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Orlando Cepeda League (Majors)
8-11-2309
Paul Choate Catcher
Retired (1989, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .701 Status Deceased (2026) Option Years 0  
H 1238 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 09-05-1953
HR 141 Drafted Round 3, Pick 65
(1975)
Majors Svc Time 14 years
(58 games)
RBI 589
SB 55
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed Bunt C+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 3
1B (3.9%) LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 4
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1975 Minors 22 4.00 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 5 / 5
1975 Majors 22 15.96 1 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 0 2 / 2 3 / 5 9 / 15
1976 Majors 23 59.44 6 / 6 11 / 13 5 / 8 0 / 4 7 / 7 10 / 10 10 / 11 49 / 59
1977 Majors 24 38.77 8 / 8 7 / 7 4 / 4 3 / 5 3 / 3 4 / 6 4 / 5 33 / 38
1978 Majors 25 60.29 5 / 11 2 / 7 4 / 11 1 / 5 6 / 10 5 / 7 9 / 9 32 / 60
1979 Majors 26 44.91 0 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 14 2 / 6 2 / 6 3 / 10 0 / 2 11 / 44
1980 Majors 27 30.59 0 / 1 2 / 7 1 / 3 1 / 7 2 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 5 7 / 30
1981 Majors 28 25.88 0 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 2 6 / 25
1982 Majors 29 33.60 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 8 2 / 6 2 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 4 / 33
1983 Majors 30 33.50 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 7 2 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 3 3 / 33
1984 Majors 31 44.09 1 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 44
1985 Majors 32 53.29 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 5 1 / 11 0 / 6 2 / 8 1 / 10 5 / 53
1986 Majors 33 41.80 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 41
1987 Majors 34 17.00 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 17
1988 Majors 35 19.00 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 19
1989 Majors 36 20.70 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 20
Total 0 0 0 22 / 63 29 / 80 18 / 88 12 / 83 27 / 70 28 / 72 30 / 80 166 / 536
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Paul Choate has retired from the Kansas City Athletics
1986-06-25A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Cream. The Baltimore Cream receive Hugh Chen, Ray Bigler, Paul McCaskill, Tim Baker (Optioned) from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Paul Choate.
1986-04-19A trade has been completed between the Detroit Wolves and the Baltimore Cream. The Baltimore Cream receive Brooks McGraw, Phil Webb, Bill DeVogt, Dar Jeeling, Geraldo Rodriguez, Tee Thyme, Paul Choate, Eric Clapton, Fred Dunn, Carmello Goetze, Murray Bovine, Berndt Toeste, Nomar Espresso, Pop Alcock from the Detroit Wolves in exchange for Ruppert Jones, Brad Arnsberg, Will Clark, Ferris Harrison, Walter Crede, Don Menechino, Jim Buford, Curt Young, Stan Rojek, Ray Rehg, Bob Kearney, Frank Gleason, Edwin Rodriguez, Rudy Vina, Tony Phillips, Neal Hungling, Draft Pick - 1987 Round 2 (DET), Draft Pick - 1987 Round 3 (DET), Draft Pick - 1987 Round 4 (DET), Draft Pick - 1987 Round 5 (DET).
1986-04-09A trade has been completed between the Detroit Wolves and the Baltimore Cream. The Baltimore Cream receive Ruppert Jones, Rudy Vina, Jim Buford, Tony Phillips, Stan Rojek, Curt Young, Will Clark, Don Menechino, Walter Crede, Frank Gleason, Ray Rehg, Neal Hungling, Ferris Harrison, Brad Arnsberg, Bob Kearney, Edwin Rodriguez, Draft Pick - 1987 Round 5 (DET), Draft Pick - 1987 Round 4 (DET), Draft Pick - 1987 Round 3 (DET), Draft Pick - 1987 Round 2 (DET) from the Detroit Wolves in exchange for Murray Bovine, Nomar Espresso, Fred Dunn, Tee Thyme, Carmello Goetze, Bill DeVogt, Dar Jeeling, Pop Alcock, Phil Webb, Eric Clapton, Berndt Toeste, Geraldo Rodriguez, Paul Choate, Brooks McGraw.
1985-06-19A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Cream. The Baltimore Cream receive Paul Choate, Joe Vega from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Ginger Oolong.
1975-08-13The Kansas City Elite Giants have promoted Paul Choate to the major league team.