| Paul Sorrento |
Full Name: Paul Anthony Sorrento School: Saint John's Prep High School in Danvers, Massachusetts |
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| FSU Career |
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1984 15 OF-P 6-2 200 L R Fr * Peabody, MA 1985 15 OF 6-2 200 L R So * Peabody, MA 1986 15 OF 6-2 200 L R Jr * Peabody, MA |
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| Awards |
| Baseball |
Year Award 1984 Baseball America - 1st Team Freshman All-American 1986 Baseball America - 2nd Team All-American |
| Elected into the FSU Hall of Fame in 1997 |
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Paul Sorrento, the Seminoles' starting rightfielder from 1984-86, was one of Florida State's most feared hitters in FSU history. Sorrento, a left-handed hitter from Peabody, Mass., began his Seminole career with a bang as he hit 17 homeruns and drove in 68 runs in his freshman campaign to earn a spot on Baseball America's Freshman All-American team. In 1985, he set a school record by reaching base 13 consecutive times in the Metro Conference Tournament and garnered all-tournament team honors for his efforts. Sorrento earned All-Metro and All-Metro Tournament team honors in each of his three seasons with the Seminoles. Sorrento was the clubs power man as a junior, leading the Seminoles with 22 homeruns and 86 RBI in 1986, as Florida State came up on game short of a national championship in the College World Series. His achievements of that magical season earned him Baseball America All-American (2nd team) honors. He finished his three-year career at Florida State with a .352 batting average, 48 homeruns and 222 RBI. The California Angels organization selected Sorrento in the fourth round of the 1986 amateur draft, and he made his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins in 1989. As a member of the Twins, Sorrento helped the team to a 1991 World Championship. Sorrento played for the Cleveland Indians during 1992-95 and was a member of the 1995 American League Championship team. He has played first base for the Seattle Mariners in 1996 and 1997 and finished his career with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays during the 1998-99 seasons.
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| FSU Statistics |
| Baseball |
Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 .349 84 79 295 78 103 20 2 17 68 178 .603 75 3 51 .476 7 0 6 8 1985 .328 78 250 58 82 13 1 9 68 124 .496 54 5 43 .449 5 0 6 7 1986 .380 72 250 80 95 16 4 22 86 185 .740 66 33 .503 4 0 16 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .352 234 79 795 216 280 49 7 48 222 487 .613 195 8 127 0 .476 16 0 28 36 |
Fielding Statistics Year PO AST E FLD% DP ---------------------------- 1984 112 4 8 .935 1985 106 10 4 .967 1986 91 5 7 .932 ---------------------------- Tot 309 19 19 .945 0 |
| Pro Career |
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Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 Throws: Right Bats: Left Drafted: 1986, June Regular Draft, 4th Round #103, California Angels, OF Debut: September 8, 1989 Year Abbr Team No Pos 1989 Min Minnesota Twins 55 1B-DH 1990 Min Minnesota Twins 55 DH-1B 1991 Min Minnesota Twins 18 1B-DH 1992 Cle Cleveland Indians 11 1B-DH 1993 Cle Cleveland Indians 11 1B-OF-DH 1994 Cle Cleveland Indians 11 1B-DH 1995 Cle Cleveland Indians 11 1B-DH 1996 Sea Seattle Mariners 44 1B 1997 Sea Seattle Mariners 44 1B-DH 1998 TB Tampa Bay Devil Rays 44 DH-1B-OF 1999 TB Tampa Bay Devil Rays 44 OF-1B-DH |
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| Pro Statistics |
| Baseball |
Batting Statistics Year Team AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1989 Min .238 14 21 2 5 0 0 0 1 5 .238 5 0 4 0 .370 1 0 0 0 1990 Min .207 41 121 11 25 4 1 5 13 46 .380 12 1 31 3 .281 1 0 1 2 1991 Min .255 26 47 6 12 2 0 4 13 26 .553 4 0 11 3 .314 0 0 0 0 1992 Cle .269 140 458 52 123 24 1 18 60 203 .443 51 1 89 13 .341 3 1 0 3 1993 Cle .257 148 463 75 119 26 1 18 65 201 .434 58 2 121 10 .340 4 0 3 4 1994 Cle .280 95 322 43 90 14 0 14 62 146 .453 34 0 68 7 .345 3 1 0 1 1995 Cle .235 104 323 50 76 14 0 25 79 165 .511 51 0 71 10 .336 4 0 1 2 1996 Sea .289 143 471 67 136 32 1 23 93 239 .507 57 7 103 10 .370 5 2 0 2 1997 Sea .269 146 457 68 123 19 0 31 80 235 .514 51 3 112 13 .345 2 0 0 2 1998 TB .225 137 435 40 98 27 0 17 57 176 .405 54 3 133 8 .313 3 0 2 5 1999 TB .235 99 294 40 69 14 1 11 42 118 .401 49 4 101 4 .351 1 0 1 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Years .257 1093 0 3412 454 876 176 5 166 565 1560 .457 426 21 844 81 .340 27 4 8 23 |
Playoff Batting Statistics Year Team AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1991 Min .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1995 Cle .217 7 23 4 5 1 0 0 1 6 .261 4 6 .333 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Years .208 8 0 24 4 5 1 0 0 1 6 .250 4 0 7 0 .321 0 0 0 0 |
World Series Batting Statistics Year Team AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1991 Min .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 2 0 .333 0 0 0 0 1995 Cle .182 6 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .273 0 4 .182 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Years .154 9 0 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .231 1 0 6 0 .214 0 0 0 0 |
Fielding Statistics Year Team Pos GP PO Ast E DP Fld% ------------------------------------------ 1989 Min 1B 5 13 0 0 1 1.000 " " DH 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1990 Min DH 23 0 0 0 0 .000 " " 1B 15 118 7 1 14 .992 1991 Min 1B 13 70 7 0 7 1.000 " " DH 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1992 Cle 1B 121 996 78 8 108 .993 " " DH 11 0 0 0 0 .000 1993 Cle 1B 144 1012 86 6 107 .995 " " OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 " " DH 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1994 Cle 1B 86 798 59 4 79 .995 " " DH 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1995 Cle 1B 91 816 58 7 88 .992 " " DH 11 0 0 0 0 .000 1996 Sea 1B 138 957 81 11 112 .990 1997 Sea 1B 139 929 86 4 89 .996 " " DH 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1998 TB DH 86 0 0 0 0 .000 " " 1B 27 219 24 0 22 1.000 " " OF 18 30 0 0 0 1.000 1999 TB OF 57 87 2 4 1 .957 " " 1B 27 203 9 1 19 .995 " " DH 9 0 0 0 0 .000 ------------------------------------------ 11 Years 1041 6251 497 46 647 .993 |