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Paul Kilgus
Paul Nelson Kilgus

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Kentucky

Debut June 7, 1987
  vs. MIN 0.3 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 3, 1993
Born February 2, 1962 in Bowling Green, KY

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 43rd round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1987 25 TEX AL   2   7  25  12   0   0   2  0   89.3   95   45   41  14   31   42   2   0   385   2   0  4.13  4.52  109 1.410
 1988 26 TEX AL  12  15  32  32   5   3   0  0  203.3  190  105   94  18   71   88  10   6   871   2   4  4.16  4.09   98 1.284
 1989 27 CHC NL   6  10  35  23   0   0   5  2  145.7  164   90   71   9   49   61   5   3   642   6   2  4.39  3.78   86 1.462
 1990 28 TOR AL   0   0  11   0   0   0   4  0   16.3   19   11   11   2    7    7   1   0    74   1   0  6.06  4.11   68 1.592
 1991 29 BAL AL   0   2  38   0   0   0  14  1   62.0   60   38   35   8   24   32   3   2   267   2   0  5.08  3.98   78 1.355
 1993 31 STL NL   1   0  22   1   0   0   7  1   28.7   18    2    2   1    8   21   1   0   109   1   0  0.63  3.97  632 0.907
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .382  21  34 163  68   5   3  32  4  545.3  546  291  254  52  190  251  22  11  2348  14   6  4.19  4.06   97 1.350
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     6  10  47  20   1   0   9  1  160.3  160   85   74  15   55   73   6   3   691   4   1  4.19  4.06   97 1.350
 Career High     12  15  38  32   5   3  14  2  203.3  190  105   94  18   71   88  10   6   871   6   4  4.13  4.52  109 1.284

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1989 27 CHC NL  35   41    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  11  .073  .095  .073  -53    3   4   0   0   0   0
 1993 31 STL NL  22    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .200  .200  .200    9    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       57   46    1    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  11  .087  .106  .087  -46    4   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        131    3   11   0  0   0    6   0  0   3  31  .087  .106  .087  -46   11  11   0   0   0   0
 Career High     35   41    1    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  11                           3   4   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1989 27 CHC NL   46   42    0   0.0    97| .073  .263| .095  .331| .073  .391| .168  .723| -53  .000  -8.5  -0.9   0%
 1993 31 STL NL    5    4    0   0.0   102| .200  .269| .200  .334| .200  .409| .400  .743|   9  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons        51   46    0   0.0    97| .087  .263| .106  .332| .087  .393| .193  .725| -46  .000  -9.2  -1.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 25 TEX AL P 25 7 9 4 2 .800 .952 0.64 0.67 1.61 1.84 12 89.3 1988 26 TEX AL P 32 11 34 2 4 .957 .962 1.41 0.67 1.99 1.78 32 203.3 1989 27 CHC NL P 35 10 25 2 0 .946 .946 1.00 0.63 2.16 1.87 23 145.7 1990 28 TOR AL P 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.36 0.59 2.21 1.77 0 16.3 1991 29 BAL AL P 38 14 13 2 2 .931 .957 0.71 0.58 3.92 1.80 0 62.0 1993 31 STL NL P 22 4 3 0 0 1.000 .959 0.32 0.54 2.20 1.85 1 28.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 25 TEX AL P 25 7 9 4 2 .800 .952 0.64 0.67 1.61 1.84 12 89.3 1988 26 TEX AL P 32 11 34 2 4 .957 .962 1.41 0.67 1.99 1.78 32 203.3 1989 27 CHC NL P 35 10 25 2 0 .946 .946 1.00 0.63 2.16 1.87 23 145.7 1990 28 TOR AL P 11 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.36 0.59 2.21 1.77 0 16.3 1991 29 BAL AL P 38 14 13 2 2 .931 .957 0.71 0.58 3.92 1.80 0 62.0 1993 31 STL NL P 22 4 3 0 0 1.000 .959 0.32 0.54 2.20 1.85 1 28.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 163 47 87 10 8 .931 .955 0.82 0.62 2.21 1.82 68 545.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 163 47 87 10 8 .931 .955 0.82 0.62 2.21 1.82 68 545
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1989   NLCS  CHC SFG     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3     4   0   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1989   NLCS  CHC SFG     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Shutouts
1988 AL-3-5

Losses
1988 AL-15-6

Hit Batsmen
1988 AL-10-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1327) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 43rd round of the 1984 amateur draft.

December 5, 1988: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Luis Benitez (minors), Pablo Delgado (minors), Curtis Wilkerson, Mitch Williams, and Steve Wilson to the Chicago Cubs for Rafael Palmeiro, Jamie Moyer, and Drew Hall.

December 7, 1989: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jose Nunez.

December 14, 1990: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Baltimore Orioles for Mickey Weston.

October 16, 1991: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

January 19, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 15, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Texas Rangers$80,000
1989Chicago Cubs$130,000
1990Toronto Blue Jays$242,500
1991Baltimore Orioles$200,000
1994St. Louis Cardinals$225,000
Career (may be incomplete)$877,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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