Paul Konerko

Full Name: Paul Henry Konerko	Primary Position: 1B
Height/Weight: 6'2"/215	First Game: September 8, 1997
Birthdate: March 5, 1976	MLB Experience: 11 years
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Paul Konerko ArmchairGM Stories
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[edit] Biography

Paul Konerko (Paul Henry Konerko) was born on March 5, 1976 in Providence, Rhode Island. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1997 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1998, his rookie year, he hit .217 with 7 home runs and 29 RBI. Konerko played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Paul Konerko's best season was 2005, when he slugged 40 home runs, hit for a .283 average and knocked in 100 runs.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1997	LA	N	6	7	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.143	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
1998	LA	N	49	144	14	31	4	16	.215	.272	.306	1	0	10	30	2	0	0	0	5
1998	CIN	N	26	73	7	16	3	13	.219	.284	.384	3	0	6	10	1	0	0	0	5
1998	TOT	N	75	217	21	47	7	29	.217	.276	.332	4	0	16	40	3	0	0	0	10
1999	CHI	A	142	513	71	151	24	81	.294	.352	.511	31	4	45	68	2	1	1	0	19
2000	CHI	A	143	524	84	156	21	97	.298	.363	.481	31	1	47	72	10	0	1	0	22
2001	CHI	A	156	582	92	164	32	99	.282	.349	.507	35	0	54	89	9	0	1	6	17
2002	CHI	A	151	570	81	173	27	104	.304	.359	.498	30	0	44	72	9	0	0	2	17
2003	CHI	A	137	444	49	104	18	65	.234	.305	.399	19	0	43	50	4	0	0	7	28
2004	CHI	A	155	563	84	156	41	117	.277	.359	.535	22	0	69	107	6	0	1	5	23
2005	CHI	A	158	575	98	163	40	100	.283	.375	.534	24	0	81	109	5	0	0	10	9
2006	CHI	A	152	566	97	177	35	113	.313	.381	.551	30	0	60	104	8	0	1	3	25
2007	CHI	A	151	549	71	142	31	90	.259	.351	.490	34	0	78	102	3	0	0	9	21
Total	NL		81	224	21	48	7	29	.214	.275	.326	4	0	17	42	3	0	0	0	11
Total	AL		1345	4886	727	1386	269	866	.284	?	?	256	5	521	773	56	1	5	42	181
Total			1426	5110	748	1434	276	895	.281	.353	.495	260	5	538	815	59	1	5	42	192

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1997	LA	N	3B	1	1	7.2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	LA	N	1B	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	0	1.000
1998	LA	N	LF	11	9	71	12	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	LA	N	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	LA	N	3B	11	8	61	5	15	1	1	0	.952
1998	LA	N	1B	23	18	165	170	15	1	8	0	.995
1998	LA	N	OF	11	9	71	12	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	CIN	N	1B	7	5	44	38	6	0	1	0	1.000
1998	CIN	N	3B	9	9	74	2	18	0	0	0	1.000
1998	CIN	N	OF	7	4	36	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	CIN	N	LF	7	4	36	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	TOT	N	3B	20	17	135	7	33	1	1	0	.976
1998	TOT	N	LF	18	13	107	20	0	0	0	0	1.000
1998	TOT	N	1B	30	23	209	208	21	1	9	0	.996
1998	TOT	N	OF	18	13	107	20	0	0	0	0	1.000
1999	CHI	A	DH	46	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	CHI	A	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	CHI	A	1B	92	89	786.1	740	58	4	72	0	.995
2000	CHI	A	DH	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	CHI	A	3B	7	6	58.2	2	7	1	1	0	.900
2000	CHI	A	1B	122	121	1068.1	1051	67	10	118	0	.991
2001	CHI	A	DH	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	CHI	A	1B	144	144	1260.1	1277	90	8	120	0	.994
2002	CHI	A	1B	140	140	1201	1146	75	8	113	0	.993
2002	CHI	A	DH	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	CHI	A	1B	119	105	938.2	890	80	2	102	0	.998
2003	CHI	A	DH	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	CHI	A	DH	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	CHI	A	1B	139	137	1177.2	1149	79	6	136	1	.995
2005	CHI	A	DH	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	CHI	A	1B	146	145	1272.2	1321	83	5	135	0	.996
2006	CHI	A	1B	140	139	1181.2	1172	67	6	113	1	.995
2006	CHI	A	DH	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	CHI	A	1B	141	140	1227.2	1180	71	5	131	0	.996
2007	CHI	A	DH	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1214	1183	10325.1	10137	691	55	1050	2	.995
Total			LF	18	13	107	20	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	29	24	202.1	9	40	2	2	0	.961
Total			OF	18	13	107	20	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			DH	137	129	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

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Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (13th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed June 11, 1994).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Dennys Reyes to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Jeff Shaw (July 4, 1998).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Mike Cameron (November 11, 1998).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (November 30, 2005).