MLB / Players

Paul Molitor

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb

BornAugust 22, 1956 · St. Paul, MN, USA

MLB debutApril 7, 1978

Final gameSeptember 27, 1998

Seasons21 (1978–1998)

Milwaukee Brewers 1978–1992; Toronto Blue Jays 1993–1995; Minnesota Twins 1996–1998

Percentile snapshot

1998 season — qualified batters

126

1.3

559

502

27.8

141

23.4

39.2

75.3

5.1

RBI

36.7

32.3

97.5

42.4

77.2

.281

45.6

OBP

.335

SLG

.382

16.5

OPS

.718

17.1

wRC+

83.6

13.9

OPS+

85.7

14.6

wOBA

.317

13.9

sWAR

-0.6

0.6

of 159 qualified 1998 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

122.6

82.9

OPS+

122.2

82.5

sWAR

62.3

99.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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
1978	125	556	521	73	142	26	4	6	45	19	54	30	12	.273	.301	.372	.673	85.6	89.0	.306	1.3
1979	140	645	584	88	188	27	16	9	62	48	48	33	13	.322	.372	.469	.842	127.5	127.1	.375	4.5
1980	111	512	450	81	137	29	2	9	37	48	48	34	7	.304	.372	.438	.809	126.6	125.0	.367	3.5
1981	64	284	251	45	67	11	0	2	19	25	29	10	6	.267	.341	.335	.675	104.7	100.6	.321	1.0
1982	160	751	666	136	201	26	8	19	71	69	93	41	9	.302	.366	.450	.816	131.8	129.6	.367	5.7
1983	152	682	608	95	164	28	6	15	47	59	74	41	8	.270	.333	.410	.743	110.6	110.6	.334	3.5
1984	13	49	46	3	10	1	0	0	6	2	8	1	0	.217	.245	.239	.484	32.9	37.4	.224	-0.3
1985	140	642	576	93	171	28	3	10	48	54	80	21	7	.297	.356	.408	.764	110.2	109.6	.342	3.2
1986	105	482	437	62	123	24	6	9	55	40	81	20	5	.281	.340	.426	.765	106.3	104.7	.343	2.0
1987	118	542	465	114	164	41	5	16	75	69	67	45	10	.353	.438	.566	1.003	165.6	161.9	.437	5.6
1988	154	690	609	115	190	34	6	13	60	71	54	41	10	.312	.384	.452	.836	135.9	133.7	.377	4.9
1989	155	696	615	84	194	35	4	11	56	64	67	27	11	.315	.379	.439	.818	134.1	131.9	.374	5.2
1990	103	458	418	64	119	27	6	12	45	37	51	18	3	.285	.343	.464	.807	124.5	124.9	.362	2.7
1991	158	749	665	133	216	32	13	17	75	77	62	19	8	.325	.399	.489	.888	147.5	147.8	.396	5.0
1992	158	700	609	89	195	36	7	12	89	73	66	31	6	.320	.389	.461	.851	140.1	140.8	.384	4.0
1993	160	725	636	121	211	37	5	22	111	77	71	22	4	.332	.402	.509	.911	146.5	144.1	.408	4.8
1994	115	515	454	86	155	30	4	14	75	55	48	20	0	.341	.410	.518	.927	138.6	137.7	.407	2.9
1995	130	598	525	63	142	31	2	15	60	61	57	12	0	.270	.350	.423	.772	102.9	101.0	.348	0.8
1996	161	728	660	99	225	41	8	9	113	56	72	18	6	.341	.390	.468	.858	113.6	114.4	.376	2.0
1997	135	597	538	63	164	32	4	10	89	45	73	11	4	.305	.351	.435	.786	99.9	103.1	.343	0.5
1998	126	559	502	75	141	29	5	4	69	45	41	9	2	.281	.335	.382	.718	83.6	85.7	.317	-0.6

Career totals

2,683

35th-most career G

12,160

17th-most career PA

10,835

16th-most career AB

1,782

21st-most career R

3,319

11th-most career H

605

15th-most career 2B

114

114th-most career 3B

234

298th-most career HR

RBI

1,307

113th-most career RBI

1,094

85th-most career BB

1,244

199th-most career SO

504

39th-most career SB

.3063

153rd-highest career batting average

OBP

.3691

303rd-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4480

OPS

.8171

374th-highest career OPS

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	TB
1982-05-12	MIL @ KC Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	3	4	13
1986-08-19	MIL @ CLE Gameday	4	3	4	2	0	2	3	12
1994-05-21	CLE @ TOR Gameday	5	3	4	0	0	2	4	10
1991-05-15	MIL @ MIN Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	1	1	10
1995-09-04	TOR @ KC Gameday	5	1	5	1	0	1	3	9

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.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2004 (BBWAA)

4× Silver Slugger1× World Series MVP7× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.