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Paul
Molitor		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 22, 1956 in St.Paul, MN, USA
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979    1981    1992   
All-Star Selections 1979    1980    1982    1983    1984    1985    1986    1987    1988    1989    1990    1991   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 22 CIN NL 155 610 80 177 33 5 7 73 41 25 32 54 .290 .328 .395 .723 73.8 14.8
1980 23 CIN NL 153 600 98 193 48 5 5 70 73 25 52 71 .322 .379 .443 .822 98.3 22.1
1981 24 CIN NL 160 635 93 194 30 21 4 87 44 21 74 55 .306 .381 .438 .819 99.1 28.0
1982 25 CIN NL 161 617 100 210 50 5 9 92 53 16 79 72 .340 .418 .481 .900 119.6 39.9
1983 26 CIN NL 159 645 107 200 31 13 6 79 56 22 71 71 .310 .383 .426 .809 100.9 27.2
1984 27 CIN NL 154 578 99 179 40 5 6 74 37 15 55 78 .310 .371 .427 .799 86.3 23.9
1985 28 CHW AL 162 676 103 212 33 17 12 86 39 18 60 79 .314 .372 .466 .838 109.2 25.3
1986 29 CHW AL 162 640 100 193 45 8 2 83 68 11 66 70 .302 .367 .406 .774 99.9 22.4
1987 30 CHW AL 158 608 123 212 42 11 16 107 63 16 65 75 .349 .412 .533 .945 126.1 34.8
1988 31 CHW AL 158 616 121 219 37 4 18 100 78 21 55 117 .356 .411 .516 .927 126.4 35.3
1989 32 CHW AL 161 668 143 241 43 8 16 87 87 19 55 120 .361 .411 .521 .932 138.3 35.0
1990 33 CHW AL 159 663 105 218 35 7 9 71 71 29 46 142 .329 .377 .443 .821 101.5 23.6
1991 34 CHW AL 157 624 99 200 34 10 7 72 59 28 55 144 .321 .379 .441 .820 99.5 23.9
1992 35 CHW AL 160 625 98 217 36 12 2 87 47 13 48 120 .347 .395 .453 .848 107.8 26.0
1993 36 CHW AL 157 589 91 186 24 6 1 61 44 11 64 106 .316 .384 .382 .766 87.4 19.6
1994 37 CHW AL 155 656 89 210 22 3 1 79 58 20 47 115 .320 .364 .367 .731 89.1 15.4
1995 38 CHW AL 81 327 49 95 14 3 1 37 32 10 14 70 .291 .326 .361 .686 38.3 5.3
  BOS AL 60 226 41 81 18 5 2 26 22 7 15 40 .358 .403 .509 .912 42.1 9.6
  TOT   141 553 90 176 32 8 3 63 54 17 29 110 .318 .358 .421 .779 80.4 14.8
17 Years Sim 2672 10603 1739 3437 615 148 124 1371 972 327 953 1599 .324 .382 .445 .827 1743.5 432.2
162 Game Average 642 105 208 37 8 7 83 58 19 57 96 .324 .382 .445 .827 105.7  
Career Highs 162 676 143 241 50 21 18 107 87 29 79 144 .361 .418 .533 .945 138.3  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1979 22 CIN NL 2B 152 152 1355.0 306 532 24 108 .972 5.57   9.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 23 CIN NL 2B 86 86 772.3 163 313 11 62 .977 5.55   5.7
    3B 64 64 582.7 29 154 2 12 .989 2.83   3.5
    SS 3 0 9.0 3 2 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
1981 24 CIN NL 2B 65 64 584.3 119 218 3 39 .991 5.19   4.4
    SS 63 62 563.0 93 235 14 45 .959 5.24   4.3
    3B 31 31 276.7 16 75 2 1 .978 2.96   0.2
1982 25 CIN NL SS 156 154 1400.7 202 553 15 106 .981 4.85   11.4
    2B 3 0 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.1
    3B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1983 26 CIN NL 2B 81 81 752.7 170 281 7 53 .985 5.39   5.7
    SS 78 76 692.3 90 274 7 42 .981 4.73   5.2
1984 27 CIN NL 2B 144 138 1262.0 259 535 24 114 .971 5.66   8.0
    3B 3 0 12.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    SS 4 0 10.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
1985 28 CHW AL SS 102 102 936.3 143 364 6 66 .988 4.87   7.2
    3B 60 60 550.3 32 124 2 9 .987 2.55   0.5
1986 29 CHW AL 3B 155 155 1397.7 60 377 11 35 .975 2.81   6.7
    2B 7 7 62.7 10 23 1 7 .971 4.74   0.4
1987 30 CHW AL 2B 156 152 1384.0 293 553 19 120 .978 5.50   5.8
1988 31 CHW AL 2B 149 149 1357.0 299 559 14 139 .984 5.69   9.7
    3B 3 3 26.0 0 7 0 1 1.000 2.42   0.1
    SS 5 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1989 32 CHW AL 2B 158 154 1400.7 305 571 25 108 .972 5.63   8.4
    3B 2 0 11.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.09   0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 33 CHW AL SS 157 152 1410.0 182 465 14 89 .979 4.13   5.6
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.1
1991 34 CHW AL SS 154 152 1366.7 181 480 15 92 .978 4.35   10.3
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 3 1 1 .800 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1992 35 CHW AL SS 153 150 1365.3 171 403 18 69 .970 3.78   5.6
    3B 2 0 9.3 0 5 0 1 1.000 4.82   0.2
    1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1993 36 CHW AL SS 151 147 1332.3 151 460 14 77 .978 4.13   7.3
    2B 4 0 12.0 4 6 0 2 1.000 7.50   0.2
    3B 1 0 9.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.00   0.1
1994 37 CHW AL SS 151 150 1376.7 169 464 13 85 .980 4.14   8.2
    2B 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1995 38 CHW AL SS 47 47 420.9 55 140 5 31 .975 4.17   0.9
    3B 29 24 231.8 15 42 2 1 .966 2.21   1.0
    2B 2 2 14.1 1 5 1 1 .857 3.83   0.0
  BOS AL SS 35 34 296.8 38 98 3 22 .978 4.12   2.1
    3B 21 18 163.5 10 29 1 0 .975 2.15   0.1
    2B 2 1 9.9 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.55   0.1
  SS 1261 1226 11191.0 1480 3944 124 725 .978 4.36   68.1
  2B 1014 986 8984.6 1936 3609 130 756 .977 5.55   58.3
  3B 377 355 3281.9 164 828 20 63 .980 2.72   12.7
  1B 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   2653 2567 23461.6 3582 8381 274 1544 .978 4.59   139.1
Career Highs   162 162 1486.7 306 575 25 140 .988 5.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 22 CIN NL 14 55 4 15 5 0 1 11 2 2 3 11 .273 .310 .418 .729
1980 23 CIN NL 17 71 10 27 5 2 1 8 4 3 6 5 .380 .436 .549 .985
1981 24 CIN NL 14 46 7 12 0 1 0 1 5 3 8 7 .261 .382 .304 .686
1982 25 CIN NL 4 16 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .188 .235 .563 .798
1983 26 CIN NL 9 32 3 5 1 1 0 4 2 0 4 5 .156 .270 .250 .520
1984 27 CIN NL 4 17 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .118 .167 .176 .343
1985 28 CHW AL 11 41 7 9 2 1 0 4 3 0 5 4 .220 .304 .317 .621
1986 29 CHW AL 3 14 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .286 .286 .357 .643
1987 30 CHW AL 12 47 5 21 5 2 1 8 2 3 2 6 .447 .469 .702 1.172
1988 31 CHW AL 11 47 6 17 2 1 0 5 5 5 1 8 .362 .388 .447 .835
1989 32 CHW AL 5 21 2 7 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 3 .333 .391 .429 .820
1990 33 CHW AL 5 22 2 7 1 0 0 5 1 2 0 6 .318 .318 .364 .682
1992 35 CHW AL 16 68 9 23 1 0 0 11 8 1 4 11 .338 .375 .353 .728
1993 36 CHW AL 14 55 7 18 2 0 0 6 6 2 6 12 .327 .393 .364 .757
1995 38 BOS AL 5 20 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 9 .200 .304 .200 .504
Career Post-Season Batting 144 572 72 174 26 9 5 70 43 22 46 94 .304 .360 .407 .767
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1980-4-.322
1981-9-.306
1982-1-.340
1983-4-.310
1984-5-.310
1985-2-.314
1986-6-.302
1987-1-.349
1988-2-.356
1989-1-.361
1990-5-.329
1991-6-.321
1992-2-.347
1993-7-.316
1994-4-.320
CAR-6-.324
 On-Base Pct
1980-8-.379
1981-5-.381
1982-1-.418
1983-4-.383
1984-5-.371
1985-6-.372
1986-6-.367
1987-1-.412
1988-1-.411
1989-2-.411
1991-7-.379
1992-5-.395
1993-7-.384
CAR-34-.382
 Slugging Pct
1982-4-.481
1985-4-.466
1987-3-.533
1988-5-.516
1989-7-.521
 OPS
1982-3-.900
1985-2-.838
1987-2-.945
1988-3-.927
1989-3-.932
 XR
1980-9-98.3
1981-8-99.1
1982-1-119.6
1983-2-100.9
1984-8-86.3
1985-1-109.2
1986-4-99.9
1987-2-126.1
1988-1-126.4
1989-1-138.3
1990-7-101.5
1991-4-99.5
1992-6-107.8
CAR-7-1743.5
 Games
1982-2-161
1983-6-159
1985-1-162
1986-1-162
1988-6-158
1989-2-161
1990-9-159
1992-3-160
CAR-5-2672
At-Bats
1981-7-635
1982-6-617
1983-3-645
1985-1-676
1986-4-640
1989-1-668
1990-3-663
1992-7-625
1994-2-656
CAR-3-10603
 Runs
1980-6-98
1982-3-100
1983-1-107
1984-3-99
1985-1-103
1986-5-100
1987-1-123
1988-2-121
1989-1-143
1990-7-105
1991-8-99
1992-9-98
CAR-5-1739
 Hits
1980-5-193
1981-4-194
1982-2-210
1983-1-200
1984-2-179
1985-1-212
1986-1-193
1987-1-212
1988-2-219
1989-1-241
1990-2-218
1991-3-200
1992-2-217
1993-7-186
1994-2-210
CAR-2-3437
 Total Bases
1982-3-297
1983-8-275
1985-1-315
1986-10-260
1987-3-324
1988-1-318
1989-2-348
1990-7-294
CAR-11-4720
 Singles
1980-8-135
1981-10-139
1982-5-146
1983-2-150
1984-8-128
1985-2-150
1986-3-138
1987-1-143
1988-2-160
1989-1-174
1990-1-167
1991-7-149
1992-1-167
1993-4-155
1994-1-184
CAR-1-2550
 Doubles
1980-3-48
1982-1-50
1984-8-40
1986-4-45
1989-7-43
CAR-7-615
Triples
1981-1-21
1983-5-13
1985-4-17
1989-8-8
1991-3-10
1992-3-12
1995-10-8
CAR-6-148
 RBIs
1982-6-92
1985-8-86
1987-5-107
CAR-24-1371
 Stolen Bases
1979-8-41
1980-1-73
1981-3-44
1982-7-53
1983-5-56
1984-8-37
1986-4-68
1987-4-63
1988-2-78
1989-2-87
1990-2-71
1991-3-59
1992-5-47
1993-6-44
1994-4-58
1995-6-54
CAR-2-972
 Caught Stealing
1979-2-25
1980-1-25
1981-4-21
1982-5-16
1983-3-22
1984-8-15
1985-5-18
1987-9-16
1988-9-21
1989-8-19
1990-3-29
1991-2-28
1994-6-20
1995-9-17
CAR-5-327
 Walks
1982-1-79
CAR-46-953
 Strikeouts
1990-8-142
 
   Black Ink Test: 50    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 236    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 84    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  6. Mark Lemke (608)
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  8. Steve Sax (580)
  9. Mark Grace (560)
  10. Bob Meacham (556)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Seattle in 1978
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Seattle in 1978
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Seattle in 1978
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Seattle in 1978
Injured on 6/22/1978 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Seattle to Cincinnati on 7/22/1978
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1979, off John Denny (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1979, off Jon Matlack (NYM)
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1979, hitting .382 with 3 HR, 24 RBI
Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1979
Injured on 6/21/1980 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Houston on 8/12/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1981, hitting .462 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Atlanta on 5/9/1981
Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 1981
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1982, hitting .467 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1982, hitting .459 with 4 HR, 27 RBI
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1983, hitting .636 with 0 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Los Angeles on 4/14/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1984, hitting .464 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1984, hitting .560 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Traded from Cincinnati to Chicago (A) on 4/1/1985 (Going to CIN: C M. Tettleton, SS J. Baez. Going to CHW: 2B P. Molitor, RF W. Wilson)
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1985, hitting .404 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1985, hitting .467 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1987, hitting .396 with 4 HR, 23 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/9/1987, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1988, hitting .556 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1988, hitting .431 with 5 HR, 25 RBI
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 10/2/1988
Had 2000th career hit on 4/6/1989, off Jay Baller (CAL)
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/5/1989, hitting .448 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 8/15/1989
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/26/1989
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1990, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1990 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Texas on 8/15/1990
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1991, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
9/1/1992: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $5,970,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Chicago (A) in 1992
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against California on 5/6/1993
Had 3000th career hit on 9/4/1993, off Dave Stewart (NOR)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Texas on 9/7/1993
Won Player of the Week award on 10/7/1993, hitting .636 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 10/11/1993
Traded from Chicago (A) to Boston on 7/16/1995 (Going to CHW: LF Roger Cedeno. Going to BOS: P Frank Pastore, SS Paul Molitor)
 
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