Paul Minner

Full Name: Paul Edison Minner	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/200	First Game: September 12, 1946
Birthdate: July 30, 1923	Final Game: June 12, 1956
Birthplace: New Wilmington, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: March 28, 2006
Deathplace: Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on July 30, 1923 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, Paul Minner (Paul Edison Minner) played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 10 year career. Minner broke into the bigs on September 12, 1946 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and put up a 2.44 ERA in 62.2 innings pitched in 1948, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Paul Minner's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1952, when he posted a 3.74 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 61 batters. However, others believe that it was 1954, when he posted a 3.96 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 79 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
1946	BRO	N	3	0	0	1	6.75	3	4	3	0	0	0	4	6	1	3	0	0	0
1948	BRO	N	28	2	4	3	2.44	23	23	17	0	0	1	62.2	61	5	26	0	2	0
1949	BRO	N	27	1	3	1	3.80	17	22	20	0	0	2	47.1	49	7	18	0	1	1
1950	CHI	N	39	24	8	13	4.11	99	105	87	9	1	4	190.1	217	18	72	0	3	1
1951	CHI	N	33	28	6	17	3.79	68	97	85	14	3	1	201.2	219	20	64	0	5	0
1952	CHI	N	28	27	14	9	3.74	61	84	75	12	2	0	180.2	180	13	54	0	2	1
1953	CHI	N	31	27	12	15	4.21	64	109	94	9	2	1	201	227	15	40	0	0	3
1954	CHI	N	32	29	11	11	3.96	79	107	96	12	0	1	218	236	19	50	2	1	1
1955	CHI	N	22	22	9	9	3.48	53	67	61	7	1	0	157.2	173	15	47	10	2	1
1956	CHI	N	10	9	2	5	6.89	14	38	36	1	0	0	47	60	9	19	2	1	2
Total			253	169	69	84	3.94	481	656	574	64	9	10	1310.1	1428	122	393	14	17	10

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	AVG
1946	BRO	N	P	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
1948	BRO	N	P	28	0	0	2	14	1	2	0	0	.941
1949	BRO	N	P	27	0	0	2	11	1	0	0	0	.929
1950	CHI	N	P	39	0	0	12	45	2	4	0	0	.966
1951	CHI	N	P	33	0	0	10	53	1	6	0	0	.984
1952	CHI	N	P	28	0	0	15	40	1	3	0	0	.982
1953	CHI	N	P	31	0	0	11	56	3	2	0	0	.957
1954	CHI	N	P	32	29	218	15	42	1	6	4	5	.983
1955	CHI	N	P	22	0	0	4	39	1	3	0	0	.977
1956	CHI	N	P	10	0	0	4	10	1	0	0	0	.933
Total			P	253	29	218	75	310	13	26	4	5	.967

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1946	BRO	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1948	BRO	N	31	21	2	4	0	2	.190	.292	.286	2	0	3	3	0	0
1949	BRO	N	27	14	3	3	0	2	.214	.214	.214	0	0	0	5	0	0
1950	CHI	N	43	65	6	14	1	7	.215	.261	.292	0	1	4	16	1	2
1951	CHI	N	36	71	8	18	1	6	.254	.303	.352	4	0	5	10	2	2
1952	CHI	N	29	64	8	15	1	5	.234	.290	.391	5	1	5	19	3	0
1953	CHI	N	31	68	5	15	1	6	.221	.254	.309	1	1	3	16	3	2
1954	CHI	N	33	76	7	13	2	14	.171	.241	.289	3	0	8	19	1	1
1955	CHI	N	22	56	5	13	0	1	.232	.295	.268	2	0	5	7	1	0
1956	CHI	N	10	12	2	3	0	0	.250	.250	.583	2	1	0	6	0	0
Total			265	447	46	98	6	43	.219	.271	.320	19	4	33	101	11	7

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1941).
Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Chicago Cubs with Preston Ward for $100000 (October 14, 1949).
Released by Chicago Cubs (October 1, 1956).

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