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Paul Blair
Paul L D Blair (Motormouth)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 171 lb.

MLB Debut September 9, 1964
Final Game June 20, 1980
Born February 1, 1944 in Cushing, OK
Died December 26, 2013 (age 69)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 21 BAA AL   81  228   32   60  16   0   2   15   6   3   23   21  .263  .340  .360  .699    99    82   5   1   0   4   5  
 1966 22 BAA AL  126  330   35   83  15   1   8   31  11   7   13   38  .252  .280  .376  .656    95   124   4   0   1   0   5  
 1967 23 BAA AL  135  323   47   89  18   6   8   35  11   7   37   38  .276  .361  .443  .803   118   143   2   0   2   6   6  
 1968 24 BAA AL   46   43    5    6   1   0   1    3   0   0    7    6  .140  .260  .233  .493    76    10   0   0   1   0   0  
 1969 25 BAA AL  161  658   94  176  22   8  26  107  18   2   37   68  .267  .309  .444  .753   108   292   8   8   3   6  21  MVP-13
 1970 26 BAA AL  145  520   74  134  33   0  19   68  21   8   61  105  .258  .335  .431  .766   104   224   3   3   0   1  11  
 1971 27 BAA AL  114  344   40   91  18   6   7   38   6   4   19   52  .265  .301  .413  .714   103   142  18   2   2   0   2  
 1972 28 BAA AL  130  419   41  101  21   8   8   45   3   2   25   87  .241  .282  .387  .669    94   162   9   3   0   0   6  
 1973 29 BAA AL  116  404   52  111  24   2   7   48  16   1   28   54  .275  .322  .396  .718    97   160  11   0   2   0  10  
 1974 30 BAA AL  150  552   76  147  25   2  20   83  28   6   50   80  .266  .333  .428  .760   104   236   5   2   1   6  11  
 1975 31 BAA AL  118  321   32   60   4   3   6   27   8   4   17   62  .187  .228  .274  .502    70    88   8   0   1   0   4  
 1976 32 BAA AL   77  153   18   34   8   0   2   12   6   2    8   19  .222  .261  .314  .575    81    48   5   0   0   0   3  
 1977 33 OAA AL   83  178   29   44   5   3   3   16   0   0   12   14  .247  .304  .360  .664    87    64   3   1   1   3   7  
 1978 34 TOA AL   82  138   12   38   9   1   0   13   1   1    8   16  .275  .315  .355  .670    95    49   1   0   0   0   4  
 1979 35 MLA AL    6    4    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .500  .750    99     2   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 15 Seasons     1570 4615  588 1175 220  40 117  541 135  47  345  661  .255  .309  .396  .704        1826  82  20  14  26  95
 Per 600 PA           544   69  139  26   5  14   64  16   6   41   78                                 215  10   2   2   3  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With BAA     1399 4295  546 1092 205  36 114  512 134  46  325  630  .254  .309  .398  .707        1711  78  19  13  23  84
   With OAA       83  178   29   44   5   3   3   16   0   0   12   14  .247  .304  .360  .664          64   3   1   1   3   7
   With TOA       82  138   12   38   9   1   0   13   1   1    8   16  .275  .315  .355  .670          49   1   0   0   0   4
   With MLA        6    4    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .500  .750           2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1947 6042  776 1513 282  55 134  620 171  93  449  877  .250  .302  .382  .684        2307 108  51  23  23 126
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1965 21 BAA AL  67   28   4.3   4   1   0  .250   0   27   22  .815    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e3    60   
 1966 22 BAA AL  60   32   3.4  35  12   0  .343   3   41   37  .902    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e5   -70   
 1967 23 BAA AL  48   51   5.6  58  19   2  .328   3   35   34  .971    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e6     4   
 1968 24 BAA AL  74    3   2.2  13   2   1  .154   1    6    3  .500    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e3  -103   
 1969 25 BAA AL  28   87   4.5   0   0   0  .000   8   83   81  .976    0    0  .000  OF   1(-1)e6   -52   
 1970 26 BAA AL  32   76   5.0   3   1   0  .333   4   60   58  .967    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e5   -16   
 1971 27 BAA AL  36   43   4.2  14   3   0  .214   1   58   58 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e4    11   
 1972 28 BAA AL   9   45   3.6   5   0   0  .000   4   46   45  .978    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e4    43   
 1973 29 BAA AL  44   52   4.5   2   0   0  .000   4   67   65  .970    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e4   -18   
 1974 30 BAA AL  34   81   5.1   1   0   0  .000   4   90   89  .989    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e8    31   
 1975 31 BAA AL  40   20   2.0   4   1   0  .250   1   48   47  .979    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e4   -55   
 1976 32 BAA AL  42   12   2.6   7   2   0  .286   5   29   27  .931    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e8    66   
 1977 33 OAA AL  77   18   3.4  10   1   0  .100   6   17   14  .824    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e13  -36   
 1978 34 TOA AL  77   14   3.7   7   2   0  .286   0   26   26 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e5   175   
 1979 35 MLA AL  50    0   4.5   1   1   0 1.000   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   1(-2)e4   307   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 15 Seasons          568   4.2 164  45   3  .274  44  635  608  .957    0    0  .000                  -2   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 13.7 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 13.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1965 21 BAA AL  CF    74   114     6    0    0  1.000    50   492.0   2.20
                 RF     4     8     0    0    0  1.000     4    37.0   1.95
                 LF     1     3     0    0    0  1.000     1    10.0   2.70
 1966 22 BAA AL  CF   103   149     6    3    1   .981    66   658.2   2.12
                 RF     1     4     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   4.00
 1967 23 BAA AL  CF    56    99     3    2    0   .981    32   354.0   2.59
                 LF    32    58     2    1    0   .984    32   277.2   1.94
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   1.00
 1968 24 BAA AL  CF    26    16     0    0    0  1.000     2    57.0   2.53
                 RF     5     6     0    1    0   .857     3    32.0   1.69
                 3B     5     3     1    0    0  1.000     0    12.0   3.00
 1969 25 BAA AL  CF   161   395    16    8    3   .981   161  1475.2   2.51  GG
 1970 26 BAA AL  CF   145   370    19    4    2   .990   135  1237.0   2.83  GG
 1971 27 BAA AL  CF   100   273     9    1    2   .996    83   778.0   3.26
 1972 28 BAA AL  CF   126   306    18    4    2   .988   112  1016.0   2.87
                 RF     1     3     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
 1973 29 BAA AL  CF   115   347    17    4    6   .989   106   982.0   3.34
 1974 30 BAA AL  CF   149   429    12    4    0   .991   147  1317.0   3.01  GG
 1975 31 BAA AL  CF   112   231     8    1    3   .996    79   760.2   2.83
 1976 32 BAA AL  CF    66   112     6    5    2   .959    30   340.0   3.12
 1977 33 OAA AL  RF    55    63     3    5    0   .930    33   308.2   1.92
                 CF    25    36     3    1    2   .975     6    93.2   3.75
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1978 34 TOA AL  CF    44    62     8    0    0  1.000    24   245.0   2.57
                 RF    22    27     1    0    0  1.000    10   122.2   2.05
                 LF     6     5     0    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   5.62
                 3B     4     1     2    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   4.50
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1979 35 MLA AL  CF     6     4     0    0    0  1.000     0    11.0   3.27
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF  1308  2943   131   37   23   .988  1033  9817.2   2.82
                 RF    89   112     4    6    0   .951    53   526.1   1.98
                 LF    40    66     2    1    0   .986    33   296.2   2.06
                 3B     9     4     3    0    0  1.000     0    18.0   3.50
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
                 SS     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 ALCS  BAA MNA   W    5  20  1  8  2  0  0   2  0  2  .400  .400  .500  0
      WS    BAA NYN   W    6  19  2  3  0  0  1   2  2  3  .158  .238  .316  1
 1971 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    2   2  1  1  0  0  1   1  0  0  .500  .500 2.000  0
 1973 ALCS  BAA OAA   L    3  12  3  3  0  1  1   3  0  0  .250  .231  .667  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1965  BAA   72-90   Gary Dewing
 1966  BAA   89-73   Gary Dewing
 1967  BAA   93-69   Gary Dewing
 1968  BAA   82-80   Mike Skiffington
 1969  BAA   94-68   Mike Skiffington
 1970  BAA   93-69   Mike Skiffington
 1971  BAA   96-66   Mike Skiffington
 1972  BAA   78-84   Mike Skiffington, Mike Rescigno
 1973  BAA   92-70   Mike Rescigno
 1974  BAA   69-93   Mike Rescigno
 1975  BAA   91-71   Mike Rescigno
 1976  BAA   86-76   Mike Rescigno
 1977  OAA   47-115  Drew Kennedy
 1978  TOA   52-110  Thomas Treece
 1979  MLA   90-72   Paul Weinberg

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