Paul Blair

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 168lb (183cm, 76kg)

Born: February 1, 1944 in Cushing, OK us

Died: December 26, 2013 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Cremated

High School: Manual Arts HS (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 9, 1964 (Age 20-221d, 12,290th in major league history)
vs. WSA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 20, 1980 (Age 36-140d)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Paul L. D. Blair

Nicknames: Motormouth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

37.7

6042

1513

134

.250

776

RBI

620

171

OBP

.302

SLG

.382

OPS

.684

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 12	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-5	GF	19	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	8 (2)	Apr 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
3	18 (9)	Apr 29	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	27 (8)	May 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-4	GF	12	2.2	3	0	0	3	0	PR CF
5	30 (2)	May 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
6	31	May 16	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	32	May 17	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
8	33	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
9	34	May 19	NYY	@	TOR	W,11-3	GF	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
10	37 (2)	May 21 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,9-1	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
11	38	May 23	NYY		CLE	W,10-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
12	39	May 25	NYY		CLE	W,9-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
13	41 (1)	May 27	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	GF	25	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
14	42	May 28 (1)	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
15	43	May 28 (2)	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	CG	57	13.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
16	44	May 29	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
17	45	May 30	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	46	May 31	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	47	Jun 1	NYY		BAL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
20	48	Jun 2	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
21	51 (2)	Jun 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
22	52	Jun 6	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
23	55 (2)	Jun 10	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	GF	20	4.2	1	1	0	2	0	CF
24	58 (2)	Jun 13	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	59	Jun 14	NYY		SEA	W,11-9	GS	49	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF 3B
26	61 (1)	Jun 16	NYY		CAL	L,7-10	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	62	Jun 17	NYY		CAL	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
28	65 (2)	Jun 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
29	67 (1)	Jun 22	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B SS
30	68	Jun 23	NYY	@	DET	W,12-3	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
31	70 (1)	Jun 25	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
32	71	Jun 26	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS 2B
33	72	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	GF	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH CF
34	73	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
35	74	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	75	Jun 30	NYY		DET	W,10-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	77 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	NYY		DET	W,3-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
38	78	Jul 2 (2)	NYY		DET	W,5-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
39	84 (5)	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-8	GF	14	3.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B 2B
40	87 (2)	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	L,2-8	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
41	92 (4)	Jul 21	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B SS
42	94 (1)	Jul 23	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
43	96 (1)	Jul 25	NYY	@	KCR	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
44	98 (1)	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,11-0	GF	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH CF
45	99	Jul 27 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,5-17	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	100	Jul 28	NYY		MIN	L,5-7		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	105 (4)	Aug 1	NYY		TEX	W,8-1	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
48	118 (12)	Aug 15	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-0	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	122 (3)	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
50	125 (2)	Aug 25	NYY		OAK	W,7-1	GF	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	128 (2)	Aug 28	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
52	129	Aug 29	NYY		CAL	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
53	130	Aug 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	136 (5)	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		DET	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	138 (1)	Sep 6	NYY		DET	W,8-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
56	139	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	W,15-3	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
57	140	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,13-2	GF	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR CF
58	141	Sep 9	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-0	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	142	Sep 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	144 (1)	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
61	145	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
62	146	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
63	152 (5)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
64	153	Sep 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF CF
65	155 (1)	Sep 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-10	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
66	156	Sep 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	157	Sep 26	NYY		TOR	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
68	158	Sep 27	NYY		TOR	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
69	159	Sep 28	NYY		TOR	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
70	161 (1)	Sep 30	NYY		CLE	W,7-0	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
71	163 (1)	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
							78gm		322.2	89	5	2	96	1

1978 Fielding Game Log (as 2B)

1978 Fielding Game Log (as 3B)

1978 Fielding Game Log (as SS)

1978 Fielding Game Log (as LF)

1978 Fielding Game Log (as CF)

1978 Fielding Game Log (as RF)

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