Paul Bako

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: June 20, 1972 in Lafayette, LA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lafayette HS (Lafayette, LA) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA).

High School: Lafayette HS (Lafayette, LA)

School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)

Debut: April 30, 1998 (Age 25-314d, 17,232nd in major league history)
vs. TEX 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 2009 (Age 37-106d)
vs. FLA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Barry Meister

Full Name: Gabor Paul Bako

Pronunciation: \BA-koh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.3

2202

508

.231

195

RBI

195

OBP

.305

SLG

.318

OPS

.623

OPS+

Summary of 24 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 6 go ahead

8 Tms
CIN	6
ATL	4
MIL	4
PHI	3
DET	3
HOU	2
CHC	1
BAL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	18
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Home	12
Away	12

Outs
1	12
0	9
2	3

14 Opps
SDP	3
CIN	3
FLA	3
MIL	3
PIT	2
CHC	2
MIN	1
COL	1
SFG	1
ATL	1
STL	1
OAK	1
CLE	1
NYY	1

22 Pitchers
Jon Lieber	2
Braden Looper	2
Todd Ritchie	1
Doug Davis	1
Todd Stottlemyre	1
Mark Hendrickson	1
Tom Glavine	1
Charlie Morton	1
Aaron Cook	1
Dave Burba	1
Scott Sullivan	1
Brian Boehringer	1
Éric Gagné	1
Ron Villone	1
Kevin Jarvis	1
Mike Mohler	1
Donne Wall	1
Jose Acevedo	1
Keiichi Yabu	1
Renyel Pinto	1
Matt Kinney	1
Darrell Rasner	1

15 Parks
Turner Fld (ATL)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
9	19
89	3
8	1
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	7
4	6
3	6
1	3
5	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
1--	3
12-	2
-2-	2
1-3	1

35 RBI
RISP	5
0 on	16
1 on	5
2 on	3
Any on	8

Inning
2	5
3	2
4	2
5	3
6	2
7	6
8	2
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	7
4-6	7
7-end	10

RelScore
+3	2
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	5
-1	4
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	8
Tied	5
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	5
2-1	4
1-2	3
0-0	3
1-1	3
2-0	3
0-1	2
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	24

OrderPos
8th	19
7th	3
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1998-05-15	DET		OAK	Mike Mohler	ahead 5-2	b 6	1	1-3	2,(0-1) FX	3	8	2	0.054	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Easley Scores; J. Randa Scores
2	2	2	1	1998-06-22	DET	@	STL	Todd Stottlemyre	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	7	2	0.047	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1998-09-05	DET		CLE	Dave Burba	behind 2-5	b 8	0	1--	5,(1-2) BCFFX	2	8	2	0.177	33%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); J. Randa Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1999-06-12	HOU		SDP	Donne Wall	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0.192	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	2	1	1999-07-23	HOU		SDP	Brian Boehringer	behind 2-3	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.225	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2000-07-27	ATL		FLA	Braden Looper	behind 2-6	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	2	0.050	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	2000-08-28	ATL		CIN	Ron Villone	behind 0-5	b 3	1	---	4,(1-2) BCSX	1	8	2	0.051	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2001-05-08	ATL	@	SDP	Kevin Jarvis	behind 0-4	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.031	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	2	1	2001-06-01	ATL	@	PIT	Todd Ritchie	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	2	0.117	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2002-05-14	MIL		CIN	Jose Acevedo	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	8	2	0.156	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Hernández Scores
11	11	2	1	2002-06-03	MIL		CHC	Jon Lieber	behind 2-5	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) SBBX	1	8	2	0.091	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	2002-06-29	MIL	@	MIN	Matt Kinney	tied 1-1	t 4	2	-2-	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	9	2	0.211	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Ochoa Scores
13	13	4	1	2002-07-07	MIL	@	CIN	Scott Sullivan	ahead 5-3	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	2	0.072	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2004-08-25	CHC		MIL	Doug Davis	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.149	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2007-04-08	BAL	@	NYY	Darrell Rasner	behind 2-3	t 4	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	9	2	0.270	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Millar Scores; C. Patterson Scores
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2008-04-20	CIN		MIL	Éric Gagné	behind 2-3	b 10	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.435	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
17	17	2	1	2008-04-26	CIN	@	SFG	Keiichi Yabu	ahead 5-4	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.119	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	3	1	2008-05-04	CIN	@	ATL	Tom Glavine	behind 0-7	t 3	1	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	8	2	0.019	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
19	19	4	1	2008-05-07	CIN		CHC	Jon Lieber	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.078	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
20	20	5	1	2008-06-09	CIN	@	FLA	Mark Hendrickson	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	12-	3,(1-1) CBX	3	8	2	0.126	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Encarnación Scores/unER; J. Votto Scores
21	21	6	2	2008-06-09	CIN	@	FLA	Renyel Pinto	ahead 7-4	t 9	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0.024	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); E. Encarnación Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2009-08-06	PHI		COL	Aaron Cook	tied 1-1	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.144	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	2	1	2009-08-27	PHI	@	PIT	Charlie Morton	tied 1-1	t 2	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	2	0.110	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	2009-09-26	PHI	@	MIL	Braden Looper	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	8	2	0.202	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Feliz Scores