Paul Splittorff
Kansas City Royals 1970–1984
Percentile snapshot
1982 season — qualified pitchers
of 90 qualified 1982 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 190.2 | 177.6 | .462 | -0.2 |
| 1971 | 22 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .104 | .157 | .125 | .282 | -30.6 | -18.3 | .144 | 2.6 |
| 1972 | 35 | 83 | 71 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .225 | .276 | .254 | .530 | 54.2 | 57.1 | .259 | 2.6 |
| 1973 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.6 |
| 1974 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.8 |
| 1976 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 1977 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2 |
| 1978 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.0 |
| 1979 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.5 |
| 1980 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
| 1982 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.9 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8.7 | 7.27 | 2.423 | 10.38 | 3.35 | 90.1 | 51.1 | -0.2 |
| 1971 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 129 | 43 | 35 | 80 | 4 | 144.3 | 2.68 | 1.136 | 4.99 | 2.42 | 71.0 | 127.3 | 2.6 |
| 1972 | 35 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 189 | 75 | 67 | 140 | 11 | 216.0 | 3.13 | 1.185 | 5.83 | 2.62 | 83.4 | 100.6 | 2.6 |
| 1973 | 38 | 38 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 279 | 116 | 78 | 110 | 19 | 262.0 | 3.98 | 1.363 | 3.78 | 3.63 | 90.8 | 100.4 | 2.6 |
| 1974 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 252 | 103 | 75 | 90 | 23 | 226.0 | 4.10 | 1.447 | 3.58 | 4.11 | 108.3 | 92.4 | 1.4 |
| 1975 | 35 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 156 | 56 | 56 | 76 | 10 | 159.0 | 3.17 | 1.333 | 4.30 | 3.49 | 90.8 | 121.5 | 2.8 |
| 1976 | 26 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 169 | 70 | 59 | 59 | 11 | 158.7 | 3.97 | 1.437 | 3.35 | 3.95 | 112.4 | 88.4 | 0.7 |
| 1977 | 37 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 243 | 94 | 83 | 99 | 11 | 229.0 | 3.69 | 1.424 | 3.89 | 3.62 | 89.1 | 109.9 | 3.2 |
| 1978 | 39 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 244 | 99 | 60 | 76 | 22 | 262.0 | 3.40 | 1.160 | 2.61 | 3.79 | 98.5 | 112.9 | 4.0 |
| 1979 | 36 | 35 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 248 | 113 | 77 | 77 | 25 | 240.0 | 4.24 | 1.354 | 2.89 | 4.50 | 105.1 | 101.1 | 2.5 |
| 1980 | 34 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 236 | 94 | 43 | 53 | 17 | 204.0 | 4.15 | 1.368 | 2.34 | 3.97 | 97.2 | 98.5 | 1.9 |
| 1981 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 48 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 99.0 | 4.36 | 1.354 | 4.36 | 3.87 | 106.8 | 83.1 | 0.1 |
| 1982 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 77 | 57 | 74 | 14 | 162.0 | 4.28 | 1.377 | 4.11 | 4.01 | 98.0 | 95.7 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 27 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 159 | 63 | 52 | 61 | 9 | 156.0 | 3.63 | 1.353 | 3.52 | 3.81 | 93.6 | 112.1 | 2.3 |
| 1984 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28.0 | 7.71 | 2.036 | 1.29 | 4.93 | 123.0 | 51.9 | -0.9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-06-27 | CWS @ KC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972-05-19 | ATH @ KC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1972-06-23 | MIN @ KC Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971-09-01 | KC @ MIL Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971-08-27 | NYY @ KC Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-09-05 | KC @ TEX Gameday | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1973-09-16 | KC @ LAA Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1971-06-18 | LAA @ KC Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1972-06-23 | MIN @ KC Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977-09-02 | MIL @ KC Gameday | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 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.