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.

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 6	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 7	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
4	4	Apr 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	MIL	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	2	3B
6	6	Apr 12	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 15	MIL		KCR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
10	10	Apr 17	MIL		KCR	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,14-0	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 20	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	0	4	0	4	1	3B
13	13	Apr 22	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
14	14	Apr 23	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
15	15	Apr 24	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 26	MIL		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
17	17	Apr 27	MIL		CHW	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
18	18	Apr 29	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
19	19	Apr 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	42	8.2	0	6	0	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
21	21	May 2	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
22	22	May 3	MIL	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
23	23	May 4	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
24	24	May 6	MIL		TEX	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
25	25	May 8	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
26	26	May 10	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
27	27	May 11	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
28	28	May 12	MIL		BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
29	29	May 14	MIL		BOS	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
30	30	May 15	MIL		BOS	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
31	31	May 16	MIL		TOR	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
32	37 (5)	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
33	42 (4)	May 29	MIL		SEA	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
34	43	May 30	MIL		SEA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	44	May 31	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	45	Jun 1	MIL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	46	Jun 2	MIL		OAK	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
38	47	Jun 3	MIL		CAL	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
39	48	Jun 4	MIL		CAL	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	49	Jun 5	MIL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	50	Jun 6	MIL		CAL	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
42	51	Jun 7	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
43	52	Jun 8	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
44	53	Jun 9	MIL	@	BAL	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	54	Jun 10	MIL		NYY	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	55	Jun 11	MIL		NYY	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
47	56	Jun 12	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	49	12.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
48	57	Jun 13	MIL		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
49	58	Jun 15	MIL		BAL	L,8-11	CG	50	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
50	59	Jun 16	MIL		BAL	W,2-1	CG	47	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	60	Jun 17	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
52	61	Jun 18	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	6	0	7	1	3B
53	63 (1)	Jun 20	MIL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
54	64	Jun 21	MIL	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
55	65	Jun 22	MIL	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
56	66	Jun 24	MIL		CLE	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
57	67	Jun 25	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
58	68	Jun 26	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
59	69	Jun 28	MIL		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
60	70	Jun 29	MIL		DET	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	71	Jun 30	MIL		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	72	Jul 1	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
63	73	Jul 2	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	74	Jul 3	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
65	75	Jul 4	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
66	76	Jul 8	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
67	77	Jul 9	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
68	78	Jul 10	MIL	@	CHW	W,12-9	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
69	79	Jul 11	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	62	14.2	0	0	1	1	0	3B
70	80	Jul 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
71	81	Jul 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
72	82	Jul 14	MIL		MIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	83	Jul 15	MIL		MIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	84	Jul 16	MIL		MIN	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
75	85	Jul 17	MIL		MIN	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
76	86	Jul 18 (1)	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
77	87	Jul 18 (2)	MIL		TEX	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	88	Jul 19	MIL		TEX	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
79	89	Jul 20	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
80	90	Jul 21	MIL		CHW	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	91	Jul 22	MIL		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
82	92	Jul 23	MIL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
83	93	Jul 24	MIL		CHW	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
84	94	Jul 25	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-17	CG	46	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
85	95	Jul 26	MIL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	96	Jul 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,13-9	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	97	Jul 29	MIL	@	BOS	W,11-5	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
88	98	Jul 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
89	99	Jul 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	100	Aug 1	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
91	101	Aug 2 (1)	MIL		KCR	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	102	Aug 2 (2)	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	9	1	12	0	3B
93	103	Aug 3	MIL		KCR	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
94	104	Aug 4	MIL		KCR	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
95	105	Aug 5	MIL		TOR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
96	106	Aug 6	MIL		TOR	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
97	107	Aug 7	MIL		TOR	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
98	108	Aug 8 (1)	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
99	109	Aug 8 (2)	MIL	@	KCR	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
100	110	Aug 9	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
101	111	Aug 10	MIL	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
102	112	Aug 11	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
103	113	Aug 12	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
104	114	Aug 13	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	2	3B
105	115	Aug 14	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
106	116	Aug 15	MIL		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	117	Aug 16	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
108	118	Aug 17 (1)	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	6	0	8	2	3B
109	119	Aug 17 (2)	MIL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
110	120	Aug 19	MIL		OAK	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
111	121	Aug 20	MIL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
112	124 (2)	Aug 23	MIL		SEA	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
113	125	Aug 24	MIL		CAL	W,1-0	CG	54	14.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	126	Aug 25	MIL		CAL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
115	127	Aug 26	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
116	128	Aug 27	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
117	129	Aug 28	MIL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
118	130	Aug 29	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	27	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
119	131	Aug 30	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
120	132	Aug 31	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	133	Sep 2	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
122	134	Sep 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
123	135	Sep 4	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
124	136	Sep 5	MIL		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
125	137	Sep 6	MIL		NYY	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
126	138	Sep 7	MIL		NYY	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	2	2	0	3B
127	139	Sep 8	MIL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
128	140	Sep 9 (1)	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
129	141	Sep 9 (2)	MIL		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
130	142	Sep 10	MIL		DET	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
131	144 (1)	Sep 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	145	Sep 13	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
133	146	Sep 14	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
134	147	Sep 16	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	148	Sep 17	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
136	149	Sep 18	MIL	@	BAL	L,9-10	CG	45	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
137	150	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	52	10.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B
138	151	Sep 20	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
139	152	Sep 21	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
140	154 (1)	Sep 23	MIL		BAL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
141	155	Sep 24	MIL		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
142	156	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
143	157	Sep 27	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	1	3B
144	158	Sep 28	MIL		CLE	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
145	159	Sep 29	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
146	160	Sep 30	MIL	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							146gm		1297.1	105	343	16	464	37