SPORTS  :  Baseball  |  Football  |  Basketball  |  Hockey  |  Olympics  View Sports-Reference.com's new Olympic Section
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Paul LaPalme

Paul LaPalme
Paul Edmore LaPalme (Lefty)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 184 lb.

Debut May 28, 1951
Final Game August 28, 1957
Born December 14, 1923 in Springfield, MA

 About biographical information

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Sponsor this page for $5 per year and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service.

  

Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1951 27 PIT NL   1   5  22   8   1   1   8  0   54.3   79   48   38   6   31   24   1   3   272       1  6.29  4.20   67 2.025
 1952 28 PIT NL   1   2  31   2   0   0  16  0   59.7   56   33   26   6   37   25   1   5   265       0  3.92  3.99  102 1.559
 1953 29 PIT NL   8  16  35  24   7   1   7  2  176.3  191  107   90  20   64   86   0   9   777       0  4.59  4.45   97 1.446
 1954 30 PIT NL   4  10  33  15   2   0   7  0  120.7  147   79   74  15   54   57   0   8   552       1  5.52  4.19   76 1.666
 1955 31 STL NL   4   3  56   0   0   0  18  3   91.7   76   36   28  10   34   39   1   1   378   9   1  2.75  4.08  148 1.200
 1956 32 TOT      5   5  41   2   0   0  17  2   73.3   61   34   32   9   33   27   0   4   311   2   0  3.93  4.04  103 1.282
         TOT NL   2   4  12   2   0   0   3  0   27.7   30   20   20   7    6    4   0   2   118   0   0  6.51  3.92   60 1.301
         STL NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.7    4    6    6   0    2    0   0   2     8   0   0 81.00  3.77    5 9.000
         CIN NL   2   4  11   2   0   0   3  0   27.0   26   14   14   7    4    4   0   0   110   0   0  4.67  3.92   84 1.111
         CHW AL   3   1  29   0   0   0  14  2   45.7   31   14   12   2   27   23   0   2   193   2   0  2.36  4.12  174 1.270
 1957 33 CHW AL   1   4  35   0   0   0  21  7   40.3   35   16   15   5   19   19   1   3   169   1   0  3.35  3.75  112 1.339
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .348  24  45 253  51  10   2  94 14  616.3  645  353  303  71  272  277   4  33  2724  12   3  4.42  4.18   95 1.488
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5  10  56  11   2   0  21  3  137.7  144   78   67  15   60   61   0   7   609   2   0  4.42  4.18   95 1.488
 Career High      8  16  56  24   7   1  21  7  176.3  191  107   90  20   64   86   1   9   777   9   1  2.75  4.45  148 1.200

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 27 PIT NL  22   10    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .100  .250  .100   -3    1   0           0   0
 1952 28 PIT NL  31   10    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .100  .100  .200  -19    2   1           0   0
 1953 29 PIT NL  35   59    6    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  13  .085  .100  .085  -51    5   3           0   2
 1954 30 PIT NL  33   35    2    5   1  1   0    1   0  0   0   6  .143  .167  .229    3    8   3   0       1   0
 1955 31 STL NL  56   19    1    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   1  .211  .250  .263   37    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 32 TOT     41   10    1    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .200  .200  .300   30    3   3   0   0   0   0
         TOT NL  12    4    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .750  224    3   2   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  11    4    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .750  224    3   2   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  29    6    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1957 33 CHW AL  36    4    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   1  .500  .667  .500  224    2   1   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      254  147   13   20   4  1   0    6   0  0   5  29  .136  .175  .177   -7   26  11   0   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         94    8   13   3  1   0    4   0  0   3  18  .136  .175  .177   -7   17   7   0   0   1   1
 Career High     56   59    6    5   1  1   0    2   0  0   2  13                           8   3   0   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 27 PIT NL   12    9    0   0.0   106| .100  .271| .250  .345| .100  .410| .350  .756|  -3  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1952 28 PIT NL   11   10    0   0.0    99| .100  .264| .100  .337| .200  .393| .300  .730| -19  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1953 29 PIT NL   63   59    1   0.4   109| .085  .273| .100  .344| .085  .425| .185  .769| -51  .013 -13.2  -1.3   0%
 1954 30 PIT NL   39   33    1   0.8   107| .143  .272| .167  .343| .229  .420| .396  .763|   3  .037  -5.2  -0.5   0%
 1955 31 STL NL   20   15    1   1.8   105| .211  .265| .250  .336| .263  .420| .513  .757|  37  .146  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1956 32 TOT      13   11    1   2.4   108| .200  .270| .200  .346| .300  .417| .500  .764|  30  .233  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         TOT NL    6    4    1   6.7   107| .500  .270| .500  .338| .750  .426|1.250  .764| 224  .676   0.7   0.1   0%
         CIN NL    6    4    1   6.7   107| .500  .270| .500  .338| .750  .426|1.250  .764| 224  .676   0.7   0.1   0%
         CHW AL    7    7    0   0.0   108| .000  .270| .000  .352| .000  .412| .000  .764|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1957 33 CHW AL    7    3    2  18.1   100| .500  .264| .667  .336| .500  .399|1.167  .735| 224  .930   1.0   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       165  140    6   1.1   107| .136  .270| .175  .342| .177  .419| .352  .761|  -7  .070 -23.2  -2.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1951 27 PIT NL P 22 4 6 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 0.96 1.66 2.14 8 54.3 1952 28 PIT NL P 31 1 15 1 1 .941 .952 0.52 0.98 2.41 2.19 2 59.7 1953 29 PIT NL P 35 5 23 4 1 .875 .956 0.80 0.87 1.43 2.06 24 176.3 1954 30 PIT NL P 33 7 19 0 1 1.000 .959 0.79 0.87 1.94 2.07 15 120.7 1955 31 STL NL P 56 7 19 1 1 .963 .949 0.46 0.83 2.55 2.04 0 91.7 1956 32 TOT P 41 1 16 0 2 1.000 .955 0.41 0.82 2.08 1.97 2 73.7 TOT NL P 12 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.42 0.83 1.62 2.05 2 27.7 STL NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 CIN NL P 11 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.45 0.83 1.67 2.03 2 27.0 CHW AL P 29 1 11 0 1 1.000 .952 0.41 0.82 2.35 1.92 0 46.0 1957 33 CHW AL P 35 4 10 1 2 .933 .966 0.40 0.86 3.13 1.99 0 40.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 27 PIT NL P 22 4 6 0 0 1.000 .962 0.45 0.96 1.66 2.14 8 54.3 1952 28 PIT NL P 31 1 15 1 1 .941 .952 0.52 0.98 2.41 2.19 2 59.7 1953 29 PIT NL P 35 5 23 4 1 .875 .956 0.80 0.87 1.43 2.06 24 176.3 1954 30 PIT NL P 33 7 19 0 1 1.000 .959 0.79 0.87 1.94 2.07 15 120.7 1955 31 STL NL P 56 7 19 1 1 .963 .949 0.46 0.83 2.55 2.04 0 91.7 1956 32 TOT P 41 1 16 0 2 1.000 .955 0.41 0.82 2.08 1.97 2 73.7 TOT NL P 12 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.42 0.83 1.62 2.05 2 27.7 STL NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 CIN NL P 11 0 5 0 1 1.000 .962 0.45 0.83 1.67 2.03 2 27.0 CHW AL P 29 1 11 0 1 1.000 .952 0.41 0.82 2.35 1.92 0 46.0 1957 33 CHW AL P 35 4 10 1 2 .933 .966 0.40 0.86 3.13 1.99 0 40.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 253 29 108 7 8 .951 .956 0.54 0.87 2.00 2.06 51 616.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 253 29 108 7 8 .951 .956 0.54 0.87 2.00 2.06 51 617
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1955 NL-56-3

Saves
1957 AL-7-6

Losses
1953 NL-16-4

Wild Pitches
1952 NL-5-7
1953 NL-9-4
1954 NL-8-1

Games Finished
1955 NL-18-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1937) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1829) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Pitchers View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Jerry Garvin (974)
  2. Bob Kipper (968)
  3. Mike Cvengros (965)
  4. Jamie Easterly (963)
  5. Paul Mirabella (963)
  6. Dutch Henry (962)
  7. Mike Jeffcoat (961)
  8. Dean Stone (961)
  9. Brad Havens (958)
  10. Danny McDevitt (958)
Most Similar by Age 
  1. John Milligan (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Pete Burnside (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bill Kennedy (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pete Burnside (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jamie Easterly (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jamie Easterly (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

Before 1942 Season: Obtained by the New York Giants from the Bristol (Appalachian) as part of a minor league working agreement.

November 24, 1948: Drafted by the Boston Braves from the New York Giants in the 1948 minor league draft.

December 5, 1949: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Braves in the 1949 minor league draft.

January 11, 1955: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ben Wade and cash.

May 1, 1956: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Milt Smith.

June 22, 1956: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Cincinnati Redlegs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
View Paul LaPalme's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Paul LaPalme    

Viewed 11744 times through July 19, 2008.
Name and misspellings: Paul poison Edmore Lefty Paul poison LaPalme

Pages Updated through July 18,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Paul LaPalme
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through July 18, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.