DHMINMLB🏛 Hall of Fame · 2004 · 85.18%7× All-Star4× Silver Slugger⛰️ Mountain Arc · 1987

Paul Molitor

6'0" · 185 lbsBorn August 22, 19561978–1998Draft: 1977MLB.com ↗

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

MLB profile

Peak 3Y VAL

13.8

1987, 1988, 1991 avg

Career VAL

152.2

Value Above League

Games

2,683

Hits

3,319

Home Runs

234

Runs Batted In

1,307

Batting Avg

.306

Playoff VAL

39.4

postseason

All-time standings

Career boards only, within MLB

On the MLB Career Dominance board — top-25 in more than one all-time category at once.

Cross-sport prominence: 99.3th percentile among MLB careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Boards that rank MLB careers

MLB Advanced — ERA+ & OPS+ Leaders MLB Age Milestones — Youngest to 1,000 Hits, 100 HR, 100 Wins and 1,000 K MLB Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps MLB Career Arc Types MLB Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories MLB Clutch Delta — Who Rises in October MLB Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape MLB Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust MLB Era-Adjusted Careers — Greatest Careers on One Scale MLB Era-Adjusted Seasons — Greatest Seasons in Modern Terms

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Bio, rosters, and year-by-year/career stat splits come directly from MLB's own official public StatsAPI.

MLB StatsAPI — Official public API, keyless — no stated open licence

Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	VAL
1978	21–22	MIL	125	521	73	142	26	4	6	45	30	19	54	.273	.301	.372	.673	2.7
1979	22–23	MIL	140	584	88	188	27	16	9	62	33	48	48	.322	.372	.469	.841	10
1980	23–24	MIL	111	450	81	137	29	2	9	37	34	48	48	.304	.372	.438	.810	7.8
1981	24–25	MIL	64	251	45	67	11	0	2	19	10	25	29	.267	.341	.335	.676	0.7
1982	25–26	MIL	160	666	136	201	26	8	19	71	41	69	93	.302	.366	.450	.816	10.4
1983	26–27	MIL	152	608	95	164	28	6	15	47	41	59	74	.270	.333	.410	.743	5.8
1984	27–28	MIL	13	46	3	10	1	0	0	6	1	2	8	.217	.245	.239	.484	—
1985	28–29	MIL	140	576	93	171	28	3	10	48	21	54	80	.297	.356	.408	.764	6.7
1986	29–30	MIL	105	437	62	123	24	6	9	55	20	40	81	.281	.340	.426	.766	4.2
1987	30–31	MIL	118	465	114	164	41	5	16	75	45	69	67	.353	.438	.566	1.004	14.8
1988	31–32	MIL	154	609	115	190	34	6	13	60	41	71	54	.312	.384	.452	.836	13.3
1989	32–33	MIL	155	615	84	194	35	4	11	56	27	64	67	.315	.379	.439	.818	11.7
1990	33–34	MIL	103	418	64	119	27	6	12	45	18	37	51	.285	.343	.464	.807	5.5
1991	34–35	MIL	158	665	133	216	32	13	17	75	19	77	62	.325	.399	.489	.888	13.2
1992	35–36	MIL	158	609	89	195	36	7	12	89	31	73	66	.320	.389	.461	.850	11.3
1993	36–37	TOR	160	636	121	211	37	5	22	111	22	77	71	.332	.402	.509	.911	12.3
1994	37–38	TOR	115	454	86	155	30	4	14	75	20	55	48	.341	.410	.518	.928	6.6
1995	38–39	TOR	130	525	63	142	31	2	15	60	12	61	57	.270	.350	.423	.773	2.2
1996	39–40	MIN	161	660	99	225	41	8	9	113	18	56	72	.341	.390	.468	.858	7.8
1997	40–41	MIN	135	538	63	164	32	4	10	89	11	45	73	.305	.351	.435	.786	3
1998	41–42	MIN	126	502	75	141	29	5	4	69	9	45	41	.281	.335	.382	.717	2.2

Paul Molitor

MLB Stats

Career Snapshot

All-time standings

On the boards· Appears on 2 boards

Boards that rank MLB careers

Similar careers

Where this data comes from

Career arc · VAL by season

What he added · wins above replacement

Intelligence

Career Geography