#8 Paul "The Ignitor" Molitor, Second Base, 31 yrs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Thursday, 9/22/2020 |
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| Paul Molitor
The Ignitor
8/22/1989
31
USA,MN,St. Paul
6"0
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Second Base
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
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3.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 7,000,000
2020
$ 7,000,000 (4 year(s))
9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days)
172 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 0 Days (1548 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Not eligible
3 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Versus LHP | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Versus RHP | 10 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Talent | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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| Fielding Ratings
2B : 8 (Range), .975 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 8 (Range), .996 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 6 (Range), .946 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 9
Outfield Arm : 2
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 9/11 | @BAL | L 3-8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | #3 | | |
| 9/12 | NYY | L 7-8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/13 | NYY | L 3-7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 9/14 | NYY | L 4-8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/16 | @MIN | L 3-7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
| 9/17 | @MIN | W 3-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 9/18 | @MIN | L 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #1 | | |
| 9/19 | @NYY | W 7-6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/20 | @NYY | W 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | #3 | | |
| 9/21 | @NYY | W 10-4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | #4 | PoG | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 149 | 557 | 163 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 82 | 91 | 74 | 59 | .293 | .374 | .417 | .790 | .796 | .124 |
| Projected | 156 | 582 | 170 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 86 | 95 | 77 | 62 | .293 | .374 | .417 | .790 | .796 | .124 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 138 | 635 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 232 | 52 | 26 | 5 | 83.9 | 90.5 | 5.8 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 187 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .355 | .396 | .751 |
| vs. RHP | 370 | 113 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 55 | 48 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .305 | .383 | .427 | .810 |
| Close/Late | 63 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .324 | .349 | .673 |
| Scoring Position | 146 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .336 | .432 | .486 | .918 |
| Pinch Hitting | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 71 | 249 | 71 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 51 | 39 | 29 | .285 | .379 | .402 | .781 |
| Road | 78 | 308 | 92 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | .299 | .368 | .429 | .797 |
| This Week | 3 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .385 | .429 | .692 | 1.121 |
| Last Week | 6 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .316 | .444 | .760 |
| March/April | 28 | 113 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 21 | 16 | 9 | .336 | .412 | .504 | .917 |
| May | 29 | 115 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 16 | .191 | .277 | .243 | .520 |
| June | 25 | 77 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 8 | .260 | .367 | .390 | .756 |
| July | 23 | 90 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 | .322 | .396 | .422 | .818 |
| August | 28 | 106 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 13 | 9 | .330 | .403 | .472 | .875 |
| Sept/Oct | 16 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | .339 | .406 | .518 | .924 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2012 | 155 | 633 | 223 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 97 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 51 | 11 | .352 | .385 | .455 | .840 | TB |
| 2013 | 158 | 657 | 186 | 42 | 6 | 8 | 67 | 90 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 72 | 35 | 12 | .283 | .321 | .402 | .723 | TB |
| 2014 | 159 | 637 | 189 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 69 | 91 | 69 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 49 | 22 | .297 | .367 | .400 | .768 | TB |
| 2015 | 154 | 585 | 187 | 36 | 8 | 19 | 99 | 105 | 74 | 3 | 6 | 72 | 42 | 12 | .320 | .395 | .506 | .901 | TB,AL |
| 2016 | 153 | 590 | 182 | 46 | 7 | 11 | 91 | 108 | 70 | 3 | 5 | 65 | 36 | 16 | .308 | .382 | .466 | .848 | TB |
| 2017 | 153 | 560 | 190 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 80 | 91 | 79 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 27 | 16 | .339 | .419 | .464 | .883 | TB |
| 2018 | 155 | 624 | 196 | 39 | 9 | 10 | 81 | 98 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 38 | 13 | .314 | .383 | .454 | .836 | TB |
| 2019 | 150 | 593 | 218 | 44 | 15 | 7 | 111 | 117 | 64 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 40 | 16 | .368 | .428 | .528 | .956 | TB,AL |
| 2020 | 149 | 557 | 163 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 82 | 91 | 74 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 26 | 5 | .293 | .374 | .417 | .790 | TB |
| Total | 1386 | 5436 | 1734 | 363 | 66 | 79 | 744 | 888 | 570 | 19 | 37 | 561 | 344 | 123 | .319 | .383 | .454 | .837 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2011, AAA | 126 | 512 | 183 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 91 | 42 | 54 | 38 | 4 | .357 | .402 | .518 | .919 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2016 | 10 | 42 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .357 | .413 | .619 | 1.032 |
| 2018 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .412 | .688 | 1.099 |
| Total | 14 | 58 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .362 | .413 | .638 | 1.051 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Second Base | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
| Third Base | 139 | 138 | 85 | 305 | 26 | 398 | 8 | .980 | 1232.1 | 2.91 | | | | |
| Shortstop | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.0 | 2.00 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/23/2011 to a 5-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year...
Traded from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay on 2/28/2011 (Going to PIT: P Johan Santana, 1B Travis Hafner. Going to TB: P Gio Gonzalez, 2B Paul Molitor, 1B Richie Hebner)...
Injured on 8/5/2011 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week...
Had first career hit (double) on 4/4/2012, off Jake Peavy (LAA)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/2012, off Brad Baker (KC)...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against New York (A) on 5/19/2012...
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 9/14/2012...
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 9/24/2012...
Won Jackie Robinson Award in 2012, hitting .352 with 6 HR, 64 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Seattle on 5/15/2014...
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 2014...
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,864,286 through salary arbitration...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2015, hitting .396 with 7 HR, 24 RBI...
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/2015, hitting .579 with 2 HR, 7 RBI...
1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/4/2016, hitting .471 with 0 HR, 3 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Baltimore on 5/18/2016...
8/16/2016: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Won Player of the Week award on 9/5/2018, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 5 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/25/2019, hitting .708 with 2 HR, 12 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 7/1/2019...
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2019, hitting .417 with 0 HR, 26 RBI...
7/25/2020: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG
2012 - .352 - 1st
2015 - .320 - 7th
2017 - .339 - 5th
2018 - .314 - 10th
2019 - .368 - 2nd
| OBP
2012 - .385 - 4th
2015 - .395 - 7th
2017 - .419 - 3rd
2019 - .428 - 3rd
| OPS
2015 - .901 - 9th
2019 - .956 - 9th
| Hits
2012 - 223 - 1st
2013 - 186 - 7th
2014 - 189 - 5th
2017 - 190 - 7th
2018 - 196 - 7th
2019 - 218 - 1st
| Triples
2019 - 15 - 2nd
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Runs
2015 - 105 - 10th
2019 - 117 - 10th
| SB
2012 - 51 - 6th
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