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Paul Blair Paul Blair
Full name: Paul L.D. Blair
Born: February 1, 1944, Cushing, Oklahoma
First Game: September 9, 1964; Final Game: June 20, 1980
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 168
Bats both part of 1971
OF on TSN AL All-Star Team (1969 and 1974)
AL Gold Glove as OF (1967 and 1969 to 1975)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1964 BAL A Daily Splits    8     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000  .000  -0.1 1964 BAL A
1965 BAL A Daily Splits  119   364   49   85  19   2   5   25   32   3   52   4   8   1   0   5   6    8   5  .234  .302  .338  -1.3 1965 BAL A
1966 BAL A Daily Splits  133   303   35   84  20   2   6   33   15   0   36   0   5   2   0  10   4    5   6  .277  .309  .416  -0.1 1966 BAL A
1967 BAL A Daily Splits  151   552   72  162  27  12  11   64   50   3   68   5   5   7   0   6  11    8   6  .293  .353  .446   3.2 1967 BAL A
1968 BAL A Daily Splits  141   421   48   89  22   1   7   38   37   4   60   2   5   2   0  10   4    4   2  .211  .277  .318  -1.0 1968 BAL A
1969 BAL A Daily Splits  150   625  102  178  32   5  26   76   40   0   72   2  13   5   0   7  11   20   6  .285  .327  .477   2.6 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A Daily Splits  133   480   79  128  24   2  18   65   56   1   93   3   5   4   0   6   9   24  11  .267  .344  .438   1.9 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A Daily Splits  141   516   75  135  24   8  10   44   32   2   94   1   6   0   0   8   8   14  11  .262  .306  .397  -1.2 1971 BAL A
1972 BAL A Daily Splits  142   477   47  111  20   8   8   49   25   0   78   0   5   7   0   9  16    7   8  .233  .267  .358  -1.2 1972 BAL A
1973 BAL A Daily Splits  146   500   73  140  25   3  10   64   43   4   72   0   6   5   0   7  10   18   8  .280  .334  .402   0.9 1973 BAL A
1974 BAL A Daily Splits  151   552   77  144  27   4  17   62   43   0   59   2  11   7   0   8  11   27   9  .261  .313  .417   0.6 1974 BAL A
1975 BAL A Daily Splits  140   440   51   96  13   4   5   31   25   0   82   0  17   5   0   9   7   17  11  .218  .257  .300  -2.9 1975 BAL A
1976 BAL A Daily Splits  145   375   29   74  16   0   3   16   22   2   49   2  13   1   0   4  14   15   6  .197  .245  .264  -2.7 1976 BAL A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits   83   164   20   43   4   3   4   25    9   1   16   2   5   3   0   2   7    3   2  .262  .303  .396  -0.5 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits   75   125   10   22   5   0   2   13    9   0   17   0   2   0   0   0   4    1   1  .176  .231  .264  -1.4 1978 NY  A
1979 NY  A Daily Splits    2     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200   0.0 1979 NY  A
1979 CIN N Daily Splits   75   140    7   21   4   1   2   15   11   3   27   0   2   2   0   1   4    0   0  .150  .209  .236  -1.5 1979 CIN N
1979 Total                77   145    7   22   4   1   2   15   11   3   28   0   2   2   0   1   4    0   0  .152  .209  .234  -1.5 1979 Total
1980 NY  A Daily Splits   12     2    2    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1980 NY  A
Total NL                  75   140    7   21   4   1   2   15   11   3   27   0   2   2   0   1   4    0   0  .150  .209  .236  -1.5 Total NL        
Total AL                1872  5902  769 1492 278  54 132  605  438  20  850  23 106  49   0  91 122  171  93  .253  .305  .385  -3.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1947  6042  776 1513 282  55 134  620  449  23  877  23 108  51   0  92 126  171  93  .250  .302  .382  -4.7 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 BAL A Daily Splits    3    15    1    6   2   0   1    6    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .400  .471  .733 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A Daily Splits    3    13    0    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    4   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .077  .143  .077 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A Daily Splits    2     9    1    3   1   0   0    2    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .444 1971 BAL A
1973 BAL A Daily Splits    5    18    2    3   0   0   0    0    1   0    5   1   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .250  .167 1973 BAL A
1974 BAL A Daily Splits    4    14    3    4   0   0   1    2    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   2  .286  .375  .500 1974 BAL A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits    3     5    1    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .400  .400 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    4     6    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1978 NY  A
Total            Splits   24    80    9   19   3   0   2   10    6   0   17   1   1   0   0   1   0    0   4  .237  .299  .350 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1966 BAL A Daily Splits    4     6    2    1   0   0   1    1    1   1    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .167  .286  .667 1966 BAL A
1969 BAL A Daily Splits    5    20    1    2   0   0   0    0    2   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .100  .182  .100 1969 BAL A
1970 BAL A Daily Splits    5    19    5    9   1   0   0    3    2   0    4   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   1  .474  .524  .526 1970 BAL A
1971 BAL A Daily Splits    4     9    2    3   1   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .444 1971 BAL A
1977 NY  A Daily Splits    4     4    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250  .250 1977 NY  A
1978 NY  A Daily Splits    6     8    2    3   1   0   0    0    1   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .375  .444  .500 1978 NY  A
Total            Splits   28    66   12   19   3   0   1    5    6   1   14   0   1   0   0   1   1    1   1  .288  .347  .379 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1969 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1969 AL   
1973 AL    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1973 AL   
Total            Splits    2     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1964 BAL A Daily  OF    6    0    0     9       2    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    6    0 
1964 BAL A        CF    6    0    0     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1965 BAL A Daily  OF  116   97   94   908.1   241    5    2    0   0  .992     0  116    0 
1965 BAL A        CF  116   97   94   908.1   240    5    2    0   0  .992
1966 BAL A Daily  OF  127   79   72   787.2   204    4    2    2   0  .990     1  126    0 
1966 BAL A        CF  126   79   72   786.2   207    4    2    3   0  .991
1966 BAL A        LF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1967 BAL A Daily  OF  146  139  136  1269.1   369   13    6    3   0  .985     0  146    0 
1967 BAL A        CF  146  139  136  1269.1   373   13    6    3   0  .985
1968 BAL A Daily  OF  132  100   96   977     271   10    2    2   0  .993     0  132    0 
1968 BAL A        CF  132  100   96   977     272   10    2    2   0  .993
1968 BAL A        3B    1    0    0     8       1    1    1    1   0  .667
1969 BAL A Daily  OF  150  149  144  1339     407   14    5    5   0  .988     0  150    0 
1969 BAL A        CF  150  149  144  1339     402   12    5    5   0  .988
1970 BAL A Daily  OF  128  117  116  1085.2   368   10    4    3   0  .990     0  128    0 
1970 BAL A        CF  128  117  116  1085.2   366   11    4    3   0  .990
1970 BAL A        3B    1    0    0     5       0    0    1    0   0  .000
1971 BAL A Daily  OF  139  121  118  1115     331    4    3    1   0  .991     0  139    0 
1971 BAL A        CF  139  121  118  1115     331    4    3    1   0  .991
1972 BAL A Daily  OF  139  113  111  1083.2   337   10    3    1   0  .991     0  139    0 
1972 BAL A        CF  139  113  111  1083.2   339    7    3    1   0  .991
1973 BAL A Daily  OF  144  123  118  1154.1   369   14    4    4   0  .990     0  144    0 
1973 BAL A        CF  144  123  118  1154.1   371   14    4    4   0  .990
1974 BAL A Daily  OF  151  136  131  1285     447    7    7    2   0  .985     0  151    0 
1974 BAL A        CF  151  136  131  1285     447    7    7    2   0  .985
1975 BAL A Daily  OF  138  103   88  1033     327    8    3    1   0  .991     0  138    0 
1975 BAL A        CF  138  103   88  1033     324    8    3    1   0  .991
1975 BAL A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
1976 BAL A Daily  OF  139   89   83   956.2   327    6    7    1   0  .979     0  139    0 
1976 BAL A        CF  139   89   83   956.2   331    6    7    1   0  .980
1977 NY  A Daily  OF   80   37   30   434.1   125    1    4    0   0  .969     6   42   34 
1977 NY  A        CF   42   32   25   312      93    0    3    0   0  .969
1977 NY  A        RF   34    5    5   103      28    1    1    0   0  .967
1977 NY  A        LF    6    0    0    19.1     5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1977 NY  A        DH    3    0    0                                      -
1978 NY  A Daily  OF   64   20   17   307.2    87    2    1    1   0  .989     1   49   16 
1978 NY  A        CF   49   13   10   211      68    2    1    1   0  .986
1978 NY  A        RF   16    7    7    88      17    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 NY  A        2B    5    0    0     6.2     2    3    1    0   0  .833
1978 NY  A        SS    4    0    0     4.2     1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 NY  A        3B    3    0    0     3.2     0    0    0    0   0     -
1978 NY  A        LF    1    0    0     8.2     1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 NY  A Daily  OF    2    1    1    13       6    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    1 
1979 NY  A        RF    1    1    1     9       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 NY  A        CF    1    0    0     4       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 CIN N Daily  OF   67   37   22   365.1   117    3    1    0   0  .992    18   55    4 
1979 CIN N        CF   55   37   22   326.2   103    1    1    0   0  .990
1979 CIN N        LF   18    0    0    31.2     6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 CIN N        RF    4    0    0     7       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 Total        CF   56   37   22   330.2   105    1    1    0   0  .991
1979 Total        RF    5    1    1    16       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1979 Total        OF   69   38   23   378.1   123    3    1    0   0  .992    18   56    5 
1980 NY  A Daily  OF   12    0    0    22       8    0    0    0   0 1.000     5    1    7 
1980 NY  A        RF    7    0    0    13       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 NY  A        LF    5    0    0     8       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 NY  A        CF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -
1980 NY  A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
Total             OF 1880 1461 1377 14146    4343  111   54   26   0  .988    31 1802   62 
Total             CF 1802 1448 1364 13857.1  4270  104   53   27   0  .988
Total             RF   62   13   13   220      58    1    1    0   0  .983
Total             LF   31    0    0    68.2    15    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             3B    5    0    0    16.2     1    1    2    1   0  .500
Total             2B    5    0    0     6.2     2    3    1    0   0  .833
Total             DH    5    0    0                                      -
Total             SS    4    0    0     4.2     1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1969 BAL A Daily  OF    3    3    3    32       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    3    0 
1969 BAL A        CF    3    3    3    32       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 BAL A Daily  OF    3    3    3    27       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    3    0 
1970 BAL A        CF    3    3    3    27       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1971 BAL A Daily  OF    2    2    2    18       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    2    0 
1971 BAL A        CF    2    2    2    18       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1973 BAL A Daily  OF    5    5    4    44       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    5    0 
1973 BAL A        CF    5    5    4    44       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1974 BAL A Daily  OF    4    4    4    35       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    4    0 
1974 BAL A        CF    4    4    4    35       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1977 NY  A Daily  OF    3    1    1    13       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    3 
1977 NY  A        RF    3    1    1    13       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 NY  A Daily  OF    3    0    0    11       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    3    0 
1978 NY  A        CF    3    0    0    11       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 NY  A        2B    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF   23   18   17   180       0    0    0    0   0     -     0   20    3 
Total             CF   20   17   16   167      39    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             RF    3    1    1    13       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             2B    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1966 BAL A Daily  OF    4    2    2    21       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    4    0 
1966 BAL A        CF    4    2    2    21       9    0    0    0   0 1.000
1969 BAL A Daily  OF    5    5    5    43       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    5    0 
1969 BAL A        CF    5    5    5    43       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 BAL A Daily  OF    5    5    5    45       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    5    0 
1970 BAL A        CF    5    5    5    45      18    0    1    0   0  .947
1971 BAL A Daily  OF    4    2    2    21       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    4    0 
1971 BAL A        CF    4    2    2    21       6    2    1    0   0  .889
1977 NY  A Daily  OF    3    0    0     8       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    3 
1977 NY  A        RF    3    0    0     8       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 NY  A Daily  OF    6    1    1    20       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    6    0 
1978 NY  A        CF    6    1    1    20       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF   27   15   15   158       0    0    0    0   0     -     0   24    3 
Total             CF   24   15   15   150      45    2    2    0   0  .959
Total             RF    3    0    0     8       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1969 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     5       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    0 
1969 AL           CF    1    0    0     5       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1973 AL    Daily  OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    0 
1973 AL           CF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF    2    0    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    2    0 
Total             CF    2    0    0     6       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

TransactionsTransactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Mets (July 20, 1961).

Selected by Baltimore Orioles from New York Mets in the first-year minor league draft (November 26, 1962).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles to New York Yankees in exchange for Elliott Maddox and
Rick Bladt (January 20, 1977).

Released by New York Yankees (April 12, 1979).

Signed by Cincinnati Reds (May 8, 1979).

Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).

Signed by New York Yankees (May 28, 1980).

Released by New York Yankees (July 1, 1980).


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