Paul Mitchell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: August 19, 1949 in Worcester, MA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (7th) of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA).

High School: Worcester Academy (Worcester, MA)

School: Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)

Debut: July 1, 1975 (Age 25-316d, 13,654th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3.1 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 5 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1980 (Age 31-033d)
vs. SEA 3.2 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Paul Michael Mitchell

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

ERA

4.45

125

621.1

277

WHIP

1.391

Summary of 76 Home Runs Allowed

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 25 go ahead

4 Tms
SEA	32
MIL	18
OAK	18
BAL	8

Platoon
vs LHB	39
vs RHB	37

Home/Road
Home	46
Away	30

Outs
1	30
0	28
2	18

14 Opps
TEX	11
BOS	10
CHW	9
MIN	7
DET	7
BAL	6
MIL	6
CLE	5
CAL	4
NYY	4
TOR	3
KCR	2
OAK	1
SEA	1

61 Batters
Roy Smalley	2
Jeff Burroughs	2
Chet Lemon	2
Bobby Bonds	2
Jim Breazeale	2
Ben Oglivie	2
Steve Kemp	2
Oscar Gamble	2
Willie Horton	2
Eddie Murray	2
Andre Thornton	2
Dan Ford	2
Milt May	2
Jim Rice	2
Dwight Evans	2
Johnny Grubb	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Claudell Washington	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Bobby Grich	1
Tom Brookens	1
Mickey Rivers	1
Bob Watson	1
Lee May	1
Glenn Adams	1
Rod Carew	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Ken Singleton	1
Juan Beníquez	1
Rob Wilfong	1
Fred Lynn	1
Tom Grieve	1
Larry Hisle	1
Al Oliver	1
Don Baylor	1
Richie Zisk	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Rick Manning	1
José Morales	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Mike Hegan	1
Ron Fairly	1
George Brett	1
George Hendrick	1
Dave Roberts	1
Roy Howell	1
Don Money	1
John Mayberry	1
Bump Wills	1
Frank Duffy	1
Harold Baines	1
Rance Mulliniks	1
Lamar Johnson	1
Bernie Carbo	1
Robin Yount	1
Jason Thompson	1
Amos Otis	1
Eric Soderholm	1
Bob Molinaro	1
Dave May	1

13 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	21
County Stad (MIL)	13
RingCentral Col (OAK)	12
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Arlington St (ARL)	6
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	29
9	28
8	7
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	42
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	16
-2-	6
12-	5
123	3
--3	3
1-3	1

122 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	42
1 on	25
2 on	6
3 on	3
Any on	34

Inning
1	7
2	9
3	13
4	16
5	7
6	9
7	9
8	4
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	29
4-6	32
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	3
+2	6
+1	11
Tied	23
-1	7
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	12

Ahead	26
Tied	23
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	20
DH	12
1B	10
LF	8
CF	7
3B	6
SS	5
C	4
2B	3
PH	1

OrderPos
6th	14
4th	12
5th	11
3rd	10
2nd	8
1st	7
8th	6
7th	5
9th	3

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-07-01	Bernie Carbo	BOS		BAL	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	1	9	12%	63%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1975-07-19 (1)	Reggie Jackson	OAK	@	BAL	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	13%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1975-07-27 (2)	Robin Yount	MIL		BAL	tied 0-0	b 3	0	1--	2	8	6	18%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Mitchell Scores
4	4	4	2	1975-07-27 (2)	Don Money	MIL		BAL	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1	1	5	8%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1975-08-04	Jim Rice	BOS		BAL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	11%	55%		Home Run
6	6	6	2	1975-08-04	Carlton Fisk	BOS		BAL	ahead 3-1	b 3	1	12-	3	6	2	14%	93%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores; J. Rice Scores
7	7	7	1	1975-09-19	Mike Hegan	MIL	@	BAL	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	1	6	9	26%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1975-09-27 (2)	Bobby Bonds	NYY		BAL	ahead 5-3	b 8	2	1--	2	1	DH	5%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bladt Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1976-04-12	Jeff Burroughs	TEX		OAK	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	1-3	3	5	9	16%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hargrove Scores; T. Harrah Scores
10	10	2	1	1976-04-20	Willie Horton	DET	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3	2	3	DH	14%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. LeFlore Scores
11	11	3	1	1976-05-10	Bobby Bonds	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	9	19%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Ramírez Scores
12	12	4	1	1976-05-26	Dan Ford	MIN	@	OAK	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	9	16%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	5	1	1976-06-08	Cecil Cooper	BOS		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	DH	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	6	2	1976-06-08	Dwight Evans	BOS		OAK	behind 2-4	b 4	1	1--	2	7	9	22%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Fisk Scores
15	15	7	1	1976-06-16	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	8	1	1976-06-21	Tom Grieve	TEX	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 10	0	---	1	7	9	36%	86%		Home Run
17	17	9	1	1976-06-26	Rod Carew	MIN	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	123	4	3	3	15%	94%		Home Run; B. Randall Scores; S. Braun Scores; R. Smalley Scores
18	18	10	1	1976-07-11	Frank Duffy	CLE	@	OAK	behind 0-7	t 5	0	1--	2	9	6	3%	5%		Home Run; A. Ashby Scores
19	19	11	2	1976-07-11	George Hendrick	CLE	@	OAK	behind 2-7	t 6	1	---	1	5	7	2%	5%		Home Run
20	20	12	1	1976-07-22	Oscar Gamble	NYY		OAK	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	1	7	9	11%	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	13	2	1976-07-22	Oscar Gamble	NYY		OAK	behind 1-4	b 4	2	---	1	7	9	9%	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	14	1	1976-08-25	Bobby Grich	BAL		OAK	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	2	2	4	14%	75%		Home Run (LF-CF); A. Bumbry Scores
23	23	15	1	1976-09-19 (2)	Jeff Burroughs	TEX	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 4	2	---	1	4	9	8%	20%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1977-06-27	Claudell Washington	TEX	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1--	2	2	7	17%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Harrah Scores
25	25	2	1	1977-07-27	Don Baylor	CAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	1	123	4	5	7	23%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Remy Scores; R. Mulliniks Scores; T. Solaita Scores
26	26	3	2	1977-07-27	Rance Mulliniks	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 4-1	t 5	1	1--	2	2	6	9%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Remy Scores
27	27	4	1	1977-08-12	Jim Rice	BOS		SEA	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	3	DH	10%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Lynn Scores
28	28	5	1	1977-08-21	Ben Oglivie	DET	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	6	9	26%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Kemp Scores; J. Thompson Scores
29	29	6	2	1977-08-21	Steve Kemp	DET	@	SEA	tied 3-3	t 6	1	---	1	4	7	17%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
30	30	7	3	1977-08-21	Jason Thompson	DET	@	SEA	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	---	1	5	3	13%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	8	1	1977-09-04	Ron Fairly	TOR		SEA	behind 0-4	b 4	2	---	1	4	9	6%	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	9	1	1977-09-22	Chet Lemon	CHW	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	8	12%	59%		Home Run
33	33	10	1	1977-09-29	Dave May	TEX		SEA	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	9	9	12%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1978-04-29	Milt May	DET	@	SEA	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--	2	6	2	12%	89%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); S. Kemp Scores
35	35	2	1	1978-05-12	John Mayberry	TOR		SEA	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	3	25%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Hutton Scores/unER; R. Carty Scores/unER; J. Mayberry Scores/unER
36	36	3	1	1978-05-19 (2)	Juan Beníquez	TEX	@	SEA	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	8	11%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	4	2	1978-05-19 (2)	Bump Wills	TEX	@	SEA	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	4	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	5	1	1978-05-24	Amos Otis	KCR	@	SEA	behind 0-4	t 5	1	1--	2	1	8	11%	21%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. White Scores
39	39	6	1	1978-06-03	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 6	1	---	1	3	3	18%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	7	2	1978-06-03	Doug DeCinces	BAL	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 9	0	---	1	6	5	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	8	1	1978-06-15	Mickey Rivers	NYY		SEA	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	1	1	8	12%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	9	1	1978-06-20	Jim Breazeale	CHW		SEA	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	11%	66%		Home Run
43	43	10	2	1978-06-20	Jim Breazeale	CHW		SEA	behind 1-2	b 7	1	---	1	5	3	25%	55%		Home Run
44	44	11	1	1978-06-26	Bob Molinaro	CHW	@	SEA	behind 0-5	t 4	1	---	1	6	DH	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	12	2	1978-06-26	Eric Soderholm	CHW	@	SEA	behind 1-5	t 4	1	---	1	7	5	6%	15%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	13	3	1978-06-26	Chet Lemon	CHW	@	SEA	behind 2-5	t 6	0	---	1	5	8	8%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	14	1	1978-07-01	Sixto Lezcano	MIL	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	---	1	6	9	13%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	15	1	1978-07-22	Rick Manning	CLE		SEA	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	16	2	1978-07-22	Andre Thornton	CLE		SEA	behind 2-3	b 5	0	1--	2	4	3	26%	72%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Bell Scores
50	50	17	1	1978-08-01	Roy Smalley	MIN	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	6	16%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Powell Scores
51	51	18	1	1978-08-25	Lee May	BAL		SEA	tied 0-0	b 4	1	-2-	2	6	DH	21%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. DeCinces Scores
52	52	19	1	1978-09-12	Ben Oglivie	MIL	@	SEA	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	5	DH	11%	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	20	2	1978-09-12	Larry Hisle	MIL	@	SEA	behind 2-4	t 5	2	12-	3	4	7	38%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Money Scores; C. Cooper Scores
54	54	21	1	1978-09-23	Al Oliver	TEX		SEA	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	1	3	7	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1979-04-08	Dan Ford	CAL	@	SEA	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	9	12%	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	2	1	1979-04-13	Roy Smalley	MIN	@	SEA	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1--	2	2	6	16%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Cubbage Scores
57	57	3	1	1979-04-15	José Morales	MIN	@	SEA	ahead 15-6	t 8	2	12-	3	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Smalley Scores/unER; D. Edwards Scores/unER; J. Morales Scores/unER
58	58	4	1	1979-06-01	Roy Howell	TOR	@	SEA	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	1	3	5	6%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	5	1	1979-06-10	Milt May	CHW	@	MIL	ahead 3-1	t 4	0	1--	2	8	2	12%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); G. Pryor Scores; M. May Scores
60	60	6	1	1979-07-07	Steve Kemp	DET	@	MIL	ahead 4-3	t 7	1	---	1	3	7	13%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	7	1	1979-07-22 (2)	Andre Thornton	CLE		MIL	behind 1-5	b 7	1	-2-	2	4	DH	10%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bonds Scores
62	62	8	1	1979-07-26	Tom Brookens	DET		MIL	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	---	1	8	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	9	1	1979-07-31	Ken Singleton	BAL	@	MIL	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	9	17%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Dauer Scores
64	64	10	1	1979-08-02	Dwight Evans	BOS	@	MIL	ahead 4-1	t 6	1	1--	2	8	9	9%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Watson Scores
65	65	11	2	1979-08-02	Bob Watson	BOS	@	MIL	ahead 6-1	t 7	2	1--	2	6	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Yastrzemski Scores
66	66	12	1	1979-08-05 (2)	Fred Lynn	BOS	@	MIL	ahead 9-0	t 5	1	1--	2	3	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Burleson Scores
67	67	13	1	1979-08-09	Eddie Murray	BAL		MIL	behind 0-1	b 7	0	---	1	4	3	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	14	1	1979-08-21 (2)	Lamar Johnson	CHW	@	MIL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	DH	10%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	15	1	1979-08-29	George Brett	KCR		MIL	ahead 11-4	b 4	0	---	1	4	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1980-06-19	Johnny Grubb	TEX		MIL	behind 3-9	b 8	0	---	1	9	PH	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep CF)
71	71	2	1	1980-07-19	Harold Baines	CHW	@	MIL	behind 2-7	t 6	1	1--	2	6	9	6%	11%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Lemon Scores
72	72	3	1	1980-08-22 (2)	Dave Roberts	TEX		MIL	behind 0-4	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	7%	21%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	4	2	1980-08-22 (2)	Richie Zisk	TEX		MIL	behind 1-7	b 6	1	--3	2	6	9	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bell Scores
74	74	5	1	1980-09-17 (2)	Rob Wilfong	MIN	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 7	1	123	4	2	4	28%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Johnston Scores; B. Wynegar Scores; H. Powell Scores
75	75	6	2	1980-09-17 (2)	Glenn Adams	MIN	@	MIL	ahead 4-0	t 7	2	---	1	4	DH	3%	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
76	76	7	1	1980-09-21	Willie Horton	SEA	@	MIL	behind 1-3	t 4	2	--3	2	6	DH	21%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bochte Scores