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.

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1980 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	MIL		BOS	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
2	2	Apr 12	MIL		BOS	W,18-1	GS	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
3	3	Apr 13	MIL		BOS	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
4	4	Apr 16	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 17	MIL	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	29	8.1	2	6	0	8	1	2B
6	6	Apr 18	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
7	7	Apr 19	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
8	8	Apr 20	MIL	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
9	9	Apr 21	MIL		CLE	W,7-5	CG	45	11.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
10	10	Apr 22	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	2B
11	11	Apr 23	MIL		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	6	6	0	12	2	2B
12	12	Apr 25	MIL		TOR	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	2B
13	13	Apr 26	MIL		TOR	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
14	14	Apr 27	MIL		TOR	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
15	15	Apr 29	MIL	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
17	17	May 3	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	2B
18	18	May 4	MIL	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
19	20 (1)	May 6	MIL		NYY	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
20	21	May 7	MIL		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
21	22	May 8	MIL		BAL	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
22	23	May 9	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
23	24	May 10	MIL		BAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	2B
24	25	May 11	MIL		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
25	26	May 13	MIL		CHW	L,5-6	CG	45	10.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
26	27	May 14	MIL		CHW	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
27	28	May 15	MIL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
28	29	May 16	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
29	30	May 17	MIL	@	MIN	W,14-11	GS	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B SS
30	31	May 18	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
31	32	May 19	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	48	11.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
32	33	May 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
33	34	May 21	MIL	@	SEA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
34	35	May 23	MIL		MIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	2B
35	36	May 24	MIL		MIN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
36	37	May 25	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
37	38	May 26	MIL		SEA	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
38	39	May 27	MIL		SEA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	5	2	12	0	2B
39	40	May 28	MIL		SEA	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
40	41	May 29	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
41	42	May 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
42	43	May 31	MIL	@	BOS	W,19-8	GS	30	7.0	4	6	0	10	4	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	44	Jun 1	MIL	@	BOS	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
44	46 (1)	Jun 3	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
45	47	Jun 4	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
46	48	Jun 6	MIL		DET	W,8-4	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	92 (43)	Jul 22 (1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
48	93	Jul 22 (2)	MIL	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
49	95 (1)	Jul 25	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
50	96	Jul 26	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
51	97	Jul 27	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	50	11.1	4	2	1	7	0	2B
52	98	Jul 29	MIL	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
53	99	Jul 30	MIL	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
54	100	Jul 31	MIL		NYY	L,6-7	CG	52	11.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	101	Aug 1	MIL		NYY	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
56	102	Aug 2	MIL		NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	2	6	0	SS
57	103	Aug 3	MIL		NYY	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
58	104	Aug 4	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
59	105	Aug 5	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	4	6	1	11	3	2B
60	106	Aug 6	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
61	107	Aug 7	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
62	108	Aug 8	MIL		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
63	109	Aug 9	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	8	0	11	2	2B
64	110	Aug 10 (1)	MIL		CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
65	112 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	MIL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
66	115 (2)	Aug 14	MIL		TOR	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
67	116	Aug 15	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
68	117	Aug 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
69	118	Aug 17 (1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
70	120 (1)	Aug 18	MIL		DET	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
71	121	Aug 19	MIL		DET	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
72	123 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
73	127 (3)	Aug 25	MIL		KCR	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	128	Aug 26	MIL		KCR	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
75	129	Aug 27	MIL		KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
76	133 (3)	Aug 31	MIL	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	134	Sep 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
78	136 (1)	Sep 4	MIL	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
79	137	Sep 5	MIL		TEX	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
80	138	Sep 6	MIL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
81	139	Sep 7	MIL		TEX	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	5	5	0	10	0	2B
82	140	Sep 9	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-15	CG	47	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
83	141	Sep 10	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	2	SS
84	142	Sep 12	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
85	143	Sep 13	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
86	144	Sep 14	MIL	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
87	145	Sep 17 (1)	MIL		MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
88	146	Sep 17 (2)	MIL		MIN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
89	147	Sep 18 (1)	MIL		MIN	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
90	148	Sep 18 (2)	MIL		MIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
91	149	Sep 19	MIL		SEA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
92	150	Sep 20	MIL		SEA	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
93	152 (1)	Sep 22	MIL		CAL	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
94	153	Sep 23	MIL		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
95	154	Sep 24	MIL		CAL	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
96	155	Sep 26	MIL	@	OAK	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
97	156	Sep 27	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
98	157	Sep 28	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	3	4	1	8	2	2B
99	158	Sep 29	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
100	159	Sep 30	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
101	160	Oct 1	MIL	@	CAL	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	2	8	1	11	0	2B
102	161	Oct 4	MIL		OAK	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
103	162	Oct 5	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	58	15.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
							104gm		906.1	260	336	20	616	90