Paul Splittorff
Paul William Splittorff Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 8, 1946 in Evansville, IN
School: Morningside College
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 25th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1970
Final Game: June 26, 1984
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 KCR AL 23 P 2 1 8.2 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.04 0.50 .900 1.87 0.65
1971 KCR AL 24 P 22 22 144.1 41 7 32 2 3 .951 2.43 1.77 .959 1.98 0.77 RoY-5
1972 KCR AL 25 P 35 33 216.0 57 6 51 0 5 1.000 2.38 1.63 .947 1.86 0.75
1973 KCR AL 26 P 38 38 262.0 56 9 46 1 7 .982 1.89 1.45 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 KCR AL 27 P 36 36 226.0 49 8 39 2 2 .959 1.87 1.31 .947 1.81 0.83
1975 KCR AL 28 P 35 23 159.0 44 10 33 1 4 .977 2.43 1.23 .939 1.87 0.85
1976 KCR AL 29 P 26 23 158.2 39 9 30 0 5 1.000 2.21 1.50 .946 1.87 0.85
1977 KCR AL 30 P 37 37 229.0 49 9 38 2 3 .959 1.85 1.27 .947 1.95 0.84
1978 KCR AL 31 P 39 38 262.0 65 18 45 2 4 .969 2.16 1.62 .954 1.90 0.85 CYA-7
1979 KCR AL 32 P 36 35 240.0 45 15 27 3 3 .933 1.58 1.17 .949 1.92 0.81
1980 KCR AL 33 P 34 33 204.0 44 14 30 0 4 1.000 1.94 1.29 .955 1.85 0.77
1981 KCR AL 34 P 21 15 99.0 24 2 22 0 2 1.000 2.18 1.14 .962 1.98 0.81
1982 KCR AL 35 P 29 28 162.0 32 7 24 1 4 .969 1.72 1.07 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 36 P 27 27 156.0 33 9 23 1 2 .970 1.85 1.19 .958 1.80 0.73
1984 KCR AL 37 P 12 3 28.0 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.54 0.92 .955 1.80 0.70
15 Seasons P 429 392 2554.2 590 125 450 15 49 .975 2.03 1.34 .951 1.88 0.80
15 Seasons TOT 429 392 2554.2 590 125 450 15 49 .975 2.03 1.34 .925 1.88 0.80

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 KCR AL 23 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 KCR AL 24 22 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 KCR AL 25 35 33 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 KCR AL 26 38 0 2 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 KCR AL 27 37 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 KCR AL 28 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 KCR AL 29 26 0 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 KCR AL 30 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 KCR AL 31 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 32 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 KCR AL 33 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 KCR AL 34 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 KCR AL 35 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 36 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 KCR AL 37 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 430 56 64 429 429 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1970 KCR AL 23 49 69% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1971 KCR AL 24 601 80% 29% 33 91% 0 6 2 2 33 25 3 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 2 1 5 80%
1972 KCR AL 25 913 77% 29% 49 94% 2 8 2 3 51 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 9 100%
1973 KCR AL 26 1150 83% 31% 48 96% 0 9 1 6 48 32 8 1 0 0 1 0 7 7 7 0 1 100%
1974 KCR AL 27 1010 84% 31% 42 90% 0 8 1 6 39 31 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 9 100%
1975 KCR AL 28 712 81% 28% 35 97% 1 9 2 6 34 23 5 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 3 1 5 100%
1976 KCR AL 29 718 83% 28% 31 97% 2 8 4 3 31 14 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 1 4 100%
1977 KCR AL 30 1009 82% 25% 38 89% 1 9 2 4 38 29 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 2 7 71%
1978 KCR AL 31 1095 87% 30% 44 95% 0 17 3 13 45 30 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 7 100%
1979 KCR AL 32 1054 85% 28% 34 91% 1 14 6 7 27 20 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 4 50%
1980 KCR AL 33 880 89% 30% 35 100% 1 13 5 6 30 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 0 7 100%
1981 KCR AL 34 434 83% 23% 19 95% 1 2 1 1 21 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 7 100%
1982 KCR AL 35 713 81% 24% 24 96% 0 7 2 5 23 17 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 4 4 0 2 100%
1983 KCR AL 36 686 83% 27% 23 83% 0 9 0 8 23 15 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 100%
1984 KCR AL 37 141 90% 32% 10 100% 1 2 0 1 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 11165 83% 28% 466 94% 10 121 31 71 453 314 57 15 0 7 8 8 49 40 41 8 68 93%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* 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.

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