paul born june retired catcher major_league_baseball example baseball having played different major league teams year career officially listed feet inches pounds attended high school college home state louisiana winning conference championships reaching majors american_league detroit_tigers spent seven seasons national_league playing different teams returned american_league baltimore_orioles played cincinnati_reds philadelphia_phillies season baseball career high school college drafted later retired number ninth pick sixth round cleveland_indians chose sign attended college career caught consecutive conference championship seasons finished record 14th best division squads sun belt conference pitching staff amassed earned run average 29th best division named second team sun belt conference baseball team selected cincinnati_reds fifth round june draft minor leagues began professional career rookie league farm team reds located montana season amassed batting average second highest team season walked times stole bases batted runs defensively compared catcher team fielding percentage posted errors season named moved high spirits seasons struggled season batting home runs runs batted rbis successful point boost batting average seven home runs doubles season rated ranked catching prospect reds farm system performance earned promotion reds level affiliate named second team strikeouts fifth regulars batting average hit career high home runs season adding doubles rbis bats playing indianapolis indians teammate brothers aaron year batted matched previous year career high home run total hits bats game management earned reputation minor leagues played minors member indianapolis recalled mound conversations trying mean stuff horrible today don try little harder going inning november traded reds detroit_tigers offseason deal included playing games tigers aaa level affiliate called major_league club major leagues major league debut tigers april going strikeouts major_league hit bases loaded double came day went tigers win hit major league home run came sixth inning runners base went new_york_yankees july rookie season arguably successful posted batting average hit home runs batted runs collected total bases season tigers traded seven player deal included appeared games got hit games houston beginning season minor leagues highlighted performance april anniversary debut added game july hit home runs rbis runs scored season houston roster play game houston traded florida played game florida april going played july batting rbis waived july claimed acquired division rivals batted braves played career game base months season remained braves season backup batted highest walk total atlanta bench players batting runs performances season game august night walks october florida appeared games playoff appearances game went run home run second inning batted run squeeze fourth trade braves acquired milwaukee brewers exchange played games brewers extensive playing time rookie season team additional batted home runs season performance year play went run home run fourth inning bases loaded single drive run season milwaukee traded chicago_cubs spent complete seasons consecutive seasons spent organization years backed reunited braves teammate chicago season batted walks doubles performance second game year best season game batted times reds bases loaded triple singles rbis batted cubs hit home run doubles displaying defense fielding percentage performance year second game florida went batted runs free agent signed los_angeles_dodgers season batted dodgers games doubles rbis backed underwent season ending surgery anterior june season dodgers granted free agency season signed december beginning season minor leagues returned majors batted backing played games baltimore_orioles extra base hits batting tied highest total walks bench batted runs season february signed minor league contract invitation spring training cincinnati_reds end spring training added man roster batted appeared career high games hitting home runs rbis january chicago_cubs signed year contract released near end spring training signed minor league deal philadelphia_phillies called major_league roster june phillies backup catcher phillies waived folk hero july broken big leagues time philadelphia age day came plate ninth inning pittsburgh pirates closer score tied phillies runs home runs ryan_howard tied game bases loaded hit single left infield driving winning run sealing phillies fourth consecutive victory season high game winning streak acquisition starting pitcher caught starts phillies lee posted record earned run average said strikes throws weapons lot fun catch manager denied scheduled lee personal catcher sic personal catcher course guys write want write want personal catcher right ahead handle doesn matter season wore regular catcher spent time injury allowing expanded playing time near end season september played team games best stretch september september went games finished year batting average winning consecutive year phillies faced los_angeles_dodgers new_york_yankees world series appear games postseason season filed free agency considered retirement according teammate play season baseball currently equipment representative based louisiana baseman owners company personal lives hometown louisiana offseason wife children son named daughter abbey
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