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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 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1975 KC 46 150 10 27 4 0 5 12 4 32 0 0 1 .505 .199 .307 .180
1976 KC 156 519 45 118 15 0 11 44 41 105 0 0 9 .602 .282 .320 .227
1977 KC 137 352 29 76 10 0 4 32 29 59 0 0 4 .554 .276 .278 .216
1978 KC 150 531 71 149 19 2 20 76 43 93 0 0 7 .773 .336 .437 .281
1979 KC 120 401 64 118 20 3 18 62 31 73 8 4 7 .836 .342 .494 .294
1980 KC 93 279 31 70 11 1 11 43 22 54 0 1 6 .726 .310 .416 .251
1981 KC 102 232 32 66 12 2 7 29 23 58 0 0 4 .792 .348 .444 .284
1982 KC 106 303 37 79 18 3 2 34 32 65 0 1 5 .690 .330 .360 .261
1983 KC 91 298 41 89 16 0 8 52 31 46 18 13 1 .797 .364 .433 .299
1984 KC 128 405 33 88 18 3 6 40 29 90 14 11 6 .591 .270 .321 .217
1985 KC-BAL 153 489 48 123 29 1 13 57 42 112 8 6 9 .704 .310 .395 .252
1986 BAL-DET-BAL-KC 135 386 50 108 15 2 17 47 26 67 4 6 3 .782 .321 .461 .280
1987 KC 61 149 26 37 5 0 9 18 19 27 2 3 2 .798 .335 .463 .248
1988 KC 58 176 16 46 7 0 6 20 11 32 1 1 6 .709 .305 .403 .261
1989 KC 62 196 14 44 8 1 4 23 9 44 0 0 4 .593 .256 .337 .224
Total 1598 4866 547 1238 207 18 141 589 392 957 55 46 74 .701 .309 .391 .254
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.