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Paul Thormodsgard

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: November 10, 1953 in San Francisco, CA us

Debut: April 10, 1977 (Age 23-151d, 13,857th in major league history)
vs. OAK 6.1 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: September 8, 1979 (Age 25-302d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Paul Gayton Thormodsgard

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

ERA

4.74

285.0

118

WHIP

1.411

Summary of 33 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 8 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	33

Platoon
vs RHB	17
vs LHB	16

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	10

Outs
1	15
0	13
2	5

12 Opps
OAK	5
DET	5
CHW	5
TEX	4
BOS	3
MIL	3
KCR	2
NYY	2
CAL	1
SEA	1
BAL	1
TOR	1

27 Batters
Ben Oglivie	3
Jim Essian	3
Oscar Gamble	2
Toby Harrah	2
Butch Hobson	1
Pat Putnam	1
Lee May	1
Sixto Lezcano	1
Steve Kemp	1
Rob Picciolo	1
Steve Brye	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Reggie Jackson	1
Gary Thomasson	1
Fred Lynn	1
Graig Nettles	1
Gary Alexander	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Bill Stein	1
John Mayberry	1
Wayne Gross	1
Bump Wills	1
Freddie Patek	1
Roy Howell	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Tom Veryzer	1
Lamar Johnson	1

8 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	23
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	14
9	13
8	5
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	15
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	10
12-	1

45 Runs
RISP	1
0 on	22
1 on	10
2 on	1
Any on	11

Inning
1	1
2	9
3	4
4	2
5	9
6	4
7	1
8	2
9	1

1-3	14
4-6	15
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	2
+2	5
+1	7
Tied	7
-1	3
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	1

Ahead	15
Tied	7
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	9
3B	7
1B	4
C	4
SS	3
LF	2
PH/DH	1
2B	1
CF	1
DH	1

OrderPos
4th	9
6th	7
9th	5
7th	3
5th	3
3rd	2
8th	2
2nd	2

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-04-15	Rob Picciolo	OAK	@	MIN	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	1	9	6	14%	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1977-05-01	Ben Oglivie	DET	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	1977-05-01	Steve Kemp	DET	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	7	10%	68%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	4	3	1977-05-01	Tom Veryzer	DET	@	MIN	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	12-	3	9	6	16%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. May Scores; P. Mankowski Scores
5	5	5	1	1977-05-30	Lee May	BAL	@	MIN	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	1--	2	4	3	19%	83%		Home Run (LF-CF); K. Singleton Scores/unER
6	6	6	1	1977-06-08	John Mayberry	KCR	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	3	19%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Brett Scores
7	7	7	2	1977-06-08	Freddie Patek	KCR	@	MIN	behind 2-3	t 2	0	---	1	8	6	11%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1977-06-20	Toby Harrah	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	---	1	6	5	13%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1977-06-24	Jim Essian	CHW	@	MIN	behind 2-5	t 5	1	---	1	9	2	8%	22%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	2	1977-06-24	Lamar Johnson	CHW	@	MIN	behind 3-6	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	8%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	3	1977-06-24	Oscar Gamble	CHW	@	MIN	behind 4-6	t 6	1	---	1	5	9	11%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	12	1	1977-06-28	Steve Brye	MIL	@	MIN	behind 1-8	t 8	0	---	1	8	7	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	13	1	1977-07-08	Bill Stein	SEA	@	MIN	ahead 5-2	t 3	1	1--	2	7	5	10%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Meyer Scores
14	14	14	1	1977-07-22	Bobby Bonds	CAL	@	MIN	tied 1-1	t 6	1	1--	2	3	9	26%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Remy Scores
15	15	15	1	1977-08-09	Roy Howell	TOR		MIN	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	---	1	3	5	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	16	1	1977-08-14	Ben Oglivie	DET		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	9	9%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	17	2	1977-08-14	Ben Oglivie	DET		MIN	behind 2-4	b 4	0	1--	2	6	9	20%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Thompson Scores
18	18	18	1	1977-08-22	Fred Lynn	BOS	@	MIN	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---	1	2	8	4%	7%		Home Run (Deep CF)
19	19	19	2	1977-08-22	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	MIN	behind 2-4	t 9	2	1--	2	7	5	36%	40%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Scott Scores
20	20	20	1	1977-08-31	Wayne Gross	OAK	@	MIN	behind 1-2	t 5	0	1--	2	7	5	23%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Sanguillén Scores
21	21	21	1	1977-09-13	Jim Essian	CHW		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	2	9	2	15%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bannister Scores
22	22	22	2	1977-09-13	Oscar Gamble	CHW		MIN	ahead 3-1	b 6	0	---	1	4	9	7%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	23	1	1977-09-18 (1)	Toby Harrah	TEX		MIN	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	---	1	4	5	7%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	24	1	1977-09-25 (1)	Sixto Lezcano	MIL	@	MIN	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	9	9%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	25	1	1977-09-30	Cecil Cooper	MIL		MIN	tied 5-5	b 5	0	1--	2	4	3	20%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Money Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1978-04-17	Gary Alexander	OAK	@	MIN	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1	4	DH	10%	39%		Home Run (Deep CF)
27	27	2	2	1978-04-17	Jim Essian	OAK	@	MIN	ahead 4-2	t 3	2	1--	2	6	2	15%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Revering Scores
28	28	3	1	1978-04-25 (1)	Gary Thomasson	OAK		MIN	tied 0-0	b 5	1	---	1	9	9	17%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	4	1	1978-05-09	Graig Nettles	NYY		MIN	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	5	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	5	2	1978-05-09	Reggie Jackson	NYY		MIN	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	9	11%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	6	1	1978-05-14	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	MIN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	7	1	1978-05-24	Bump Wills	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 1-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	4	12%	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1979-09-08	Pat Putnam	TEX	@	MIN	ahead 5-1	t 5	0	---	1	5	PH/DH	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)