#43 Paul Molitor, Third Base, 29 yrs, Boston Redsox

#43 Paul Molitor, Third Base, 29 yrs, Boston Redsox
Monday, 5/13/1986

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Paul Molitor

8/22/1956
29

5"11
180

Third Base
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3.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 5,500,000
1990
6 Year(s), 46 Days (1078 total Days)
42 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 9 Days (1385 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	9	6	8	8
Versus LHP	7	9	6	8	9
Versus RHP	8	9	6	8	8
Talent	8	8	6	8	8

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5
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Fielding Ratings
1B : 6 (Range), .987 (Fielding Pct.)
2B : 5 (Range), .977 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 6 (Range), .949 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 6 (Range), .941 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 6 (Range), .974 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 9
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
5/2	@CLE	W 7-4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	#1
5/4	@CWS	L 5-7	5	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	#1
5/5	@CWS	L 8-12	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	#1
5/6	@CWS	L 4-13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
5/7	@CWS	L 1-7	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	#1
5/8	SEA	W 7-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
5/9	SEA	L 7-12	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#1
5/10	SEA	W 8-3	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	#1
5/11	OAK	L 4-10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1
5/12	OAK	L 3-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#1

Batting Stats 1986

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	37	151	46	12	2	7	27	27	11	13	.305	.358	.550	.907	.955	.245

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	35	166	2	0	1	1	0	1	83	21	10	5	66.7	33.3	8.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	31	8	4	1	0	6	5	4	2	1	0	0	.258	.333	.452	.785
vs. RHP	120	38	8	1	7	21	22	7	11	0	0	2	.317	.364	.575	.939
Close/Late	11	3	1	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.273	.385	.364	.748
Scoring Position	38	12	3	1	1	18	0	2	4	1	0	1	.316	.357	.526	.883
Pinch Hitting	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	20	78	23	8	1	3	13	13	4	5	.295	.337	.538	.876
Road	17	73	23	4	1	4	14	14	7	8	.315	.375	.562	.937
Last Week	7	29	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	.172	.167	.276	.443
March/April	26	105	35	7	2	6	23	22	9	10	.333	.393	.610	1.003
May	11	46	11	5	0	1	4	5	2	3	.239	.265	.413	.678

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1979	153	589	177	51	5	15	69	103	65	23	58	18	.301	.370	.480	.851	PiT
1980	155	579	146	42	4	11	85	104	86	26	51	13	.252	.349	.396	.744	PiT
1981	161	575	167	47	6	14	77	105	108	33	52	8	.290	.403	.466	.869	PiT,NL
1982	148	548	151	37	10	2	74	91	79	36	27	6	.276	.367	.391	.757	PiT
1983	145	520	140	37	11	10	63	88	63	41	28	8	.269	.348	.440	.789	PIT,NL
1984	160	626	200	66	6	9	78	118	65	58	40	7	.319	.384	.487	.871	PIT CiN
1985	152	566	167	40	7	16	64	111	74	50	27	6	.295	.377	.475	.852	Cin BOS
1986	37	151	46	12	2	7	27	27	11	13	10	5	.305	.358	.550	.907	BOS
Total	1111	4154	1194	332	51	84	537	747	551	280	293	71	.287	.371	.453	.823

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1983	20	79	20	2	1	4	13	11	7	10	1	3	.253	.314	.456	.770
Total	20	79	20	2	1	4	13	11	7	10	1	3	.253	.314	.456	.770

Fielding Stats 1986

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	24	23	46	82	18	131	3	.977	207.0	5.70
Third Base	12	12	5	22	1	29	2	.931	104.0	2.51
Centerfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1978... Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1978... Injured on 6/23/1978 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... Injur
ed on 7/22/1978 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days... Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1979, off Nolan Ryan (STL)... Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1979, off Mark Lemongello (LA)... Injured
on 5/21/1979 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks... Won ROOKIE OF THE YEAR in 1979, hitting .301 with 15 HR, 69 RBI... Injured on 4/21/1980 with a Sore Back, out for one week... Was selected to
the 1981 Allstar game... Injured on 9/6/1982 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks...
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game...
Injured on 9/11/1983 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks...
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on 3/2/1984 (Going to CiN: 2B P. Molitor. Going to PIT: 2B T. Teufel, P M. Mason)...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1984, hitting .583 with 1 HR, 4 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Francisco on 7/18/1984...
Traded from Cincinnati to Boston on 7/29/1985 (Going to BOS: 2B P. Molitor, P D. Leiper, RF J. Tenorio. Going to Cin: 2B T. Wiedenbauer, RF P. O'neill)...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 4/22/1986...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1984 - .319 - 7th	OBP 1981 - .403 - 4th 1984 - .384 - 10th	OPS 1981 - .869 - 10th	Hits 1984 - 200 - 6th	Doubles 1981 - 47 - 8th 1984 - 66 - 2nd
Runs 1981 - 105 - 6th 1984 - 118 - 5th 1985 - 111 - 10th	BB 1981 - 108 - 4th	SB 1981 - 52 - 5th 1984 - 40 - 9th

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