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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	24 (23)	Apr 30	DET		TEX	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	25	May 1	DET	@	SEA	W,17-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	28 (2)	May 6	DET	@	OAK	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
4	32 (3)	May 10	DET	@	ANA	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	34 (1)	May 13	DET		SEA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
6	36 (1)	May 15	DET		OAK	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
7	38 (1)	May 17	DET		ANA	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
8	40 (1)	May 19	DET	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	7	2	1	10	0	C
9	41	May 20	DET	@	MIN	W,12-11	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	42	May 21	DET	@	MIN	W,6-3	GF	13	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	45 (2)	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	46	May 25	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	47	May 26	DET	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	48	May 28	DET		CHW	L,7-11	GF	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
15	49	May 29	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
16	50	May 30	DET		CHW	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	52 (1)	Jun 1	DET		CLE	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	55 (2)	Jun 4	DET	@	TOR	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	58 (2)	Jun 7	DET	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	59	Jun 8	DET		HOU	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
21	63 (3)	Jun 13	DET	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	65 (1)	Jun 15	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	66	Jun 16	DET		MIN	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
24	68 (1)	Jun 18	DET		KCR	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	71 (2)	Jun 21	DET		KCR	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	72	Jun 22	DET	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	73	Jun 23	DET	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	74	Jun 24	DET		CHC	W,7-6	CG	45	11.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
29	76 (1)	Jun 26	DET		CIN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	77	Jun 27	DET		CIN	L,5-6	GF	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
31	78	Jun 28	DET		CIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	79	Jun 30	DET	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	81 (1)	Jul 2	DET	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
34	82	Jul 3	DET	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
35	84 (1)	Jul 5	DET	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
36	85	Jul 9	DET		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	86	Jul 10	DET		TOR	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	88 (1)	Jul 12	DET		TOR	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	89	Jul 13	DET		KCR	L,4-6	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	91 (1)	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	93 (1)	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
42	95 (1)	Jul 19	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
43	96	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	57	13.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	97	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	98	Jul 21	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	99	Jul 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-13	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	100	Jul 23	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	101	Jul 24	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	103 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
50	104	Jul 28	DET		BAL	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
51	106 (1)	Jul 30	DET		BAL	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	107	Jul 31	DET	@	TBD	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	108	Aug 1	DET	@	TBD	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	109	Aug 2	DET	@	TBD	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	110	Aug 4	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
56	111	Aug 5	DET	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
57	113 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	DET		SEA	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	114	Aug 8	DET		SEA	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
59	115	Aug 9	DET		SEA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
60	116	Aug 10	DET		ANA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	117	Aug 11	DET		ANA	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
62	119 (1)	Aug 14	DET		OAK	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	120	Aug 15	DET		OAK	L,8-10	CG	61	11.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
64	122 (1)	Aug 17	DET	@	SEA	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	123	Aug 18	DET	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
66	125 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	ANA	L,2-13	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
67	126	Aug 21	DET	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
68	127	Aug 22 (1)	DET	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	129 (1)	Aug 23	DET	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	130	Aug 24	DET	@	TEX	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	131	Aug 25	DET	@	TEX	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	132	Aug 26	DET	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
73	133	Aug 28	DET		TBD	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
74	134	Aug 29 (1)	DET		TBD	L,6-10	GS	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
75	136 (1)	Aug 30	DET		TBD	L,5-10	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
76	137	Aug 31	DET		TEX	L,2-13	CG	48	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	138	Sep 1	DET		TEX	W,12-8	GS	34	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
78	139	Sep 2	DET		TEX	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
79	140	Sep 3	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
80	141	Sep 4	DET		CLE	L,2-10	CG	49	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
81	142	Sep 5	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	144 (1)	Sep 7	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	145	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
84	147 (1)	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS	32	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
85	149 (1)	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
86	150	Sep 14	DET		CHW	L,16-17	GS	63	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
87	152 (1)	Sep 16	DET		TOR	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
88	153	Sep 17	DET		TOR	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
89	154	Sep 18	DET		MIN	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
90	155	Sep 19	DET		MIN	W,8-7	GS	41	9.0	9	2	1	12	0	C
91	156	Sep 20	DET		MIN	L,0-3	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
92	157	Sep 21	DET	@	KCR	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
93	158	Sep 22	DET	@	KCR	W,14-4	GF	8	2.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	160 (1)	Sep 25	DET	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
							94gm		754.2	493	45	6	544	5