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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	MIL		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
2	2	Apr 11	MIL		CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 13	MIL	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
5	5	Apr 14	MIL	@	TEX	W,8-1	GS	18	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 16	MIL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	MIL	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
8	8	Apr 19	MIL		TEX	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 20	MIL		TEX	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
10	10	Apr 21	MIL		TEX	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
11	11	Apr 22	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
12	13 (1)	Apr 24	MIL	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
13	14	Apr 25	MIL		DET	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
14	15	Apr 26	MIL		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
15	16	Apr 27	MIL		DET	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	0	3B
16	17	Apr 28	MIL		DET	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	18	Apr 29	MIL	@	SEA	L,7-9	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
18	19	Apr 30	MIL	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	20	May 1	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	21	May 2	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	22	May 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
22	23	May 4	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
23	24	May 5	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	3B
24	25	May 7	MIL		SEA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
25	28 (2)	May 11	MIL		CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
26	29	May 12	MIL		CAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
27	30	May 14	MIL		OAK	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
28	31	May 15	MIL		OAK	L,3-19	CG	55	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
29	32	May 17	MIL		KCR	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
30	33	May 18	MIL		KCR	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	34	May 19	MIL		KCR	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
32	35	May 21	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	36	May 22	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
34	37	May 24	MIL		MIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	38	May 25	MIL		MIN	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
36	39	May 26	MIL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
37	40	May 27	MIL		CLE	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
38	41	May 28	MIL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
39	42	May 29	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
40	43	May 31	MIL	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44	Jun 1	MIL	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	45	Jun 2	MIL	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
43	46	Jun 4	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	48 (1)	Jun 6	MIL		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	49	Jun 7	MIL		NYY	W,10-9	CG	47	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
46	50	Jun 8	MIL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	52	13.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
47	51	Jun 9	MIL		NYY	W,9-4	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	52	Jun 10	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	53	Jun 11	MIL	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
50	54	Jun 12	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
51	55	Jun 13	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
52	56	Jun 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	1	6	1	3B
53	57	Jun 15	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
54	58	Jun 16	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	60 (1)	Jun 18	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
56	61	Jun 19	MIL		TOR	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	62	Jun 21	MIL		BAL	W,13-10	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
58	63	Jun 22	MIL		BAL	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
59	64	Jun 23	MIL		BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
60	65	Jun 25	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
61	66	Jun 26	MIL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
62	67	Jun 27	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
63	68	Jun 28	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
64	69	Jun 29	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	70	Jun 30	MIL	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	71	Jul 1	MIL		BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
67	72	Jul 2	MIL		BOS	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
68	74 (1)	Jul 4	MIL	@	SEA	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
69	75	Jul 5	MIL	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	53	10.1	0	5	1	6	0	3B
70	76	Jul 6	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
71	77	Jul 7	MIL	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
72	78	Jul 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
73	79	Jul 9	MIL	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
74	80	Jul 10	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
75	81	Jul 11	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
76	82	Jul 12	MIL	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
77	83	Jul 13	MIL	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
78	84	Jul 14	MIL	@	OAK	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
79	85	Jul 18	MIL		SEA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
80	86	Jul 19	MIL		SEA	W,9-7	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
81	87	Jul 20	MIL		SEA	L,10-13	CG	50	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
82	88	Jul 21	MIL		SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	89	Jul 22	MIL		CAL	W,16-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
84	90	Jul 23	MIL		CAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
85	92 (1)	Jul 25	MIL		OAK	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
86	93	Jul 26	MIL		OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	94	Jul 27	MIL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
88	95	Jul 28	MIL		OAK	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
89	96	Jul 29	MIL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
90	97	Jul 30	MIL		TEX	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
91	98	Jul 31	MIL		TEX	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	99	Aug 2	MIL	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
93	100	Aug 3	MIL	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
94	101	Aug 4 (1)	MIL	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
95	102	Aug 4 (2)	MIL	@	DET	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	103	Aug 8 (1)	MIL	@	TEX	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	104	Aug 8 (2)	MIL	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
98	105	Aug 9	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
99	106	Aug 10	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	42	11.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
100	107	Aug 11	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
101	108	Aug 12	MIL		DET	W,4-3	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
102	126 (17)	Aug 31	MIL		CLE	W,10-8	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	128 (1)	Sep 2	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
104	129	Sep 3	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
105	130	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
106	131	Sep 5	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
107	132	Sep 6 (1)	MIL	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	44	10.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
108	133	Sep 6 (2)	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
109	134	Sep 7	MIL	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
110	135	Sep 8	MIL	@	KCR	L,11-13	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
111	136	Sep 9	MIL		NYY	L,4-9	CG	49	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
112	137	Sep 10	MIL		NYY	L,10-13	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
113	138	Sep 11	MIL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
114	139	Sep 13	MIL		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
115	140	Sep 14	MIL		BOS	L,8-10	CG	48	11.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
116	141	Sep 15	MIL		BOS	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
117	142	Sep 16	MIL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
118	143	Sep 17	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
119	144	Sep 18	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
120	145	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
121	146	Sep 20	MIL	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
122	147	Sep 21	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	54	13.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
123	148	Sep 22	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
124	149	Sep 23	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
125	151 (1)	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
126	152	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
127	153	Sep 27	MIL		TOR	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
128	154	Sep 28	MIL		TOR	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	3B
129	155	Sep 29	MIL		TOR	L,5-13	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
130	156	Oct 1	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
131	157	Oct 2	MIL	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
132	158	Oct 3	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
133	159	Oct 4	MIL	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	56	12.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
134	160	Oct 5	MIL	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
135	161	Oct 6	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							135gm		1168.0	126	263	19	408	30