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Paul Leo Molitor

First name: Paul

Last name: Molitor

Birthdate: 1956-08-22

Bats: R Throws: R

MLBAM ID: 119236

Retro ID: molip001

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1978	MIL	7.0	1.9	8.9	1.8	4.4	4.5	13
1979	MIL	8.1	2.0	10.1	5.5	8.5	1.6	26
1980	MIL	6.4	1.6	8.0	3.7	6.1	1.9	18
1981	MIL	3.6	0.6	4.2	1.4	2.6	1.6	8
1982	MIL	9.3	2.1	11.5	5.8	9.1	2.2	27
1983	MIL	8.6	1.9	10.5	3.4	6.5	4.0	20
1984	MIL	0.6	0.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.4	1
1985	MIL	8.1	1.7	9.8	4.1	7.0	2.8	21
1986	MIL	6.1	1.2	7.3	2.8	5.0	2.4	15
1987	MIL	6.7	0.8	7.4	6.7	8.9	-1.4	27
1988	MIL	8.9	1.3	10.2	6.2	9.2	1.1	28
1989	MIL	9.0	1.6	10.6	6.0	9.1	1.5	27
1990	MIL	5.8	1.1	6.9	3.5	5.5	1.4	16
1991	MIL	9.3	0.3	9.6	5.9	8.7	0.9	26
1992	MIL	8.9	0.3	9.2	5.0	7.7	1.5	23
1993	TOR	9.0	0.2	9.1	6.5	9.2	0.0	28
1994	TOR	6.4	0.0	6.4	3.8	5.7	0.8	17
1995	TOR	7.4	0.0	7.4	0.7	2.9	4.5	9
1996	MIN	8.9	0.1	9.0	2.7	5.3	3.7	16
1997	MIN	7.5	0.1	7.5	1.1	3.3	4.2	10
1998	MIN	7.0	0.0	7.0	0.5	2.6	4.4	8
Career		152.6	18.9	171.3	77.3	127.7	44.0	384

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1978	MIL	556	-8	-8	-1	4	1	1	2	3	0	-1	9.6	-0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.1	17
1979	MIL	645	21	21	-2	8	2	1	3	2	-1	33	10.0	3.3	0.1	-0.1	3.3	18
1980	MIL	512	15	17	-1	8	1	-1	-1	2	-1	23	9.8	2.3	0.1	0.1	2.5	11
1981	MIL	284	-1	1	0	3	1	0	-2	0	-1	3	9.4	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2	2
1982	MIL	751	22	26	0	6	1	2	-3	1	0	32	10.3	3.1	0.1	0.1	3.3	13
1983	MIL	682	4	9	-4	1	1	0	4	0	0	11	9.7	1.1	0.0	0.1	1.2	19
1984	MIL	49	-4	-4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3
1985	MIL	642	8	8	-2	3	-1	1	8	0	0	17	9.8	1.7	0.0	0.1	1.8	21
1986	MIL	482	4	2	3	9	0	0	-3	0	-1	11	9.4	1.2	-0.1	0.1	1.2	6
1987	MIL	542	45	44	6	10	0	-1	-5	0	-4	54	10.6	5.1	-0.4	0.1	4.8	1
1988	MIL	690	29	29	2	7	-1	-2	5	0	-3	40	8.9	4.5	-0.3	0.1	4.3	15
1989	MIL	696	27	28	1	2	1	2	4	0	-2	38	9.3	4.1	-0.2	0.1	4.0	16
1990	MIL	458	13	14	1	6	1	1	-3	-1	0	20	9.8	2.0	-0.1	0.0	1.9	5
1991	MIL	749	40	42	-1	9	0	-1	-1	-3	-8	48	10.0	4.8	-1.1	0.0	3.7	1
1992	MIL	700	32	34	0	4	0	0	3	-3	-8	41	9.1	4.5	-1.1	0.0	3.4	5
1993	TOR	725	42	41	5	8	0	1	1	-1	-10	56	10.2	5.5	-1.1	0.0	4.4	2
1994	TOR	515	27	27	4	2	0	0	1	0	-8	34	10.4	3.3	-0.8	0.0	2.5	1
1995	TOR	598	2	3	1	-1	0	0	0	0	-9	3	10.3	0.3	-0.9	0.0	-0.6	0
1996	MIN	728	18	16	-1	4	0	2	1	-1	-10	22	11.1	2.0	-1.1	0.0	0.9	2
1997	MIN	597	4	3	2	2	1	-1	0	-1	-9	7	10.4	0.7	-1.0	0.0	-0.3	0
1998	MIN	559	-8	-9	5	6	-1	0	-2	0	-8	-1	10.1	-0.1	-0.8	0.0	-0.9	-2
Career		12,160	332	344	20	101	7	5	14	-2	-83	491	-	49.6	-8.5	0.6	41.7	156

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1978	MIL	2B	2623	430	-3.0	-2	-1	-11	-4	-1.3	0.9	0	-1
1978	MIL	3B	23	3	0.0	0	0	-1	-2	0.0	0.0	0	0
1978	MIL	SS	909	190	5.0	6	4	20	18	0.0	-1.4	-1	3
1979	MIL	2B	3615	644	7.0	8	6	37	26	-1.4	0.4	-1	5
1979	MIL	SS	310	48	-2.0	-2	-1	-6	-7	-0.1	-0.6	-1	-2
1980	MIL	2B	2654	442	1.0	1	1	-1	-10	-0.6	1.0	0	1
1980	MIL	3B	32	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1980	MIL	SS	345	62	-4.0	-4	-3	-4	-2	0.2	0.8	1	-2
1982	MIL	3B	4335	651	-3.0	-5	-4	-1	-8	2.8	0.0	3	-1
1982	MIL	SS	95	19	-3.0	-3	-2	0	0	-0.1	-0.3	0	-2
1983	MIL	3B	4245	620	4.0	3	2	0	3	1.9	0.0	2	4
1984	MIL	3B	202	37	3.0	3	2	7	5	0.5	0.0	0	2
1985	MIL	3B	3737	531	6.0	8	6	10	-2	1.7	0.0	2	8
1986	MIL	3B	2460	351	-5.0	-3	-2	-8	-13	1.4	0.0	1	-1
1987	MIL	2B	475	75	2.0	2	1	0	1	0.4	0.1	0	1
1987	MIL	3B	1056	136	-10.0	-9	-6	-22	-17	0.2	0.0	0	-6
1988	MIL	2B	21	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0
1988	MIL	3B	2813	379	5.0	7	5	9	0	-0.1	0.0	0	5
1989	MIL	2B	397	63	-1.0	-1	-1	-3	2	0.1	-0.5	0	-1
1989	MIL	3B	3096	444	6.0	7	5	21	30	0.4	0.0	0	5
1990	MIL	1B	1034	112	-1.0	-1	-1	1	-6	0.1	0.0	0	-1
1990	MIL	2B	1696	297	-1.0	-1	-1	8	5	0.0	-1.6	-2	-3
1990	MIL	3B	65	13	1.0	1	1	2	1	0.2	0.0	0	1
1991	MIL	1B	1292	133	-2.0	-2	-1	-5	-4	-0.4	0.0	0	-1
1992	MIL	1B	1321	131	4.0	4	3	0	-1	-0.1	0.0	0	3
1993	TOR	1B	618	75	1.0	1	1	8	5	-0.1	0.0	0	1
1994	TOR	1B	131	13	1.0	1	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1
1996	MIN	1B	467	50	1.0	1	1	5	0	-0.3	0.0	0	1
1997	MIN	1B	303	33	0.0	0	0	1	3	-0.2	0.0	0	0
1998	MIN	1B	249	19	-3.0	-3	-2	-8	-5	0.2	0.0	0	-2
		1B	5415	566	1.0	1	2	3	-8	-0.8	0.0	0	2
		2B	11481	1954	5.0	7	5	30	20	-2.8	0.3	-3	2
		3B	22064	3168	7.0	12	9	17	-3	9.0	0.0	8	17
		SS	1659	319	-4.0	-3	-2	10	9	0.0	-1.5	-1	-3

Outfield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	OF Arm Opps	OF Arm Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1981	MIL	CF	1207	155	0.0	0	0	-12	57	-2	-2
1981	MIL	RF	70	13	-1.0	-1	-1	1	6	1	0
1986	MIL	LF	102	9	-2.0	-2	-2	-2	3	0	-2
		LF	102	9	-2.0	-2	-2	-2	3	0	-2
		CF	1207	155	0.0	0	0	-12	57	-2	-2
		RF	70	13	-1.0	-1	-1	1	6	1	0

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1981	MIL	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	1
1982	MIL	0.7	0.2	0.9	0.9	1.1	-0.2	3
1993	TOR	0.7	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.4	-0.7	4
Career		1.7	0.2	2.0	2.2	2.7	-0.7	8

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	ROE	Fld	DH	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	WAM	DVoDH
1981	MIL	23	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	0	7.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	-1
1982	MIL	54	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	6	10.3	0.6	0.0	0.6	1
1993	TOR	55	9	9	1	2	1	-1	-1	12	11.0	1.1	-0.1	1.0	-1
Career		132	12	12	3	4	1	-2	-1	18	-	1.7	-0.1	1.6	-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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