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Paul Lehner
Paul Eugene Lehner (Peanuts or Gulliver)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 10, 1946
Final Game June 30, 1952
Born July 1, 1920 in Dolomite, AL
Died December 27, 1967 in Birmingham, AL

Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1946 25 SLB AL  16   45    6   10   1  2   0    5   0  0   1   5  .222  .239  .333   55   15   0           0   0
 1947 26 SLB AL 135  483   59  120  25  9   7   48   5  5  28  29  .248  .294  .381   85  184   9           3  18
 1948 27 SLB AL 103  333   23   92  15  4   2   46   0  2  30  19  .276  .336  .363   84  121   3           0   9
 1949 28 SLB AL 104  297   25   68  13  0   3   37   0  2  16  20  .229  .271  .303   49   90   8           1  12
 1950 29 PHA AL 114  427   48  132  17  5   9   52   1  1  32  33  .309  .357  .436  104  186   8           0  12
 1951 30 TOT AL  65  180   14   31   9  1   1    7   0  1  18  12  .172  .247  .250   35   45   5           0   5
         PHA AL   9   28    1    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .143  .172  .179   -6    5   1           0   3
         CHW AL  23   72    9   15   3  1   0    3   0  0  10   4  .208  .305  .278   60   20   2           0   0
         SLB AL  21   67    2    9   5  0   1    2   0  1   6   5  .134  .205  .254   22   17   2           0   2
         CLE AL  12   13    2    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .231  .286  .231   44    3   0           0   0
 1952 31 BOS AL   3    3    0    2   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   0  .667  .800  .667  298    2   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      540 1768  175  455  80 21  22  197   6 11 127 118  .257  .309  .364   78  643  33   0   0   4  56
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        530   53  137  24  6   7   59   2  3  38  35  .257  .309  .364   78  193  10   0   0   1  17
 Career High    135  483   59  132  25  9   9   52   5  5  32  33  .309  .357  .436  104  186   9   0   0   3  18
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1946 25 SLB AL   46   35    4   3.0   100| .222  .269| .239  .345| .333  .387| .572  .732|  55  .362  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1947 26 SLB AL  523  395   52   3.5    98| .248  .265| .294  .345| .381  .381| .675  .726|  85  .422 -12.6  -1.3  50%
 1948 27 SLB AL  366  255   40   4.2   107| .276  .275| .336  .361| .363  .398| .699  .759|  84  .455  -8.3  -0.8   0%
 1949 28 SLB AL  322  251   24   2.5   110| .229  .276| .271  .368| .303  .400| .574  .769|  49  .254 -23.8  -2.4   0%
 1950 29 PHA AL  467  316   66   5.5   112| .309  .276| .357  .363| .436  .414| .793  .776| 104  .550   0.8   0.1  50%
 1951 30 TOT AL  203  160   11   1.8   102| .172  .268| .247  .349| .250  .393| .497  .742|  35  .164 -17.0  -1.7   0%
         PHA AL   30   28    1   1.0   104| .143  .270| .172  .351| .179  .396| .351  .747|  -6  .056  -4.3  -0.4   0%
         CHW AL   84   59    6   2.7   100| .208  .265| .305  .346| .278  .389| .583  .735|  60  .285  -4.0  -0.4   0%
         SLB AL   75   63    3   1.3   105| .134  .271| .205  .353| .254  .397| .459  .750|  22  .091  -7.7  -0.8   0%
         CLE AL   14   10    1   2.7    98| .231  .261| .286  .342| .231  .383| .517  .725|  44  .280  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1952 31 BOS AL    5    1    2  54.0   103| .667  .269| .800  .350| .667  .393|1.467  .743| 298  .991   1.3   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1932 1413  199   3.8   106| .257  .272| .309  .357| .364  .397| .673  .753|  78  .412 -62.8  -6.3  35%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1946 25 SLB AL OF 12 15 1 1 0 .941 .976 1.33 2.24 0 11 1 1947 26 SLB AL OF 127 344 1 7 0 .980 .979 2.72 2.35 2 125 0 1948 27 SLB AL OF 89 223 4 6 2 .974 .975 2.55 2.36 0 89 0 1B 2 12 1 0 1 1.000 .992 6.50 9.15 1949 28 SLB AL OF 56 153 1 2 0 .987 .980 2.75 2.27 12 35 10 1B 18 161 13 2 13 .989 .989 9.67 9.15 1950 29 PHA AL OF 101 247 10 5 1 .981 .979 2.54 2.34 80 7 15 1951 30 TOT AL OF 45 108 4 1 0 .991 .977 2.49 2.23 16 30 9 PHA AL OF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.83 2.23 6 0 0 CHW AL OF 20 47 3 1 0 .980 .977 2.50 2.23 8 13 9 SLB AL OF 18 44 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.44 2.23 1 17 0 CLE AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 1952 31 BOS AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.20 0 0 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 27 SLB AL 1B 2 12 1 0 1 1.000 .992 6.50 9.15 1949 28 SLB AL 1B 18 161 13 2 13 .989 .989 9.67 9.15 1946 25 SLB AL OF 12 15 1 1 0 .941 .976 1.33 2.24 0 11 1 1947 26 SLB AL OF 127 344 1 7 0 .980 .979 2.72 2.35 2 125 0 1948 27 SLB AL OF 89 223 4 6 2 .974 .975 2.55 2.36 0 89 0 1949 28 SLB AL OF 56 153 1 2 0 .987 .980 2.75 2.27 12 35 10 1950 29 PHA AL OF 101 247 10 5 1 .981 .979 2.54 2.34 80 7 15 1951 30 TOT AL OF 45 108 4 1 0 .991 .977 2.49 2.23 16 30 9 PHA AL OF 6 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.83 2.23 6 0 0 CHW AL OF 20 47 3 1 0 .980 .977 2.50 2.23 8 13 9 SLB AL OF 18 44 0 0 0 1.000 .978 2.44 2.23 1 17 0 CLE AL OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.20 1 0 0 1952 31 BOS AL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 2.20 0 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 432 1093 21 22 3 .981 .978 2.58 2.32 110 297 37 1B 20 173 14 2 14 .989 .989 9.35 9.15 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 452 1266 35 24 17 .982 .980 2.88 2.62
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1947 AL-9-7

Hit By Pitch
1947 AL-3-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1947 AL-18-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2299) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent.

December 13, 1949: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bob Dillinger to the Philadelphia Athletics for Ray Coleman, Frankie Gustine, Billy DeMars, Ray Ippolito (minors), and $100,000.

April 30, 1951: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Philadelphia Athletics to the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago White Sox sent Gus Zernial and Dave Philley to the Philadelphia Athletics. The Philadelphia Athletics sent Lou Brissie to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Minnie Minoso to the Chicago White Sox. The Cleveland Indians sent Sam Zoldak and Ray Murray to the Philadelphia Athletics.

June 4, 1951: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Kermit Wahl and cash to the St. Louis Browns for Don Lenhardt.

July 19, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the St. Louis Browns.

June 25, 1952: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Cleveland Indians.

July 5, 1952: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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