Paul Lehner
1946–1952 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
540G
.257AVG
.309OBP
.364SLG
More career statistics
455H
22HR
197RBI
6SB
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 · At bats | 1,768 | 1,767 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 11 | 12 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 118 | 119 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,932 | 1,934 |
| Batting · Runs | 175 | 174 |
| Batting · Walks | 127 | 129 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 540 | 1,932 | 1,768 | 175 | 455 | 80 | 21 | 22 | 197 | 127 | 118 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 643 | .257 | .309 | .364 | .673 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1950-04-30 to 1950-05-21
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1950-05-06 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1951-06-12 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 8 total bases | 1947-05-16 | 1 in 167 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 261 | 917 | 224 | 11 | 110 | 58 | 52 | .267 | .308 | .377 |
| Away | 279 | 1017 | 231 | 11 | 87 | 71 | 67 | .249 | .297 | .352 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 97 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .216 | .247 | .284 |
| May | 95 | 380 | 101 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 25 | .289 | .332 | .413 |
| June | 106 | 377 | 76 | 3 | 33 | 34 | 17 | .225 | .292 | .322 |
| July | 89 | 324 | 70 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 20 | .236 | .287 | .351 |
| August | 101 | 345 | 94 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 27 | .297 | .339 | .411 |
| September | 111 | 385 | 87 | 5 | 35 | 18 | 26 | .244 | .273 | .337 |
| October | 6 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .346 | .458 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 84 | 307 | 66 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 17 | .232 | .274 | .305 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 81 | 290 | 65 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 17 | .250 | .297 | .362 |
| new-york-yankees | 81 | 303 | 76 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 25 | .283 | .350 | .394 |
| chicago-white-sox | 75 | 281 | 62 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 13 | .246 | .288 | .341 |
| boston-red-sox | 73 | 264 | 62 | 5 | 28 | 11 | 16 | .247 | .277 | .386 |
| detroit-tigers | 70 | 232 | 63 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 13 | .293 | .315 | .386 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 55 | 183 | 42 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 13 | .255 | .322 | .352 |
| st-louis-browns | 21 | 74 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | .271 | .297 | .457 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 |  St. Louis Browns | 16 | 45 | 10 | – | 5 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1947 | St. Louis Browns | 135 | 483 | 120 | 7 | 48 | 5 | .248 | – | – |
| 1948 | St. Louis Browns | 103 | 332 | 92 | 2 | 46 | – | .277 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Browns | 104 | 297 | 68 | 3 | 37 | – | .229 | – | – |
| 1950 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 114 | 427 | 132 | 9 | 52 | 1 | .309 | – | – |
| 1951 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns | 65 | 180 | 31 | 1 | 7 | – | .172 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Boston Red Sox | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .667 | – | – |