Paul Boris
{{short description|American baseball player (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|image=1980 Nashville Paul Boris.jpg
|width=
|caption=Boris with the Nashville Sounds in 1980
|name=Paul Boris
|position=Pitcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1955|12|13}}
|birth_place=Irvington, New Jersey, U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=May 21
|debutyear=1982
|debutteam=Minnesota Twins
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 3
|finalyear=1982
|finalteam=Minnesota Twins
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=1–2
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=3.99
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=30
|teams=
- Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1982}})
}}
Paul Stanley Boris (born December 13, 1955) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/paul-boris-111237|title=Paul Boris Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=March 23, 2024}} He played for the Minnesota Twins in 1982.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/borispa01.shtml|title=Paul Boris Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=March 23, 2024}}
Career
Borris was signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1978.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/borispa01.shtml|title=Paul Boris Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=March 23, 2024}} He played his first professional season with their Class A Fort Lauderdale Yankees that year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=boris-001pau|title=Paul Boris Minor Leagues Statistics|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=March 23, 2024}} After spending the 1979 season at Class A Fort Lauderdale, he was promoted to the Double-A Nashville Sounds in 1980. He reached Triple-A with the Columbus Clippers in 1981.
Borris was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 1981 Rule 5 draft. He was subsequently returned to New York but then traded back to Minnesota with Ron Davis and Greg Gagne in exchange for Roy Smalley III on April 10, 1982. Borris began the 1982 season with the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens but was promoted to the major league club to make his MLB debut on May 21. Borris made 23 relief appearances for the Twins pitching {{frac|49|2|3}} innings and accumulating a 1–2 win–loss record with a 3.99 earned run average and 30 strikeouts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=borispa01&t=p&year=1982|title=Paul Boris 1982 Pitching Game Logs|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=March 23, 2024}} In 1983, he played for Triple-A Toledo and the Double-A Orlando Twins.
Borris played his last professional season with the Atlanta Braves' Triple-A Richmond Braves in 1984.
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|mlb=paul-boris-111237|br=b/borispa01|fangraphs=1001202|brm=boris-001pau}}
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Category:Baseball players from Essex County, New Jersey
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Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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