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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	15 (14)	Apr 27	MIL	@	DET	W,9-6	GS	27	5.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
2	17 (1)	Apr 29	MIL	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
3	18	Apr 30	MIL	@	DET	W,6-1	GS	30	8.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	19	May 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
5	20	May 3	MIL	@	KCR	W,9-5	GS	22	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
6	21	May 5	MIL		MIN	L,5-9	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
7	22	May 6	MIL		MIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
8	23	May 7	MIL		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
9	24	May 8	MIL		DET	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
10	25	May 9	MIL		DET	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
11	26	May 11	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
12	27	May 12	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
13	29 (1)	May 15	MIL		CAL	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
14	30	May 16	MIL		CAL	W,13-5	GS	20	5.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
15	31	May 17	MIL		CAL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
16	32	May 18	MIL		OAK	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
17	33	May 19	MIL		OAK	L,1-9	GS	32	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
18	34	May 20	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
19	35	May 21	MIL		SEA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
20	36	May 22	MIL		SEA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
21	37	May 23	MIL	@	OAK	L,5-12	CG	43	8.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
22	38	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-13	GS	37	6.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
23	39	May 25	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	48	12.1	2	6	0	8	2	2B
24	40	May 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
25	42 (1)	May 28	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
26	43	May 29	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
27	44	May 30	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	45	Jun 1	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
29	46	Jun 2	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
30	47	Jun 3	MIL	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
31	48	Jun 4	MIL		BAL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
32	49	Jun 5	MIL		BAL	W,6-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
33	50	Jun 6	MIL		BAL	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
34	51	Jun 7	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
35	52	Jun 8	MIL		TOR	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	2B
36	53	Jun 9	MIL		TOR	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	10	0	12	1	2B
37	54	Jun 10	MIL		TOR	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	5	6	0	11	2	2B
38	55	Jun 11	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
39	56	Jun 12	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
40	57	Jun 13	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
41	58	Jun 14	MIL	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
42	59	Jun 15	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
43	60	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	41	8.2	5	2	0	7	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	99 (38)	Jul 30	MIL		TEX	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
45	100	Jul 31	MIL		TEX	L,3-11	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	101	Aug 1	MIL		TEX	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
47	103 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	MIL		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
48	104	Aug 3	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
49	105	Aug 4	MIL		CHW	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
50	106	Aug 5	MIL		CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
51	107	Aug 6	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
52	108	Aug 7	MIL	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
53	109	Aug 8	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
54	110	Aug 10 (1)	MIL	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
55	111	Aug 10 (2)	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-9	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
56	112	Aug 11	MIL	@	KCR	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
57	113	Aug 12	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
58	114	Aug 14	MIL	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	2B 1B
59	115	Aug 15	MIL	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
60	116	Aug 16	MIL	@	DET	W,8-4	GS	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
61	117	Aug 17	MIL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	118	Aug 18	MIL		KCR	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
63	119	Aug 19	MIL		KCR	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	8	1	1	10	1	1B
64	120	Aug 20	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
65	121	Aug 21	MIL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
66	122	Aug 22	MIL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
67	123	Aug 23	MIL	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
68	124	Aug 24	MIL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
69	125	Aug 25	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
70	126	Aug 26	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	45	10.2	3	1	0	4	1	2B
71	127	Aug 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
72	128	Aug 28	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
73	129	Aug 29	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
74	130	Aug 31	MIL		BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	131	Sep 1	MIL		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
76	132	Sep 2	MIL		BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
77	133	Sep 3 (1)	MIL		MIN	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
78	134	Sep 3 (2)	MIL		MIN	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
79	135	Sep 4	MIL		MIN	L,1-7	CG	51	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
80	136	Sep 5	MIL		MIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
81	137	Sep 7	MIL		DET	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
82	138	Sep 8	MIL		DET	W,5-2	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
83	139	Sep 9	MIL		DET	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
84	140	Sep 10 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
85	141	Sep 10 (2)	MIL	@	BOS	W,6-1	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
86	142	Sep 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
87	143	Sep 12	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
88	144	Sep 14	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
89	145	Sep 15	MIL	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
90	147 (1)	Sep 17	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
91	148	Sep 18	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
92	149	Sep 19	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
93	150	Sep 21	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	30	8.0	2	6	1	9	2	2B
94	151	Sep 22	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
95	152	Sep 23	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	41	9.2	5	3	0	8	1	2B
96	153	Sep 24	MIL		TOR	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
97	154	Sep 25	MIL		TOR	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
98	155	Sep 26	MIL		TOR	W,6-0	GS	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
							99gm		832.1	463	222	10	695	65