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Cool Papa Bell League
5-5-2061
Paul Blair Center Field
Retired (1975, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .252 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .686 Status Deceased (2003) Option Years 0  
H 665 Age at Death 64 Date of Birth 10-15-1939
HR 44 Drafted Round 2, Pick 23
(1961)		 Majors Svc Time 9 years
(87 games)
RBI 314
SB 106
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship C+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity F    Mentor vR C+
Speed B+ Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B F  (0.9%) LF A+ (98.4%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A+ (99.0%)   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 
1961 Minors 22 33.00 5 / 8 4 / 4 2 / 2 3 / 3 1 / 6 1 / 6 3 / 4 19 / 33
1962 Minors 23 52.00 4 / 8 9 / 11 4 / 5 2 / 4 3 / 9 3 / 3 8 / 12 33 / 52
1963 Minors 24 29.00 1 / 3 3 / 5 1 / 3 3 / 5 0 / 3 3 / 5 0 / 5 11 / 29
1963 Majors 24 10.61 40 18 0 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 4 / 10
1963 Pos (LF) 24 39.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 21 / 39
1964 Minors 25 1.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1964 Majors 25 63.86 157 114 0 5 / 12 7 / 12 3 / 6 6 / 13 0 / 5 2 / 5 6 / 10 29 / 63
1965 Minors 26 3.00 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 2 / 3
1965 Majors 26 43.02 142 61 0 2 / 8 4 / 8 2 / 7 3 / 5 2 / 5 0 / 4 2 / 6 15 / 43
1966 Majors 27 65.80 153 125 9 3 / 9 4 / 11 3 / 14 3 / 12 1 / 8 0 / 6 2 / 5 16 / 65
1967 Majors 28 49.18 162 62 0 0 / 10 0 / 5 0 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 9 2 / 8 1 / 6 6 / 49
1968 Majors 29 36.31 143 37 19 1 / 3 1 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 9 0 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 7 4 / 36
1969 Minors 30 8.00 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 8
1969 Majors 30 26.90 79 41 32 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 5 0 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 4 2 / 26
1970 Majors 31 53.05 162 90 0 0 / 10 1 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 8 1 / 53
1971 Majors 32 40.90 120 64 28 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 6 1 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 40
1972 Minors 33 2.00 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1972 Majors 33 5.79 33 3 16 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 5
1973 Majors 34 23.39 162 0 0 -3 / 5 -2 / 3 -5 / 4 -6 / 6 -5 / 2 0 / 1 -4 / 2 -25 / 23
1974 Majors 35 30.81 162 9 0 -6 / 1 -4 / 7 -5 / 3 -2 / 8 -6 / 6 -4 / 3 0 / 2 -27 / 30
1975 Minors 36 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1975 Majors 36 10.00 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 10
Total 1515 624 104 15 / 98 28 / 89 7 / 74 16 / 94 -1 / 84 8 / 64 19 / 79 113 / 621
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Paul Blair has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1975-04-19The Baltimore BleacherBums have waived Paul Blair.
1975-04-01The Baltimore BleacherBums have promoted Tom Garcia to the major league team. The Baltimore BleacherBums have designated Paul Blair for assignment.
1973-04-01The Baltimore BleacherBums have promoted Jack Pacella to the major league team. The Baltimore BleacherBums have promoted Paul Blair to the major league team.
1972-09-14The Baltimore BleacherBums have designated Paul Blair for assignment.
1972-08-28Paul Blair of the Baltimore BleacherBums is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1972-08-23The Baltimore BleacherBums have promoted Paul Blair to the major league team.
1972-08-23The Baltimore BleacherBums have acquired Paul Blair from the waiver wire.
1972-05-13The Cincinnati Bengals have waived Paul Blair.
1972-05-01The Cincinnati Bengals have designated Paul Blair for assignment.
1972-04-27The Cincinnati Bengals have placed Paul Blair on the trade block.
1971-04-14Paul Blair of the Cincinnati Bengals is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1969-07-22The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Paul Blair to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have sent Jim Judge to the minors.
1969-04-17The Cincinnati Bengals have promoted Adrian Holbrook to the major league team. The Cincinnati Bengals have designated Paul Blair for assignment.
1969-04-15Paul Blair of the Cincinnati Bengals is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1968-05-02Paul Blair of the Cincinnati Bengals is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1966-05-27Paul Blair of the Cincinnati Dictators is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1965-04-24The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Paul Blair to the major league team.
1965-03-07The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Elijah Hays to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Paul Blair to the minors.
1964-10-04The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Cleo Pasqua to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Paul Blair to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Monte Eller to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Reggie Pittinger for assignment. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Walter Britton to the minors. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Albert Line for assignment.
1964-09-27The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Paul Blair to the minors.
1963-08-29The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Owen Holm to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Paul Blair to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Erwin Reiss for assignment. The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Harmon Stowe to the minors.
1963-08-12The Cincinnati Dictators have sent Paul Blair to the minors.
1963-07-31The Cincinnati Dictators have promoted Paul Blair to the major league team. The Cincinnati Dictators have designated Lenny Dedeaux for assignment.
1963-04-01The Cincinnati Dictators have renamed Paul Klaerner to Paul Blair.
1961-04-09The Cincinnati Gak have promoted Glenn Plake to the major league team. The Cincinnati Gak have sent Paul Klaerner to the minors.
1961-04-02The Cincinnati Gak have promoted Paul Klaerner to the major leagues.