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Paul Sorrento

Paul Anthony Sorrento

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 17, 1965 in Somerville, MA
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1989 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners/DevilRays/Twins 1989-1999

Final Game: October 2, 1999 (Age 33)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 25, 2013 10:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1661. Brian Schneider… #1662. Deivi Cruz… #1663. Possum Whitted… #1664. PAUL SORRENTO… #1665. Jim Spencer… #1666. Jim Essian… #1667. Delmon Young… 

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
1989 23 MIN AL 14 27 21 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .238 .370 .238 .608 71 5 0 0 0 1 1 /3D
1990 24 MIN AL 41 135 121 11 25 4 1 5 13 1 1 12 31 .207 .281 .380 .662 80 46 3 1 0 1 0 D3
1991 25 MIN AL 26 51 47 6 12 2 0 4 13 0 0 4 11 .255 .314 .553 .867 131 26 3 0 0 0 2 3/D
1992 26 CLE AL 140 514 458 52 123 24 1 18 60 0 3 51 89 .269 .341 .443 .784 121 203 13 1 1 3 7 *3D
1993 27 CLE AL 148 527 463 75 119 26 1 18 65 3 1 58 121 .257 .340 .434 .774 107 201 10 2 0 4 11 *3/9D
1994 28 CLE AL 95 360 322 43 90 14 0 14 62 0 1 34 68 .280 .345 .453 .799 106 146 7 0 1 3 6 *3/D
1995 29 CLE AL 104 378 323 50 76 14 0 25 79 1 1 51 71 .235 .336 .511 .847 116 165 10 0 0 4 6 3D
1996 30 SEA AL 143 542 471 67 136 32 1 23 93 0 2 57 103 .289 .370 .507 .878 121 239 10 7 2 5 10 *3
1997 31 SEA AL 146 513 457 68 123 19 0 31 80 0 2 51 112 .269 .345 .514 .859 123 235 13 3 0 2 9 *3/D
1998 32 TBD AL 137 495 435 40 98 27 0 17 57 2 3 54 133 .225 .313 .405 .718 85 176 8 3 0 3 1 D39/7
1999 33 TBD AL 99 348 294 40 69 14 1 11 42 1 1 49 101 .235 .351 .401 .752 92 118 4 4 0 1 1 73/D
11 Yrs 1093 3890 3412 454 876 176 5 166 565 8 15 426 844 .257 .340 .457 .798 109 1560 81 21 4 27 54
162 Game Avg. 162 577 506 67 130 26 1 25 84 1 2 63 125 .257 .340 .457 .798 109 231 12 3 1 4 8
CLE (4 yrs) 487 1779 1566 220 408 78 2 75 266 4 6 194 349 .261 .340 .457 .797 113 715 40 3 2 14 30
MIN (3 yrs) 81 213 189 19 42 6 1 9 27 1 1 21 46 .222 .300 .407 .708 92 77 6 1 0 2 3
TBD (2 yrs) 236 843 729 80 167 41 1 28 99 3 4 103 234 .229 .329 .403 .732 88 294 12 7 0 4 2
SEA (2 yrs) 289 1055 928 135 259 51 1 54 173 0 4 108 215 .279 .358 .511 .869 122 474 23 10 2 7 19

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1989 23 MIN AL 14 27 -0 -0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.0 .490 .499 -0.0 -0.1 -0 /3D
1990 24 MIN AL 41 135 -4 0 -0 0 -3 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.3 .482 .495 -0.3 -0.3 -2 $100,000 D3
1991 25 MIN AL 26 51 1 -1 -0 -2 -1 -2 -0.2 2 -1 -0.1 .490 .498 0.1 -0.2 1 $122,500 3/D
1992 26 CLE AL 140 514 7 -2 0 -1 -8 -4 -0.3 19 16 1.5 .497 .497 1.7 -1.0 17 $137,500 *3D
1993 27 CLE AL 148 527 3 -2 -1 -1 -7 -8 -0.8 20 12 1.1 .495 .495 1.3 -0.8 13 $350,000 *3/9D
1994 28 CLE AL 95 360 0 -0 -0 0 -6 -6 -0.4 14 8 0.8 .495 .497 0.8 -0.5 8 $675,000 *3/D
1995 29 CLE AL 104 378 3 1 -0 -8 -6 -10 -0.9 14 4 0.4 .491 .494 1.1 -1.3 12 $1,098,223 3D
1996 30 SEA AL 143 542 11 -1 -0 -14 -7 -12 -0.8 20 9 1.1 .493 .494 2.2 -1.8 23 $1,025,000 *3
1997 31 SEA AL 146 513 13 -3 -1 2 -7 4 0.6 19 24 2.3 .503 .503 2.1 -0.4 22 $1,500,000 *3/D
1998 32 TBD AL 137 495 -11 -4 -1 3 -10 -23 -2.2 19 -5 -0.5 .483 .486 -0.7 -0.7 -8 $2,000,000 D39/7
1999 33 TBD AL 99 348 -5 -1 1 -13 -5 -23 -2.1 13 -10 -0.9 .478 .487 0.3 -1.6 3 $3,000,000 73/D
11 Seasons 1093 3890 18 -12 -3 -32 -61 -91 -8.0 146 54 5.5 .492 .495 8.6 -8.6 87 $10,008,223
CLE (4 yrs) 487 1779 13 -3 -1 -9 -27 -27 -2.4 67 40 3.8 .495 .496 4.9 -3.6 49 $2,260,723
MIN (3 yrs) 81 213 -3 -1 -1 -1 -4 -10 -1.1 8 -3 -0.4 .486 .498 -0.2 -0.6 -2 $222,500
TBD (2 yrs) 236 843 -16 -5 -0 -10 -15 -46 -4.3 32 -15 -1.3 .481 .486 -0.4 -2.3 -5 $5,000,000
SEA (2 yrs) 289 1055 24 -4 -1 -12 -14 -7 -0.2 40 32 3.4 .498 .498 4.3 -2.2 44 $2,525,000

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
1991 25 MIN AL ALCS TOR W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 25 MIN AL WS ATL W 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 29 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 3 13 10 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .300 .462 .300 .762 3 0 1 0 0 0
1995 29 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 4 15 13 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .154 .267 .231 .497 3 3 0 0 0 0
1995 29 CLE AL WS ATL L 6 11 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .273 .455 3 0 0 0 0 0
1997 31 SEA AL ALDS BAL L 4 12 10 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .300 .417 .700 1.117 7 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 21 55 47 6 10 3 0 1 2 0 0 7 16 .213 .327 .340 .668 16 3 1 0 0 0
2 ALDS 7 25 20 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .300 .440 .500 .940 10 0 1 0 0 0
2 ALCS 5 16 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .143 .250 .214 .464 3 3 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 14 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .231 .445 3 0 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 MIN AL 23 1B 5 1 0 12.0 13 13 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.75 2.60 .993 9.82 9.68
1989 MIN AL 23 DH 5 4
1990 MIN AL 24 DH 23 20
1990 MIN AL 24 1B 15 15 12 129.0 126 118 7 1 14 .992 0 5 8.72 8.33 .992 9.63 9.53
1991 MIN AL 25 1B 13 7 5 72.0 77 70 7 0 7 1.000 -2 -27 9.62 5.92 .992 9.75 9.74
1991 MIN AL 25 DH 2 2
1992 CLE AL 26 1B 121 113 98 1016.2 1082 996 78 8 108 .993 -1 -2 9.51 8.88 .993 9.68 9.64
1992 CLE AL 26 DH 11 11
1993 CLE AL 27 1B 144 119 107 1083.0 1104 1012 86 6 107 .995 -1 -1 9.12 7.63 .993 9.57 9.48
1993 CLE AL 27 OF 3 2 1 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 1.00 .983 2.40 2.40
1993 CLE AL 27 RF 3 2 1 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 1.00 .977 2.25 2.20
1993 CLE AL 27 DH 1 0
1994 CLE AL 28 1B 86 85 78 759.2 861 798 59 4 79 .995 0 0 10.15 9.97 .992 9.57 9.49
1994 CLE AL 28 DH 8 0
1995 CLE AL 29 1B 91 85 79 760.1 881 816 58 7 88 .992 -8 -12 10.35 9.60 .993 9.61 9.50
1995 CLE AL 29 DH 11 4
1996 SEA AL 30 1B 138 123 99 1099.1 1049 957 81 11 112 .990 -14 -15 8.50 7.52 .992 9.24 9.18
1997 SEA AL 31 1B 139 119 93 1057.2 1019 929 86 4 89 .996 2 2 8.64 7.30 .992 9.31 9.23
1997 SEA AL 31 DH 1 0
1998 TBD AL 32 DH 86 81
1998 TBD AL 32 1B 27 25 23 224.2 243 219 24 0 22 1.000 2 13 9.73 9.00 .992 9.43 9.33
1998 TBD AL 32 OF 18 17 6 118.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 2.29 1.67 .985 2.31 2.29
1998 TBD AL 32 RF 14 13 3 87.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2 32 2.79 1.93 .983 2.13 2.11
1998 TBD AL 32 LF 4 4 3 31.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -74 0.87 0.75 .987 2.09 2.08
1999 TBD AL 33 LF 57 55 29 441.1 93 87 2 4 1 .957 -10 -27 1.81 1.56 .985 2.08 2.05
1999 TBD AL 33 OF 57 55 29 441.1 93 87 2 4 1 .957 -10 -27 1.81 1.56 .984 2.30 2.27
1999 TBD AL 33 1B 27 21 21 197.1 213 203 9 1 19 .995 -3 -18 9.67 7.85 .992 9.50 9.35
1999 TBD AL 33 DH 9 8
11 Seasons 1B 806 713 615 6411.2 6668 6131 495 42 646 .994 -23 -4 9.30 8.22 .992 9.49 9.41
3 Seasons OF 78 74 36 577.1 126 120 2 4 1 .968 -9 -20 1.90 1.56 .984 2.31 2.28
2 Seasons LF 61 59 32 472.1 96 90 2 4 1 .958 -12 -30 1.75 1.51 .985 2.08 2.05
2 Seasons RF 17 15 4 105.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 2 26 2.57 1.76 .982 2.15 2.12
11 Seasons TOT 884 787 651 6989.0 6794 6251 497 46 647 .993 -32 -6 8.69 7.63 .992 8.90 8.78
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1998 AL  133 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1995 AL  12.9 (10th)**
1997 AL  14.7 (7th)
Career  20.6 (139th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1993 AL  144 (4th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1992 AL  8 (5th)
1995 AL  7 (4th)
1996 AL  11 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1995 AL  10.35 (1st)
Career  9.30 (93rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1994 AL  9.97 (2nd)
1995 AL  9.60 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1993 AL  .995 (5th)
1994 AL  .995 (4th)
1997 AL  .996 (2nd)
Career  .994 (54th)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2168), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1379), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (242nd), 5.5 career WAR/7.2 7yr-peak WAR/6.4 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199024Minnesota Twins$100,000USA Today
199125Minnesota Twins$122,5001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199226Cleveland Indians$137,5001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199327Cleveland Indians$350,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199428Cleveland Indians$675,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199529Cleveland Indians$1,098,2231996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $22,223 earned bonus
199630Seattle Mariners$1,025,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $25,000 earned bonus
199731Seattle Mariners$1,500,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1
199832Tampa Bay Devil Rays$2,000,0004/3/98 USA Today
199933Tampa Bay Devil Rays$3,000,0004/6/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,008,223
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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