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Name Team Age
Paul Choate Retired (1989, Age 36) Died (2026, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 65
(1975)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (Majors) 0 14 years (58 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B+ C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C  C+ C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B+ C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 9/5/1953
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 4 7
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (3.9 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1975 Minors 4.00 1 / 1 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 5 / 4
1975 Majors 15.96 1 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 4 0 / 0 2 / 2 3 / 5 9 / 15
1976 Majors 59.44 6 / 6 11 / 13 5 / 8 0 / 4 7 / 7 10 / 10 10 / 11 49 / 59
1977 Majors 38.77 8 / 8 7 / 7 4 / 4 3 / 5 3 / 3 4 / 6 4 / 5 33 / 38
1978 Majors 60.29 5 / 11 2 / 7 4 / 11 1 / 5 6 / 10 5 / 7 9 / 9 32 / 60
1979 Majors 44.91 0 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 14 2 / 6 2 / 6 3 / 10 0 / 2 11 / 44
1980 Majors 30.59 0 / 1 2 / 7 1 / 3 1 / 7 2 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 5 7 / 30
1981 Majors 25.88 0 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 2 6 / 25
1982 Majors 33.60 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 8 2 / 6 2 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 4 / 33
1983 Majors 33.50 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 7 2 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 3 3 / 33
1984 Majors 44.09 1 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 44
1985 Majors 53.29 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 5 1 / 11 0 / 6 2 / 8 1 / 10 5 / 53
1986 Majors 41.80 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 41
1987 Majors 17.00 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 17
1988 Majors 19.00 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 19
1989 Majors 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.