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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 23 KCR AL 0 1 .000 7.27 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 16 9 7 1 5 0 10 0 0 0 46 51 2.423 16.6 1.0 5.2 10.4 2.00
1971 24 KCR AL 8 9 .471 2.68 22 22 0 6 3 0 144.1 129 49 43 4 35 1 80 4 0 1 583 128 1.136 8.0 0.2 2.2 5.0 2.29 RoY-5
1972 25 KCR AL 12 12 .500 3.12 35 33 0 12 2 0 216.0 189 81 75 11 67 2 140 4 0 6 876 96 1.185 7.9 0.5 2.8 5.8 2.09
1973 26 KCR AL 20 11 .645 3.98 38 38 0 12 3 0 262.0 279 135 116 19 78 7 110 5 1 9 1119 102 1.363 9.6 0.7 2.7 3.8 1.41
1974 27 KCR AL 13 19 .406 4.10 36 36 0 8 1 0 226.0 252 122 103 23 75 8 90 1 1 1 985 93 1.447 10.0 0.9 3.0 3.6 1.20
1975 28 KCR AL 9 10 .474 3.17 35 23 5 6 3 1 159.0 156 75 56 10 56 10 76 1 0 6 677 122 1.333 8.8 0.6 3.2 4.3 1.36
1976 29 KCR AL 11 8 .579 3.97 26 23 1 5 1 0 158.2 169 79 70 11 59 0 59 3 1 4 686 89 1.437 9.6 0.6 3.3 3.3 1.00
1977 30 KCR AL 16 6 .727 3.69 37 37 0 6 2 0 229.0 243 104 94 11 83 2 99 2 0 5 980 110 1.424 9.6 0.4 3.3 3.9 1.19
1978 31 KCR AL 19 13 .594 3.40 39 38 0 13 2 0 262.0 244 113 99 22 60 2 76 3 0 3 1069 113 1.160 8.4 0.8 2.1 2.6 1.27 CYA-7
1979 32 KCR AL 15 17 .469 4.24 36 35 0 11 0 0 240.0 248 137 113 25 77 1 77 5 0 1 1026 101 1.354 9.3 0.9 2.9 2.9 1.00
1980 33 KCR AL 14 11 .560 4.15 34 33 0 4 0 0 204.0 236 101 94 17 43 1 53 1 0 1 861 97 1.368 10.4 0.8 1.9 2.3 1.23
1981 34 KCR AL 5 5 .500 4.36 21 15 1 1 0 0 99.0 111 48 48 12 23 4 48 1 2 0 419 82 1.354 10.1 1.1 2.1 4.4 2.09
1982 35 KCR AL 10 10 .500 4.28 29 28 0 0 0 0 162.0 166 83 77 14 57 1 74 3 0 1 692 95 1.377 9.2 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.30
1983 36 KCR AL 13 8 .619 3.63 27 27 0 4 0 0 156.0 159 77 63 9 52 2 61 1 0 3 667 112 1.353 9.2 0.5 3.0 3.5 1.17
1984 37 KCR AL 1 3 .250 7.71 12 3 6 0 0 0 28.0 47 30 24 3 10 0 4 0 0 0 138 52 2.036 15.1 1.0 3.2 1.3 0.40
15 Seasons 166 143 .537 3.81 429 392 13 88 17 1 2554.2 2644 1243 1082 192 780 41 1057 34 5 41 10824 101 1.340 9.3 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.36
162 Game Avg. 14 12 .537 3.81 36 32 1 7 1 0 212 219 103 90 16 65 3 88 3 0 3 897 101 1.340 9.3 0.7 2.7 3.7 1.36

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1976 29 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 1 0 1.000 1.93 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 7 2 2 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 40 1.286 6.8 0.0 4.8 1.9 0.40
1977 30 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 1 0 1.000 2.40 2 2 0 0 0 0 15.0 14 4 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 62 1.133 8.4 0.6 1.8 2.4 1.33
1978 31 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 0 4.91 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.1 9 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 1.227 11.0 1.2 0.0 2.5
1980 33 KCR AL ALCS W NYY 0 0 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 5 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 22 1.313 8.4 0.0 3.4 5.1 1.50
1980 33 KCR AL WS L PHI 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
4 Seasons (5 Series) 2 0 1.000 2.79 7 4 0 0 0 0 38.2 39 13 12 2 10 0 11 0 1 0 161 1.267 9.1 0.5 2.3 2.6 1.10
4 ALCS 2 0 1.000 2.68 6 4 0 0 0 0 37.0 35 12 11 2 10 0 11 0 1 0 153 1.216 8.5 0.5 2.4 2.7 1.10
1 WS 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.0

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
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 -19 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 60 18 2 1 7 0 0 1
1973 26 KCR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 27 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 28 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 29 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Seasons 64 137 121 12 22 1 1 0 4 0 0 7 16 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 25 3 1 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 347 306 30 56 3 3 0 10 0 0 18 41 .182 .233 .207 .439 30 63 8 3 20 0 0

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 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 (264th)

Wins s c a p y
1973 AL  20 (7th)
1977 AL  16 (9th)
1978 AL  19 (7th)
Career  166 (190th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 AL  .645 (5th)
1977 AL  .727 (2nd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 AL  1.160 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  2.061 (7th)
1980 AL  1.897 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
Career  2554.7 (221st)

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL  37 (5th)
1978 AL  38 (3rd)
1979 AL  35 (8th)
Career  392 (129th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1975 AL  3 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
Career  192 (212th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  83 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1973 AL  279 (10th)
1977 AL  243 (9th)
1979 AL  248 (10th)
Career  2644 (193rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1972 AL  .458 (9th)
1977 AL  .432 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1974 AL  19 (3rd)
1979 AL  17 (2nd)
Career  143 (183rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1973 AL  116 (5th)
1979 AL  113 (8th)
Career  1082 (177th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1979 AL  1026 (9th)
Career  10824 (182nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 24 (522), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 25th round of the 1968 amateur draft.

November 10, 1982: Granted Free Agency.

December 30, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

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