Paul Thormodsgard
Paul Gayton Thormodsgard
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 10, 1953 in San Francisco, CA
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Final Game: September 8, 1979
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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
1977 23 MIN AL 11 15 .423 4.62 37 37 0 8 1 0 218.0 236 122 112 25 65 1 94 3 0 6 926 87 1.381 9.7 1.0 2.7 3.9 1.45
1978 24 MIN AL 1 6 .143 5.05 12 12 0 1 0 0 66.0 81 40 37 7 17 0 23 1 0 3 286 76 1.485 11.0 1.0 2.3 3.1 1.35
1979 25 MIN AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 49 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0 9.0
3 Seasons 12 21 .364 4.74 50 49 0 9 1 0 285.0 320 163 150 33 82 1 118 4 0 9 1218 84 1.411 10.1 1.0 2.6 3.7 1.44
162 Game Avg. 8 14 .364 4.74 34 34 0 6 1 0 196 220 112 103 23 56 1 81 3 0 6 837 84 1.411 10.1 1.0 2.6 3.7 1.44

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
1977 23 MIN AL 37 925 843 122 236 40 16 25 22 6 65 94 .280 .332 .454 .786 .289 383 27 3 8 6 1
1978 24 MIN AL 12 285 263 40 81 14 2 7 6 5 17 23 .308 .347 .456 .804 .312 120 5 1 0 4 0
1979 25 MIN AL 1 6 6 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 .500 6 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 50 1216 1112 163 320 54 18 33 28 11 82 118 .288 .336 .458 .794 .296 509 32 4 8 10 1
162 Game Avg. 34 835 764 112 220 37 12 23 19 8 56 81 .288 .336 .458 .794 .296 350 22 3 5 7 1
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
1977 23 MIN AL 37 37 11 15 11 1 3 20 17 .541 2 4 8 1 15 41% 47 78 11 25 5 16 8 5.1 5.0 5.9
1978 24 MIN AL 12 12 1 6 5 0 1 1 11 .083 0 4 1 0 4 33% 44 77 14 8 2 5 4 2.9 2.3 5.5
2 Seasons 49 49 12 21 16 1 4 21 28 .429 2 8 9 1 19 39% 46 78 11 33 7 21 12 4.5 4.4 5.8
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
1979 25 MIN AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.260 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1 Season 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.260 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0

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%
1977 23 MIN AL 925 49% 2.7% 10.2% 7.0% 8.8% 34% 1.47 79% 155 27 17%
1978 24 MIN AL 286 52% 2.5% 8.1% 6.0% 8.1% 28% 1.15 83% 51 5 10%
1979 25 MIN AL 6 50% 16.7% 16.7% 0.0% 16.7% 33% 0.00 67% 0 0
3 Seasons 1217 49% 2.7% 9.7% 6.7% 8.6% 33% 1.38 80% 206 32 16%
MLB Averages

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
1977 23 MIN AL 925 236 25 0 5 14 11 18 7 46 22 3 48% 11 6 0 318 22 6 79% 20 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 16 0
1978 24 MIN AL 286 81 7 0 5 3 4 4 3 27 17 2 63% 2 3 0 98 6 5 55% 6 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 9 0
1979 25 MIN AL 6 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1217 320 33 0 10 17 16 23 10 73 39 5 53% 13 9 0 418 28 11 72% 26 7 2 3 0 1 7 0 25 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+
1977 23 11 15 .423 4.62 37 37 0 8 1 0 218.0 236 122 112 25 65 1 94 3 0 6 926 87 1.381 9.7 1.0 2.7 3.9 1.45 87
1978 24 12 21 .364 4.72 49 49 0 9 1 0 284.0 317 162 149 32 82 1 117 4 0 9 1212 85 1.405 10.0 1.0 2.6 3.7 1.43 85
1979 25 12 21 .364 4.74 50 49 0 9 1 0 285.0 320 163 150 33 82 1 118 4 0 9 1218 84 1.411 10.1 1.0 2.6 3.7 1.44 84

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1977 23 8 14 .364 5.18 205.0 242 131 118 26 67 88 3 1.507 10.6 2.9 3.9 1.31 1.1 37
1978 24 2 4 .333 6.05 61.0 85 46 41 7 18 21 1 1.689 12.5 2.7 3.1 1.17 1.0 12
1979 25 0 0 4.50 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 1
3 Seasons 10 18 .357 5.37 268.0 327 178 160 33 85 111 4 1.537 11.0 3.7 1.31 1.1 50

* 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL--37--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL--25--7th

Losses s c a p y
1977 AL--15--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL--112--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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