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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	16 (15)	Apr 23	MIL		DET	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	17	Apr 24	MIL		MIN	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
3	18	Apr 25	MIL		MIN	W,10-4	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	19	Apr 26	MIL		MIN	W,12-0	GS	28	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
5	20	Apr 28	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
6	21	Apr 29	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	1	4	0	5	0	3B
7	22	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	23	May 1	MIL	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
9	24	May 2	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
10	25	May 3	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
11	26	May 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	28 (1)	May 6	MIL		KCR	W,1-0	CG	36	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
13	29	May 7	MIL		KCR	W,8-2	GS	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
14	30	May 9	MIL		CHW	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
15	31	May 10	MIL		CHW	L,2-12	GS	37	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
16	35 (3)	May 15	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	36	May 16	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
18	37	May 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-6	GS	35	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
19	39 (1)	May 19	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	40	May 20	MIL	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
21	41	May 21	MIL	@	CAL	L,9-12	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
22	42	May 23	MIL		OAK	W,9-1	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	43	May 24	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	44	May 25	MIL		OAK	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
25	45	May 26	MIL		SEA	L,2-7	CG	47	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
26	49 (3)	May 30	MIL		CAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	50	May 31	MIL		CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	51	Jun 1	MIL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
29	52	Jun 2	MIL		NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
30	53	Jun 3	MIL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
31	55 (1)	Jun 5	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
32	56	Jun 6	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
33	57	Jun 7	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
34	58	Jun 8	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
35	59	Jun 9	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
36	60	Jun 10	MIL	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
37	61	Jun 11	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
38	62	Jun 13	MIL		TOR	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
39	63	Jun 14	MIL		TOR	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
40	64	Jun 15	MIL		TOR	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
41	65	Jun 16	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
42	66	Jun 17	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
43	67	Jun 18	MIL	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
44	68	Jun 19	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
45	69	Jun 20	MIL		KCR	L,2-8	CG	53	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
46	70	Jun 21	MIL		KCR	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
47	71	Jun 22	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	72	Jun 23 (1)	MIL		CHW	W,17-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
49	73	Jun 23 (2)	MIL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
50	74	Jun 24	MIL		CHW	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
51	76 (1)	Jun 27	MIL		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
52	77	Jun 28	MIL		BOS	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	78	Jun 29	MIL		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
54	79	Jun 30	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	80	Jul 1	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	81	Jul 2	MIL	@	NYY	W,10-2	GS	27	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
57	82	Jul 3	MIL	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
58	83	Jul 4	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
59	84	Jul 6	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
60	85	Jul 7	MIL		BAL	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
61	86	Jul 8	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
62	87	Jul 9	MIL		BAL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	88	Jul 13	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	2	1	4	0	3B
64	89	Jul 14	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	90	Jul 15	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	91	Jul 16	MIL	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	92	Jul 17	MIL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
68	93	Jul 18	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
69	94	Jul 19	MIL	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
70	95	Jul 21	MIL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
71	96	Jul 22	MIL		MIN	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	97	Jul 23	MIL		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
73	98	Jul 24	MIL		DET	W,10-0	GS	21	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
74	99	Jul 25	MIL		DET	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
75	100	Jul 26	MIL		DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
76	102 (1)	Jul 28	MIL	@	TEX	W,15-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
77	103	Jul 29	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
78	104	Jul 30	MIL	@	TEX	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
79	105	Jul 31	MIL		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	106	Aug 1	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
81	107	Aug 2	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
82	108	Aug 4	MIL		CAL	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
83	109	Aug 5	MIL		CAL	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
84	110	Aug 6	MIL		CAL	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
85	111	Aug 7 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
86	112	Aug 7 (2)	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	115 (2)	Aug 10	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
88	116	Aug 11 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
89	118 (1)	Aug 12	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
90	119	Aug 13	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
91	120	Aug 14	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
92	121	Aug 15	MIL		NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
93	122	Aug 16	MIL		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
94	123	Aug 17	MIL		BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
95	124	Aug 18	MIL		BOS	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	125	Aug 19	MIL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	59	14.0	1	5	1	7	2	3B
97	126	Aug 20	MIL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
98	127	Aug 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
99	130 (2)	Aug 25	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
100	134 (3)	Aug 29	MIL		SEA	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
101	135	Aug 30	MIL		SEA	L,3-7	GS	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B 2B
102	136	Aug 31	MIL		SEA	W,6-1	GS	24	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	137	Sep 1	MIL		OAK	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
104	138	Sep 2	MIL		OAK	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	140 (1)	Sep 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	141	Sep 6	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-4	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	142	Sep 7	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	143	Sep 8	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
109	144	Sep 9	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
110	145	Sep 10	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-1	GS	28	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
111	146	Sep 12	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
112	147	Sep 13	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
113	148	Sep 15	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
114	149	Sep 16	MIL		TEX	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	2B
115	150	Sep 17	MIL		TEX	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
116	151	Sep 21 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	W,14-1	GS	21	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
117	152	Sep 21 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
118	153	Sep 22	MIL		TOR	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
119	154	Sep 23	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
120	155	Sep 24	MIL		TOR	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
121	156	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
122	157	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	W,7-3	GS	25	7.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
123	158	Sep 27	MIL		BAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
124	159	Sep 28	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	43	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
125	160	Sep 29	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
126	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
127	162	Oct 1	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
							128gm		1091.1	106	287	18	411	27