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Cesar Cedeno League
10-13-2073
Paul Cancel First Base
Retired (1978, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .244 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .685 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 643 Age at Death 82 Date of Birth 05-04-1943
HR 81 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1966)
Majors Svc Time 11 years
(34 games)
RBI 328
SB 58
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed Bunt C- Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 1
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health C+ LCS Appearances 2
3B (0.4%) RF (1.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1966 MIL
5
17
2
3
0
0
0
1
2
10 1 0
2
0 0
.476
.300
.176
.000
.176
1967 MIL
29
43
4
9
3
0
0
4
3
7 0 1
0
0 0
.534
.255
.279
.070
.209
1968 MIL-KC
64
171
21
40
7
1
7
25
8
37 1 0
0
1 1
.682
.272
.409
.175
.234
1969 MIL
103
310
41
91
10
0
12
42
23
46 1 2
10
6 7
.784
.342
.442
.148
.294
1970 MIL
122
367
40
74
13
1
8
43
37
62 2 3
8
4 9
.584
.276
.308
.106
.202
1971 MIL
83
249
25
57
15
0
3
26
23
40 0 3
8
6 2
.616
.291
.325
.096
.229
1972 MIL
108
322
40
82
12
2
12
45
33
51 0 4
9
7 5
.736
.320
.416
.161
.255
1973 MIL
84
246
28
65
7
0
11
27
11
54 1 1
8
5 4
.724
.297
.427
.163
.264
1974 MIL
96
254
21
63
10
2
8
32
30
53 3 0
7
11 5
.732
.334
.398
.150
.248
1975 MIL-BOS
90
261
30
64
6
1
9
35
22
56 1 2
4
1 0
.684
.304
.379
.134
.245
1976 BOS
59
54
8
18
1
0
0
3
5
8 0 0
0
0 0
.742
.390
.352
.019
.333
1977 BOS
114
228
34
57
11
2
8
33
26
43 1 1
2
0 0
.749
.328
.421
.171
.250
1978 BOS
55
116
11
20
2
0
3
12
7
20 0 0
0
1 3
.487
.220
.267
.095
.172
Total
1012
2638
305
643
97
9
81
328
230
487 11 17
58
42 36
.685
.305
.379
.136
.244
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Paul Cancel has retired from the Boston Red Sox
1977-04-28The Boston Red Sox have renamed Casey Blake to Paul Cancel.
1977-04-11The Boston Red Sox have renamed Paul Cancel to Casey Blake.
1975-10-23The Boston Patriots have acquired Paul Cancel from the waiver wire.
1975-10-03The Milwaukee Best have promoted Marcus Wagoner to the major league team. The Milwaukee Best have designated Paul Cancel for assignment.
1974-04-22Paul Cancel of the Milwaukee Best is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1973-04-27Paul Cancel of the Milwaukee Best is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1969-04-06The Milwaukee Best have promoted Paul Cancel to the major league team. The Milwaukee Best have sent Carl Kelly to the minors.
1969-04-05The Milwaukee Best have acquired Paul Cancel from the waiver wire.
1969-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have waived Paul Cancel.
1969-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Tom Elliott to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted George Crede to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated John Posada for assignment. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Paul Cancel to the minors.
1968-07-23The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Paul Cancel to the major league team.
1968-07-23The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Jay Olivares to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Denny Borgmann to the minors. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Paul Cancel to the minors.
1968-07-22A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Milwaukee Best. The Milwaukee Best receive Kirby Valdez, Davy Rockenfield, Gary Franklin, Moises Milstead from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Paul Cancel, Sam Slade, Brad McQuaig.
1968-05-03The Milwaukee Best have promoted Paul Cancel to the major league team.
1968-04-06The Milwaukee Best have promoted Matt Currie to the major league team. The Milwaukee Best have sent Paul Cancel to the minors.
1967-09-25The Milwaukee Best have promoted Paul Cancel to the major league team.
1967-09-15The Milwaukee Best have sent Paul Cancel to the minors.
1967-08-30The Milwaukee Best have promoted Paul Cancel to the major league team.
1967-08-13The Milwaukee Best have sent Paul Cancel to the minors.
1967-07-20The Milwaukee Best have promoted Paul Cancel to the major league team. The Milwaukee Best have sent David Miller to the minors.
1967-07-19The Milwaukee Best have promoted David Miller to the major league team. The Milwaukee Best have sent Paul Cancel to the minors.
1967-05-09The Milwaukee Best have promoted Paul Cancel to the major league team. The Milwaukee Best have sent Terry O"Reilly to the minors.
1966-10-03The Milwaukee Best have sent Paul Cancel to the minors.
1966-09-24The Milwaukee Best have promoted Paul Cancel to the major league team.