Paul Blair

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 168lb (183cm, 76kg)

Born: February 1, 1944 in Cushing, OK us

Died: December 26, 2013 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Cremated

High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1964 (Age 20-221d, 12,290th in major league history)
vs. WSA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 20, 1980 (Age 36-140d)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Paul L. D. Blair

Nicknames: Motormouth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.7

6042

1513

134

.250

776

RBI

620

171

OBP

.302

SLG

.382

OPS

.684

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	NYY		MIL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
2	4 (2)	Apr 10	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-6	GF	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from New York Yankees to Cincinnati Reds
3	33	May 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	34	May 14	CIN		SDP	W,7-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
5	36 (1)	May 16	CIN		SDP	W,7-0	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
6	37	May 18	CIN		LAD	W,7-6	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
7	38	May 19	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	41 (2)	May 23	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-0	GS	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
9	42	May 24	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
10	43	May 25	CIN	@	LAD	L,6-17	GF	11	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	44	May 26	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	46 (1)	May 28	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS	57	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
13	47	May 29	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	50 (2)	Jun 1	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF LF
15	51	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	GS	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF LF
16	53 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,12-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	56 (2)	Jun 6	CIN		NYM	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
18	58 (1)	Jun 9	CIN		MON	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	60 (1)	Jun 11	CIN	@	NYM	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	61	Jun 12	CIN	@	NYM	L,6-12	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
21	64 (2)	Jun 16	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	65	Jun 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	67 (1)	Jun 19	CIN	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	69 (1)	Jun 22	CIN		SFG	L,2-3	GS	32	7.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	70	Jun 23	CIN		SFG	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
26	71	Jun 24	CIN		SFG	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
27	73 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
28	75 (1)	Jun 27	CIN	@	LAD	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
29	77 (1)	Jun 29	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-6	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	79 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	84 (4)	Jul 6	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
32	85	Jul 7	CIN		PIT	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	86	Jul 8 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
34	89 (2)	Jul 10	CIN		STL	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	91 (1)	Jul 12	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	GF	10	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR LF
36	95 (3)	Jul 19	CIN	@	STL	W,16-4	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
37	96	Jul 20	CIN	@	STL	W,3-0	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	98 (1)	Jul 22 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
39	100 (1)	Jul 23	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
40	101	Jul 24	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
41	102	Jul 25	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	103	Jul 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-7	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
43	104	Jul 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	106 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	CIN	@	ATL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	111 (4)	Aug 3	CIN		SDP	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	113 (1)	Aug 5	CIN		SDP	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
47	114	Aug 6	CIN		ATL	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	118 (3)	Aug 10	CIN	@	SDP	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	120 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
50	121	Aug 14	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	GS	35	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
51	123 (1)	Aug 17	CIN		NYM	W,4-3	GS	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
52	124	Aug 18	CIN		NYM	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
53	126 (1)	Aug 20	CIN		MON	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
54	127	Aug 21	CIN		MON	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	129 (1)	Aug 24	CIN	@	NYM	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	130	Aug 25	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-4		15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
57	131	Aug 26	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
58	132	Aug 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
59	133	Aug 28	CIN	@	PHI	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	134	Aug 29	CIN	@	PHI	W,7-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
61	135	Aug 31	CIN	@	MON	L,7-8	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	140 (4)	Sep 5	CIN		SFG	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	142 (1)	Sep 7	CIN		LAD	L,5-6	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
64	145 (2)	Sep 11	CIN		HOU	W,9-8	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	152 (6)	Sep 19	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
66	153	Sep 20	CIN	@	SDP	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	156 (2)	Sep 23	CIN	@	HOU	W,7-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	158 (1)	Sep 26	CIN		SDP	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	161 (2)	Sep 30	CIN		ATL	L,2-7	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF CF
							79gm		379.1	119	1	1	121	0