Mike Paul
Cleveland Indians 1968–1971; Texas Rangers 1972; Chicago Cubs 1973; Texas Rangers 1973; Chicago Cubs 1974
Percentile snapshot
1972 season — qualified pitchers
of 85 qualified 1972 pitchers (min 154 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 36 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 1.1 | 13.1 | .179 | -0.3 |
| 1969 | 47 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .036 | .000 | .036 | -113.9 | -89.3 | .027 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | -36.3 | -16.5 | .142 | -0.2 |
| 1971 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | -59.4 | -44.4 | .116 | -1.2 |
| 1972 | 49 | 52 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .184 | .229 | .413 | 10.0 | 24.4 | .194 | 3.5 |
| 1973 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -132.5 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.1 |
| 1974 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.4 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 40 | 35 | 87 | 11 | 91.7 | 3.93 | 1.167 | 8.54 | 3.19 | 108.5 | 75.0 | -0.3 |
| 1969 | 47 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 47 | 54 | 98 | 12 | 117.3 | 3.61 | 1.347 | 7.52 | 3.45 | 92.9 | 103.1 | 1.0 |
| 1970 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 47 | 45 | 70 | 13 | 88.0 | 4.81 | 1.545 | 7.16 | 4.29 | 110.3 | 80.9 | -0.2 |
| 1971 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 41 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 62.0 | 5.95 | 1.484 | 4.79 | 3.89 | 104.4 | 62.6 | -1.2 |
| 1972 | 49 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 149 | 39 | 52 | 108 | 4 | 161.7 | 2.17 | 1.243 | 6.01 | 2.26 | 75.6 | 137.5 | 3.5 |
| 1973 | 47 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 55 | 45 | 55 | 11 | 105.7 | 4.68 | 1.571 | 4.68 | 4.31 | 114.2 | 80.5 | -0.1 |
| 1974 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 27.00 | 3.750 | 6.75 | 13.09 | 345.1 | 14.0 | -0.4 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-08-29 | TEX @ NYY Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1968-09-02 | CLE @ LAA Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972-08-02 | MIN @ TEX Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972-08-17 | BOS @ TEX Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1968-07-11 | CLE @ ATH Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-05-16 | ATH @ CLE Gameday | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| 1972-07-14 | CLE @ TEX Gameday | 11.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1970-09-20 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 7.0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1970-10-01 | CLE @ DET Gameday | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1968-08-29 | MIN @ CLE Gameday | 7.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.