Paul Giel

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Full Name: Paul Robert Giel	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185	First Game: July 10, 1954
Birthdate: September 29, 1932	Final Game: June 2, 1961
Birthplace: Winona, Minnesota	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: May 22, 2002
Deathplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on September 29, 1932 in Winona, Minnesota, Paul Giel (Paul Robert Giel) played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Giel broke into the bigs on July 10, 1954 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.39 ERA in 82.1 innings pitched in 1955, his rookie year.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1954	NY	N	6	0	0	0	8.31	4	4	4	0	0	0	4.1	8	0	2	1	0	0
1955	NY	N	34	2	4	4	3.39	47	36	31	0	0	0	82.1	70	8	50	5	0	2
1958	SF	N	29	9	4	5	4.70	55	56	48	0	0	0	92	89	12	55	4	2	2
1959	PIT	N	4	0	0	0	14.09	3	12	12	0	0	0	7.2	17	0	6	1	1	0
1960	PIT	N	16	0	2	0	5.73	21	25	21	0	0	0	33	35	3	15	1	4	0
1961	MIN	A	12	0	1	0	9.78	14	27	21	0	0	0	19.1	24	6	17	1	0	0
1961	KC	A	1	0	0	0	37.80	1	7	7	0	0	0	1.2	6	1	3	0	0	0
1961	TOT	A	13	0	1	0	12.00	15	34	28	0	0	0	21	30	7	20	1	0	0
Total	NL		89	11	10	9	4.76	130	133	116	0	0	0	219.1	219	23	128	12	7	4
Total	AL		13	0	1	0	12.00	15	34	28	0	0	0	21	30	7	20	1	0	0
Total			102	11	11	9	5.39	145	167	144	0	0	0	240.1	249	30	148	13	7	4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	NY	N	P	6	0	4.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
1955	NY	N	P	34	0	0	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	SF	N	P	29	9	92	8	18	0	2	0	1	3	5	1	1.000
1959	PIT	N	P	4	0	7.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1960	PIT	N	P	16	0	33	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	.833
1961	MIN	A	P	12	0	19.1	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.750
1961	KC	A	P	1	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1961	TOT	A	P	13	0	21	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.750
Total			P	102	9	158	15	38	3	3	0	2	8	10	2	.946

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1954	NY	N	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	NY	N	34	19	2	1	0	0	.053	.053	.105	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0
1958	SF	N	29	27	0	2	0	1	.074	.138	.074	0	0	1	8	1	4	0	0	0
1959	PIT	N	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	PIT	N	16	7	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1961	MIN	A	15	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1961	KC	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	TOT	A	16	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		89	53	2	3	0	1	.057	.091	.075	1	0	1	16	1	6	0	0	0
Total	AL		16	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			105	55	2	4	0	1	.073	.105	.091	1	0	1	17	1	6	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) by New York Giants (June 9, 1954).
Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from San Francisco Giants (April 13, 1959).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Minnesota Twins (February, 1961).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Reno Bertoia and a player to be named later to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Bill Tuttle and a player to be named later (June 1, 1961); Minnesota Twins received Paul Giel (June 10, 1961) and Kansas City Athletics received cash (June 10, 1961).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Minnesota Twins (June 10, 1961) completing trade in which Kansas City Athletics traded Bill Tuttle and a player to be named later to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Reno Bertoia, Paul Giel and a player to be named later (June 1, 1961); Kansas City Athletics received cash (June 10, 1961).

[edit] Trivia

Paul Giel was a star football player at the University of Minnesota before becoming a pitcher in the major leagues.

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