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Paul
Thormodsgard		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 10, 1953 in San Francisco, CA, USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978   
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1977 23 MIN AL 16 7 .696 32 32 1 1 0 194.7 200 87 19 59 72 4.02 .269 .323 .391 .714 10.5
1978 24 MIN AL 20 4 .833 32 32 3 2 0 208.3 210 82 16 57 51 3.54 .269 .321 .372 .693 14.1
1979 25 MIN AL 18 8 .692 30 30 3 0 0 194.3 201 89 17 57 37 4.12 .267 .324 .379 .703 10.8
3 Years Sim 54 19 .740 94 94 7 3 0 597.3 611 258 52 173 160 3.89 .268 .323 .380 .703 35.4
Season Average 18 6 .750 31 31 2 1 0 199.1 203 86 17 57 53 3.89 .268 .323 .380 .703  
Career Highs 20 8 .833 32 32 3 2 0 208.3 210 89 19 59 72 4.12 .269 .324 .391 .714  
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    
1977 23 MIN AL P 32 32 194.7 11 38 1 5 .980 2.27    
1978 24 MIN AL P 32 32 208.3 15 45 1 6 .984 2.59    
1979 25 MIN AL P 30 30 194.3 13 40 3 0 .946 2.45    
Career Totals   94 94 597.3 39 123 5 11 .970 2.44    
Career Highs   32 32 208.3 15 45 3 6 .984 2.59    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1978 24 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 12.7 12 3 0 4 4 2.13 .250 .308 .292 .599
1979 25 MIN AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 14.3 13 8 0 4 6 5.02 .250 .304 .269 .573
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 27.0 25 11 0 8 10 3.67 .250 .306 .280 .586
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
1978 24 MIN AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1978-3-20
1979-6-18
 Winning Pct
1977-7-.696
1978-1-.833
1979-8-.692
 Shutouts
1978-9-2
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 22)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 96)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 33)
 
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  1. Nate Teut (965)
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  4. Mark Prior (925)
  5. Scott Sobkowiak (922)
  6. De Wayne Buice (921)
  7. Win Remmerswaal (915)
  8. Blaine Neal (915)
  9. Don Kainer (915)
  10. Luis Sanchez (912)
History
Earned first career win on 4/3/1977
Won World Championship with Minnesota in 1978
Injured on 10/5/1980 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Minnesota to Los Angeles on 3/2/1981 (Going to LAD: 1B M. Marshall, P P. Thormodsgard. Going to MIN: CF K. Griffey)
Traded from Los Angeles to Boston on 7/29/1981 (Going to LAD: CF J. Rice, P D. Aase, 3B K. Oberkfell. Going to BOS: SS R. Washington, P R. Dotson, LF T. Brunansky, P P. Thormodsgard, RF M. Rettenmund)
Injured on 4/24/1982 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
 
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