MLB / Players

Paul Dean

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb

BornAugust 14, 1912 · Lucas, AR, USA

MLB debutApril 18, 1934

Final gameMay 31, 1943

Seasons9 (1934–1943)

St. Louis Cardinals 1934–1939; New York Giants 1940–1941; St. Louis Browns 1943

Percentile snapshot

1935 season — qualified pitchers

91.6

90.5

88.4

25.3

92.6

84.2

SHO

63.2

261

15.8

101

22.1

48.4

143

95.8

12.6

269.7

90.5

ERA

3.37

77.9

WHIP

1.172

94.7

K/9

4.77

77.9

FIP

3.44

88.4

FIP-

84.2

87.4

ERA+

121.3

70.5

sWAR

4.4

83.2

of 96 qualified 1935 pitchers (min 154 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

9.8

86.8

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1934	39	87	83	6	20	4	3	1	12	.241	.250	.289	.539	33.0	41.2	.245	4.5
1935	46	95	90	3	12	1	3	1	23	.133	.143	.144	.287	-34.8	-23.2	.133	4.4
1936	17	37	34	0	2	0	1	0	2	.059	.059	.059	.118	-86.0	-68.1	.054	-0.1
1937	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	5	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	-18.9	-1.9	.168	0.7
1939	16	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-66.4	-41.6	.103	-0.6
1940	27	31	26	0	3	0	0	0	2	.115	.115	.115	.231	-56.0	-36.5	.106	0.8
1941	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
1943	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-137.7	-100.0	.000	0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1934	39	26	19	11	2	16	5	225	89	52	150	19	233.3	3.43	1.187	5.79	3.59	85.0	123.0	4.5
1935	46	33	19	12	5	19	2	261	101	55	143	16	269.7	3.37	1.172	4.77	3.44	84.2	121.3	4.4
1936	17	14	5	5	1	5	0	113	47	20	28	3	92.0	4.60	1.446	2.74	3.54	88.8	86.8	-0.1
1937	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	5	4	3	1	0	2	1	37	9	5	14	3	31.0	2.61	1.355	4.06	3.57	90.3	151.5	0.7
1939	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	54	29	10	16	4	43.0	6.07	1.488	3.35	4.04	98.3	67.7	-0.6
1940	27	7	4	4	0	2	0	110	43	29	32	8	99.3	3.90	1.399	2.90	4.03	103.7	99.7	0.8
1941	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	3	3	0	5.7	3.18	1.941	4.76	3.09	83.6	116.5	0.1
1943	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	5	3	1	0	13.3	3.38	1.425	0.68	3.10	92.7	99.0	0.1

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

159

274

256

RBI

.1563

OBP

.1628

SLG

.1758

OPS

.3386

Pitching

G (P)

159

SHO

787

SO (P)

387

BB allowed

179

ERA

3.715

WHIP

1.2752

K/9

4.42

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	RBI	TB
1934-05-17	STL @ ATL Gameday	4	0	2	1	0	3
1934-09-21	STL @ LAD Gameday	3	1	2	1	0	3
1934-06-26	SF @ STL Gameday	5	1	2	0	1	2
1935-09-11	PHI @ STL Gameday	3	1	2	0	1	2
1934-05-22	STL @ SF Gameday	4	1	2	0	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1935-07-23	SF @ STL Gameday	9.0	4	1	0	1	12	0
1934-06-22	LAD @ STL Gameday	9.0	8	2	2	1	10	1
1934-09-09	STL @ PHI Gameday	9.0	4	1	1	1	10	0
1934-09-13	STL @ SF Gameday	12.0	6	0	0	3	7	0
1934-09-16	STL @ SF Gameday	11.0	6	1	1	1	7	0

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.