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Ralph LaPointe
Ralph Robert LaPointe

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.
School University of Vermont

Debut April 15, 1947
Final Game September 29, 1948
Born January 8, 1922 in Winooski, VT
Died September 13, 1967 in Burlington, VT

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 25 PHI NL  56  211   33   65   7  0   1   15   8     17  15  .308  .362  .355   95   75   1           1   0
 1948 26 STL NL  87  222   27   50   3  0   0   15   1     18  19  .225  .283  .239   39   53   5           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      143  433   60  115  10  0   1   30   9  0  35  34  .266  .322  .296   66  128   6   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        491   68  130  11  0   1   34  10  0  40  39  .266  .322  .296   66  145   7   0   0   1   1
 Career High     87  222   33   65   7  0   1   15   8  0  18  19  .225  .283  .239   39   75   5   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 25 PHI NL  230  147   27   4.9   102| .308  .269| .362  .344| .355  .399| .717  .743|  95  .523  -1.1  -0.1     
 1948 26 STL NL  245  178   15   2.2   107| .225  .276| .283  .351| .239  .408| .522  .760|  39  .222 -19.6  -2.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons       475  325   42   3.4   105| .266  .273| .322  .347| .296  .404| .618  .751|  66  .374 -20.6  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 25 PHI NL SS 54 82 158 11 25 .956 .963 4.44 4.66 1948 26 STL NL 2B 44 114 108 8 24 .965 .971 5.05 4.83 SS 25 28 50 4 12 .951 .959 3.12 4.59 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 26 STL NL 2B 44 114 108 8 24 .965 .971 5.05 4.83 1948 26 STL NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 1947 25 PHI NL SS 54 82 158 11 25 .956 .963 4.44 4.66 1948 26 STL NL SS 25 28 50 4 12 .951 .959 3.12 4.59
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 79 110 208 15 37 .955 .962 4.03 4.64 2B 44 114 108 8 24 .965 .971 5.05 4.83 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 124 225 316 23 61 .959 .966 4.36 4.69
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.

Stolen Bases
1947 NL-8-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3488) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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.


Transactions 

February 19, 1946: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

April 7, 1948: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with $30,000 to the St. Louis Cardinals for Dick Sisler.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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