Paul Toth

Paul Louis Toth

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 30, 1935 in McRoberts, KY
High School: East (Youngstown, OH)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1962
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Cardinals 1962-1964

Final Game: May 24, 1964
Died: March 20, 1999 in Anaheim, CA
Buried: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1955	20	STL-min	D	7	7	.500	3.83	32	3					87.0	76	46	37	5	47								1.414	7.9	0.5	4.9			HAM · PONY
1956	21	STL-min	C	6	2	.750	2.86	45	1					88.0	74	42	28	1	47								1.375	7.6	0.1	4.8			WPG · NORL
1957	22	STL-min	A	7	10	.412	2.52	46	6					118.0	102	41	33	5	50								1.288	7.8	0.4	3.8			CBS · SALL
1958	23	STL-min	A,AA	8	7	.533	3.00	55	0					72.0	67	30	24	1	31								1.361	8.4	0.1	3.9			YOR,HSN · EL,TL
1961	26	STL-min	AA	18	7	.720	2.37	43	19		13	3		190.0	171	67	50	20	57	8	125	2	0	11			1.200	8.1	0.9	2.7	5.9	2.19	TUL · TL
1962	27	STL-min	AAA	6	7	.462	4.15	27	14		4	0		102.0	106	54	47	15	25	2	62	2	1	7			1.284	9.4	1.3	2.2	5.5	2.48	ATA · IL
1962	27	TOT	NL	4	1	.800	4.62	12	5	1	2	0	0	50.2	47	27	26	3	14	1	16	2	0	2	206	92	1.204	8.3	0.5	2.5	2.8	1.14
1962	27	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	5.40	6	1	1	1	0	0	16.2	18	10	10	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	68	81	1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.25
1962	27	CHC	NL	3	1	.750	4.24	6	4	0	1	0	0	34.0	29	17	16	2	10	1	11	2	0	2	138	99	1.147	7.7	0.5	2.6	2.9	1.10
1963	28	CHC	NL	5	9	.357	3.10	27	14	2	3	2	0	130.2	115	50	45	9	35	3	66	2	1	2	533	114	1.148	7.9	0.6	2.4	4.5	1.89
1964	29	STL-CHC-min	AAA	4	7	.364	4.10	29	3		0	0		68.0	70	37	31	8	24	5	35	0	3	2			1.382	9.3	1.1	3.2	4.6	1.46	JCK,SLC · IL,PCL
1964	29	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	8.44	4	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	15	10	10	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	50	46	1.875	12.7	1.7	4.2	0.0	0.00
1965	30	NYY-min	AAA	4	7	.364	3.77	28	20		5	2		129.0	119	62	54	7	35	4	97	2	0	3			1.194	8.3	0.5	2.4	6.8	2.77	TOL · IL
1966	31	NYY-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.79	39	10		1	1		109.0	116	64	58	12	47	11	53	2	0	5			1.495	9.6	1.0	3.9	4.4	1.13	TOL · IL
1967	32	NYY-CHW-min	AAA	4	5	.444	2.91	27	13		2	0		105.0	104	41	34	12	25	5	65	1	3	4			1.229	8.9	1.0	2.1	5.6	2.60	SYR,INA · IL,PCL
3 Seasons				9	12	.429	3.80	43	21	3	5	2	0	192.0	177	87	81	14	54	4	82	4	1	4	789	98	1.203	8.3	0.7	2.5	3.8	1.52
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.429	3.80	46	22	3	5	2	0	204	188	92	86	15	57	4	87	4	1	4	838	98	1.203	8.3	0.7	2.5	3.8	1.52

CHC (3 yrs)				8	12	.400	3.64	37	20	2	4	2	0	175.1	159	77	71	13	50	4	77	4	1	4	721	101	1.192	8.2	0.7	2.6	4.0	1.54
STL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.40	6	1	1	1	0	0	16.2	18	10	10	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	68	81	1.320	9.7	0.5	2.2	2.7	1.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1962	27	STL	NL	16.2	1	10	9	1	.6	-1	-0.1	$
1962	27	CHC	NL	34.0	4	17	22	-1	.7	5	0.4	$
1963	28	CHC	NL	130.2	14	50	72	1	.9	22	2.2	$
1964	29	CHC	NL	10.2	2	10	6	0	.8	-4	-0.4	$
3 Seasons				192.0	21	87	109	1	.8	22	2.1	$

CHC (3 yrs)				175.1	20	77	100	0	.9	23	2.2	$
STL (1 yr)				16.2	1	10	9	1	.6	-1	-0.1	$

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
1955	20	STL-min	D	35	36	36		4	1	0	0						.111	.111	.139	.250		5						HAM · PONY
1956	21	STL-min	C	45	19	19		2	0	0	0						.105	.105	.105	.211		2						WPG · NORL
1957	22	STL-min	A	46	37	37		6	0	0	0						.162	.162	.162	.324		6						CBS · SALL
1958	23	STL-min	A,AA	55	22	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.045	.045	.045	.091		1		0	0	0		YOR,HSN · EL,TL
1961	26	STL-min	AA	44	77	74	7	15	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	.203	.203	.243	.446		18		0	3	0		TUL · TL
1962	27	STL-min	AAA	28	38	34	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	15	.118	.139	.118	.257		4		0	2	1		ATA · IL
1962	27	TOT	NL	12	18	16	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.294	.250	.544	45	4	2	0	1	0	0	1
1962	27	STL	NL	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	107	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	27	CHC	NL	6	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	17	2	2	0	1	0	0	/1
1963	28	CHC	NL	27	43	39	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.026	.073	.026	.099	-71	1	2	0	2	0	0	1
1964	29	STL-CHC-min	AAA	29	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.063	.063	.063	.125		1		0	0	0		JCK,SLC · IL,PCL
1964	29	CHC	NL	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	86	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	30	NYY-min	AAA	29	44	38	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.053	.077	.079	.156		3		0	5	0		TOL · IL
1966	31	NYY-min	AAA	39	32	31	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.226	.226	.258	.484		8		0	1	0		TOL · IL
1967	32	NYY-CHW-min	AAA	27	31	29	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.138	.138	.138	.276		4		0	2	0		SYR,INA · IL,PCL
3 Seasons				43	64	58	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	23	.103	.148	.103	.251	-29	6	4	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	241	219	8	23	0	0	0	4	0	0	11	87	.103	.148	.103	.251	-29	23	15	0	11	0	0

CHC (3 yrs)				37	59	53	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	22	.075	.125	.075	.200	-43	4	4	0	3	0	0
STL (1 yr)				6	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	107	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1962	27	STL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1962	27	CHC	NL	13	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1963	28	CHC	NL	43	-8	0	0	0	0	3	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	1
1964	29	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
3 Seasons				64	-9	0	0	0	0	4	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$

CHC (3 yrs)				59	-9	0	0	0	0	4	1	-4	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$
STL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1962	TOT	NL	27	P	12	5	2	50.2	13	4	7	2	0	.846	1.95	0.92	.948	2.06	2.05	2	2	50%	0
1962	STL	NL	27	P	6	1	1	16.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.08	0.33	.950	2.05	2.05	2	1	33%	0
1962	CHC	NL	27	P	6	4	1	34.0	11	4	5	2	0	.818	2.38	1.50	.948	2.06	2.05	0	1	100%	0
1963	CHC	NL	28	P	27	14	3	130.2	24	5	18	1	2	.958	1.58	0.85	.951	2.06	2.06	10	5	33%	1
1964	CHC	NL	29	P	4	2	0	10.2	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	5.91	1.75	.953	2.11	2.12	0	2	100%	0
	3 Seasons			P	43	21	5	192.0	44	11	30	3	2	.932	1.92	0.95	.950	2.06	2.06	12	9	43%	1
	3 Seasons			TOT	43	21	5	192.0	44	11	30	3	2	.932	1.92	0.95	.950	2.06	2.06	12	9	43%	1

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Transactions

Before 1955 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
September 1, 1962: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago Cubs for Harvey Branch.
June 15, 1964: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Lou Brock and Jack Spring to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ernie Broglio, Doug Clemens and Bobby Shantz.

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