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+

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

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
2	7 (1)	Apr 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
3	10 (2)	Apr 19	NYY		TOR	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
4	17 (6)	Apr 26	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-6	GF	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	18	Apr 27	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	19	Apr 29	NYY		SEA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	20	Apr 30	NYY		SEA	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	21	May 1	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
9	22	May 3	NYY		CAL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
10	23	May 5	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	25 (1)	May 7	NYY		OAK	W,11-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
12	31 (5)	May 15	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-8	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
13	32	May 16	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-8	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	36 (3)	May 21	NYY		BAL	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
15	38 (1)	May 22 (2)	NYY		BAL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	39	May 23	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
17	43 (3)	May 27	NYY		CHW	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	45 (1)	May 29	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
19	46	May 30	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	48 (1)	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	49	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-3	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
22	52 (2)	Jun 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-6	GF	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
23	53	Jun 6	NYY	@	TEX	W,9-2	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
24	55 (1)	Jun 8	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
25	56	Jun 9	NYY	@	MIL	W,10-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
26	57	Jun 10	NYY		MIN	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF LF
27	58	Jun 11	NYY		MIN	W,6-5	GF	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
28	60 (1)	Jun 13	NYY		KCR	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
29	61	Jun 14	NYY		KCR	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	62	Jun 16	NYY		KCR	W,7-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	64 (1)	Jun 18	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-10	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	RF
32	68 (3)	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,12-11	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
33	69	Jun 24	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	71 (1)	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	74 (2)	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-1	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	77 (2)	Jul 2	NYY		DET	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
37	79 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	NYY		DET	L,6-10	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
38	82 (2)	Jul 7	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
39	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
40	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
41	85	Jul 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
42	86	Jul 11	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	93 (6)	Jul 21 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,7-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	94	Jul 21 (2)	NYY		MIL	L,4-5	GS	43	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF RF
45	95	Jul 22	NYY		MIL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	96	Jul 23	NYY		MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	97	Jul 24	NYY		KCR	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	100 (2)	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	W,14-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	101	Jul 29	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-0	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	102	Jul 30	NYY	@	OAK	W,9-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	109 (6)	Aug 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
52	110	Aug 10	NYY		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
53	111	Aug 11	NYY		OAK	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	112	Aug 12 (1)	NYY		CAL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	113	Aug 12 (2)	NYY		CAL	W,9-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
56	118 (4)	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
57	120 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-1	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	TEX	W,6-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	TEX	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-5	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
61	130 (6)	Aug 29	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
62	131	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,6-5	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
63	132	Aug 31	NYY		SEA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	134 (1)	Sep 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-4	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
65	138 (3)	Sep 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
66	140 (1)	Sep 8	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
67	141	Sep 9	NYY		TOR	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	142	Sep 10	NYY		TOR	L,3-19	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	145 (2)	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	147 (1)	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	L,3-7	GF	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
71	148	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
72	149	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
73	150	Sep 18	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
74	151	Sep 19	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
75	153 (1)	Sep 23	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
76	154	Sep 25 (1)	NYY	@	TOR	W,15-0	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	155	Sep 25 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	156	Sep 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	157	Sep 27	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
80	158	Sep 28	NYY		CLE	W,10-0	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							82gm		434.1	126	1	4	131	0