Craig Paquette

Positions: Third Baseman, Outfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: March 28, 1969 in Long Beach, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 36th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rancho Alamitos HS (Garden Grove, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA).

High School: Rancho Alamitos HS (Garden Grove, CA)

School: Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA)

Debut: June 1, 1993 (Age 24-065d, 16,324th in major league history)
vs. BAL 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 24, 2003 (Age 34-027d)
vs. OAK 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1993 season

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Craig Harold Paquette

Pronunciation: \paw-KET\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.6

2591

620

.239

304

RBI

377

OBP

.274

SLG

.411

OPS

.685

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1989	20	OAK-min	A-	71	310	277	53	93	22	3	14	56	9	4	30	46	.336	.403	.588	.992		163	6	2	0	1	4		SOR · NORW
1990	21	OAK-min	A+	130	549	495	65	118	23	4	15	59	8	5	47	123	.238	.306	.392	.698		194		3	0	4	1		MOD · CALL
1991	22	OAK-min	AA	102	416	378	50	99	18	1	8	60	0	5	28	87	.262	.314	.378	.692		143	16	3	2	5	0		HVL · SOUL
1992	23	OAK-min	AA,AAA	132	553	516	69	134	32	4	19	82	16	11	31	134	.260	.303	.448	.750		231	15	2	1	3	0		HVL,TAC · SOUL,PCL
1993	24	OAK-min	AAA	50	200	183	29	49	8	0	8	29	3	3	14	54	.268	.320	.443	.763		81	6	1	0	2	0		TAC · PCL
1993	24	OAK	AL	105	409	393	35	86	20	4	12	46	4	2	14	108	.219	.245	.382	.627	71	150	7	0	1	1	2	5/HD7
1994	25	OAK-min	AAA	65	267	245	39	70	12	3	17	48	3	3	14	48	.286	.326	.567	.893		139	4	3	0	5	3		TAC · PCL
1994	25	OAK	AL	14	50	49	0	7	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	.143	.143	.184	.327	-13	9	0	0	1	0	0	5/H
1995	26	OAK	AL	105	304	283	42	64	13	1	13	49	5	2	12	88	.226	.256	.417	.673	79	118	5	1	3	5	0	57H/639
1996	27	KCR-min	AAA	18	72	63	9	21	3	0	4	13	1	0	8	14	.333	.403	.571	.974		36	3	0	0	1	1		OMA · AA
1996	27	KCR	AL	118	462	429	61	111	15	1	22	67	5	3	23	101	.259	.296	.452	.749	87	194	11	2	3	5	2	5736/HD
1997	28	KCR-min	AAA	23	99	91	9	28	6	0	3	20	0	2	6	26	.308	.343	.473	.816		43	6	0	0	2	0		OMA · AA
1997	28	KCR	AL	77	267	252	26	58	15	1	8	33	2	2	10	57	.230	.263	.393	.656	68	99	13	2	1	2	0	5/H7
1998	29	NYM-min	AAA	15	63	61	11	17	1	1	3	14	2	1	1	13	.279	.286	.475	.761		29	2	0	0	1	0		NFK · IL
1998	29	NYM	NL	7	19	19	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.263	.263	.368	.632	65	7	3	0	0	0	0	/53H7
1999	30	NYM-min	AAA	70	302	283	40	77	20	3	15	54	3	0	10	47	.272	.298	.523	.821		148	4	3	0	6	1		NFK · IL
1999	30	STL	NL	48	166	157	21	45	6	0	10	37	1	0	6	38	.287	.309	.516	.825	103	81	6	0	1	2	0	95/43H7
2000	31	STL	NL	134	420	384	47	94	24	2	15	61	4	3	27	83	.245	.294	.435	.728	80	167	5	2	1	6	1	5379H4
2001	32	STL	NL	123	370	340	47	96	17	0	15	64	3	1	18	67	.282	.326	.465	.791	102	158	11	5	5	2	1	57H93/4
2002	33	DET	AL	72	266	252	20	49	14	1	4	20	1	0	10	53	.194	.223	.306	.528	44	77	7	0	1	3	0	53/D7H9
2003	34	STL-min	AAA	11	52	49	3	13	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	12	.265	.288	.286	.574		14	1	0	0	1	0		MEM · PCL
2003	34	DET	AL	11	33	33	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.152	.152	.152	.303	-17	5	2	0	0	0	0	/37H9
11 Yrs				814	2766	2591	304	620	128	10	99	377	27	13	120	620	.239	.274	.411	.685	77	1065	70	12	17	26	6
162 Game Avg.				162	550	516	61	123	25	2	20	75	5	3	24	123	.239	.274	.411	.685	77	212	14	2	3	5	1

STL (3 yrs)				305	956	881	115	235	47	2	40	162	8	4	51	188	.267	.309	.461	.770	93	406	22	7	7	10	2
OAK (3 yrs)				224	763	725	77	157	35	5	25	95	10	4	26	210	.217	.243	.382	.625	68	277	12	1	5	6	2
KCR (2 yrs)				195	729	681	87	169	30	2	30	100	7	5	33	158	.248	.284	.430	.714	80	293	24	4	4	7	2
DET (2 yrs)				83	299	285	22	54	14	1	4	20	1	0	10	58	.189	.215	.288	.502	37	82	9	0	1	3	0
NYM (1 yr)				7	19	19	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	.263	.263	.368	.632	65	7	3	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				502	1791	1691	186	380	79	8	59	215	18	9	69	426	.225	.255	.386	.640	68	652	45	5	10	16	4
NL (4 yrs)				312	975	900	118	240	49	2	40	162	9	4	51	194	.267	.308	.459	.767	92	413	25	7	7	10	2

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