1B Paul Church #13
Age: 26 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Good
11/01/1974
1B PAUL CHURCH #13 - AGE: 26 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
142 467 124 24 2 5 52 66 29 .266 .360 .358 3 1.6
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/02/1974 ATL Loss, 1-4 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
10/01/1974 ATL Loss, 3-7 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/30/1974 ATL Win, 5-4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/28/1974 BAL Win, 3-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/1974 BAL Win, 6-0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/26/1974 BAL Win, 7-4 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/25/1974 @ ATL Win, 15-13 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0
09/24/1974 @ ATL Win, 9-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/22/1974 @ PHI Win, 1-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
09/21/1974 @ PHI Loss, 3-4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:06/11/1948
Born in:Chicago, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$18,000
Signed Through:1974 Season
Major Service:1 Year, 105 Days
Service This Yr:182 Days
40-Man Service:1 Year, 105 Days
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 6th Pick in Round 2
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 142 467 124 24 2 5 52 84 66 29 .266 .360 .358 .717 .335 .092 116
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 118 544 5 2 1 8 1 4 167 31 3 7 30.0 62.7 4.66 1.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   120 29 5 1 1 16 21 12 9 2 1 1 .242 .311 .325 .636
Versus Right   347 95 19 1 4 36 63 54 20 2 0 4 .274 .376 .369 .745
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   23 8 1 1 0 3 5 1 2 1 0 0 .348 .360 .478 .838
May   85 28 6 0 1 12 14 15 4 2 0 1 .329 .427 .435 .862
June   102 23 6 0 1 11 13 6 7 0 1 2 .225 .282 .314 .596
July   80 19 2 0 0 7 13 14 6 0 0 1 .237 .358 .263 .620
August   104 25 5 0 2 12 20 12 6 0 0 0 .240 .319 .346 .665
September   67 19 3 1 1 6 18 16 4 1 0 1 .284 .424 .403 .827
October   6 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .500 1.000
Spring Training   28 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 .179 .200 .250 .450
Last Year   439 122 24 1 18 73 66 44 31 5 0 2 .278 .343 .460 .803
Career   906 246 48 3 23 125 150 110 60 9 1 7 .272 .352 .407 .759
Home   238 59 13 2 2 24 43 39 13 1 0 3 .248 .359 .345 .704
Road   229 65 11 0 3 28 41 27 16 3 1 2 .284 .360 .371 .731
Grass   467 124 24 2 5 52 84 66 29 4 1 5 .266 .360 .358 .717
Day   165 49 11 1 2 23 32 28 9 3 0 1 .297 .396 .412 .808
Night   302 75 13 1 3 29 52 38 20 1 1 4 .248 .339 .328 .667
As Starter   447 121 24 1 5 50 81 63 26 3 1 5 .271 .365 .362 .727
As Reliever / Substitution   20 3 0 1 0 2 3 3 3 1 0 0 .150 .250 .250 .500
Pinch Hitting   18 3 0 1 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 .167 .273 .278 .551
Close/Late   105 26 5 2 0 8 19 13 9 2 0 1 .248 .331 .333 .664
Inning 1-3   178 52 10 0 2 21 34 23 12 0 1 4 .292 .385 .382 .767
Inning 4-6   147 37 8 0 3 18 27 25 6 1 0 0 .252 .358 .367 .726
Inning 7-9   138 35 6 2 0 13 22 17 10 3 0 1 .254 .333 .326 .659
Extra Innings   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
0 Outs   169 43 6 2 1 7 38 22 10 0 1 4 .254 .354 .331 .685
1 Outs   141 36 9 0 2 19 28 21 14 4 0 0 .255 .343 .362 .705
2 Outs   157 45 9 0 2 26 18 23 5 0 0 1 .287 .381 .382 .763
Scoring Position   132 34 5 0 1 45 20 18 10 4 1 0 .258 .338 .318 .656
Bases Empty   243 67 13 2 3 3 45 40 16 0 0 4 .276 .387 .383 .769
Runner on 1st   92 23 6 0 1 4 19 8 3 0 0 1 .250 .317 .348 .665
Runner on 2nd   58 16 2 0 0 12 7 6 4 0 1 0 .276 .344 .310 .654
Runner on 3rd   11 2 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .182 .308 .182 .490
Runner on 1st & 2nd   30 11 2 0 0 12 7 4 0 0 0 0 .367 .441 .433 .875
Runner on 1st & 3rd   15 4 0 0 1 10 3 1 2 3 0 0 .267 .263 .467 .730
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   12 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .143
Bases Loaded   6 1 1 0 0 7 0 3 0 1 0 0 .167 .400 .333 .733
Two Strikes   218 54 13 0 3 22 41 30 29 1 0 3 .248 .345 .349 .694
First Pitch   66 14 1 0 0 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 .212 .235 .227 .463
Count 0-1   53 11 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 .208 .218 .245 .463
Count 0-2   21 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 .143 .182 .238 .420
Count 1-0   38 16 5 2 0 5 7 1 0 2 0 0 .421 .415 .658 1.073
Count 1-1   32 10 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 .312 .312 .344 .656
Count 1-2   60 15 1 0 0 4 10 0 10 0 0 2 .250 .274 .267 .541
Count 2-0   14 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 2-1   26 10 0 0 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .385 .615 1.000
Count 2-2   77 20 4 0 0 6 6 0 12 0 0 0 .260 .260 .312 .571
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   20 5 2 0 0 5 7 14 0 0 0 0 .250 .559 .350 .909
Full Count   60 16 6 0 3 12 22 30 3 1 0 0 .267 .505 .517 1.022
Behind in Count   134 29 5 0 0 8 15 0 14 1 0 4 .216 .237 .254 .491
Ahead in Count   98 35 7 2 2 19 30 35 0 2 0 0 .357 .519 .531 1.049
Batting Leadoff   114 26 7 1 1 11 23 23 7 1 0 1 .228 .360 .333 .693
Batting 2nd   126 34 4 1 1 11 29 14 7 1 1 1 .270 .345 .341 .686
Batting 3rd   108 26 7 0 0 13 12 14 8 1 0 2 .241 .336 .306 .642
Batting 4th   83 29 6 0 2 12 15 10 3 1 0 1 .349 .421 .494 .915
Batting 5th   26 7 0 0 1 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 .269 .345 .385 .729
Batting 6th   1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 7th   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762
Low Leverage   187 50 12 1 1 9 26 21 10 0 0 2 .267 .348 .358 .706
Medium Leverage   211 58 9 0 2 22 42 34 15 1 1 2 .275 .379 .346 .725
High Leverage   68 16 3 1 2 21 15 10 4 3 0 1 .235 .329 .397 .726
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1973 New York - FABL 24 121 439 122 24 1 18 73 66 44 2 5 31 3 6 .278 .343 .460 .803 121 124 1.5
1974 New York - FABL 25 142 467 124 24 2 5 52 84 66 5 4 29 3 7 .266 .360 .358 .717 102 116 1.6
Total FABL 263 906 246 48 3 23 125 150 110 7 9 60 6 13 .272 .352 .407 .759 111 120 3.1
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Reading - AA 21 83 301 83 7 5 7 36 61 100 3 0 37 6 3 .276 .460 .402 .862 121 130 1.5
1971 Reading - AA 22 11 36 10 1 0 2 4 7 14 1 0 3 1 0 .278 .490 .472 .962 151 170 0.6
1972 New Orleans - AAA 23 135 454 135 37 5 8 67 76 104 8 3 50 10 8 .297 .434 .454 .888 158 167 4.5
1973 New Orleans - AAA 24 24 88 37 3 2 2 16 20 19 0 0 7 3 1 .420 .523 .568 1.092 191 182 1.3
Total EA 94 337 93 8 5 9 40 68 114 4 0 40 7 3 .276 .464 .409 .873 125 134
Total CL 159 542 172 40 7 10 83 96 123 8 3 57 13 9 .317 .448 .472 .921 163 169
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Reading - AA 1B 9 5 49 3 6 53 1 .981 50.2 9.24 -1.1 .821
1970 Reading - AA LF 68 66 105 1 0 107 1 .991 573.1 1.66 -7.9 .895
1970 Reading - AA CF 9 9 22 0 0 22 0 1.000 72.2 2.72 -0.5 .933
1970 Reading - AA RF 2 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 14.1 3.14 +0.1 1.040
1971 Reading - AA LF 8 8 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 67.0 2.15 +0.5 1.012
1971 Reading - AA RF 3 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 24.0 1.50 +0.1 1.003
1972 New Orleans - AAA 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 .000
1972 New Orleans - AAA LF 111 108 170 3 0 178 5 .972 892.2 1.74 -9.8 .964
1972 New Orleans - AAA CF 21 21 38 0 0 38 0 1.000 174.2 1.96 -2.0 .948
1972 New Orleans - AAA RF 5 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 13.0 2.08 -0.0 1.015
1973 New York - MLB 1B 112 111 943 73 89 1030 14 .986 933.0 9.80 -6.4 .939
1973 New Orleans - AAA 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 New York - MLB LF 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 13.2 1.98 -0.2 .998
1973 New Orleans - AAA LF 20 19 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 156.1 1.38 -0.1 .983
1973 New York - MLB CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.1 1.006
1973 New Orleans - AAA CF 4 4 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 32.1 2.51 +0.0 1.017
1973 New York - MLB RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.0 .000
1974 New York - MLB 1B 120 118 1063 62 108 1136 11 .990 1022.1 9.90 -4.1 .947
1974 New York - MLB LF 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.1 1.08 +0.0 .995
TOTAL 1B 243 234 2057 138 203 2221 26 .988 2008.0 9.84 -11.6 .940
TOTAL LF 218 201 319 4 0 329 6 .982 1711.1 1.70 -17.5 .944
TOTAL CF 35 34 70 0 0 70 0 1.000 280.2 2.24 -2.4 .953
TOTAL RF 12 5 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 54.1 1.99 +0.1 1.021
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft out of college (Collingwood College; Dayton, OH) by the New York Gothams. (Round 2, Pick 6, 30th overall pick).
07/07/1970 Named the #49 prospect in the FABL
10/23/1970 Named the #72 prospect in the FABL
04/05/1971 Named the #58 prospect in the FABL
07/03/1971 Named the #87 prospect in the FABL
04/05/1972 Named the #41 prospect in the FABL
07/05/1972 Named the #45 prospect in the FABL
07/09/1972 Goes 5-5 against the Oklahoma City Warriors, with 2 2B, 4 RBI and 0 R.
07/10/1972 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
08/01/1972 Wins the CL Batter of the Month Award.
10/06/1972 Wins the 1972 CL Platinum Stick Award at LF.
10/09/1972 Finished 2nd in 1972 CL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
10/21/1972 Named the #37 prospect in the FABL
04/05/1973 Named the #83 prospect in the FABL
05/01/1973 Goes 5-5 against the Oklahoma City Warriors, with 1 RBI and 3 R.
05/07/1973 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
06/29/1973 Goes 5-6 against the Washington Eagles, with 1 RBI and 2 R.
07/03/1973 Named the #90 prospect in the FABL
08/27/1973 Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award.
09/28/1973 Wins the 1973 Century League Round 1 with the New Orleans Showboats!
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