Biography Paul Bako (Gabor Paul Bako) was born on June 20, 1972 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He made his Major League debut on April 30, 1998 for the Detroit Tigers . In 1998 , his rookie year, he hit .272 with 3 home runs and 30 RBI. Bako played for the Detroit Tigers , Houston Astros , Florida Marlins , Atlanta Braves , Milwaukee Brewers , Chicago Cubs , Los Angeles Dodgers and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 9 year career.
Scouting Report Statistics Batting Stats
1998
DET
A
96
305
23
83
3
30
.272
.319
.348
12
1
23
82
0
1
1
4
3
1999
HOU
N
73
215
16
55
2
17
.256
.332
.358
14
1
26
57
0
3
1
3
4
2000
HOU
N
1
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2000
FLA
N
56
161
10
39
0
14
.242
.335
.292
6
1
22
48
1
1
0
7
4
2000
ATL
N
24
58
8
11
2
6
.190
.254
.362
4
0
5
15
0
0
0
3
2
2000
Total
N
81
221
18
50
2
20
.226
.312
.308
10
1
27
64
1
1
0
10
6
2001
ATL
N
61
137
19
29
2
15
.212
.312
.343
10
1
20
34
0
0
1
2
3
2002
MIL
N
87
234
24
55
4
20
.235
.295
.329
8
1
20
46
0
3
0
3
4
2003
CHC
N
70
188
19
43
0
17
.229
.311
.330
13
3
22
47
1
1
0
3
2
2004
CHC
N
49
138
13
28
1
10
.203
.288
.283
8
0
15
29
2
1
1
3
4
2005
LAD
N
13
40
1
10
0
4
.250
.362
.300
2
0
7
12
0
0
0
1
0
2006
KCR
A
56
153
7
32
0
10
.209
.261
.229
3
0
11
46
0
2
0
0
3
2007
BAL
A
60
156
13
32
1
8
.205
.277
.256
3
1
15
50
1
1
0
0
4
2008
CIN
N
99
299
30
65
6
35
.217
.299
.328
11
2
34
90
1
3
0
5
9
2009
PHI
N
44
116
12
26
3
9
.224
.308
.336
4
0
13
32
1
0
0
2
2
Total
NL
577
1588
152
361
20
147
.227
.309
.327
80
9
184
411
6
12
3
32
34
Total
AL
212
614
43
147
4
48
.239
.294
.295
18
2
49
178
1
4
1
4
10
Total
789
2202
195
508
24
195
.231
.305
.318
98
11
233
589
7
16
4
36
44
Fielding Stats
1998
DET
A
C
94
83
754.2
493
45
6
5
0
9
70
36
1
.989
1999
HOU
N
C
71
63
551
461
35
6
10
0
4
35
19
2
.988
2000
HOU
N
C
1
0
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2000
FLA
N
C
56
48
424
318
21
3
2
0
3
32
17
1
.991
2000
ATL
N
C
23
17
157.1
116
9
1
1
0
0
9
4
0
.992
2000
ATL
N
1B
1
0
1.2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2000
Total
N
C
80
65
585.1
436
31
4
3
0
3
41
21
1
.992
2001
ATL
N
C
60
45
397.1
319
29
3
1
0
4
36
19
1
.991
2002
MIL
N
C
76
65
587.2
420
33
4
2
0
5
45
16
0
.991
2003
CHC
N
C
69
57
507.2
440
33
6
2
0
4
27
13
2
.987
2004
CHC
N
C
47
43
377.2
332
30
4
2
0
1
36
15
0
.989
2005
LAD
N
C
13
13
107
61
6
1
0
0
1
1
3
2
.985
2006
KCR
A
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2006
KCR
A
C
53
44
392
257
20
2
3
0
4
20
9
2
.993
2007
BAL
A
C
57
47
421
323
24
4
5
0
8
28
7
1
.989
2008
CIN
A
C
96
88
770.2
679
39
5
7
0
9
55
22
1
.993
2009
PHI
A
C
42
33
299.1
254
9
5
1
0
6
15
7
0
.981
Total
C
758
646
5751.1
4477
334
50
41
0
58
409
187
13
.990
Total
DH
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
1B
1
0
1.2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Transactions Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1990).
Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 4, 1993).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Donne Wall to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Melvin Nieves (November 11, 1997).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Dean Crow , Mark Persails , Brian Powell and Carlos Villalobos to Houston Astros in exchange for Brad Ausmus and C.J. Nitkowski (January 14, 1999).
Sold by Houston Astros to Florida Marlins (April 11, 2000).
Claimed on waivers by Atlanta Braves from Florida Marlins (July 21, 2000).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Jose Cabrera to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Henry Blanco (March 20, 2002).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (November 26, 2002); Milwaukee Brewers received Ryan Gripp (December 16, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 13, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2005).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (December 16, 2005).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (December 6, 2006).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2007).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (February 1, 2008).
Granted free agency (November 3, 2008).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (February 1, 2009).
Released by Chicago Cubs (March 30, 2009).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (May 18, 2009).
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