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Featured Athlete(s): PAUL MOLITOR Collection: RAWLINGS BIG STICK 212B 34IN ADIRONDACK MODEL Hand Autographed: IN PERMANENT SILVER PAINT! PAUL MOLITOR Paul Leo Molitor (nicknamed Molly or The Ignitor) (born August 22, 1956 in St. Paul , Minnesota ) is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, elected in 2004, his first year of eligibility. He played for 21 seasons, with the Milwaukee Brewers (1978-1992), Toronto Blue Jays (1993-1995) and Minnesota Twins (1996-1998). Molitor played several positions during his career. He started out as a second baseman and then was moved to third base at the age of 25. During the latter half of his career, he was used primarily as a designated hitter. Molitor is the first, and as of 2006 only, player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a designated hitter. Molitor was part of a young Milwaukee Brewers team that lost the 1982 World Series in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals. Molitor batted .355 during the series. In Game 1 of the '82 Series, he had five hits, which set a Major League record. During the '82 season, he hit .302 and led the American League with 136 runs scored. Molitor also attracted national media attention during his 39-game hitting streak, which ended with "Molly" in the on-deck circle when Rick Manning got a game-ending hit to beat the Cleveland Indians on August 26 , 1987. Fans booed Manning for driving in the winning run and thus depriving Molitor of one last chance to reach 40 games. The streak continues to stand as the fifth-longest in modern-day baseball history, and remains the longest since Pete Rose's 44 game hit streak in 1978. Molitor was acquired through free agency by the Toronto Blue Jays in December 1992 and was a key part of the Blue Jays second World Championship. Molitor won the World Series MVP Award and tied a World Series record by batting 12-24 (.500) for a 6 game series. He left the Blue Jays after the 1995 season and joined his home town Minnesota Twins for the final three seasons of his career. Molitor relished his opportunity to play with Twins superstar Kirby Puckett, but as fate would have it, Puckett developed glaucoma during spring training in 1996 thanks to being hit in the eye with a Dennis Martinez pitch in the 1995 season finale and never played another game. In 1996, Molitor became the first 40-year-old to have a 200-hit season (225). Molitor's lifetime statistics include 2,683 games played, 1,782 runs scored, 3,319 hits, 234 home runs, 1,307 runs batted in, a .306 batting average, and 504 stolen bases. He batted .368 in 5 postseason series and was an all-star seven times. He was also the first and, so far, only member of the 3,000-hit club to reach 3,000 with a triple. Molitor recorded these statistics while missing nearly 500 games due to various injuries throughout his career. On June 11, 1999, the Brewers retired Molitor's uniform number 4. During the ceremony at Milwaukee County Stadium, Molitor announced that if he went into the Hall of Fame, he would do so as a Brewer. On January 6, 2004, he was elected to the Hall in his first year of eligibility, with 85.2% of the votes. True to his word, he joined Robin Yount as the only Hall of Famers to be depicted on their plaques with Brewers caps. In 1999, Molitor ranked No. 99 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and he was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Yount also was a finalist for the All-Century Team but did not make the final roster. Molitor is one of only four players in major-league history with at least 3,000 hits, a .300 lifetime batting average, and 500 stolen bases. The other three are Hall of Famers Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Eddie Collins. Molitor is the only player ever to accomplish those feats and hit at least 200 home runs. Molitor also is the first man in World Series history to have at least two home runs, two doubles, and two triples in one series (1993), and holds the current r... read more

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