Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Paul Konerko

Paul Konerko
Paul Henry Konerko

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 8, 1997

Born March 5, 1976 in Providence, RI

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1994. (All Transactions)

 About biographical information

Minors.B-R: Minor League Stats
BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Sim Dynasty, home of Sim Baseball sponsor(s) this page.

You can sponsor a page.
Page Expires: 2009-08-22 Alert Me!
        Free online multiplayer simulated baseball. Check out the game that 1000s of other fans are playing. Draft a fictitious franchise, set your lineup, groom prospects, and guide your team for 20+ seasons. It's the next generation of fantasy baseball!

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 21 LAD NL   6    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .143  .250  .143   10    1   0   0   0   0   1
 1998 22 TOT NL  75  217   21   47   4  0   7   29   0  1  16  40  .217  .276  .332   61   72   0   3   0   3  10
         LAD NL  49  144   14   31   1  0   4   16   0  1  10  30  .215  .272  .306   55   44   0   2   0   2   5
         CIN NL  26   73    7   16   3  0   3   13   0  0   6  10  .219  .284  .384   73   28   0   1   0   1   5
 1999 23 CHW AL 142  513   71  151  31  4  24   81   1  0  45  68  .294  .352  .511  116  262   1   3   0   2  19
 2000 24 CHW AL 143  524   84  156  31  1  21   97   1  0  47  72  .298  .363  .481  111  252   0   5   0  10  22
 2001 25 CHW AL 156  582   92  164  35  0  32   99   1  0  54  89  .282  .349  .507  119  295   0   5   6   9  17
 2002 26 CHW AL 151  570   81  173  30  0  27  104   0  0  44  72  .304  .359  .498  124  284   0   7   2   9  17 AS
 2003 27 CHW AL 137  444   49  104  19  0  18   65   0  0  43  50  .234  .305  .399   83  177   0   4   7   4  28
 2004 28 CHW AL 155  563   84  156  22  0  41  117   1  0  69 107  .277  .359  .535  127  301   0   5   5   6  23 MVP-16
 2005 29 CHW AL 158  575   98  163  24  0  40  100   0  0  81 109  .283  .375  .534  136  307   0   3  10   5  10 MVP-6,AS
 2006 30 CHW AL 152  566   97  177  30  0  35  113   1  0  60 104  .313  .381  .551  134  312   0   9   3   8  25 MVP-22,AS
 2007 31 CHW AL 151  549   71  142  34  0  31   90   0  1  78 102  .259  .351  .490  116  269   0   6   9   3  21
 2008 32 CHW AL 122  438   59  105  19  1  22   62   2  0  65  80  .240  .344  .438  102  192   0   4   4   7  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1548 5548  807 1539 279  6 298  957   7  2 603 895  .277  .352  .491  116 2724   1  54  46  66 210
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        581   84  161  29  1  31  100   1  0  63  94  .277  .352  .491  116  285   0   6   5   7  22
 Career High    158  582   98  177  35  4  41  117   2  1  81 109  .313  .381  .551  136  312   1   9  10  10  28
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 21 LAD NL    8    7    0   0.0   102| .143  .262| .250  .333| .143  .411| .393  .744|  10  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1998 22 TOT NL  239  184   18   2.6   105| .217  .266| .276  .336| .332  .419| .608  .755|  61  .245 -12.6  -1.2   0%
         LAD NL  158  121   11   2.4   103| .215  .263| .272  .333| .306  .415| .578  .747|  55  .221  -9.4  -0.9   0%
         CIN NL   81   63    7   3.0   109| .219  .271| .284  .342| .384  .428| .668  .770|  73  .290  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1999 23 CHW AL  564  385   88   6.1   115| .294  .276| .352  .349| .511  .442| .863  .791| 116  .555  11.1   1.0 100%
 2000 24 CHW AL  586  395   88   5.9   117| .298  .279| .363  .352| .481  .448| .844  .800| 111  .533   8.5   0.8 100%
 2001 25 CHW AL  650  440  101   6.1   110| .282  .272| .349  .339| .507  .436| .856  .776| 119  .588  15.7   1.5 100%
 2002 26 CHW AL  630  421  100   6.4   107| .304  .267| .359  .334| .498  .429| .857  .763| 124  .613  19.2   1.8   0%
 2003 27 CHW AL  495  372   47   3.4   109| .234  .270| .305  .337| .399  .432| .704  .769|  83  .326 -11.9  -1.1   0%
 2004 28 CHW AL  643  435  104   6.4   111| .277  .273| .359  .341| .535  .438| .894  .779| 127  .595  22.0   2.0 100%
 2005 29 CHW AL  664  425  118   7.4   108| .283  .272| .375  .335| .534  .431| .909  .766| 136  .681  30.4   2.9   0%
 2006 30 CHW AL  643  423  114   7.2   114| .313  .280| .381  .345| .551  .445| .932  .791| 134  .642  29.7   2.7 100%
 2007 31 CHW AL  636  435   92   5.6   110| .259  .276| .351  .344| .490  .431| .841  .775| 116  .550  12.9   1.2   0%
 2008 32 CHW AL  514  354   66   5.0   110| .240  .274| .344  .343| .438  .430| .782  .773| 102  .503   1.6   0.2 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6272 4276  936   5.8   111| .277  .273| .352  .342| .491  .436| .843  .777| 116  .562 125.9  11.7  77%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 21 LAD NL 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.20 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.69 1 7.7 1998 22 TOT NL 1B 30 208 21 1 9 .996 .993 7.63 8.01 9.86 9.46 23 209.0 TOT NL 3B 20 7 33 1 1 .976 .957 2.00 2.37 2.67 2.73 17 135.0 TOT NL LF 18 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.11 1.38 1.68 1.88 13 107.0 TOT NL OF 18 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.78 1.68 2.17 13 107.0 LAD NL 1B 23 170 15 1 8 .995 .993 8.04 8.01 10.09 9.46 18 165.0 LF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.09 1.38 1.52 1.88 9 71.0 3B 11 5 15 1 1 .952 .957 1.82 2.37 2.95 2.73 8 61.0 CIN NL 3B 9 2 18 0 0 1.000 .957 2.22 2.37 2.43 2.72 9 74.0 1B 7 38 6 0 1 1.000 .993 6.29 8.01 9.00 9.45 5 44.0 LF 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.39 2.00 1.88 4 36.0 DH 3 1999 23 CHW AL 1B 92 740 58 4 72 .995 .992 8.67 8.33 9.13 9.50 89 786.3 DH 54 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 2000 24 CHW AL 1B 122 1051 67 10 118 .991 .993 9.16 8.17 9.42 8.42 121 1068.3 3B 7 2 7 1 1 .900 .947 1.29 2.31 1.38 2.67 6 58.7 DH 7 2001 25 CHW AL 1B 144 1277 90 8 120 .994 .993 9.49 6.94 9.76 7.14 144 1260.3 DH 11 2002 26 CHW AL 1B 140 1146 75 8 113 .993 .993 8.72 7.14 9.15 7.49 140 1201.0 AS DH 7 AS 2003 27 CHW AL 1B 119 890 80 2 102 .998 .993 8.15 8.29 9.30 9.55 105 938.7 DH 13 2004 28 CHW AL 1B 139 1149 79 6 136 .995 .994 8.83 7.19 9.38 7.64 137 1177.7 DH 16 2005 29 CHW AL 1B 146 1320 82 5 135 .996 .994 9.60 6.85 9.91 7.07 145 1272.7 AS DH 11 AS 2006 30 CHW AL 1B 140 1168 67 6 112 .995 .994 8.82 7.14 9.41 7.62 139 1181.7 AS DH 12 AS 2007 31 CHW AL 1B 141 1180 71 5 131 .996 .995 8.87 7.09 9.17 7.33 140 1227.7 DH 10 2008 32 CHW AL 1B 116 1010 75 7 94 .994 .994 9.35 8.01 9.81 9.04 116 995.7 DH 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 21 LAD NL 1B 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.20 13.50 9.45 0 2.0 1998 22 TOT NL 1B 30 208 21 1 9 .996 .993 7.63 8.01 9.86 9.46 23 209.0 LAD NL 1B 23 170 15 1 8 .995 .993 8.04 8.01 10.09 9.46 18 165.0 CIN NL 1B 7 38 6 0 1 1.000 .993 6.29 8.01 9.00 9.45 5 44.0 1999 23 CHW AL 1B 92 740 58 4 72 .995 .992 8.67 8.33 9.13 9.50 89 786.3 2000 24 CHW AL 1B 122 1051 67 10 118 .991 .993 9.16 8.17 9.42 8.42 121 1068.3 2001 25 CHW AL 1B 144 1277 90 8 120 .994 .993 9.49 6.94 9.76 7.14 144 1260.3 2002 26 CHW AL 1B 140 1146 75 8 113 .993 .993 8.72 7.14 9.15 7.49 140 1201.0 2003 27 CHW AL 1B 119 890 80 2 102 .998 .993 8.15 8.29 9.30 9.55 105 938.7 2004 28 CHW AL 1B 139 1149 79 6 136 .995 .994 8.83 7.19 9.38 7.64 137 1177.7 2005 29 CHW AL 1B 146 1320 82 5 135 .996 .994 9.60 6.85 9.91 7.07 145 1272.7 2006 30 CHW AL 1B 140 1168 67 6 112 .995 .994 8.82 7.14 9.41 7.62 139 1181.7 2007 31 CHW AL 1B 141 1180 71 5 131 .996 .995 8.87 7.09 9.17 7.33 140 1227.7 2008 32 CHW AL 1B 116 1010 75 7 94 .994 .994 9.35 8.01 9.81 9.04 116 995.7 1997 21 LAD NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.69 1 7.7 1998 22 TOT NL 3B 20 7 33 1 1 .976 .957 2.00 2.37 2.67 2.73 17 135.0 LAD NL 3B 11 5 15 1 1 .952 .957 1.82 2.37 2.95 2.73 8 61.0 CIN NL 3B 9 2 18 0 0 1.000 .957 2.22 2.37 2.43 2.72 9 74.0 1999 23 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 2000 24 CHW AL 3B 7 2 7 1 1 .900 .947 1.29 2.31 1.38 2.67 6 58.7 1998 22 CIN NL DH 3 1999 23 CHW AL DH 54 2000 24 CHW AL DH 7 2001 25 CHW AL DH 11 2002 26 CHW AL DH 7 2003 27 CHW AL DH 13 2004 28 CHW AL DH 16 2005 29 CHW AL DH 11 2006 30 CHW AL DH 12 2007 31 CHW AL DH 10 2008 32 CHW AL DH 5 1998 22 TOT NL LF 18 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.11 1.38 1.68 1.88 13 107.0 LAD NL LF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.09 1.38 1.52 1.88 9 71.0 CIN NL LF 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.39 2.00 1.88 4 36.0 1998 22 TOT NL OF 18 20 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.78 1.68 2.17 13 107.0 LAD NL OF 11 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.09 1.78 1.52 2.17 9 71.0 CIN NL OF 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.14 1.79 2.00 2.17 4 36.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1330 11142 765 62 1143 .995 .994 8.95 7.46 9.47 7.99 1299 11321.0 DH 149 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 29 9 40 2 2 .961 .955 1.69 2.34 2.18 2.71 24 202.3 LF* 18 20 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.11 1.38 1.68 1.88 13 107.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1377 11171 805 64 1145 .995 .993 8.70 7.28 9.27 7.84 1336 11630
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  CHW SEA     L   3   9   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .100  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2005   ALDS  CHW BOS     W   3  12   3   3  0  0  2   4   0   1  .250  .250  .750   0  0             
        ALCS  CHW LAA     W   5  21   2   6  1  0  2   7   1   4  .286  .318  .619   0  0             
        WS    CHW HOU     W   4  16   1   4  1  0  1   4   2   3  .250  .333  .500   0  0             
 2008   ALDS  CHW TBR     L   4  16   3   5  0  0  2   2   1   1  .313  .353  .688   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2  10  37   7   8  0  0  4   6   2   3  .216  .256  .541   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2  19  74  10  18  2  0  7  17   5  10  .243  .291  .554   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2002   CHW AL       2   0   2  2  0  0   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 2005   CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 2006   CHW AL       2   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      0   5   0   4  2  0  0   2   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .800  .800 1.200 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2002 *
2005 *
2006 *

Awards
2005-ALCS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2004-AL-16-0.02
2005-AL-6-0.33
2006-AL-22-0.01
Car-524-0.36 shares

Slugging %
2004 AL-.535-10
2005 AL-.534-9
2006 AL-.551-9

OPS
2005 AL-.909-9
2006 AL-.932-10

Total Bases
2005 AL-307-10

Home Runs
2004 AL-41-2
2005 AL-40-5
2006 AL-35-8
2007 AL-31-5
Act-298-25

RBI
2004 AL-117-6
2006 AL-113-9

Bases on Balls
2005 AL-81-5

Runs Created
2005 AL-118-7

Offensive Win%
2005 AL-.681-9

Hit By Pitch
2000 AL-10-7

Sac. Flies
2006 AL-9-6

Intentional Walks
2005 AL-10-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1999 AL-19-9
2000 AL-22-5
2001 AL-17-6
2002 AL-17-8
2003 AL-28-1
2004 AL-23-3
2006 AL-25-4
2007 AL-21-7
Act-210-11
Car-210-68

At Bats per Home Run
2004 AL-13.7-2
2005 AL-14.4-6
2006 AL-16.2-10
2007 AL-17.7-6
Act-18.6-28
Car-18.6-82

Youngest Player
1997 NL-21-6

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (679) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 20.1 (613) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 42.0 (435) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Batters  View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Derrek Lee (922)
  2. David Justice (919)
  3. Richie Sexson (917)
  4. Mo Vaughn (915)
  5. Jermaine Dye (910)
  6. Ted Kluszewski (909)
  7. Kent Hrbek (908)
  8. Ryan Klesko (908)
  9. Dolph Camilli (905)
  10. Eric Karros (904)
Similar Batters through Age 32

Compare Stats
  1. Kent Hrbek (949)
  2. Derrek Lee (922)
  3. Mo Vaughn (917)
  4. Gil Hodges (917)
  5. Fred McGriff (915)
  6. Boog Powell (911)
  7. Greg Luzinski (905)
  8. George Bell (900)
  9. Jack Clark (896)
  10. Carlos Lee (896)
Most Similar by Age 

Click on C to compare their stats
Mouse over numbers to view names
  1. John Mayberry (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Alvin Davis (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Billy Williams (948) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Alvin Davis (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Justin Morneau (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Willie Horton (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kent Hrbek (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kent Hrbek (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Kent Hrbek (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Kent Hrbek (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1994.

July 4, 1998: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Dennys Reyes to the Cincinnati Reds for Jeff Shaw.

November 11, 1998: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Mike Cameron.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

November 30, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Los Angeles Dodgers$170,000
1999Chicago White Sox$215,000
2000Chicago White Sox$305,000
2001Chicago White Sox$2,300,000
2002Chicago White Sox$3,800,000
2003Chicago White Sox$6,250,000
2004Chicago White Sox$8,000,000
2005Chicago White Sox$8,750,000
2006Chicago White Sox$12,000,000
2007Chicago White Sox$12,000,000
2008Chicago White Sox$12,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$65,790,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Paul Konerko's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     CNN/SI     ESPN     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Paul Konerko    

Viewed 151050 times through December 3, 2008.
Name and misspellings: Paul poison harry Henry Paul poison Konerko konnerko

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Paul Konerko
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.