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.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	MIL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B
2	3	Apr 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
3	5 (1)	Apr 12	MIL		BOS	L,10-12	CG	46	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
4	6	Apr 13	MIL		BAL	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
5	7	Apr 14	MIL		BAL	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	5	4	1	10	1	2B
6	8	Apr 15	MIL		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
7	9	Apr 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	4	3	0	7	1	2B
8	10	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
9	11	Apr 19	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
10	12	Apr 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
11	13	Apr 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
12	14	Apr 22 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
13	15	Apr 22 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS	19	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
14	16	Apr 26 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
15	19 (2)	Apr 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,11-8	CG	45	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
16	20	Apr 29 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	6	0	13	3	2B
17	21	Apr 29 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	24 (2)	May 2	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
19	25	May 3	MIL		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
20	26	May 4	MIL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
21	27	May 5	MIL		TOR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
22	28	May 6	MIL		TOR	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
23	29	May 8	MIL		CLE	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
24	30	May 9	MIL		CLE	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	2B
25	31	May 10	MIL		CLE	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
26	32	May 11	MIL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
27	33	May 12	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
28	34	May 13	MIL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
29	35	May 15	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
30	36	May 16	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	10.2	6	3	0	9	0	2B
31	37	May 17	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
32	38	May 18	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
33	39	May 19	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
34	40	May 20 (1)	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	3	6	0	9	0	2B
35	41	May 20 (2)	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
36	42	May 22	MIL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
37	43	May 23	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
38	44	May 24	MIL		CAL	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
39	45	May 25	MIL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
40	47 (1)	May 27	MIL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
41	48	May 28	MIL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	10.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
42	49	May 29	MIL		NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	1	6	1	2B
43	50	May 30	MIL		NYY	L,2-5	CG	47	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
44	51	May 31	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	6	2	8	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	52	Jun 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
46	53	Jun 2	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
47	54	Jun 3	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
48	55	Jun 4	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
49	56	Jun 5	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
50	57	Jun 6	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
51	58	Jun 7	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	2B
52	59	Jun 9	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	2B
53	60	Jun 10	MIL		CHW	L,3-13	CG	53	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
54	61	Jun 12	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	2	7	0	9	2	2B
55	62	Jun 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
56	63	Jun 14	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
57	64	Jun 15	MIL		KCR	L,11-14	CG	48	9.0	5	4	1	10	0	2B
58	65	Jun 16	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
59	66	Jun 17	MIL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	5	2	7	0	2B
60	67	Jun 19	MIL		MIN	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
61	69 (1)	Jun 21	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
62	70	Jun 22	MIL	@	SEA	W,15-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
63	71	Jun 23	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	0	2B
64	72	Jun 24	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-4	CG	52	12.0	4	9	0	13	1	2B
65	73	Jun 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	1	2B
66	74	Jun 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
67	75	Jun 28	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
68	76	Jun 29	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
69	77	Jun 30	MIL		SEA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	78	Jul 1	MIL		SEA	W,10-3	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	2B
71	79	Jul 3	MIL	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
72	80	Jul 4	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
73	81	Jul 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
74	83 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	MIL		DET	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B SS
75	84	Jul 7	MIL		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
76	85	Jul 8 (1)	MIL		DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
77	86	Jul 8 (2)	MIL		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
78	87	Jul 9	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
79	88	Jul 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	36	10.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
80	89	Jul 12	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	2B
81	90	Jul 13	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	65	17.0	4	11	0	15	1	2B
82	91	Jul 14	MIL		CLE	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
83	93 (1)	Jul 19	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG	48	11.0	5	4	0	9	0	2B
84	94	Jul 20	MIL		TOR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
85	95	Jul 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
86	97 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
87	98	Jul 23	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
88	99	Jul 24	MIL	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
89	101 (1)	Jul 26	MIL	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
90	102	Jul 27	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	9	0	12	3	2B
91	103	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
92	104	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
93	105	Jul 30	MIL		BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
94	106	Jul 31	MIL		BAL	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	107	Aug 1	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
96	109 (1)	Aug 3	MIL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
97	110	Aug 4	MIL		BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
98	112 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	MIL		BOS	L,5-19	CG	59	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
99	113	Aug 7	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
100	114	Aug 8	MIL	@	BAL	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	2B
101	126 (11)	Aug 21 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
102	127	Aug 21 (2)	MIL		CHW	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
103	128	Aug 22	MIL		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
104	129	Aug 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
105	130	Aug 25	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
106	131	Aug 26	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
107	132	Aug 27	MIL	@	KCR	L,9-10	CG	50	9.1	2	6	0	8	0	2B
108	133	Aug 28	MIL	@	KCR	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
109	135 (1)	Aug 30	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	46	12.0	8	5	0	13	4	2B
110	136	Aug 31	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	137	Sep 1	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	22	4.2	2	3	0	5	1	2B
112	138	Sep 2	MIL	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
113	139	Sep 3	MIL	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
114	140	Sep 5	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
115	141	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
116	143 (1)	Sep 9	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	2B
117	144	Sep 11	MIL		OAK	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
118	145	Sep 12	MIL		OAK	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
119	146	Sep 13	MIL		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	5	7	0	12	2	2B
120	147	Sep 14	MIL		CAL	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
121	148	Sep 15	MIL		CAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
122	150 (1)	Sep 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
123	151	Sep 18	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
124	152	Sep 19	MIL	@	SEA	W,12-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
125	153	Sep 21	MIL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
126	155 (1)	Sep 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-7	CG	49	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
127	156	Sep 25	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	2B
128	157	Sep 26	MIL		SEA	L,1-8	CG	37	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	2B
129	158	Sep 27	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	CG	44	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
130	159	Sep 28	MIL	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
131	160	Sep 29	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
							132gm		1164.2	309	440	16	765	84