Paul
Zehner
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: August 5, 1978
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 22 TOR AL   1 2 1 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 4 4
2002 23 TOR AL   2 3 3 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 4 3 5 4 4
2003 24 TOR AL   3 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
2004 25 TOR AL $ 300,000 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
2005 26 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
2006 27 TOR AL $ 300,000 5 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
2007 28 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
2008 29 SEA AL $ 1,000,000 6 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
2009 30 STL NL $ 2,880,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
2010 31 STL NL $ 2,880,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4
2011 32 STL NL $ 2,880,000 5 6 6 3 3 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3
2012 33 STL NL $ 1,530,000 4 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 2 1 2 2 2 5 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,880,000 6 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 22 A   160 623 71 158 16 6 11 51 35 6 45 100 .254 .304 .352 .655 71.1  
2002 23 AA   159 652 73 144 21 7 16 67 33 7 32 117 .221 .257 .348 .605 61.3  
2003 24 AAA   87 365 51 85 9 0 10 29 26 5 29 84 .233 .289 .340 .629 39.9  
    AA   71 293 38 64 5 4 6 24 15 7 21 71 .218 .271 .324 .595 26.5  
2004 25 TOR AL 120 409 39 89 4 2 3 33 24 8 29 95 .218 .273 .259 .532 30.6 0.0
    AAA   6 27 5 10 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 .370 .393 .481 .874 4.5  
2005 26 TOR AL 109 324 45 80 6 5 11 37 17 9 27 67 .247 .311 .398 .709 37.8 3.7
2006 27 TOR AL 150 520 80 135 6 8 13 66 33 7 37 98 .260 .317 .377 .694 66.5 9.9
2007 28 TOR AL 160 580 77 155 7 6 6 70 42 19 46 123 .267 .324 .331 .655 60.1 5.2
2008 29 SEA AL 142 500 64 139 15 5 6 65 45 20 46 65 .278 .346 .364 .710 64.6 8.8
2009 30 STL NL 112 325 51 75 7 0 4 39 40 7 32 48 .231 .303 .289 .593 34.2 2.9
    AAA   6 26 6 6 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 7 .231 .286 .346 .632 2.9  
2010 31 STL NL 97 268 43 75 4 0 1 20 38 15 30 42 .280 .350 .306 .656 31.3 3.7
2011 32 STL NL 92 263 24 62 8 1 2 21 23 9 13 52 .236 .272 .297 .568 20.9 0.6
    AAA   45 186 34 66 10 5 11 28 12 2 14 40 .355 .400 .640 1.040 43.0  
2012 33 STL NL 59 126 19 30 6 3 1 12 15 5 11 30 .238 .304 .357 .661 14.4 1.9
    AAA   22 87 9 25 2 1 1 9 3 2 3 24 .287 .311 .368 .679 9.4  
2013 34 AAA   112 353 42 98 13 3 4 35 20 5 22 101 .278 .320 .365 .685 42.2  
9 Years Sim 1041 3315 442 840 63 30 47 363 277 99 271 620 .253 .314 .333 .647 360.4 36.8
6 Years AAA 278 1044 147 290 35 10 27 104 64 15 71 261 .278 .332 .408 .740 142.0  
2 Years AA 230 945 111 208 26 11 22 91 48 14 53 188 .220 .268 .341 .609 87.8  
1 Years A 160 623 71 158 16 6 11 51 35 6 45 100 .254 .309 .352 .661 71.1  
9 Years Minors 668 2612 329 656 77 27 60 246 147 35 169 549 .251 .304 .370 .674 300.9  
162 Game Average 515 68 130 9 4 7 56 43 15 42 96 .253 .314 .333 .647 56.1  
Career Highs 160 580 80 155 15 8 13 70 45 20 46 123 .280 .350 .398 .710 66.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2466 345 646 47 19 35 273 209 65 206 466 .262 .322 .339 .661 288.6
vs LH   849 97 194 16 11 12 90 60 34 65 154 .229 .290 .316 .606 76.9
Home 514 1594 201 391 29 5 25 172 124 47 128 292 .245 .307 .317 .624 163.4
Away 527 1721 241 449 34 25 22 191 145 52 143 328 .261 .321 .348 .669 202.1
RISP   851 0 220 14 9 14 316 0 0 77 148 .259 .320 .345 .666 96.7
Pinch Hitting   98 12 32 4 0 1 10 5 8 17 15 .327 .436 .398 .834 15.6
Close/Late   373 58 100 8 7 8 43 0 0 41 84 .268 .348 .391 .740 50.8
Mar/Apr 152 514 73 118 9 8 11 59 40 13 51 107 .230 .301 .342 .643 58.0
May 163 560 79 148 8 4 6 62 51 12 42 83 .264 .320 .325 .645 63.6
June 181 582 91 170 13 7 9 74 56 22 43 101 .292 .343 .385 .728 78.2
July 165 475 66 109 10 1 7 48 37 12 42 97 .229 .300 .299 .599 45.8
August 180 553 65 145 9 5 8 54 49 18 41 99 .262 .318 .340 .658 62.5
Sep/Oct 200 631 68 150 14 5 6 66 36 22 52 133 .238 .301 .304 .606 57.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 25 TOR AL CF 105 102 903.3 219 6 0 4 1.000 2.24   4.0
    RF 1 0 2.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
2005 26 TOR AL CF 82 78 696.3 218 3 0 0 1.000 2.86   2.8
    RF 20 0 38.3 6 1 1 0 .875 1.64    
    SS 1 1 9.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.1
2006 27 TOR AL CF 149 141 1243.7 363 1 0 1 1.000 2.63   2.9
2007 28 TOR AL CF 153 150 1340.3 402 9 1 2 .998 2.76   4.1
    RF 3 2 23.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57    
2008 29 SEA AL RF 139 139 1118.0 306 5 12 3 .963 2.50   4.7
    CF 5 2 30.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    SS 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2009 30 STL NL CF 70 66 590.3 172 3 0 1 1.000 2.67   3.5
    RF 15 13 110.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
2010 31 STL NL CF 52 48 407.7 91 2 0 1 1.000 2.05   2.4
    RF 12 12 96.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.06    
    LF 3 3 25.0 9 0 1 0 .900 3.24    
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
2011 32 STL NL CF 41 41 328.0 88 2 0 1 1.000 2.47   1.3
    RF 16 16 137.7 45 0 2 0 .957 2.94    
    LF 9 7 75.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
2012 33 STL NL CF 22 22 169.0 65 0 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.6
    RF 13 9 81.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.44    
    LF 4 3 28.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
    2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  CF 679 650 5708.6 1626 26 1 10 .999 2.60   21.6
  RF 219 191 1606.3 434 7 15 3 .967 2.47   4.7
  LF 16 13 128.0 31 0 1 0 .969 2.18    
  SS 3 1 13.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 4.05   0.1
  2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   918 855 7459.3 2094 39 17 14 .992 2.57   26.4
Career Highs   156 152 1363.3 406 9 12 4 1.000 3.04    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 27 TOR AL 6 21 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 5 .238 .227 .429 .656
2008 29 SEA AL 3 10 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 .400 .455 .400 .855
2009 30 STL NL 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000
2010 31 STL NL 3 12 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .333 .385 .333 .718
Career Post-Season Batting 12 47 2 15 1 0 1 6 1 4 2 8 .319 .340 .404 .744
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
2006-9-8
Stolen Bases
2007-8-42
2008-4-45
Caught Stealing
2007-3-19
2008-3-20
2010-10-15
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 20)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
 
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  1. Juan Pierre (932)
  2. Jay Hill (917)
  3. Eric Owens (909)
  4. Russell Clark (908)
  5. Kenny Lofton (907)
  6. Nathan Fernandez (905)
  7. Ernest Torrence (903)
  8. George Spigner (902)
  9. Jeffery Ebner (899)
  10. Lou Flatt (897)
History
Injured on 5/14/2005 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 9/23/2006 with a Spasms Back, out for 3-4 weeks
Released by Toronto on 10/27/2007
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 4/4/2008 to a minor league deal
Injured on 7/21/2008 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Seattle to St. Louis on 2/9/2009 (Going to SEA: RF N. Moore. Going to STL: RF P. Zehner, P C. Buskirk, RF A. Vasquez)