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.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 10	MIL	@	CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
4	4	Apr 11	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
5	5	Apr 12	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	6	Apr 13	MIL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 14	MIL		TEX	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	8	Apr 17	MIL		TEX	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 18	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
10	10	Apr 19	MIL		NYY	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
11	11	Apr 20	MIL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	44	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 22	MIL		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	3B
13	13	Apr 23	MIL		CHW	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	14	Apr 25	MIL	@	TEX	W,11-1	GS	23	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
15	15	Apr 26	MIL	@	TEX	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
16	16	Apr 27	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	17	Apr 29	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
18	18	Apr 30	MIL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	19	May 1	MIL		OAK	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
20	20	May 2	MIL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
21	21	May 3	MIL		CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	22	May 4	MIL		CAL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	23	May 5	MIL		SEA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
24	24	May 6	MIL		SEA	W,10-0	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
25	25	May 7	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
26	27 (1)	May 9	MIL	@	CAL	W,16-5	GS	17	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
27	45 (17)	May 30	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-7	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	46	May 31	MIL	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	62 (15)	Jun 17	MIL		TOR	L,1-2	CG	44	12.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	63	Jun 18	MIL		TOR	W,3-1	GS	19	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	92 (28)	Jul 22	MIL	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
32	93	Jul 23	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
33	94	Jul 25	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
34	95	Jul 26	MIL	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
35	96	Jul 27	MIL	@	SEA	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
36	97	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
37	98	Jul 29	MIL		NYY	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	99	Jul 30	MIL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	100	Aug 1 (1)	MIL		TEX	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
40	101	Aug 1 (2)	MIL		TEX	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
41	102	Aug 2	MIL		TEX	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
42	103	Aug 3	MIL		TEX	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
43	104	Aug 4	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	105	Aug 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	106	Aug 6	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
46	107	Aug 7	MIL	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	108	Aug 8	MIL		CHW	L,6-12	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
48	110 (1)	Aug 10	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	111	Aug 11	MIL		CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	112	Aug 12	MIL	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
51	113	Aug 13	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	47	11.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B
52	114	Aug 14	MIL	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
53	115	Aug 15	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	116	Aug 16	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
55	117	Aug 17	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	118	Aug 18	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
57	119	Aug 19	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
58	120	Aug 20	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
59	121	Aug 22	MIL		KCR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
60	122	Aug 23	MIL		KCR	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
61	123	Aug 24	MIL		KCR	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	124	Aug 26	MIL		MIN	W,6-5	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
63	125	Aug 27	MIL		MIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
64	126	Aug 28	MIL		MIN	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	127	Aug 29	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
66	128	Aug 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-10	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
67	129	Aug 31	MIL	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	130	Sep 1	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
69	131	Sep 2	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
70	136 (4)	Sep 7	MIL		CLE	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
71	137	Sep 9	MIL	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
72	138	Sep 10	MIL	@	DET	L,7-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
73	139	Sep 11	MIL	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
74	140	Sep 12	MIL		TOR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
75	141	Sep 13	MIL		TOR	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
76	142	Sep 14	MIL		TOR	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
77	143	Sep 15	MIL		TOR	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
78	144	Sep 16 (1)	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
79	145	Sep 16 (2)	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
80	146	Sep 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
81	147	Sep 18	MIL	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
82	148	Sep 19	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
83	149	Sep 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
84	150	Sep 21	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	43	11.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
85	151	Sep 23	MIL		BOS	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
86	152	Sep 25	MIL		BAL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	3B
87	153	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
88	154	Sep 27	MIL		BAL	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
89	155	Sep 28	MIL		BAL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
90	156	Sep 30	MIL		DET	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	157	Oct 1	MIL		DET	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
92	158	Oct 2	MIL		DET	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
93	159	Oct 3	MIL	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
94	160	Oct 5 (1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
95	161	Oct 5 (2)	MIL	@	TOR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
							95gm		838.0	86	171	15	272	25