Editing Paul Molitor (section)

==Accomplishments==
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|Name   = Paul Molitor
|Number = 4
|Team   = Milwaukee Brewers
|Year   = 1999
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Molitor's lifetime statistics include 2,683 games played, 1,782 runs scored, 3,319 hits, 605 doubles, 114 triples, 234 [[home run]]s, 1,307 [[run batted in|runs batted in]], 1,094 walks, a .306 batting average, and 504 [[stolen base]]s. His 3,319 hits rank him tenth all-time. In addition, he batted .368 in five [[playoff|postseason]] series, and was an [[all-star]] seven times. Molitor recorded these statistics while missing nearly 500 games due to various injuries throughout his career. 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]]. Molitor was elected to the [[Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame]] in 1999.

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, [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2004|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. At the time of his induction, Molitor was the hitting coach for the [[Seattle Mariners]].<ref name="seatimes20040725">{{cite news|last=Stone|first=Larry|title=Man about Cooperstown: Molitor takes his place with game's best|work=Seattle Times|date=July 25, 2004|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2001987767_molitor25.html|access-date=2008-02-05}}</ref>

Molitor is one of five players in major league history with at least 3,000 hits, a .300 lifetime batting average, and 500 stolen bases. The other four are [[Ty Cobb]], [[Honus Wagner]], [[Eddie Collins]] and [[Ichiro Suzuki]]. Only Ichiro and Molitor played beyond 1930. Molitor is the only player ever to accomplish those feats and hit at least 200 home runs. Molitor is also the first player in World Series history to have at least two home runs, two doubles, and two triples in one series (1993). He is a member of an exclusive club, hitting .300 or better in full seasons across three decades (1970s, 80s, and 90s). He hit better than .300 a dozen times in his career. Including Game 1 of the 1982 World Series, he recorded eight 5-hit games and four 200+ hit seasons in his 21 year major league career. Molitor also compiled 56 4-hit games in his MLB career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/PX_molip001.htm|title=Paul Molitor Top Performances at Retrosheet|website=retrosheet.org|accessdate= April 17, 2024}}</ref>

As of 2021, Molitor is the last Major League player to execute the rare feat of stealing home plate at least ten times over the course of a career.<ref>{{cite web|title=Major League Baseball Records for Stealing Home Base|url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_stbah.shtml}}</ref>