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Paul Splittorff

Paul William Splittorff

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 8, 1946 in Evansville, IN
School: Morningside College (Sioux City, IA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 25th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1970
Team: Royals 1970-1984

Final Game: June 26, 1984
Died: May 25, 2011 in Blue Springs, MO
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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
1970 23 KCR AL 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 179 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 24 KCR AL 22 52 48 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .104 .157 .125 .282 -18 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 RoY-5
1972 25 KCR AL 35 83 71 9 16 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 8 .225 .276 .254 .530 59 18 2 1 7 0 0 1
1973 26 KCR AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 27 KCR AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 28 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 29 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 30 KCR AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 31 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-7
1979 32 KCR AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 33 KCR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 34 KCR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 35 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 36 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 37 KCR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 430 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 52 46 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 9 1 0 3 0 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 Awards
1970 23 KCR AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .532 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1971 24 KCR AL 22 52 -7 -0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1 RoY-5
1972 25 KCR AL 35 83 -2 -0 -0 0 8 6 0.7 3 9 0.7 .521 .504 0.7 -0.0 9 $ 1
1973 26 KCR AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
1974 27 KCR AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1975 28 KCR AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 29 KCR AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 30 KCR AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $70,000 1
1978 31 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1 CYA-7
1979 32 KCR AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1980 33 KCR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1981 34 KCR AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 35 KCR AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1983 36 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 37 KCR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
15 Seasons 430 137 -9 -1 0 0 14 5 0.5 5 9 0.6 .501 .500 0.6 0.3 9 $70,000

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
1970 23 KCR AL 2 1 1 26.9 97 .500 .500 .257 .500 .331 .500 .392 1.000 .723 179 .966 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1971 24 KCR AL 52 45 1 0.6 91 .125 .104 .253 .157 .324 .125 .375 .282 .699 -18 .030 -7.6 -0.8 .205 .083 .021
1972 25 KCR AL 83 64 5 2.1 82 .254 .225 .245 .276 .314 .254 .355 .530 .669 59 .269 -3.8 -0.4 .404 .085 .028
15 Yrs 137 110 7 1.7 86 .210 .182 .249 .233 .318 .207 .363 .439 .682 30 .189 -11.1 -1.2 .324 .083 .025
162 Game Avg. 52 41 3 1.7 86 .210 .182 .249 .233 .318 .207 .363 .439 .682 30 .189 -11.1 -1.2 .324 .083 .025

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
1976 29 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 30 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 31 KCR AL ALCS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 33 KCR AL ALCS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 33 KCR AL WS PHI L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (5 Series) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ALCS 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1970 23 KCR AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1971 24 KCR AL 52 0.0% 15.4% 5.8% 1.9% 20% 2.67 6.0 48.0 1.24 77%
1972 25 KCR AL 83 0.0% 9.6% 4.8% 1.2% 6% 2.00 8.9 23.7 1.65 76%
15 Yrs 137 0.0% 11.7% 5.1% 1.5% 9% 2.29 7.6 30.3 1.49 77%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.4% 8.5% 6.3% 28% 1.57 6.7 45.4 8.7 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1970 23 KCR AL 0.2 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.38 0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.99 0.2 0
1971 24 KCR AL -7.6 -0.8 52 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 .91 -0.7 -0.1 -7.8 -0.9 1.00 -7.1 0
1972 25 KCR AL -3.8 -0.4 83 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 .87 -0.4 -0.5 -4.9 -0.6 0.99 -3.4 0
1973 26 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 27 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1975 28 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 29 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 30 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1978 31 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1979 32 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1980 33 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1981 34 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1982 35 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1983 36 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
1984 37 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
15 Yrs -11.2 -1.2 137 -1.5 0.8 -2.4 .89 -1.1 -0.6 -12.7 -1.4 0.99 -10.4 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1970 23 KCR AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 KCR AL 0 0 38% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1972 25 KCR AL 3 0 43% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18% 6 5 0 3 2 1 2 1 1
15 Yrs 3 0 40% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21% 8 5 1 3 2 1 3 2 1

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
1970 23 KCR AL 2 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 KCR AL 52 60% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 13 1 8% 10 1 10% 38 1 3% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0
1972 25 KCR AL 83 69% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 16 2 13% 16 6 38% 57 5 9% 5 2 40% 5 3 60% 0
15 Yrs 137 66% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 50% 30 3 10% 27 7 26% 96 6 6% 7 3 43% 8 3 38% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1970 23 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 179 1 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 24 54 50 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .120 .170 .140 .310 -10 7 1 0 1 0 0
1972 25 59 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1973 26 97 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1974 27 134 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1975 28 169 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1976 29 195 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1977 30 232 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1978 31 271 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1979 32 307 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1980 33 341 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1981 34 362 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1982 35 391 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1983 36 418 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
1984 37 430 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1970 23 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 2
1971 24 22 52 48 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 8 .104 .157 .125 .282 1 22
1972 25 37 89 76 12 19 0 1 0 4 0 5 8 .250 .305 .276 .581 6 35
3 Yrs 61 144 127 15 26 1 1 0 5 0 8 16 .205 .257 .228 .486 8 59
162 Game Avg. 162 382 337 40 69 3 3 0 13 0 21 42 .205 .257 .228 .486 21 59

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA ()

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (7, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

                            

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