Mike Paul

Full Name: Michael George Paul	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: May 27, 1968
Birthdate: April 18, 1945	Final Game: April 16, 1974
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on April 18, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan, Mike Paul (Michael George Paul) played for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 7 year career. Paul broke into the bigs on May 27, 1968 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.93 ERA in 91.2 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mike Paul's best season was 1972, when he posted a 2.17 ERA and struck out 108 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1968	CLE	A	36	7	5	8	3.93	87	42	40	0	0	3	91.2	72	11	35	5	0	5
1969	CLE	A	47	12	5	10	3.61	98	48	47	0	0	2	117.1	104	12	54	11	1	2
1970	CLE	A	30	15	2	8	4.81	70	51	47	1	0	0	88	91	13	45	0	2	0
1971	CLE	A	17	12	2	7	5.95	33	42	41	1	0	0	62	78	8	14	3	0	5
1972	TEX	A	49	20	8	9	2.17	108	50	39	2	1	1	161.2	149	4	52	12	3	2
1973	TEX	A	36	10	5	4	4.95	49	55	48	1	0	2	87.1	104	9	36	2	3	5
1973	CHI	N	11	1	0	1	3.44	6	7	7	0	0	0	18.1	17	2	9	2	0	0
1973	Total		47	11	5	5	4.68	55	62	55	1	0	2	105.2	121	11	45	4	3	5
1974	CHI	N	2	0	0	1	27.00	1	4	4	0	0	0	1.1	4	1	1	1	0	0
Total	NL		13	1	0	2	5.03	7	11	11	0	0	0	19.2	21	3	10	3	0	0
Total	AL		215	76	27	46	3.88	445	288	262	5	1	8	608	598	57	236	33	9	19
Total			228	77	27	48	3.91	452	299	273	5	1	8	627.2	619	60	246	36	9	19

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1968	CLE	A	P	36	7	91.2	3	9	1	0	0	4	1	0	.923
1968	CLE	A	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	CLE	A	P	47	12	117.1	1	14	1	1	1	15	6	3	.938
1970	CLE	A	P	30	15	88	2	6	1	1	1	3	3	0	.889
1971	CLE	A	P	17	12	61.2	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1972	TEX	A	P	49	20	161.2	7	19	0	3	1	3	4	1	1.000
1973	TEX	A	P	36	10	87.1	3	19	1	2	0	4	2	1	.957
1973	CHI	N	P	11	1	18.1	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.000
1973	Total		P	47	11	105.2	4	22	1	2	0	5	3	2	.963
1974	CHI	N	P	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	228	77	627.1	19	76	4	7	3	30	18	6	.960

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1968	CLE	A	36	24	2	4	0	.167	.200	.167	0	1	13	1	0
1969	CLE	A	47	27	1	0	0	.000	.036	.000	0	1	9	1	1
1970	CLE	A	30	26	2	4	0	.154	.154	.154	0	0	7	1	0
1971	CLE	A	17	19	1	1	0	.053	.143	.053	0	2	5	1	0
1972	TEX	A	49	48	2	8	1	.167	.184	.229	3	1	19	3	0
1973	TEX	A	36	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1973	CHI	N	11	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1973	Total		47	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1974	CHI	N	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		13	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
Total	AL		215	144	8	17	1	.118	.148	.139	3	5	53	7	1
Total			228	148	8	17	1	.115	.144	.135	3	5	56	7	1

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Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 20th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1967 - signed June 18, 1967).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Roy Foster, Ken Suarez and Rich Hand to Texas Rangers in exchange for Del Unser, Denny Riddleberger, Terry Ley and Gary Jones (December 2, 1971).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (August 31, 1973); Texas Rangers received Larry Gura (November 14, 1973).
Released by Chicago Cubs (April 28, 1974).

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