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Historical player · 1978–1998 · ★ Hall of Fame 2004

Paul Molitor

B/T R/R · HT 72 · WT 185 · Born 8/22/1956 · From St. Paul, MN USA · Debut 1978-04-07 · Final 1998-09-27

Career · batting

2,683

10,835

3,319

234

RBI

1,307

504

1,094

AVG/OPS

0.306 · 0.817

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Milwaukee Brewers · 1978–1992

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160

#11 on the Brewers

↑ 5 J. Burnitz

↓ 6 C. Hart

Hits

2,281

#2 on the Brewers

↑ 861 R. Yount

↓ 318 R. Braun

RBI

790

#4 on the Brewers

↑ 154 C. Cooper

↓ 86 G. Jenkins

412

#1 on the Brewers

↓ 141 R. Yount

Runs

1,275

#2 on the Brewers

↑ 357 R. Yount

↓ 195 R. Braun

755

#2 on the Brewers

↑ 211 R. Yount

↓ 169 R. Braun

Career with the Toronto Blue Jays · 1993–1995

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#50 on the Blue Jays

↑ 3 P. Borders

↓ 1 B. Fullmer

Hits

508

#41 on the Blue Jays

↑ 21 A. Woods

↓ 13 B. Bailor

RBI

246

#41 on the Blue Jays

↑ 8 L. Gurriel

↓ 3 O. Velez

#28 on the Blue Jays

↑ 1 J. Barfield

↓ 8 B. Bailor

Runs

270

#38 on the Blue Jays

↑ 13 J. Smoak

↓ 19 G. Iorg

193

#38 on the Blue Jays

↑ 2 K. Gruber

↓ 6 B. Bichette

Career with the Minnesota Twins · 1996–1998

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#127 on the Twins

↑ 1 J. Castro

↓ 1 R. Wilfong

Hits

530

#85 on the Twins

↑ 9 J. Busby

↓ 17 P. Gharrity

RBI

271

#72 on the Twins

↑ 2 S. Braun

↓ 1 D. Mincher

#85 on the Twins

↑ 1 J. Bartlett

↓ 1 K. Hrbek

Runs

237

#86 on the Twins

↑ 1 R. Reese

↓ 4 D. Young

146

#107 on the Twins

↑ 1 L. Ford

↓ 2 B. Stewart

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

234

#298 all-time MLB

↑ 1 J. Damon

↓ 1 C. Yelich

Hits

3,319

#11 all-time MLB

↑ 65 A. Pujols

↓ 4 E. Collins

RBI

1,307

#113 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Garvey

↓ 1 R. Cano

504

#39 all-time MLB

↑ 2 L. Aparicio

↓ 9 W. Keeler

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1978	Brewers	AL	125	521	73	142	26	4	6	45	30	19	54	0.273	0.301	0.372
1979	Brewers	AL	140	584	88	188	27	16	9	62	33	48	48	0.322	0.372	0.469
1980	Brewers	AL	111	450	81	137	29	2	9	37	34	48	48	0.304	0.372	0.438
1981	Brewers	AL	64	251	45	67	11	0	2	19	10	25	29	0.267	0.341	0.335
1982	Brewers	AL	160	666	136	201	26	8	19	71	41	69	93	0.302	0.366	0.450
1983	Brewers	AL	152	608	95	164	28	6	15	47	41	59	74	0.270	0.333	0.410
1984	Brewers	AL	13	46	3	10	1	0	0	6	1	2	8	0.217	0.245	0.239
1985	Brewers	AL	140	576	93	171	28	3	10	48	21	54	80	0.297	0.356	0.408
1986	Brewers	AL	105	437	62	123	24	6	9	55	20	40	81	0.281	0.340	0.426
1987	Brewers	AL	118	465	114	164	41	5	16	75	45	69	67	0.353	0.438	0.566
1988	Brewers	AL	154	609	115	190	34	6	13	60	41	71	54	0.312	0.384	0.452
1989	Brewers	AL	155	615	84	194	35	4	11	56	27	64	67	0.315	0.379	0.439
1990	Brewers	AL	103	418	64	119	27	6	12	45	18	37	51	0.285	0.343	0.464
1991	Brewers	AL	158	665	133	216	32	13	17	75	19	77	62	0.325	0.399	0.489
1992	Brewers	AL	158	609	89	195	36	7	12	89	31	73	66	0.320	0.389	0.461
1993	Blue Jays	AL	160	636	121	211	37	5	22	111	22	77	71	0.332	0.402	0.509
1994	Blue Jays	AL	115	454	86	155	30	4	14	75	20	55	48	0.341	0.410	0.518
1995	Blue Jays	AL	130	525	63	142	31	2	15	60	12	61	57	0.270	0.350	0.423
1996	Twins	AL	161	660	99	225	41	8	9	113	18	56	72	0.341	0.390	0.468
1997	Twins	AL	135	538	63	164	32	4	10	89	11	45	73	0.305	0.351	0.435
1998	Twins	AL	126	502	75	141	29	5	4	69	9	45	41	0.281	0.335	0.382
Career			2,683	10,835	1,782	3,319	605	114	234	1,307	504	1,094	1,244	0.306	0.369	0.448

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
3B	791	788	6,898.0	642	1,639	121	185
2B	400	392	3,457.7	926	1,274	48	279
1B	197	196	1,710.3	1,716	127	18	169
SS	57	54	486.0	99	196	18	30
OF	50	51	446.7	123	5	3	1

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2004	BBWAA	431	380	Inducted