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Paul Sorrento
Paul Anthony Sorrento
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 17, 1965 in Somerville, MA
Schools: Florida State University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1989
Final Game: October 2, 1999
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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 79 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 .784 120 203 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 .799 105 146 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 .878 120 239 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 Seasons 1093 3890 3412 454 876 176 5 166 565 8 15 426 844 .257 .340 .457 .798 108 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 .798 108 231 12 3 1 4 8
CLE (4 yrs) 487 1779 1566 220 408 78 2 75 266 4 6 194 349 .261 .340 .457 .797 112 715 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 91 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 .869 121 474 23 10 2 7 19

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 MIN AL 23 1B 5 1 12.0 13 13 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.75 2.60 .992 9.82 8.36
1989 MIN AL 23 DH 5
1990 MIN AL 24 DH 23
1990 MIN AL 24 1B 15 15 129.0 126 118 7 1 14 .992 0.5 4.7 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 8.72 8.33 .992 9.63 8.36
1991 MIN AL 25 1B 13 7 72.0 77 70 7 0 7 1.000 -1.6 -26.7 -1.6 -1.8 0.2 0 9.62 5.92 .992 9.75 8.30
1991 MIN AL 25 DH 2
1992 CLE AL 26 1B 121 113 1016.2 1082 996 78 8 108 .993 -1.4 -1.7 -1.4 -2.1 0.7 0 9.51 8.88 .993 8.85 8.26
1992 CLE AL 26 DH 11
1993 CLE AL 27 1B 144 119 1083.0 1104 1012 86 6 107 .995 -0.7 -0.8 -0.7 -1.5 0.8 0 9.12 7.63 .993 8.31 6.94
1993 CLE AL 27 OF 3 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .967 2.40 2.10
1993 CLE AL 27 RF 3 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 .967 2.25 1.87
1993 CLE AL 27 DH 1
1994 CLE AL 28 1B 86 85 759.2 861 798 59 4 79 .995 0.3 0.5 0.3 -1.5 1.8 0 10.15 9.97 .992 9.57 8.49
1994 CLE AL 28 DH 8
1995 CLE AL 29 1B 91 85 760.1 881 816 58 7 88 .992 -7.6 -12.0 -7.6 -3.5 -4.1 0 10.35 9.60 .993 9.61 8.32
1995 CLE AL 29 DH 11
1996 SEA AL 30 1B 138 123 1099.1 1049 957 81 11 112 .990 -13.8 -15.1 -12.8 -2.1 -10.7 -1 8.50 7.52 .992 8.19 7.25
1997 SEA AL 31 1B 139 119 1057.2 1019 929 86 4 89 .996 1.9 2.2 2.9 -0.8 3.7 -1 8.64 7.30 .992 8.51 7.19
1997 SEA AL 31 DH 1
1998 TBD AL 32 DH 86
1998 TBD AL 32 1B 27 25 224.2 243 219 24 0 22 1.000 2.5 13.4 2.5 0.0 2.5 0 9.73 9.00 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 TBD AL 32 OF 18 17 118.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 4.1 -0.6 -2.2 1.6 1 2.29 1.67 .983 2.31 2.02
1998 TBD AL 32 RF 14 13 87.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 31.7 1.3 -0.3 1.6 1 2.79 1.93 .981 2.14 1.81
1998 TBD AL 32 LF 4 4 31.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1.9 -73.5 -1.9 -1.9 0.0 0 0.87 0.75 1.000 2.09 1.75
1999 TBD AL 33 LF 57 55 441.1 93 87 2 4 1 .957 -9.9 -26.9 -9.9 -3.3 -6.6 0 1.81 1.56 .985 2.08 1.73
1999 TBD AL 33 OF 57 55 441.1 93 87 2 4 1 .957 -9.9 -26.9 -9.9 -3.3 -6.6 0 1.81 1.56 .985 2.30 2.03
1999 TBD AL 33 1B 27 21 197.1 213 203 9 1 19 .995 -2.9 -17.6 -2.9 -2.4 -0.5 0 9.67 7.85 .992 9.50 8.33
1999 TBD AL 33 DH 9
11 Seasons 1B 806 713 6411.2 6668 6131 495 42 646 .994 -22.8 -4.3 -20.8 -15.2 -5.6 -2 9.30 8.22 .992 8.83 7.71
10 Seasons DH 157
3 Seasons OF 78 74 577.1 126 120 2 4 1 .968 -9.5 -19.7 -10.5 -5.5 -5.0 1 1.90 1.56 .984 2.31 2.03
2 Seasons LF 61 59 472.1 96 90 2 4 1 .958 -11.8 -30.0 -11.8 -5.2 -6.6 0 1.75 1.51 .985 2.08 1.73
2 Seasons RF 17 15 105.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 26.3 1.3 -0.3 1.6 1 2.57 1.76 .980 2.16 1.82
11 Seasons TOT 884 787 6989.0 6794 6251 497 46 647 .993 -32.3 -5.5 -31.3 -20.7 -10.6 1 -2 8.69 7.63 .986 8.28 7.18
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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--12.920--10th**
1997 AL--14.742--7th
Career--20.554--134th

                           
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

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2158), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1331), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 2, 1986: Drafted by the California Angels in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1986.

November 3, 1988: Traded by the California Angels with Rob Wassenaar (minors) and Mike Cook to the Minnesota Twins for Kevin Trudeau (minors) and Bert Blyleven.

March 28, 1992: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Cleveland Indians for Curt Leskanic and Oscar Munoz.

December 21, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

November 1, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Minnesota Twins$100,000
1991Minnesota Twins$122,500
1992Cleveland Indians$137,500
1993Cleveland Indians$350,000
1994Cleveland Indians$675,000
1995Cleveland Indians$1,098,223
1996Seattle Mariners$1,025,000
1997Seattle Mariners$1,500,000
1998Tampa Bay Devil Rays$2,000,000
1999Tampa Bay Devil Rays$3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,008,223
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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