CF Paul Backer #23
Chicago Hawks MLB
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
06/11/1973
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CF PAUL BACKER #23 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
63 176 35 5 1 2 11 20 26 .199 .281 .273 3 -0.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 45 40 40
Gap 35 40 35 35
Power 40 45 40 40
Eye 55 65 55 60
Avoid K's 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 55
Errors: - 30 55
Arm: 20 55 75
Turn DP: - 35 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 50
1st Base: - Center Field: 40
2nd Base: - Right Field: 50
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 65
Stealing Ability: 65
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/10/1973 TCN Loss, 5-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/09/1973 TCN Win, 6-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/08/1973 TCN Loss, 4-8 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
06/07/1973 DAL Loss, 2-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/06/1973 DAL Loss, 1-4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/05/1973 DAL Loss, 1-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/03/1973 LAP Loss, 2-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/03/1973 LAP Win, 11-4 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
06/02/1973 LAP Loss, 1-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/01/1973 LAP Win, 6-0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Puts his efforts into the team's needs and not his own.
Personality Class: Humble
High: Loyalty, Work Ethic
Low: Adaptability, Financial Ambition
Birthday:07/22/1944
Born in:Biloxi, MS
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$60,000
Signed Through:1973 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 43 Days
Service This Yr:69 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 14th Pick in Round 5
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1973 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 63 176 35 5 1 2 11 19 20 26 .199 .281 .273 .553 .251 .074 56
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 59 197 0 3 0 5 1 0 48 8 3 2 60.0 13.3 2.41 -0.8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   48 10 2 0 0 1 7 5 7 0 0 0 .208 .283 .250 .533
Versus Right   128 25 3 1 2 10 12 15 19 0 1 0 .195 .280 .281 .561
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   16 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
April   72 19 2 1 1 5 9 12 11 0 0 0 .264 .369 .361 .730
May   75 12 3 0 0 5 7 8 12 0 1 0 .160 .241 .200 .441
June   29 4 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 .138 .138 .241 .379
Spring Training   63 9 2 0 0 5 4 10 12 0 2 2 .143 .280 .175 .455
Last Year   408 72 4 2 2 32 30 54 89 4 1 6 .176 .280 .211 .490
2 Years Ago   464 94 7 1 14 51 55 77 73 6 5 9 .203 .324 .312 .636
Career   1730 347 30 8 26 139 187 282 318 13 20 22 .201 .318 .272 .590
Home   88 11 2 0 1 4 8 10 6 0 1 0 .125 .214 .182 .396
Road   88 24 3 1 1 7 11 10 20 0 0 0 .273 .347 .364 .711
Grass   176 35 5 1 2 11 19 20 26 0 1 0 .199 .281 .273 .553
Day   101 21 1 0 2 3 9 11 18 0 1 0 .208 .286 .277 .563
Night   75 14 4 1 0 8 10 9 8 0 0 0 .187 .274 .267 .540
As Starter   172 35 5 1 2 11 19 20 26 0 1 0 .203 .286 .279 .566
As Reliever / Substitution   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   29 9 2 0 1 3 4 2 5 0 0 0 .310 .355 .483 .838
Inning 1-3   61 11 1 1 0 5 7 7 9 0 1 0 .180 .265 .230 .494
Inning 4-6   62 12 1 0 1 2 7 10 7 0 0 0 .194 .306 .258 .564
Inning 7-9   53 12 3 0 1 4 5 3 10 0 0 0 .226 .268 .340 .607
0 Outs   59 14 1 0 0 1 10 8 10 0 1 0 .237 .328 .254 .583
1 Outs   60 11 1 1 1 2 5 5 7 0 0 0 .183 .246 .283 .529
2 Outs   57 10 3 0 1 8 4 7 9 0 0 0 .175 .266 .281 .546
Scoring Position   40 7 3 0 0 8 7 7 8 0 1 0 .175 .298 .250 .548
Bases Empty   100 21 1 0 2 2 7 9 16 0 0 0 .210 .275 .280 .555
Runner on 1st   36 7 1 1 0 1 5 4 2 0 0 0 .194 .275 .278 .553
Runner on 2nd   16 2 1 0 0 2 4 3 3 0 1 0 .125 .263 .188 .451
Runner on 3rd   9 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 .222 .222 .333 .556
Runner on 1st & 2nd   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 1st & 3rd   7 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .429 .500 .571 1.071
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Bases Loaded   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   97 15 5 0 1 6 8 11 26 0 0 0 .155 .241 .237 .478
First Pitch   26 7 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 .269 .345 .269 .614
Count 0-1   18 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 .500 .833
Count 0-2   13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154
Count 1-0   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Count 1-1   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-2   23 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 0 .174 .174 .261 .435
Count 2-0   5 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .600 .800
Count 2-1   8 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 2-2   36 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 .139 .139 .222 .361
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   7 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .286 .500 .286 .786
Full Count   25 5 0 0 1 1 6 11 5 0 0 0 .200 .444 .320 .764
Behind in Count   54 11 2 0 1 5 2 0 13 0 1 0 .204 .204 .296 .500
Ahead in Count   29 7 0 1 0 2 5 6 0 0 0 0 .241 .371 .310 .682
Batting 2nd   13 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 .231 .333 .385 .718
Batting 5th   13 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 .308 .438 .385 .822
Batting 7th   24 3 0 0 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 0 .125 .192 .125 .317
Batting 8th   124 25 4 0 2 8 12 13 17 0 0 0 .202 .277 .282 .560
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   80 10 2 0 2 4 7 9 15 0 0 0 .125 .213 .225 .438
Medium Leverage   73 21 2 1 0 4 10 8 6 0 1 0 .288 .358 .342 .700
High Leverage   21 4 1 0 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 .190 .292 .238 .530
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Chicago - MLB 22 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -11 -37 -0.2
1968 Chicago - MLB 23 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -116 -0.1
1969 Chicago - MLB 24 90 176 35 2 1 0 4 30 45 2 0 35 6 2 .199 .368 .222 .589 76 88 0.4
1970 Chicago - MLB 25 155 497 110 12 3 8 41 52 86 5 3 92 13 7 .221 .340 .306 .646 85 91 -1.0
1971 Chicago - MLB 26 156 464 94 7 1 14 51 55 77 9 6 73 15 13 .203 .324 .312 .636 89 89 -1.3
1972 Chicago - MLB 27 143 408 72 4 2 2 32 30 54 6 4 89 16 13 .176 .280 .211 .490 54 59 -4.3
1973 Chicago - MLB 28 63 176 35 5 1 2 11 19 20 0 0 26 3 2 .199 .281 .273 .553 54 56 -0.8
Total MLB 621 1730 347 30 8 26 139 187 282 22 13 318 53 37 .201 .318 .272 .590 75 79 -7.3
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Total - 21 49 210 57 6 1 2 40 42 26 7 1 30 38 9 .271 .369 .338 .707 100 100 0.7
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Chicago - MLB CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 12.0 0.75 +0.0 .991
1967 Chicago - MLB RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.2 1.04 +0.0 .988
1968 Chicago - MLB CF 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.5 .663
1968 Chicago - MLB RF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.1 7.71 -0.1 .990
1969 Chicago - MLB 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Chicago - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Chicago - MLB SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1969 Chicago - MLB LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1969 Chicago - MLB CF 59 44 98 6 3 107 3 .972 408.1 2.29 -6.1 .931
1969 Chicago - MLB RF 11 0 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 16.0 2.81 +0.4 .979
1970 Chicago - MLB CF 151 147 371 26 8 402 5 .988 1295.2 2.76 -29.4 .890
1970 Chicago - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Chicago - MLB CF 151 150 359 26 3 390 5 .987 1254.0 2.76 -26.3 .906
1971 Chicago - MLB RF 3 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 16.0 1.69 -0.0 .987
1972 Chicago - MLB 3B 3 3 4 9 1 15 2 .867 25.0 4.68 -0.6 .907
1972 Chicago - MLB LF 11 2 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 24.1 2.59 -1.3 .763
1972 Chicago - MLB CF 126 120 276 24 3 309 9 .971 995.2 2.71 -37.0 .870
1972 Chicago - MLB RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 -0.0 .971
1973 Chicago - MLB CF 62 59 137 7 0 152 8 .947 480.0 2.70 -5.3 .953
1973 Chicago - MLB RF 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.1 1.047
TOTAL 3B 3 3 4 9 1 15 2 .867 25.0 4.68 -0.6 .907
TOTAL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
TOTAL LF 12 2 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 27.1 2.30 -1.3 .763
TOTAL CF 558 521 1244 89 17 1363 30 .978 4454.2 2.69 -104.6 .899
TOTAL RF 21 2 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 51.0 2.47 +0.3 .992
PLAYER HISTORY
12/11/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 14, 126th overall pick) by the Chicago Hawks, out of college Creighton
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 30 (35); Eye: 45 (55).
03/08/1967 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 2 days.
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 30 (30); Eye: 50 (55).
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 55 (60).
08/06/1969 Injured (strained shoulder),day-to-day for 5 days.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 60 (60).
04/21/1970 Injured (sore forearm),day-to-day for 5 days.
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 60 (60).
05/18/1971 Hits three home runs against the Los Angeles Pobladores, going 3-4 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored!
06/15/1971 Injured (sore groin),day-to-day for 5 days.
08/22/1971 Injured (sore shoulder),day-to-day for one week.
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $44,000.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 60 (60).
07/20/1972 Injured (strained abdominal muscle),day-to-day for one week.
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $60,000.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (40); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 55 (60).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1971 152 4
Year IBB Rank
1971 5 7
Year HP Rank
1971 9 5
Year SF Rank
1971 6 10
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