Paul Spoljaric
Paul Nikola Spoljaric
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 24, 1970 in Kelowna, BC, CAN
High School: Springvalley (Kelowna, BC)
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1994
Final Game: September 28, 2000
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Other SR Links: Olympics at Sports-Reference.com

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
1994 23 TOR AL 0 1 .000 38.57 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 10 10 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 21 12 6.000 19.3 11.6 34.7 7.7 0.22
1996 25 TOR AL 2 2 .500 3.08 28 0 12 0 0 1 38.0 30 17 13 6 19 1 38 2 0 0 163 162 1.289 7.1 1.4 4.5 9.0 2.00
1997 26 TOT AL 0 3 .000 3.69 57 0 10 0 0 3 70.2 61 30 29 4 36 6 70 3 3 6 302 122 1.373 7.8 0.5 4.6 8.9 1.94
1997 26 TOR AL 0 3 .000 3.19 37 0 10 0 0 3 48.0 37 17 17 3 21 4 43 2 1 5 198 142 1.208 6.9 0.6 3.9 8.1 2.05
1997 26 SEA AL 0 0 4.76 20 0 0 0 0 0 22.2 24 13 12 1 15 2 27 1 2 1 104 94 1.721 9.5 0.4 6.0 10.7 1.80
1998 27 SEA AL 4 6 .400 6.48 53 6 10 0 0 0 83.1 85 67 60 14 55 3 89 1 0 10 387 71 1.680 9.2 1.5 5.9 9.6 1.62
1999 28 TOT MLB 2 5 .286 6.26 42 5 8 0 0 0 73.1 85 65 51 10 39 2 73 3 0 1 346 78 1.691 10.4 1.2 4.8 9.0 1.87
1999 28 PHI NL 0 3 .000 15.09 5 3 1 0 0 0 11.1 23 24 19 1 7 0 10 1 0 0 64 32 2.647 18.3 0.8 5.6 7.9 1.43
1999 28 TOR AL 2 2 .500 4.65 37 2 7 0 0 0 62.0 62 41 32 9 32 2 63 2 0 1 282 106 1.516 9.0 1.3 4.6 9.1 1.97
2000 29 KCR AL 0 0 6.52 13 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 9 7 7 4 5 0 6 0 0 0 40 78 1.448 8.4 3.7 4.7 5.6 1.20
6 Seasons 8 17 .320 5.52 195 12 44 0 0 4 277.1 275 196 170 41 163 13 278 9 3 17 1259 86 1.579 8.9 1.3 5.3 9.0 1.71
162 Game Avg. 3 6 .320 5.52 64 4 14 0 0 1 91 90 64 56 13 54 4 91 3 1 6 414 86 1.579 8.9 1.3 5.3 9.0 1.71
TOR (4 yrs) 4 8 .333 4.31 104 3 29 0 0 4 150.1 134 85 72 21 81 8 146 6 1 6 664 112 1.430 8.0 1.3 4.8 8.7 1.80
SEA (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 6.11 73 6 10 0 0 0 106.0 109 80 72 15 70 5 116 2 2 11 491 75 1.689 9.3 1.3 5.9 9.8 1.66
KCR (1 yr) 0 0 6.52 13 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 9 7 7 4 5 0 6 0 0 0 40 78 1.448 8.4 3.7 4.7 5.6 1.20
PHI (1 yr) 0 3 .000 15.09 5 3 1 0 0 0 11.1 23 24 19 1 7 0 10 1 0 0 64 32 2.647 18.3 0.8 5.6 7.9 1.43
AL (6 yrs) 8 14 .364 5.11 190 9 43 0 0 4 266.0 252 172 151 40 156 13 268 8 3 17 1195 93 1.534 8.5 1.4 5.3 9.1 1.72
NL (1 yr) 0 3 .000 15.09 5 3 1 0 0 0 11.1 23 24 19 1 7 0 10 1 0 0 64 32 2.647 18.3 0.8 5.6 7.9 1.43

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
1997 26 SEA AL ALDS L BAL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 5.4
1 ALDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 5.4

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1994 23 TOR AL 2 21 12 10 5 2 0 3 1 1 9 2 .417 .667 1.333 2.000 .286 16 0 0 0 0 1
1996 25 TOR AL 28 163 140 17 30 4 0 6 2 0 19 38 .214 .315 .371 .686 .247 52 4 2 1 1 1
1997 26 TOT AL 57 302 259 30 61 16 2 4 5 3 36 70 .236 .333 .359 .692 .305 93 7 3 2 2 6
1997 26 SEA AL 20 104 87 13 24 7 1 1 0 0 15 27 .276 .388 .414 .802 .390 36 3 1 1 0 2
1997 26 TOR AL 37 198 172 17 37 9 1 3 5 3 21 43 .215 .305 .331 .636 .266 57 4 2 1 2 4
1998 27 SEA AL 53 387 323 67 85 24 1 14 10 1 55 89 .263 .369 .474 .843 .318 153 9 1 5 3 3
1999 28 TOT MLB 42 346 294 65 85 24 4 10 16 3 39 73 .289 .374 .500 .874 .349 147 4 3 6 4 2
1999 28 PHI NL 5 64 54 24 23 7 0 1 5 2 7 10 .426 .492 .611 1.103 .500 33 1 1 1 1 0
1999 28 TOR AL 37 282 240 41 62 17 4 9 11 1 32 63 .258 .347 .475 .822 .310 114 3 2 5 3 2
2000 29 KCR AL 13 40 34 7 9 3 0 4 2 1 5 6 .265 .359 .706 1.065 .208 24 1 0 1 0 0
6 Seasons 195 1259 1062 196 275 73 7 41 36 9 163 278 .259 .359 .457 .816 .311 485 25 9 15 10 13
162 Game Avg. 64 414 349 64 90 24 2 13 12 3 54 91 .259 .359 .457 .816 .311 159 8 3 5 3 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1994 23 TOR AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 5 1 0 1 4.0 6.0 2.0 58 1 0 0 0 58
1998 27 SEA AL 53 6 1 3 2 0 0 2 4 .333 0 0 0 0 1 17% 40 71 4 40 20 3 1 4.3 4.5 4.4 82 3 2 1 0 100
1999 28 TOT MLB 42 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 19 26 10 20 8 0 4 3.8 2.4 3.5 75 3 1 1 0 119
1999 28 PHI NL 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 17 25 10 5 4 0 3 3.7 3.0 2.6 58 3 0 0 0 68
1999 28 TOR AL 37 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 22 26 17 15 4 0 1 4.0 1.8 5.0 101 0 1 1 0 119
3 Seasons 97 12 1 9 2 0 0 2 10 .167 0 0 0 0 1 8% 30 71 4 65 29 3 6 4.1 3.7 3.9 77 7 3 2 0 119
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1994 23 TOR AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.819 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 30
1996 25 TOR AL 28 28 12 2 2 1 1 0 100% 7 5 14 5 36% 8 0.930 10 4 14 9 5 14 7 21 9 8 10 6 4.1 22
1997 26 TOT AL 57 57 10 0 3 5 3 2 60% 16 10 46 12 26% 1.120 23 11 23 24 8 25 28 29 23 17 27 12 3.7 21
1997 26 TOR AL 37 37 10 0 3 3 3 0 100% 11 8 27 6 22% 7 1.126 15 7 15 13 5 19 18 19 15 11 18 8 3.9 21
1997 26 SEA AL 20 20 0 0 0 2 0 2 0% 5 2 19 6 32% 7 1.108 8 4 8 11 3 6 10 10 8 6 9 4 3.4 22
1998 27 SEA AL 53 47 10 3 3 2 0 2 0% 14 9 38 9 24% 8 0.887 10 22 13 20 3 24 23 24 21 16 23 10 3.6 24
1999 28 TOT MLB 42 37 8 2 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 34 10 29% 0.625 4 11 22 6 2 29 16 21 22 7 22 5 4.5 27
1999 28 PHI NL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0.723 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.5 24
1999 28 TOR AL 37 35 7 2 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 33 10 30% 6 0.603 4 11 20 6 2 27 15 20 21 7 21 5 4.5 27
2000 29 KCR AL 13 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 2 12% 6 0.589 1 3 8 1 1 11 9 4 2 8 4 2 2.2 11
6 Seasons 195 183 44 7 8 9 4 5 44% 41 26 149 38 26% 0.866 48 51 81 60 19 104 83 100 77 57 86 35 3.8 22

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1994 23 TOR AL 21 86% 14.3% 9.5% 42.9% 23.8% 100% 0.83 1.00 33% 40% 60.0% 17% 6 0 0%
1996 25 TOR AL 163 63% 3.7% 23.3% 11.7% 6.1% 33% 0.44 0.58 60% 20% 11.1% 23% 35 4 11%
1997 26 TOT AL 302 54% 1.3% 23.2% 11.9% 7.3% 36% 0.75 0.88 62% 23% 4.7% 18% 70 7 10%
1997 26 TOR AL 198 59% 1.5% 21.7% 10.6% 6.6% 35% 0.88 0.94 65% 18% 5.7% 18% 40 4 10%
1997 26 SEA AL 104 43% 1.0% 26.0% 14.4% 8.7% 38% 0.54 0.74 57% 34% 3.1% 18% 30 3 10%
1998 27 SEA AL 387 67% 3.6% 23.0% 14.2% 10.1% 46% 0.67 0.89 58% 20% 11.5% 13% 71 9 13%
1999 28 TOT MLB 346 69% 2.9% 21.1% 11.3% 11.0% 45% 0.69 0.67 62% 18% 8.9% 15% 68 4 6%
1999 28 PHI NL 64 78% 1.6% 15.6% 10.9% 12.5% 35% 0.73 0.53 69% 20% 4.3% 12% 17 1 6%
1999 28 TOR AL 282 67% 3.2% 22.3% 11.4% 10.6% 48% 0.68 0.70 61% 17% 10.1% 16% 51 3 6%
2000 29 KCR AL 40 38% 10.0% 15.0% 12.5% 17.5% 78% 0.60 1.00 60% 28% 26.7% 0% 8 1 13%
6 Seasons 1259 63% 3.3% 22.1% 13.0% 9.6% 44% 0.66 0.78 60% 21% 10.4% 16% 258 25 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1994 23 TOR AL 21 88 4.19 36 41% 36% 14% 22% 28% 64% 8% 26% 78% 43% 29% 6 2 10% 2 1 1 50% 0 3 0 0 0
1996 25 TOR AL 141 567 4.02 349 62% 28% 19% 28% 25% 72% 2% 45% 73% 54% 6% 9 5 22% 31 22 1 24% 7 3 22 0 0
1997 26 TOT AL 262 1042 3.98 628 60% 27% 17% 29% 27% 73% 4% 44% 76% 54% 7% 18 7 20% 53 27 1 36% 11 7 40 0 0
1997 26 TOR AL 158 598 3.78 375 63% 25% 17% 29% 29% 75% 4% 47% 78% 59% 6% 9 3 23% 37 19 1 34% 7 4 40 0 0
1997 26 SEA AL 104 444 4.27 253 57% 29% 19% 28% 24% 71% 4% 40% 74% 45% 9% 9 4 15% 16 8 0 37% 4 3 0 0 0
1998 27 SEA AL 387 1595 4.12 964 60% 25% 18% 32% 25% 75% 2% 45% 76% 54% 6% 24 11 26% 102 53 6 25% 11 10 0 0 0
1999 28 TOT MLB 346 1361 3.93 807 59% 23% 18% 30% 29% 77% 1% 45% 77% 49% 7% 24 13 20% 68 42 2 18% 8 9 0 0 0
1999 28 PHI NL 64 222 3.47 135 61% 22% 16% 27% 34% 78% 0% 47% 79% 55% 8% 5 3 20% 13 8 0 30% 2 2 0 0 0
1999 28 TOR AL 282 1139 4.04 672 59% 24% 18% 31% 28% 76% 1% 45% 76% 47% 7% 19 10 20% 55 34 2 16% 6 7 0 0 0
2000 29 KCR AL 40 149 3.73 81 54% 27% 17% 20% 36% 73% 0% 40% 76% 40% 15% 6 4 5% 2 2 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1197 4802 4.01 2865 60% 26% 18% 30% 27% 74% 2% 44% 76% 52% 7% 87 42 22% 258 147 11 25% 39 34 62 0 0
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Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1994 23 TOR AL 21 5 1 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 6 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
1996 25 TOR AL 163 30 4 0 6 0 6 4 2 4 2 8 3 1 38% 2 0 1 64 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 26 TOT AL 302 61 6 0 4 0 15 1 3 2 2 19 12 4 63% 1 6 1 115 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 16 0
1997 26 TOR AL 198 37 5 0 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 12 8 3 67% 0 5 0 78 5 3 63% 3 3 2 0 0 0 2 2 11 0
1997 26 SEA AL 104 24 1 0 1 0 11 0 1 1 0 7 4 1 57% 1 1 1 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1998 27 SEA AL 387 85 14 1 14 1 19 8 6 7 7 22 11 4 50% 6 10 0 139 10 1 91% 8 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 15 0
1999 28 TOT MLB 346 85 6 1 10 2 21 5 5 6 4 38 22 8 58% 6 1 2 132 16 3 84% 11 2 5 0 0 1 3 2 11 0
1999 28 PHI NL 64 23 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 8 8 0 100% 1 0 1 28 5 2 71% 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0
1999 28 TOR AL 282 62 4 1 9 2 19 4 5 5 4 30 14 8 47% 5 1 1 104 11 1 92% 7 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 8 0
2000 29 KCR AL 40 9 0 0 4 0 3 2 2 1 3 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 18 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
6 Seasons 1259 275 31 2 41 4 66 22 19 22 19 94 51 17 54% 16 17 4 474 36 9 80% 26 8 10 0 0 1 10 7 44 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1994 23 0 1 .000 38.57 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 10 10 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 21 12 6.000 19.3 11.6 34.7 7.7 0.22 12
1995 24 0 1 .000 38.57 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 10 10 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 21 12 6.000 19.3 11.6 34.7 7.7 0.22 12
1996 25 2 3 .400 5.13 30 1 12 0 0 1 40.1 35 27 23 9 28 2 40 2 0 0 184 97 1.562 7.8 2.0 6.2 8.9 1.43 97
1997 26 2 6 .250 4.22 87 1 22 0 0 4 111.0 96 57 52 13 64 8 110 5 3 6 486 111 1.441 7.8 1.1 5.2 8.9 1.72 111
1998 27 6 12 .333 5.19 140 7 32 0 0 4 194.1 181 124 112 27 119 11 199 6 3 16 873 90 1.544 8.4 1.3 5.5 9.2 1.67 90
1999 28 8 17 .320 5.48 182 12 40 0 0 4 267.2 266 189 163 37 158 13 272 9 3 17 1219 86 1.584 8.9 1.2 5.3 9.1 1.72 86
2000 29 8 17 .320 5.52 195 12 44 0 0 4 277.1 275 196 170 41 163 13 278 9 3 17 1259 86 1.579 8.9 1.3 5.3 9.0 1.71 86

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1994 23 0 0 39.00 3.0 7 14 13 4 13 3 0 6.667 21.0 39.0 9.0 0.23 12.0 2
1996 25 3 1 .750 2.84 38.0 29 13 12 6 18 38 2 1.237 6.9 4.3 9.0 2.11 1.4 28
1997 26 4 3 .571 3.71 68.0 60 31 28 4 35 67 3 1.397 7.9 4.6 8.9 1.91 0.5 57
1998 27 3 6 .333 6.18 83.0 84 63 57 14 54 89 1 1.663 9.1 5.9 9.7 1.65 1.5 53
1999 28 3 5 .375 5.40 75.0 81 50 45 10 37 75 3 1.573 9.7 4.4 9.0 2.03 1.2 42
2000 29 0 1 .000 6.00 9.0 8 7 6 4 4 6 0 1.333 8.0 4.0 6.0 1.50 4.0 13
6 Seasons 13 16 .448 5.25 276.0 269 178 161 42 161 278 9 1.558 8.8 9.1 1.73 1.4 195

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1998 AL  10 (8th)

                                         

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