Paul Molitor

Given Name: Paul Leo
Born: 8/22/1956 in St. Paul, MN USA
Attended University of Minnesota 1975-1977
First Game: Friday April 7, 1978
Last Game: Sunday September 27, 1998
Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004
Received 431.0 of 506 votes (380 required)
Voted in by BBWAA
Awards:
1987 - Hutch Award - ML
1987 - Silver Slugger - AL (DH)
1987 - TSN All-Star - AL (DH)
1988 - Silver Slugger - AL (DH)
1993 - World Series MVP - ML
1993 - TSN All-Star - AL (DH)
1993 - Silver Slugger - AL (DH)
1993 - Babe Ruth Award - AL (DH)
1994 - TSN All-Star - AL (DH)
1996 - Silver Slugger - AL (DH)
1996 - TSN All-Star - AL (DH)
1997 - Lou Gehrig Memorial Award - ML
1998 - Branch Rickey Award - ML



Paul Molitor's Batting Statistics

YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOAvgOBPSLGOPS
1978 ML4 125 521 73 142 26 4 6 194 45 30 12 19 54 .273 .301 .372 .673
1979 ML4 140 584 88 188 27 16 9 274 62 33 13 48 48 .322 .372 .469 .842
1980 ML4 111 450 81 137 29 2 9 197 37 34 7 48 48 .304 .372 .438 .809
1981 ML4 64 251 45 67 11 0 2 84 19 10 6 25 29 .267 .341 .335 .675
1982 ML4 160 666 136 201 26 8 19 300 71 41 9 69 93 .302 .366 .450 .816
1983 ML4 152 608 95 164 28 6 15 249 47 41 8 59 74 .270 .333 .410 .743
1984 ML4 13 46 3 10 1 0 0 11 6 1 0 2 8 .217 .245 .239 .484
1985 ML4 140 576 93 171 28 3 10 235 48 21 7 54 80 .297 .356 .408 .764
1986 ML4 105 437 62 123 24 6 9 186 55 20 5 40 81 .281 .340 .426 .765
1987 ML4 118 465 114 164 41 5 16 263 75 45 10 69 67 .353 .438 .566 1.003
1988 ML4 154 609 115 190 34 6 13 275 60 41 10 71 54 .312 .384 .452 .836
1989 ML4 155 615 84 194 35 4 11 270 56 27 11 64 67 .315 .379 .439 .818
1990 ML4 103 418 64 119 27 6 12 194 45 18 3 37 51 .285 .343 .464 .807
1991 ML4 158 665 133 216 32 13 17 325 75 19 8 77 62 .325 .399 .489 .888
1992 ML4 158 609 89 195 36 7 12 281 89 31 6 73 66 .320 .389 .461 .851
1993 TOR 160 636 121 211 37 5 22 324 111 22 4 77 71 .332 .402 .509 .911
1994 TOR 115 454 86 155 30 4 14 235 75 20 0 55 48 .341 .410 .518 .927
1995 TOR 130 525 63 142 31 2 15 222 60 12 0 61 57 .270 .350 .423 .772
1996 MIN 161 660 99 225 41 8 9 309 113 18 6 56 72 .341 .390 .468 .858
1997 MIN 135 538 63 164 32 4 10 234 89 11 4 45 73 .305 .351 .435 .786
1998 MIN 126 502 75 141 29 5 4 192 69 9 2 45 41 .281 .335 .382 .718
Career 2683 10835 1782 3319 605 114 234 4854 1307 504 131 1094 1244 .306 .369 .448 .817
Max 161 666 136 225 41 16 22 325 113 45 13 77 93 .353 .438 .566 1.003

Paul Molitor's World Series and Playoffs Batting Statistics

YearTeamGABRH2B3BHRTBRBISBCSBBSOIBBHBPSHSFGIDPAvgOBPSLGOPS
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 Fielding Statistics

YearTeamPosGGSInnPOAEDPPB
1978 ML4 3B 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 0
1978 ML4 SS 31 31 271.0 54 118 10 17 0
1978 ML4 2B 91 87 784.1 197 283 12 57 0
1979 ML4 SS 10 9 89.0 20 27 1 3 0
1979 ML4 2B 122 121 1075.2 289 413 15 81 0
1980 ML4 3B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0
1980 ML4 SS 12 11 99.0 19 41 4 10 0
1980 ML4 2B 91 90 798.1 240 294 16 80 0
1981 ML4 OF 46 47 412.2 119 4 3 1 0
1982 ML4 SS 4 3 27.0 6 10 3 0 0
1982 ML4 3B 150 150 1338.1 128 340 29 48 0
1983 ML4 3B 146 147 1297.1 105 343 16 37 0
1984 ML4 3B 7 7 63.0 7 21 2 3 0
1985 ML4 3B 135 133 1168.0 126 263 19 30 0
1986 ML4 OF 4 4 34.0 4 1 0 0 0
1986 ML4 3B 91 91 804.0 82 170 15 25 0
1987 ML4 2B 19 18 165.0 35 49 0 16 0
1987 ML4 3B 41 40 329.0 25 64 5 8 0
1988 ML4 2B 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0
1988 ML4 3B 105 104 896.0 86 187 17 15 0
1989 ML4 2B 16 15 123.0 28 44 1 9 0
1989 ML4 3B 112 112 968.1 78 243 17 18 0
1990 ML4 3B 2 2 18.0 2 7 1 1 0
1990 ML4 1B 37 36 311.0 325 25 5 28 0
1990 ML4 2B 60 60 503.1 136 190 4 36 0
1991 ML4 1B 46 46 406.2 389 32 6 52 0
1992 ML4 1B 48 48 425.2 461 26 2 44 0
1993 TOR 1B 23 23 206.0 178 14 3 16 0
1994 TOR 1B 5 5 44.0 47 3 0 6 0
1996 MIN 1B 17 17 145.2 138 13 1 13 0
1997 MIN 1B 12 12 97.1 99 7 1 6 0
1998 MIN 1B 9 9 74.0 79 7 0 4 0
Career 1B 197 196 1710.1 1716 127 18 169 0
Career 2B 400 392 3457.2 926 1274 48 279 0
Career 3B 791 788 6898.0 642 1639 121 185 0
Career OF 50 51 446.2 123 5 3 1 0
Career SS 57 54 486.0 99 196 18 30 0

Paul Molitor's Known Salary Information

YearSalary
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