Paul Molitor

Positions: Designated Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 22, 1956 in St. Paul, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 28th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cretin HS (St. Paul, MN) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).

High School: Cretin HS (St. Paul, MN)

School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: April 7, 1978 (Age 21-228d, 13,999th in major league history)
vs. BAL 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1998 (Age 42-036d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2004. (Voted by BBWAA on 431/506 ballots)
View Paul Molitor's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Ron Simon

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Paul Leo Molitor

Nicknames: The Ignitor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.6

10835

3319

234

.306

1782

RBI

1307

504

OBP

.369

SLG

.448

OPS

.817

OPS+

122

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-27 / in Starts: 37-26
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	1 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 284 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	130 (72-38-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 284 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	172 (85-57-29)

Most Driven In
J Gantner	4
G Thomas	4
M Brouhard	2
D Money	2
T Simmons	2
Self	2
T Bosley	1
R Howell	1

Most Driven In By
C Cooper	14
B Oglivie	8
T Simmons	7
R Yount	6
L Hisle	2
G Thomas	2
Self	2
T Bosley	1

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	377	1	Apr 11	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	.800	1.400	1	.70	0.143	.50	0.06%	1.23	CF
2	378	2	Apr 12	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844	1	.65	-0.056	.50	-0.03%	-1.06	CF
3	379	3	Apr 14	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.429	.829	1	.66	0.064	.48	0.03%	0.34	CF
4	380	4	Apr 15	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.333	.649	1	1.10	-0.106	.74	-0.04%	-0.77	CF
5	381	5	Apr 16	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.273	.534	1	1.81	-0.172	1.24	-0.07%	-0.91	CF
6	382	6	Apr 18	MIL		CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.222	.231	.453	1	.43	-0.042	.26	-0.02%	-0.64	CF
7	383	7	Apr 20	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG(12)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.161	.212	.194	.406	1	2.08	0.103	1.15	0.03%	0.44	CF
8	384	8	Apr 21	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.171	.237	.229	.465	1	.49	-0.033	.29	-0.01%	1.02	CF
9	385	9	Apr 22	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-1	GS-7	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.359	.645	1	1.43	0.308	.92	0.12%	3.85	CF
10	386	11 (1)	Apr 25	MIL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.283	.372	.655	1	.97	0.036	.66	0.02%	0.48	CF
11	387	12	Apr 26	MIL		KCR	W,11-1	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.314	.396	.710	1	.66	0.030	.46	0.01%	1.64	CF
12	388	13	Apr 27	MIL		TOR	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.316	.377	.693	1	1.58	-0.048	1.26	-0.02%	-0.35	CF
13	389	14	Apr 28	MIL		TOR	L,2-6	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.281	.339	.386	.725	1	1.11	0.100	.90	0.05%	0.79	CF
14	390	15	Apr 29	MIL		TOR	L,0-5	CG(14)	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.328	.361	.689	1	1.75	-0.178	1.44	-0.09%	-0.81	CF
15	391	16	Apr 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,12-1	CG	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.315	.343	.658	1	.45	-0.064	.30	-0.03%	-1.45	CF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	392	17	May 1	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.352	.685	1	.90	-0.039	.65	-0.02%	-0.13	CF
17	393	18	May 2	MIL	@	CAL	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.337	.355	.693	1	.86	-0.052	.58	-0.02%	-0.60	CF
18	394	19	May 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.351	.684	1	.87	-0.022	.63	-0.01%	-0.21	CF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	395	60 (40)	Aug 12	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.318	.333	.652	8	.31	-0.033	.47	-0.03%	-0.94	DH
20	396	61	Aug 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.330	.345	.675	8	.80	0.080	1.14	0.07%	1.00	DH
21	397	62	Aug 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.279	.340	.349	.689	8	1.74	0.073	2.78	0.07%	0.91	DH
22	398	63	Aug 15	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.337	.345	.682	9	6.12	-0.139	9.79	-0.13%	-0.47	PH
23	399	64	Aug 16 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.343	.344	.688	8	.60	-0.010	.94	-0.01%	0.06	CF
24	400	65	Aug 16 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.350	.351	.701	6	.47	0.002	.79	0.00%	0.31	DH
25	401	66	Aug 18 (1)	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.276	.343	.337	.679	1	.39	-0.052	.63	-0.05%	-0.90	CF
26	402	67	Aug 18 (2)	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.348	.363	.711	8	1.17	0.168	2.01	0.17%	2.19	DH
27	403	68	Aug 19	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.274	.336	.349	.685	1	.49	-0.036	.74	-0.03%	-0.14	CF
28	404	69	Aug 21	MIL		MIN	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.325	.336	.661	1	1.18	0.057	1.66	0.05%	0.62	CF
29	405	70	Aug 22	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	.261	.320	.330	.650	1	1.47	-0.060	1.72	-0.04%	-0.42	CF
30	406	71	Aug 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-5	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.331	.361	.692	2	.49	0.129	.64	0.10%	1.24	DH
31	407	72	Aug 24	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.336	.355	.691	2	.94	0.029	1.24	0.02%	0.17	CF
32	408	73	Aug 25	MIL		CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.326	.344	.670	2	.53	-0.051	.82	-0.05%	-0.64	CF
33	409	74	Aug 27	MIL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.324	.336	.660	2	.66	-0.019	.95	-0.02%	-0.24	DH
34	410	75	Aug 28	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.322	.333	.655	2	.47	0.047	.60	0.04%	-0.15	CF
35	411	76	Aug 29	MIL		TEX	L,5-8	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.338	.350	.688	2	.71	0.085	1.09	0.08%	1.07	DH
36	412	77	Aug 30	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.282	.346	.359	.705	2	.62	0.001	.78	0.00%	0.40	CF
37	413	78	Aug 31	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.344	.363	.707	2	.50	0.006	.74	0.01%	-0.22	CF
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	414	79	Sep 1	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.348	.373	.721	2	1.11	-0.023	1.88	-0.02%	-0.45	CF
39	415	80	Sep 2	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.279	.343	.364	.707	1	1.84	-0.245	2.60	-0.21%	-1.13	CF
40	416	81	Sep 3	MIL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.333	.352	.686	1	.94	-0.116	1.00	-0.07%	-1.12	DH
41	417	82	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,16-5	CG	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.339	.346	.685	1	.22	-0.022	.29	-0.02%	0.63	CF
42	418	83	Sep 5	MIL	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.269	.341	.353	.694	1	.71	0.044	1.22	0.05%	0.65	CF
43	419	84	Sep 6	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-7	CG(10)	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.335	.347	.682	1	1.79	-0.128	3.11	-0.13%	-0.90	CF
44	420	85	Sep 7	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.328	.339	.667	1	.84	-0.082	1.70	-0.10%	-0.78	CF
45	421	86	Sep 9 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.327	.337	.664	1	1.06	-0.045	2.10	-0.05%	-0.20	CF
46	422	87	Sep 9 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.328	.344	.673	1	.85	0.131	1.35	0.12%	1.58	DH
47	423	88	Sep 10	MIL		CHW	L,6-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.322	.337	.659	1	1.17	-0.118	2.02	-0.12%	-1.20	CF
48	424	89	Sep 11	MIL		BAL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.321	.335	.656	1	1.57	-0.095	2.93	-0.11%	-0.18	CF
49	425	90	Sep 12	MIL		BAL	W,6-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.264	.326	.340	.666	1	.36	0.028	.49	0.02%	0.02	CF
50	426	91	Sep 13	MIL		BAL	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.329	.340	.669	1	.59	0.029	.95	0.03%	0.80	CF
51	427	92	Sep 14	MIL		NYY	L,2-10	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.326	.337	.662	1	.41	0.009	.75	0.01%	-0.67	CF
52	428	93	Sep 15	MIL		NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.325	.332	.656	1	1.03	-0.052	1.71	-0.05%	-0.49	CF
53	429	94	Sep 16	MIL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	.323	.330	.653	1	1.10	0.050	2.18	0.06%	0.06	CF
54	430	95	Sep 18	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.267	.329	.341	.670	1	.64	0.157	1.84	0.27%	1.54	CF
55	431	96	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	W,11-8	GS-6	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.336	.342	.679	1	1.13	0.161	4.13	0.35%	1.24	CF
56	432	101 (4)	Sep 25	MIL	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.266	.337	.338	.675	1	1.61	-0.066	6.73	-0.16%	-0.82	DH
57	433	102	Sep 26	MIL	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.336	.336	.672	1	1.31	-0.053	6.46	-0.16%	-0.38	DH
58	434	103	Sep 27	MIL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.331	.330	.661	1	1.67	-0.172	10.14	-0.63%	-0.97	DH
59	435	104	Sep 28	MIL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.266	.337	.335	.672	1	.93	0.091	4.78	0.28%	0.64	DH
60	436	105	Sep 29	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.340	.338	.677	1	.51	-0.046	2.77	-0.15%	0.07	DH
61	437	106	Sep 30	MIL		BOS	W,10-5	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.341	.336	.677	1	.51	-0.004	3.48	-0.02%	0.05	RF
62	438	107	Oct 2	MIL		DET	W,8-2	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.342	.339	.681	1	.45	0.007	4.70	0.04%	1.68	RF
63	439	108	Oct 3	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.341	.335	.675	1	1.21	0.042	11.51	0.24%	-0.12	RF
64	440	109	Oct 4	MIL		DET	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.341	.335	.675	1	1.66	-0.075	.00	0.00%	-0.48	RF
							37-27		284	251	45	67	11	0	2	19	25	1	29	3	5	0	3	3	10	6	.267	.341	.335	.675		.97	-0.344	1.84	-0.32%	5.75

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