1003 59 16 22 24 20
1973 30 1063 3923 3356 423 822 125 26 54 299 41 36 493 434 .245 .343 .346 .689 100 1161 72 21 25 28 20
1974 31 1128 4149 3555 436 869 132 26 57 323 43 38 516 466 .244 .341 .344 .686 99 1224 80 22 26 30 21

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 21 17 35 33 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .152 .200 .152 .352 1 17
1965 22 155 569 496 55 121 13 2 10 52 7 68 88 .244 .334 .339 .673 57 155
1966 23 139 492 404 69 110 18 8 7 28 7 80 56 .272 .398 .408 .807 64 138
1967 24 99 334 283 39 62 11 1 7 25 2 46 39 .219 .326 .339 .666 32 99
1968 25 60 267 229 29 56 9 1 2 21 6 35 25 .245 .348 .319 .667 26 60
1969 26 61 243 211 24 60 7 0 1 14 2 28 27 .284 .370 .332 .702 26 61
1970 27 124 433 385 53 107 13 3 5 37 7 45 39 .278 .353 .366 .720 50 124
1971 28 162 700 573 93 173 36 7 13 73 8 119 51 .302 .420 .457 .877 110 161
1972 29 133 553 473 63 122 23 4 7 55 1 75 62 .258 .360 .368 .728 63 127
1973 30 121 476 401 63 119 15 3 8 43 5 66 45 .297 .399 .409 .808 65 121
1974 31 65 231 203 16 51 8 0 3 29 2 25 32 .251 .333 .335 .668 23 65
11 Seasons 1136 4333 3691 510 986 153 29 63 377 47 589 469 .267 .369 .376 .744 517 1128
162 Game Avg. 162 618 526 73 141 22 4 9 54 7 84 67 .267 .369 .376 .744 74 1128

* 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

On-Base% s c a p y
1971 AL  .387 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1971 AL  161 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1971 AL  659 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1971 AL  31 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1966 AL  7 (9th)
1971 AL  6 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 AL  68 (10th)
1971 AL  103 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1971 AL  95 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  48 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1971 AL  255 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1966 AL  5 (10th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1971 AL  10.7 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1294), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Dalton Jones (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Eddie Miksis (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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