Paul Molitor

Positions: Designated Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: August 22, 1956 in St. Paul, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 28th round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Cretin HS (St. Paul, MN) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).

High School: Cretin HS (St. Paul, MN)

School: University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: April 7, 1978 (Age 21-228d, 13,999th in major league history)
vs. BAL 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1998 (Age 42-036d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2004. (Voted by BBWAA on 431/506 ballots)
View Paul Molitor's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Ron Simon

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Paul Leo Molitor

Nicknames: The Ignitor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

75.6

10835

3319

234

.306

1782

RBI

1307

504

OBP

.369

SLG

.448

OPS

.817

OPS+

122

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

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIL		BAL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
2	2	Apr 8	MIL		BAL	W,16-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
3	3	Apr 9	MIL		BAL	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	4	6	1	11	1	SS
4	4	Apr 11	MIL		NYY	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	SS
5	6 (1)	Apr 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
6	7	Apr 15	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-7	GS	32	6.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
7	8	Apr 16 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
8	11 (2)	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	1	SS
9	12	Apr 20	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	SS
10	13	Apr 21	MIL	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
11	14	Apr 22	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	57	11.2	4	2	0	6	0	SS
12	15	Apr 23	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	SS
13	16	Apr 25	MIL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	SS
14	17	Apr 26	MIL		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	21 (3)	May 2	MIL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
16	22	May 3	MIL		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
17	23	May 5	MIL		KCR	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
18	24	May 6	MIL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	4	1	11	1	SS
19	25	May 7	MIL		KCR	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
20	26	May 9	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
21	27	May 10	MIL		TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
22	28	May 12	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
23	29	May 13	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
24	30	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
25	31	May 15	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
26	32	May 16	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
27	33	May 17	MIL		DET	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
28	34	May 18	MIL		DET	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
29	36 (1)	May 20	MIL		CAL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
30	37	May 21	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
31	38	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
32	39	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
33	40	May 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
34	42 (1)	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
35	43	May 29	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
36	45 (1)	May 31	MIL	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	46	Jun 1	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
38	47	Jun 2	MIL		CLE	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
39	48	Jun 3	MIL		CLE	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
40	50 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
41	51	Jun 6	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
42	53 (1)	Jun 9	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	4	5	1	10	1	SS
43	54	Jun 10	MIL		TOR	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
44	55	Jun 11 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
45	56	Jun 11 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
46	57	Jun 12	MIL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
47	58	Jun 13	MIL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
48	59	Jun 14 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
49	60	Jun 14 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-0	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
50	61	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	42	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	2B
51	62	Jun 17	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	2	8	0	10	1	2B
52	63	Jun 18 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
53	64	Jun 18 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
54	65	Jun 20	MIL		BAL	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
55	66	Jun 21	MIL		BAL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
56	67	Jun 22	MIL		BAL	L,3-10	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
57	68	Jun 23	MIL		SEA	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
58	71 (2)	Jun 26	MIL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	2B
59	72	Jun 27	MIL		MIN	W,13-6	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
60	73	Jun 28 (1)	MIL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
61	74	Jun 28 (2)	MIL		NYY	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
62	75	Jun 30	MIL	@	SEA	W,13-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	76	Jul 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
64	77	Jul 2	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	18	4.1	1	2	0	3	0	PH 2B
65	78	Jul 3	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
66	79	Jul 4	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
67	80	Jul 5	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
68	81	Jul 7	MIL		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
69	82	Jul 8	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
70	83	Jul 9	MIL		NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
71	84	Jul 13	MIL		KCR	W,13-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
72	85	Jul 14	MIL		KCR	L,2-9	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
73	86	Jul 15	MIL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
74	87	Jul 16	MIL		CHW	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
75	89 (1)	Jul 18	MIL		CHW	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	4	2B
76	90	Jul 19	MIL		BOS	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
77	91	Jul 20	MIL		BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
78	92	Jul 21	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	2B
79	93	Jul 22	MIL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
80	95 (1)	Jul 24	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
81	96	Jul 25	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
82	97	Jul 26	MIL		CAL	L,9-11	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
83	99 (1)	Jul 28	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	46	10.1	5	4	1	10	0	2B
84	100	Jul 29	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
85	101	Jul 30	MIL	@	TOR	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
86	102	Jul 31 susp	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	104 (1)	Aug 3	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	0	1	1	2	0	SS
88	105	Aug 4	MIL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
89	108 (2)	Aug 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
90	109	Aug 9	MIL	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	43	8.1	2	5	1	8	1	2B
91	110	Aug 10	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
92	111	Aug 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	3	2	2	7	0	2B
93	115 (3)	Aug 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
94	116	Aug 15	MIL		TOR	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	1	9	2	2B
95	118 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	2B
96	119	Aug 17	MIL		TOR	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
97	122 (2)	Aug 20	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
98	123	Aug 22 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	1	9	0	2B
99	125 (1)	Aug 23	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	9	0	9	1	SS
100	126	Aug 24	MIL		CLE	L,8-9	CG	53	11.0	3	2	1	6	0	2B
101	128 (1)	Aug 26	MIL	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
102	129	Aug 27	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
103	130	Aug 28	MIL	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
104	132 (1)	Aug 31 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	SS
105	133	Aug 31 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	134	Sep 1	MIL		TEX	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
107	136 (1)	Sep 3	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
108	138 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	MIL		SEA	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
109	139	Sep 6	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
110	141 (1)	Sep 8	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
111	142	Sep 9	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
112	143	Sep 10	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
113	146 (2)	Sep 13	MIL		BAL	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
114	148 (1)	Sep 15	MIL		MIN	L,3-10	GF	16	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
115	152 (3)	Sep 19	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
116	153	Sep 20	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
117	154	Sep 21	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-8	GS	27	5.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
118	155	Sep 22	MIL		OAK	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
119	157 (1)	Sep 24	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
120	158	Sep 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	2	1	0	3	0	2B
121	159	Sep 27	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
122	161 (1)	Sep 30	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
123	162	Oct 1	MIL	@	OAK	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
							123gm		1062.1	253	401	22	676	74