Paul Molitor

Given Name: Paul Leo
Nickname: The Ignitor

Born: 8/22/1956 in St. Paul, MN USA

First Game: Friday April 7, 1978
Last Game: Sunday September 27, 1998

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004
Received 431 of 506 votes (380 required)
Voted in by BBWAA

1987 - Silver Slugger (DH)
1987 - Hutch Award
1988 - Silver Slugger (DH)
1993 - WS MVP
1993 - Silver Slugger (DH)
1993 - Babe Ruth Award (DH)
1996 - Silver Slugger (DH)
1997 - Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1998 - Branch Rickey Award

Attended University of Minnesota 1975-1977

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Paul Molitor's Batting Statistics
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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GIDP	Avg	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	RC	BABIP	Eye	CT%
1978	ML4	125	521	73	142	26	4	6	194	45	30	12	19	54	2	4	7	5	6	.273	.301	.372	.673	.100	52	.295	0.35	89.6
1979	ML4	140	584	88	188	27	16	9	274	62	33	13	48	48	5	2	6	5	9	.322	.372	.469	.842	.147	95	.340	1.00	91.8
1980	ML4	111	450	81	137	29	2	9	197	37	34	7	48	48	4	3	6	5	9	.304	.372	.438	.809	.133	70	.326	1.00	89.3
1981	ML4	64	251	45	67	11	0	2	84	19	10	6	25	29	1	3	5	0	3	.267	.341	.335	.675	.068	27	.295	0.86	88.4
1982	ML4	160	666	136	201	26	8	19	300	71	41	9	69	93	1	1	10	5	9	.302	.366	.450	.816	.149	107	.329	0.74	86.0
1983	ML4	152	608	95	164	28	6	15	249	47	41	8	59	74	4	2	7	6	12	.270	.333	.410	.743	.140	79	.287	0.80	87.8
1984	ML4	13	46	3	10	1	0	0	11	6	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	1	0	.217	.245	.239	.484	.022	2	.263	0.25	82.6
1985	ML4	140	576	93	171	28	3	10	235	48	21	7	54	80	6	1	7	4	12	.297	.356	.408	.764	.111	79	.331	0.68	86.1
1986	ML4	105	437	62	123	24	6	9	186	55	20	5	40	81	0	0	2	3	9	.281	.340	.426	.765	.144	60	.329	0.49	81.5
1987	ML4	118	465	114	164	41	5	16	263	75	45	10	69	67	2	2	5	1	4	.353	.438	.566	1.003	.213	114	.387	1.03	85.6
1988	ML4	154	609	115	190	34	6	13	275	60	41	10	71	54	8	2	5	3	10	.312	.384	.452	.836	.140	102	.327	1.31	91.1
1989	ML4	155	615	84	194	35	4	11	270	56	27	11	64	67	4	4	4	9	11	.315	.379	.439	.818	.124	98	.341	0.96	89.1
1990	ML4	103	418	64	119	27	6	12	194	45	18	3	37	51	4	1	0	2	7	.285	.343	.464	.807	.179	65	.301	0.73	87.8
1991	ML4	158	665	133	216	32	13	17	325	75	19	8	77	62	16	6	0	1	11	.325	.399	.489	.888	.164	128	.340	1.24	90.7
1992	ML4	158	609	89	195	36	7	12	281	89	31	6	73	66	12	3	4	11	13	.320	.389	.461	.851	.141	107	.345	1.11	89.2
1993	TOR	160	636	121	211	37	5	22	324	111	22	4	77	71	3	3	1	8	13	.332	.402	.509	.911	.178	130	.348	1.08	88.8
1994	TOR	115	454	86	155	30	4	14	235	75	20	0	55	48	4	1	0	5	13	.341	.410	.518	.927	.176	95	.360	1.15	89.4
1995	TOR	130	525	63	142	31	2	15	222	60	12	0	61	57	1	5	3	4	10	.270	.350	.423	.772	.152	79	.280	1.07	89.1
1996	MIN	161	660	99	225	41	8	9	309	113	18	6	56	72	10	3	0	9	21	.341	.390	.468	.858	.127	113	.373	0.78	89.1
1997	MIN	135	538	63	164	32	4	10	234	89	11	4	45	73	8	0	2	12	8	.305	.351	.435	.786	.130	80	.338	0.62	86.4
1998	MIN	126	502	75	141	29	5	4	192	69	9	2	45	41	5	1	1	10	19	.281	.335	.382	.718	.102	60	.300	1.10	91.8
Career		2683	10835	1782	3319	605	114	234	4854	1307	504	131	1094	1244	100	47	75	109	209	.306	.369	.448	.817	.142	1736	.330	0.88	88.5
Max		161	666	136	225	41	16	22	325	113	45	13	77	93	16	6	10	12	21	.353	.438	.566	1.003	.213	130	.387	1.31	91.8

Rankings On All-Time Career Lists
Games Played #29	At Bats #13	Runs Scored #18	Hits #9	Doubles #11
Triples #111	Home Runs #226	Runs Batted In #94	Stolen Bases #36	Caught Stealing #44
Walks #73	Strikeouts #117	Intentional Walks #116	Hit By Pitch #439	Sacrifice Hits #624
Sacrifice Flies #13	Grounded Into Double Plays #69

Paul Molitor's Post-Season Batting Statistics
Year		Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GIDP	Avg	OBP	SLG	OPS
1981	AEDIV	ML4	5	20	2	5	0	0	1	8	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.318	.400	.718
1982	ALCS	ML4	5	19	4	6	1	0	2	13	5	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	.316	.381	.684	1.065
1982	WS	ML4	7	31	5	11	0	0	0	11	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	.355	.394	.355	.749
1993	ALCS	TOR	6	23	7	9	2	1	1	16	5	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	.391	.481	.696	1.177
1993	WS	TOR	6	24	10	12	2	2	2	24	8	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.571	1.000	1.571
			29	117	28	43	5	3	6	72	22	3	2	12	15	1	2	1	0	2	.368	.435	.615	1.050

Paul Molitor's Pitching Statistics
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Paul Molitor's Fielding Statistics
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	PB
1978	ML4	3B	1	1	7.0	2	0	0	0
1978	ML4	SS	31	31	271.0	54	118	10	17
1978	ML4	2B	91	87	784.1	197	283	12	57
1979	ML4	SS	10	9	89.0	20	27	1	3
1979	ML4	2B	122	121	1075.2	289	413	15	81
1980	ML4	3B	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0
1980	ML4	SS	12	11	99.0	19	41	4	10
1980	ML4	2B	91	90	798.1	240	294	16	80
1981	ML4	RF	4	4	36.0	8	0	1	0
1981	ML4	CF	44	44	385.2	113	4	2	1
1981	ML4	OF	46	48	421.2	119	4	3	1
1982	ML4	SS	4	3	27.0	6	10	3	0
1982	ML4	3B	150	150	1338.1	128	340	29	48
1983	ML4	3B	146	147	1297.1	105	343	16	37
1984	ML4	3B	7	7	63.0	7	21	2	3
1985	ML4	3B	135	133	1168.0	126	263	19	30
1986	ML4	LF	4	4	34.0	4	1	0	0
1986	ML4	OF	4	4	34.0	4	1	0	0
1986	ML4	3B	91	91	804.0	82	170	15	25
1987	ML4	2B	19	18	165.0	35	49	0	16
1987	ML4	3B	41	40	329.0	25	64	5	8
1988	ML4	2B	1	1	8.0	1	1	0	0
1988	ML4	3B	105	104	896.0	86	187	17	15
1989	ML4	2B	16	15	123.0	28	44	1	9
1989	ML4	3B	112	112	968.1	78	243	17	18
1990	ML4	3B	2	2	18.0	2	7	1	1
1990	ML4	1B	37	36	311.0	325	25	5	28
1990	ML4	2B	60	60	503.1	136	190	4	36
1991	ML4	1B	46	46	406.2	389	32	6	52
1992	ML4	1B	48	48	425.2	461	26	2	44
1993	TOR	1B	23	23	206.0	178	14	3	16
1994	TOR	1B	5	5	44.0	47	3	0	6
1996	MIN	1B	17	17	145.2	138	13	1	13
1997	MIN	1B	12	12	97.1	99	7	1	6
1998	MIN	1B	9	9	74.0	79	7	0	4
Career		1B	197	196	1710.1	1716	127	18	169
Career		2B	400	392	3457.2	926	1274	48	279
Career		3B	791	788	6898.0	642	1639	121	185
Career		CF	44	44	385.2	113	4	2	1
Career		LF	4	4	34.0	4	1	0	0
Career		OF	50	52	455.2	123	5	3	1
Career		RF	4	4	36.0	8	0	1	0
Career		SS	57	54	486.0	99	196	18	30

Paul Molitor's Known Salary Information
Year	Salary
1985	$950,000.00
1986	$1,160,000.00
1987	$1,260,000.00
1988	$1,400,000.00
1989	$2,100,000.00
1990	$2,600,000.00
1991	$3,243,333.00
1992	$3,453,333.00
1993	$3,650,000.00
1994	$4,025,000.00
1995	$4,500,000.00
1996	$2,025,000.00
1997	$3,500,000.00
1998	$4,250,000.00
	$38,116,666.00

Lists: Career Home Runs - Career Hits - Career Doubles - Career Triples - Career Runs - Career RBI - Career Stolen Bases - Top Annual Salaries - Top Attendance Seasons - Most Wins In A Season - Most Losses In A Season
Award Winners: Baseball Hall of Fame - Most Valuable Player (MVP) - Cy Young Award - Rookie of the Year -
Playoff Series: World Series Results - American League Championship Series Results - National League Championship Series Results - American League Divisional Series Results - National League Divisional Series Results

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