Paul Blair

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 168lb (183cm, 76kg)

Born: February 1, 1944 in Cushing, OK us

Died: December 26, 2013 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Cremated

High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1964 (Age 20-221d, 12,290th in major league history)
vs. WSA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 20, 1980 (Age 36-140d)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Paul L. D. Blair

Nicknames: Motormouth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.7

6042

1513

134

.250

776

RBI

620

171

OBP

.302

SLG

.382

OPS

.684

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	35-17 / in Starts: 20-13
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1966	WS g1	Oct 5	BAL	@	LAD	W,5-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					6						CF
2	1966	WS g2	Oct 6	BAL	@	LAD	W,6-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	7	.75	0.098	38.68	3.37%	0.49	CF
3	1966	WS g3	Oct 8	BAL		LAD	W,1-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.667	.952	7	.63	0.144	26.25	3.33%	0.66	CF
4	1966	WS g4	Oct 9	BAL		LAD	W,1-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.667	.952	6						CF
1969 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	1969	ALCS g1	Oct 4	BAL		MIN	W,4-3	CG(12)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	2	1.56	0.326	48.75	5.77%	0.38	CF
6	1969	ALCS g2	Oct 5	BAL		MIN	W,1-0	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.273	.111	.384	2	1.17	-0.139	38.80	-2.58%	-0.97	CF
7	1969	ALCS g3	Oct 6	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-2	CG	6	6	1	5	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.471	.733	1.204	2	.71	0.186	16.94	2.84%	4.92	CF
8	1969	WS g1	Oct 11	BAL		NYM	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.611	1.040	2	.58	-0.061	30.50	-1.79%	-1.16	CF
9	1969	WS g2	Oct 12	BAL		NYM	L,1-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.318	.400	.545	.945	2	1.61	-0.004	85.05	-0.04%	-0.05	CF
10	1969	WS g3	Oct 14	BAL	@	NYM	L,0-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.333	.444	.778	2	.90	-0.113	56.30	-3.97%	-2.00	CF
11	1969	WS g4	Oct 15	BAL	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.343	.419	.762	2	2.32	-0.204	148.66	-7.30%	-0.77	CF
12	1969	WS g5	Oct 16	BAL	@	NYM	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.308	.371	.679	2	.61	-0.060	28.85	-1.68%	-0.61	CF
1970 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	1970	ALCS g1	Oct 3	BAL	@	MIN	W,10-6	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.62	-0.077	19.25	-1.49%	-1.33	CF
14	1970	ALCS g2	Oct 4	BAL	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	2	.96	-0.069	27.65	-1.28%	-1.67	CF
15	1970	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	2	.53	-0.046	9.59	-0.47%	-0.85	CF
16	1970	WS g1	Oct 10	BAL	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	1.01	-0.058	52.76	-1.99%	-0.44	CF
17	1970	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.217	.182	.399	2	1.16	0.027	59.79	0.68%	0.17	CF
18	1970	WS g3	Oct 13	BAL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.280	.333	.320	.653	5	.58	0.030	24.17	0.69%	1.38	CF
19	1970	WS g4	Oct 14	BAL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.300	.286	.586	2	.95	-0.078	21.02	-1.05%	-0.78	CF
20	1970	WS g5	Oct 15	BAL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	5	4	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.371	.344	.715	2	.56	0.136	26.81	3.70%	1.85	CF
1971 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	1971	ALCS g1	Oct 3	BAL		OAK	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	1.64	0.224	51.17	3.77%	1.13	CF
22	1971	ALCS g3	Oct 5	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	2	1.10	0.049	26.03	0.74%	0.33	CF
23	1971	WS g1	Oct 9	BAL		PIT	W,5-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	1						CF
24	1971	WS g2	Oct 11	BAL		PIT	W,11-3	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.01%	0.37	PR CF
25	1971	WS g4	Oct 13	BAL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.571	1.000	1	1.17	0.059	71.68	2.63%	0.88	CF
26	1971	WS g5	Oct 14	BAL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	2	.53	-0.051	43.76	-2.37%	-0.77	CF
1973 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	1973	ALCS g1	Oct 6	BAL		OAK	W,6-0	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	3	.34	0.007	10.63	0.12%	-0.06	CF
28	1973	ALCS g2	Oct 7	BAL		OAK	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	6	1.62	-0.191	54.03	-3.83%	-1.24	CF
29	1973	ALCS g3	Oct 9	BAL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	3	.93	0.009	38.65	0.14%	-0.21	CF
30	1973	ALCS g4	Oct 10	BAL	@	OAK	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	3	.72	-0.022	27.72	-0.55%	-0.24	CF
31	1973	ALCS g5	Oct 11	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.250	.167	.417	5	.81	-0.044	67.50	-1.74%	-0.41	CF
1974 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	1974	ALCS g1	Oct 5	BAL	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	2	.71	0.161	22.11	3.27%	1.46	CF
33	1974	ALCS g2	Oct 6	BAL	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.500	.857	1.357	2	.70	-0.049	20.01	-0.78%	-0.06	CF
34	1974	ALCS g3	Oct 8	BAL		OAK	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.333	.545	.879	2	.96	-0.005	39.76	-0.08%	-0.26	CF
35	1974	ALCS g4	Oct 9	BAL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.375	.500	.875	2	1.34	-0.044	60.24	-1.11%	-0.41	CF
1977 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	1977	ALCS g2	Oct 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					4						RF
37	1977	ALCS g4	Oct 8	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-4	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	4	.10	0.004	3.85	0.11%	0.13	RF
38	1977	ALCS g5	Oct 9	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	8	1.66	0.016	138.12	0.73%	-0.47	RF
39	1977	WS g1	Oct 11	NYY		LAD	W,4-3	9-GF(12)	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	4	3.23	0.108	168.57	3.12%	0.64	RF
40	1977	WS g3	Oct 14	NYY	@	LAD	W,5-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	4	.43	-0.012	26.98	-0.49%	-0.32	RF
41	1977	WS g4	Oct 15	NYY	@	LAD	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	4						RF
42	1977	WS g5	Oct 16	NYY	@	LAD	L,4-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.02	-0.001	.71	0.00%	-0.22	PH
1978 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	1978	ALCS g1	Oct 3	NYY	@	KCR	W,7-1	8-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.02	-0.001	.62	-0.01%	-0.59	PR CF
44	1978	ALCS g2	Oct 4	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.68	-0.015	19.44	-0.24%	-0.46	PH 2B
45	1978	ALCS g3	Oct 6	NYY		KCR	W,6-5	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	1.41	-0.105	58.52	-2.70%	-0.53	PH CF
46	1978	ALCS g4	Oct 7	NYY		KCR	W,2-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.49	-0.012	18.80	-0.25%	-0.22	CF
47	1978	WS g1	Oct 10	NYY	@	LAD	L,5-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	.02	-0.001	1.05	-0.01%	-0.14	CF
48	1978	WS g2	Oct 11	NYY	@	LAD	L,3-4	7-GF	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	2	3.21	0.228	170.29	6.68%	1.31	PH CF
49	1978	WS g3	Oct 13	NYY		LAD	W,5-1	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	1						PR CF
50	1978	WS g4	Oct 14	NYY		LAD	W,4-3	GS-10	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1.41	0.079	86.09	3.07%	0.25	CF
51	1978	WS g5	Oct 15	NYY		LAD	W,12-2	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.308	.593	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.57	PR CF
52	1978	WS g6	Oct 17	NYY	@	LAD	W,7-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.286	.552	1	.02	0.000	1.80	-0.02%	-0.21	CF
									161	146	21	38	6	0	3	15	12	1	31	1	2	0		1	1	5	.260	.321	.363	.684

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