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Paul Blair played 17 major-league seasons (1964-1980) as a OF (1,878), 3B (5), 2B (5), SS (4), 1B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 18 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 20 | BAL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1965 | 21 | BAL | 119 | 364 | 49 | 85 | 5 | 25 | 8 | 32 | 52 | .234 | .640 | 88 |
| 1966 | 22 | BAL | 133 | 303 | 35 | 84 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 15 | 36 | .277 | .725 | 113 |
| 1967 | 23 | BAL | 151 | 552 | 72 | 162 | 11 | 64 | 8 | 50 | 68 | .293 | .799 | 143 |
| 1968 | 24 | BAL | 141 | 421 | 48 | 89 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 37 | 60 | .211 | .595 | 86 |
| 1969 | 25 | BAL | 150 | 625 | 102 | 178 | 26 | 76 | 20 | 40 | 72 | .285 | .804 | 130 |
| 1970 | 26 | BAL | 133 | 480 | 79 | 128 | 18 | 65 | 24 | 56 | 93 | .267 | .782 | 122 |
| 1971 | 27 | BAL | 141 | 516 | 75 | 135 | 10 | 44 | 14 | 32 | 94 | .262 | .703 | 106 |
| 1972 | 28 | BAL | 142 | 477 | 47 | 111 | 8 | 49 | 7 | 25 | 78 | .233 | .626 | 92 |
| 1973 | 29 | BAL | 146 | 500 | 73 | 140 | 10 | 64 | 18 | 43 | 72 | .280 | .736 | 107 |
| 1974 | 30 | BAL | 151 | 552 | 77 | 144 | 17 | 62 | 27 | 43 | 59 | .261 | .730 | 109 |
| 1975 | 31 | BAL | 140 | 440 | 51 | 96 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 25 | 82 | .218 | .557 | 58 |
| 1976 | 32 | BAL | 145 | 375 | 29 | 74 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 49 | .197 | .509 | 50 |
| 1977 | 33 | NYA | 83 | 164 | 20 | 43 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 16 | .262 | .700 | 90 |
| 1978 | 34 | NYA | 75 | 125 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .176 | .495 | 40 |
| 1979 | 35 | NYA | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .400 | 9 |
| 1979 | 35 | CIN | 75 | 140 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .150 | .445 | 26 |
| 1980 | 36 | NYA | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | OF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | OF | 116 | 97 | 241 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1966 | OF | 127 | 79 | 204 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 1967 | OF | 146 | 139 | 369 | 13 | 6 | 3 |
| 1968 | OF | 132 | 100 | 271 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 1968 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1969 | OF | 150 | 149 | 407 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
| 1970 | OF | 128 | 117 | 368 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 1970 | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 138 | 121 | 331 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 1972 | OF | 139 | 113 | 337 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 1973 | OF | 144 | 123 | 369 | 14 | 4 | 4 |
| 1974 | OF | 151 | 136 | 447 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 1975 | OF | 138 | 103 | 327 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | OF | 139 | 89 | 327 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 1977 | OF | 79 | 37 | 125 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | OF | 64 | 20 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1978 | 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | OF | 69 | 38 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Paul Blair won: Gold Glove 1967 (AL), Gold Glove 1969 (AL), TSN All-Star 1969 (AL), Gold Glove 1970 (AL), Gold Glove 1971 (AL), Gold Glove 1972 (AL), Gold Glove 1973 (AL), Gold Glove 1974 (AL), TSN All-Star 1974 (AL), Gold Glove 1975 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (4 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1974, 1973, 1969, 1967.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 9 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 11 | 28 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 33 | 2 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 13 | 27 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.