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Paul Splittorff

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: October 8, 1946 in Evansville, IN us

Died: May 25, 2011 in Blue Springs, MO

Buried: Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, MO

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 25th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Morningside College (Sioux City, IA).

High School: Arlington HS (Arlington Heights, IL)

School: Morningside College (Sioux City, IA)

Debut: September 23, 1970 (Age 23-350d, 13,088th in major league history)
vs. CHW 7.0 IP, 10 H, 8 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Last Game: June 26, 1984 (Age 37-262d)
vs. OAK 4.2 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Paul William Splittorff

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.9

166

143

ERA

3.81

429

392

2554.2

1057

WHIP

1.340

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Team Record in Appearances: 23-16 / in Starts: 23-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	232	3	Apr 10	KCR		BAL	W,4-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	7	2	2	3	1	0	0	2.16	3.43	34	15	8	1	0	7	59			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.293	1.38	0.21%	1.81	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a2
2	233	5	Apr 14	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	3	7.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.76	3.04	28	12	5	0	1	6	62			1	0	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.294	1.59	0.24%	2.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
3	234	9	Apr 18	KCR	@	TOR	W,5-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.11	2.54	32	14	9	2	3	5	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	.48	0.211	.83	0.22%	4.28	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
4	235	11	Apr 22	KCR	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	3	7.0	4	2	2	0	0	2	1	1.44	3.48	25	9	11	2	0	4	61			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.219	1.58	0.23%	1.10	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
5	236	15	Apr 26	KCR		TOR	L,1-3	CG	L(4-1)	3	9.0	4	3	3	2	2	2	0	1.79	3.97	32	17	7	3	1	4	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.015	2.09	-0.02%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	237	20	May 1	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-8	GS-7	L(4-2)	4	6.1	8	6	5	2	3	0	0	2.51	3.79	31	8	10	0	0	8	36			1	0	0	28	1	1	0	0	1	2	1.36	-0.231	2.56	-0.26%	-1.67	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out tie
7	238	24	May 6	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.47	3.68	29	10	14	3	5	2	65			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.320	1.37	0.29%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
8	239	28	May 12	KCR		NYY	W,4-3	GS-7		5	6.2	10	3	3	1	1	1	0	2.64	3.79	29	7	10	2	1	10	42			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.157	2.13	-0.13%	-0.07	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d1
9	240	32	May 16	KCR		BOS	L,2-3	CG	L(4-3)	3	9.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	2.69	3.81	33	8	14	5	7	8	60			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	3	1	1	1.10	0.020	1.73	0.02%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
10	241	36	May 21	KCR		MIN	L,2-3	CG	L(4-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	2.72	3.68	34	14	11	3	3	7	61			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.009	1.80	0.01%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
11	242	41	May 25	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-4	GS-7	W(5-4)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.81	3.77	29	7	11	3	3	7	51			0	1	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.021	1.29	-0.02%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out a6
12	243	44	May 31	KCR		SEA	W,8-3	CG	W(6-4)	5	9.0	11	3	2	2	3	0	0	2.74	3.65	38	13	9	5	3	11	56			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	3	1	1	.95	0.206	1.89	0.25%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	244	48	Jun 4	KCR		CHW	W,13-2	GS-7	W(7-4)	3	7.0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.55	3.61	26	14	7	2	0	4	64			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.131	2.07	0.17%	1.36	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
14	245	52	Jun 9	KCR	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-5)	4	8.0	6	3	2	3	2	1	0	2.53	3.70	33	13	9	2	2	6	59			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.060	1.21	-0.06%	0.88	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
15	246	57	Jun 14	KCR		DET	W,7-1	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	2.41	3.70	32	12	12	3	3	4	77			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.267	1.15	0.29%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	247	62	Jun 18(2)	KCR	@	CHW	L,0-11	GS-5	L(8-6)	3	5.0	6	5	5	2	0	3	0	2.68	4.02	23	3	12	2	6	6	33			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	1	0	.47	-0.256	1.31	-0.43%	-2.62	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
17	248	66	Jun 23(1)	KCR		OAK	W,5-3	GS-8	W(9-6)	4	7.2	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	2.73	4.02	31	8	16	5	5	6	56			3	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	2	.86	0.226	2.38	0.37%	0.74	1t start tie	8t --- 2 out a2
18	249	72	Jun 28	KCR	@	CAL	L,5-9	GS-2	L(9-7)	4	1.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.04	4.00	10	1	2	0	1	7	20			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.303	3.36	-0.55%	-3.74	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	250	78	Jul 3	KCR		CAL	L,4-7	7-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	4.00	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.008	2.15	0.01%	0.20	7t 1-- 0 out d2	7t -2- 1 out d2
20	251	82	Jul 7	KCR		BAL	W,3-1	CG	W(10-7)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.90	3.92	32	8	18	0	5	4	75			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.09	0.400	2.16	0.48%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	252	85	Jul 13	KCR	@	MIL	L,2-13	GS-2	L(10-8)	5	2.0	4	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.17	3.97	12	2	1	0	1	3	30			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.336	2.98	-0.50%	-4.06	1b start tie	2b 3 out d5
22	253	89	Jul 17	KCR	@	NYY	W,9-7	GS-4		3	3.0	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.41	4.01	17	2	4	0	2	7	27			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.357	3.40	-0.56%	-4.24	1b start tie	4b -2- 0 out d4
23	254	92	Jul 21	KCR		BOS	W,9-0	SHO	W(11-8)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.22	3.92	32	7	18	1	5	6	76			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.44	0.239	1.31	0.43%	4.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
24	255	96	Jul 25	KCR		NYY	L,0-4	GS-8	L(11-9)	3	7.2	8	4	3	2	2	0	0	3.23	3.87	34	13	9	1	5	8	49			1	0	0	31	5	1	1	0	0	1	.93	0.020	2.69	0.04%	-0.59	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d4
25	256	101	Jul 30	KCR	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-8	W(12-9)	4	7.2	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.14	3.81	28	9	12	1	7	4	66			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.360	3.48	0.62%	2.89	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	257	105	Aug 4	KCR		TOR	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	8	3	3	0	2	0	1	3.18	3.76	27	8	8	1	2	8	47			0	1	1	25	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.139	3.54	-0.26%	-0.53	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
27	258	109	Aug 8	KCR		CHW	W,10-4	GS-7	W(13-9)	3	6.0	8	4	3	1	5	0	0	3.22	3.68	28	7	7	1	1	8	46			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	1	.94	-0.056	3.14	-0.11%	-1.95	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a5
28	259	113	Aug 12	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-5	GS-4	L(13-10)	3	3.2	8	4	4	3	2	1	0	3.35	3.76	21	4	4	0	0	8	28			0	0	0	17	0	2	0	1	1	0	.98	-0.319	3.21	-0.63%	-2.85	1b start a 1	4b 123 2 out d2
29	260	118	Aug 16(2)	KCR	@	MIN	W,11-7	GS-7	W(14-10)	3	6.1	9	5	4	2	5	1	0	3.43	3.76	29	7	6	1	4	9	40			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.30	-0.312	4.64	-0.67%	-2.15	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 1 out a1
30	261	122	Aug 20	KCR		TEX	W,2-1	CG	W(15-10)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	1	3.32	3.72	32	9	12	0	5	7	68			0	2	2	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.48	0.575	6.27	1.47%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
31	262	125	Aug 24	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-8	L(15-11)	3	7.1	8	4	4	1	4	0	0	3.38	3.66	30	8	9	1	4	8	49			1	1	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.102	3.64	-0.23%	0.14	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d2
32	263	129	Aug 28	KCR		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9		3	8.0	5	2	0	3	1	0	0	3.25	3.65	32	16	7	2	2	5	66			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.21	0.131	4.73	0.31%	1.46	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	264	133	Sep 2	KCR		DET	W,8-3	CG	W(16-11)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	3	0	3.24	3.78	35	12	11	3	2	7	62			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.241	2.43	0.61%	1.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
34	265	137	Sep 6	KCR	@	OAK	W,11-8	GS-2		3	1.2	5	5	3	2	2	0	0	3.34	3.78	14	4	1	0	0	5	29			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	-0.346	4.26	-0.80%	-4.84	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d5
35	266	141	Sep 10	KCR	@	CAL	L,3-13	GS-1	L(16-12)	3	0.0	4	5	5	2	0	1	0	3.53	3.86	6	0	0	0	0	4	20			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.363	9.82	-1.76%	-4.97	1b start tie	1b 12- 0 out d4
36	267	145	Sep 14	KCR		OAK	W,5-1	CG	W(17-12)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.44	3.82	33	11	14	4	4	4	75			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.250	1.78	0.40%	3.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
37	268	150	Sep 19	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-8	GS-8	W(18-12)	4	7.1	8	5	3	2	3	0	0	3.44	3.79	32	15	5	1	0	7	47			2	0	0	30	3	1	0	2	0	2	.74	-0.015	.35	0.00%	-1.63	1b start a 4	8b -23 1 out a5
38	269	155	Sep 23	KCR	@	MIN	W,3-1	GS-8	W(19-12)	3	7.1	6	1	1	6	2	1	0	3.38	3.86	31	5	12	2	2	6	58			0	1	1	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.220	.49	0.05%	1.95	1b start a 2	8b 12- 1 out a2
39	270	159	Sep 27	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	L(19-13)	3	9.0	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.40	3.82	34	8	16	3	4	8	55			0	1	1	32	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.42	-0.343	.00	0.00%	0.32	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							23-16		W-L:19-13	3.5	262.0	244	113	99	60	76	22	3	3.40	3.82	1069	0.97		9%	14%	238	53	1	0%	13	7	6	986	43	11	2	26	9	17	1.01	0.909	2.28	-0.30%	10.81

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