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.

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIL	@	TOR	W,15-4	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	3B
2	2	Apr 10	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
3	3	Apr 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,9-8	GS	49	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B SS
5	5	Apr 14	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
6	6	Apr 15	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
7	7	Apr 16	MIL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	42	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	8	Apr 17	MIL		TEX	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
9	9	Apr 18	MIL		TEX	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	SS
10	10	Apr 21	MIL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
11	11	Apr 22	MIL		TOR	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
12	12	Apr 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
14	15 (1)	Apr 27	MIL		CHW	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
15	16	Apr 28	MIL		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
16	17	Apr 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	18	May 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	3B
18	19	May 2	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
19	20	May 3	MIL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	21	May 4	MIL		KCR	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
21	23 (1)	May 6	MIL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
22	24	May 7	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	25	May 8	MIL		MIN	W,12-1	GS	27	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
24	26	May 9	MIL		MIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
25	27	May 10	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	GF	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	DH 3B
26	28	May 11	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-17	CG	48	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	29	May 12	MIL	@	KCR	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
28	30	May 13	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-13	CG	46	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
29	31	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
30	33 (1)	May 16	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
31	34	May 18	MIL		CAL	L,1-4	GS	16	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
32	40 (5)	May 25	MIL		OAK	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
33	41	May 26	MIL		OAK	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	42	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
35	43	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	44	May 29	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	0	4	0	4	1	3B
37	45	May 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	46	May 31	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	46	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	47	Jun 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	48	Jun 2	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	3B
41	49	Jun 4	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
42	50	Jun 5	MIL	@	OAK	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	51	Jun 6	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	52	Jun 7	MIL		BAL	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	5	2	7	0	3B
45	53	Jun 8	MIL		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	54	Jun 9	MIL		BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
47	55	Jun 10	MIL		BAL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
48	56	Jun 11	MIL		DET	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
49	57	Jun 12	MIL		DET	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
50	58	Jun 13	MIL		DET	W,13-5	GS	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	59	Jun 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
52	60	Jun 15	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
53	61	Jun 16	MIL	@	BAL	T,2-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	62	Jun 17	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
55	63	Jun 18	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
56	64	Jun 19	MIL	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
57	65	Jun 20	MIL	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
58	66	Jun 21	MIL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
59	67	Jun 22	MIL		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
60	68	Jun 23	MIL		NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
61	69	Jun 25	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	70	Jun 26	MIL	@	BOS	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	71	Jun 27	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
64	72	Jun 28	MIL	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	73	Jun 29	MIL	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
66	74	Jun 30	MIL	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	54	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	75	Jul 1	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
68	76	Jul 2	MIL		BOS	W,14-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
69	77	Jul 3	MIL		BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
70	78	Jul 4	MIL		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
71	79	Jul 5	MIL	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	80	Jul 7	MIL		MIN	L,8-11	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
73	81	Jul 8	MIL		MIN	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
74	82	Jul 9	MIL		KCR	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
75	83	Jul 10	MIL		KCR	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
76	84	Jul 11	MIL		KCR	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
77	85	Jul 15 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
78	86	Jul 15 (2)	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
79	87	Jul 16	MIL		CHW	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
80	88	Jul 17	MIL		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	89	Jul 18	MIL		CHW	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
82	90	Jul 19	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	0	2	2	4	1	3B
83	91	Jul 20	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
84	92	Jul 21	MIL	@	MIN	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
85	93	Jul 23	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
86	94	Jul 24	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
87	95	Jul 25	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
88	96	Jul 26	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
89	97	Jul 27	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
90	99 (1)	Jul 29	MIL		CLE	L,1-5	CG	53	12.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
91	100	Jul 30	MIL		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
92	101	Jul 31	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	102	Aug 1 (1)	MIL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
94	103	Aug 1 (2)	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	104	Aug 2	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
96	105	Aug 3	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
97	106	Aug 4	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
98	107	Aug 6	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	44	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
99	108	Aug 7	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	44	10.2	2	3	0	5	1	3B
100	109	Aug 8	MIL	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
101	110	Aug 9	MIL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
102	111	Aug 10	MIL		TEX	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
103	112	Aug 11	MIL		TEX	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
104	113	Aug 12 (1)	MIL		TOR	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
105	114	Aug 12 (2)	MIL		TOR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
106	115	Aug 13	MIL		TOR	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
107	116	Aug 14	MIL		TOR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
108	117	Aug 15	MIL		TOR	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
109	118	Aug 17	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	119	Aug 18	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	39	10.1	2	3	1	6	0	3B
111	120	Aug 19	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
112	121	Aug 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
113	122	Aug 21	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
114	123	Aug 22	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
115	124	Aug 23	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
116	125	Aug 24	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
117	126	Aug 26	MIL		OAK	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
118	127	Aug 27	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
119	128	Aug 28	MIL		OAK	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
120	129	Aug 29	MIL		OAK	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
121	130	Aug 30	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
122	131	Aug 31	MIL		SEA	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	132	Sep 1	MIL		SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
124	133	Sep 2 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
125	134	Sep 2 (2)	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
126	135	Sep 3	MIL		CAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
127	136	Sep 4	MIL		CAL	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	137	Sep 5	MIL		CAL	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
129	138	Sep 6	MIL		DET	L,5-6	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
130	139	Sep 7	MIL		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
131	140	Sep 8	MIL		DET	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	141	Sep 9	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
133	142	Sep 10	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
134	143	Sep 11	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-14	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	144	Sep 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	43	8.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
136	145	Sep 13	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
137	146	Sep 14	MIL	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
138	147	Sep 15	MIL	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
139	148	Sep 17	MIL		NYY	W,14-0	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
140	149	Sep 18	MIL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
141	150	Sep 19	MIL		NYY	W,14-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
142	151	Sep 20	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
143	152	Sep 21	MIL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
144	153	Sep 22	MIL		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
145	154	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,15-6	GS	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
146	155	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
147	156	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	4	6	0	10	1	3B
148	157	Sep 28	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
149	158	Sep 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
150	159	Sep 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	44	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
151	160	Oct 1 (1)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
152	161	Oct 1 (2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
153	162	Oct 2	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-11	CG	47	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
154	163	Oct 3	MIL	@	BAL	W,10-2	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
							154gm		1365.1	134	350	32	516	48