Mike Paul
1968–1974 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Texas Rangers
229G
.115AVG
.144OBP
.135SLG
More career statistics
17H
0HR
1RBI
0SB
27–48W–L
627.2IP
452K
3.91ERA
77GS
8SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 229 | 228 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,701 | 2,699 |
| Pitching · p er | 273 | 274 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,883 | 1,882 |
| Pitching · p r | 299 | 300 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229 | 160 | 148 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .115 | .144 | .135 | .279 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 627.7 | 228 | 77 | 5 | 27 | 48 | 8 | 619 | 299 | 273 | 60 | 246 | 452 | 0 | 0 | 3.91 | 1.378 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1972-08-17 to 1972-09-03
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1972-07-14 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1969-05-16 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1973-07-11 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Cleveland Guardians | 36 | 24 | 4 | – | – | – | .167 | 91 | 87 |
| 1969 | Cleveland Guardians | 47 | 27 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 117 | 98 |
| 1970 | Cleveland Guardians | 30 | 26 | 4 | – | – | – | .154 | 88 | 70 |
| 1971 | Cleveland Guardians | 17 | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | .053 | 61 | 33 |
| 1972 |  Texas Rangers | 49 | 48 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .167 | 161 | 108 |
| 1973 | Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers | 47 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 105 | 55 |
| 1974 |  Chicago Cubs | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |