Paul Dade

Lonnie Paul Dade (born December 7, 1951 in Seattle, Washington) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder/third baseman. On June 4, 1970 he was drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. He played for the Angels (1975-1976), Cleveland Indians (1977-1979), and San Diego Padres (1979-1980).

Dade was called up to the Angels after hitting .332 in 100 games for the El Paso Diablos of the Texas League and then .545 in 9 games for the Salt Lake City Gulls of the Pacific Coast League. He made his major league debut on September 12, 1975 at Royals Stadium, starting the second game of a doubleheader in left field against Kansas City. He went 0-for-3 against Al Fitzmorris.

With the Cleveland Indians in 1977, Dade had career-highs for games played (134), games started (111), plate appearances (508), hits (134), batting average (.291), runs batted in (45), and runs (65).

Dade's career totals include 439 games played, a .270 batting average (355-for-1,313), 10 HR, 107 RBI, 186 runs scored, a .328 on base percentage, and 57 stolen bases.

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Dade led Pacific Coast League third basemen with 41 double plays while playing for the Salt Lake City Angels in 1974.
His first major league home run came against Pete Vuckovich of the Toronto Blue Jays. {Exhibition Stadium -- June 22, 1977}
had three 4-hit games...the most impressive being two doubles and two singles with one RBI and three runs scored vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers (September 22, 1979)
had twenty-four 3-hit games
hit a combined .444 (32-for-72) against All-Stars Bert Blyleven, Ken Brett, Bill Campbell, Charlie Hough, Sparky Lyle, Jack Morris, Jerry Reuss, Steve Stone, Rick Sutcliffe, and Wilbur Wood
hit a combined .308 (4-for-13) against Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Don Sutton