Paul LaPalme

Paul Edmore LaPalme (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 14, 1923 in Springfield, MA(All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1951
Teams (by GP): Pirates/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Redlegs 1951-1957

Final Game: August 28, 1957
Died: February 7, 2010 in Leominster, MA
Buried: St. Leo Cemetery, Leominster, MA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1941	17	BRS	D	21	43	43		6	0	0	0						.140	.140	.140	.279		6							BRS · APPY
1942	18	ERI	C	51	102	102		22	3	0	0						.216	.216	.245	.461		25							ERI · MATL
1946	22	SFG-min	D	68	179	179		61	12	7	1						.341	.341	.503	.844		90							BRS · APPY
1947	23	SFG-min	B,A	44	74	74		16	2	1	0						.216	.216	.270	.486		20							TRE,JCK · ISLG,SALL
1948	24	SFG-min	B	27	63	63		14	1	1	0						.222	.222	.270	.492		17							TRE · ISLG
1949	25	ATL-min	A	40	78	78		18	3	0	0						.231	.231	.269	.500		21							HFD · EL
1950	26	PIT-min	AAA,AA	31	10	10	2	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900		5	0	0	0				INA,NOR · AA,SOUA
1951	27	PIT-min	AAA,AA	5	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							INA,NOR · AA,SOUA
1951	27	PIT	NL	22	13	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	-3	1	0	0	0			1
1952	28	PIT-min	Opn	9	21	15	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		4	1	.200	.368	.200	.568		3		0	2				HOL · PCL
1952	28	PIT	NL	31	11	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	-19	2	0	0	1			1
1953	29	PIT	NL	35	63	59	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.085	.100	.085	.185	-51	5	2	0	3			1
1954	30	PIT	NL	33	39	35	2	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	.143	.167	.229	.395	3	8	0	1	3	0		1
1955	31	STL	NL	56	20	19	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.211	.250	.263	.513	37	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	32	TOT	MLB	41	13	10	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.300	.500	30	3	0	0	3	0	0	1
1956	32	TOT	NL	12	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	224	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1956	32	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	32	CIN	NL	11	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	224	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1956	32	CHW	AL	29	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1957	33	CHW	AL	36	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	223	2	0	1	1	0	0	1
1958	34	LAD-CHW-min	AAA	39	65	56	4	9	0	0	0	1	1		2	11	.161	.190	.161	.350		9		0	7	0	0		STP,INA · AA
1959	35	LAD-min	AAA	28	22	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.048	.048	.048	.095		1		0	1	0	0		MTL · IL
7 Yrs				254	166	147	13	20	4	1	0	6	0	0	5	29	.136	.175	.177	.352	-6	26	2	2	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	106	94	8	13	3	1	0	4	0	0	3	18	.136	.175	.177	.352	-6	17	1	1	7

PIT (4 yrs)				121	126	114	11	12	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	23	.105	.136	.140	.276	-27	16	2	1	7	0
STL (2 yrs)				57	20	19	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.211	.250	.263	.513	37	5	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				65	14	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	2	0	1	2	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				11	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	224	3	0	0	2	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				189	152	137	13	18	4	1	0	4	0	0	4	25	.131	.162	.175	.337	-11	24	2	1	9	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				65	14	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.200	.333	.200	.533	46	2	0	1	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1951	27	PIT	NL	22	13	-2	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1952	28	PIT	NL	31	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1953	29	PIT	NL	35	63	-12	-0	0	0	7	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.487	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-3	$	1
1954	30	PIT	NL	33	39	-6	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1955	31	STL	NL	56	20	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	$	1
1956	32	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1956	32	CIN	NL	11	6	2	-0	0	0	1	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.525	.502	0.3	-0.0	3	$	1
1956	32	CHW	AL	29	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1957	33	CHW	AL	36	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
7 Seasons				254	166	-21	-0	1	0	18	-3	-0.3	5	2	-0.4	.499	.500	-0.4	-0.1	2	$

PIT (4 yrs)				121	126	-21	-0	1	0	14	-7	-0.7	4	-2	-0.8	.494	.499	-0.8	-0.0	-2	$
STL (2 yrs)				57	20	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.1	1	$
CHW (2 yrs)				65	14	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
CIN (1 yr)				11	6	2	-0	0	0	1	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.525	.502	0.3	-0.0	3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1951	27	PIT	NL	13	9	0	0.0	105	.125	.100	.270	.250	.344	.100	.409	.350	.753	-3	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.333	.200	.000
1952	28	PIT	NL	11	10	0	0.0	99	.125	.100	.264	.100	.337	.200	.393	.300	.730	-19	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.222	.100	.100
1953	29	PIT	NL	63	59	1	0.4	109	.109	.085	.273	.100	.344	.085	.426	.185	.770	-51	.013	-13.2	-1.3	.107	.017	.000
1954	30	PIT	NL	39	33	1	0.8	107	.172	.143	.272	.167	.343	.229	.420	.395	.763	3	.037	-5.2	-0.5	.300	.086	.086
1955	31	STL	NL	20	15	1	1.8	105	.222	.211	.264	.250	.335	.263	.419	.513	.754	37	.146	-1.7	-0.2	.400	.105	.053
1956	32	TOT	MLB	13	11	1	2.4	107	.333	.200	.269	.200	.345	.300	.416	.500	.762	30	.234	-1.0	-0.1	.375	.100	.100
1956	32	TOT	NL	6	4	1	6.7	107	.667	.500	.270	.500	.338	.750	.426	1.250	.764	224	.676	0.7	0.1	1.500	.250	.250
1956	32	CIN	NL	6	4	1	6.7	107	.667	.500	.270	.500	.338	.750	.426	1.250	.764	224	.676	0.7	0.1	1.500	.250	.250
1956	32	CHW	AL	7	7	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.268	.000	.351	.000	.410	.000	.760	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1957	33	CHW	AL	7	3	2	18.1	100	.667	.500	.264	.667	.337	.500	.399	1.167	.736	223	.930	1.0	0.1	2.000	.250	.000
7 Yrs				166	140	6	1.1	107	.169	.136	.270	.175	.342	.177	.419	.352	.761	-6	.070	-23.2	-2.3	.256	.075	.041
162 Game Avg.				106	89	4	1.1	107	.169	.136	.270	.175	.342	.177	.419	.352	.761	-6	.070	-23.2	-2.3	.256	.075	.041

PIT (4 yrs)				126	111	2	0.5	107	.132	.105	.272	.136	.343	.140	.420	.276	.763	-27	.015	-21.5	-2.1	.192	.061	.035
CHW (2 yrs)				14	10	2	5.4	104	.333	.200	.267	.333	.344	.200	.406	.533	.749	46	.571	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.100	.000
STL (2 yrs)				20	15	1	1.8	105	.222	.211	.264	.250	.335	.263	.419	.513	.754	37	.146	-1.7	-0.2	.400	.105	.053
CIN (1 yr)				6	4	1	6.7	107	.667	.500	.270	.500	.338	.750	.426	1.250	.764	224	.676	0.7	0.1	1.500	.250	.250

NL (6 yrs)				152	130	4	0.8	107	.161	.131	.270	.162	.342	.175	.420	.337	.761	-11	.039	-22.5	-2.2	.240	.073	.044
AL (2 yrs)				14	10	2	5.4	104	.333	.200	.267	.333	.344	.200	.406	.533	.749	46	.571	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.100	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	27	PIT	NL	13	0.0%	15.4%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.0			1.00	62%
1952	28	PIT	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	9.1%	100%		5.0			0.75	73%
1953	29	PIT	NL	63	0.0%	20.6%	1.6%	0.0%	0%	13.00	4.5		59.0	5.40	73%
1954	30	PIT	NL	39	0.0%	15.4%	0.0%	5.1%	40%		5.8		35.0	1.88	74%
1955	31	STL	NL	20	0.0%	5.0%	5.0%	5.0%	25%	1.00	19.0		9.5	1.40	90%
1956	32	TOT	MLB	13	0.0%	30.8%	0.0%	7.7%	50%		2.5		10.0	2.00	46%
1956	32	TOT	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	50%		4.0			1.00	50%
1956	32	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	16.7%	50%		4.0			1.00	50%
1956	32	CHW	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0		6.0	3.00	43%
1957	33	CHW	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0		4.0	1.00	43%
7 Yrs				166	0.0%	17.5%	3.0%	3.0%	25%	5.80	5.1		24.5	2.14	71%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.2%	9.3%	6.5%	28%	1.20	7.9	41.3	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1951	27	PIT	NL	-1.4	-0.1	10	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.62	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.98	-0.9	0
1952	28	PIT	NL	-1.6	-0.2	10	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.46	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.75	-1.7	0
1953	29	PIT	NL	-13.2	-1.3	48	-0.9	0.3	-1.2	1.13	-0.9	0.0	-10.1	-1.0	1.01	-9.5	0
1954	30	PIT	NL	-5.2	-0.5	34	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	.96	-0.4	0.0	-4.5	-0.4	1.04	-4.6	0
1955	31	STL	NL	-1.7	-0.2	16	0.2	0.5	-0.2	.84	-0.1	0.4	-1.2	-0.1	0.70	-1.4	0
1956	32	TOT	MLB	-1.1	-0.1	13	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.56	-0.1	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.96	-1.0	0
1956	32	TOT	NL	0.7	0.1	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.68	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.84	0.7	0
1956	32	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1956	32	CIN	NL	0.7	0.1	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.68	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.84	0.7	0
1956	32	CHW	AL	-1.8	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.45	-0.1	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.07	-1.7	0
1957	33	CHW	AL	1.0	0.1	7	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.76	0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.95	0.1	0
7 Yrs				-23.2	-2.3	138	-1.1	1.4	-2.5	.90	-1.6	0.4	-19.4	-1.9	0.95	-18.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	27	PIT	NL	0	67%	8	1	0%	2	2	0	0	2	1	0
1952	28	PIT	NL	0	100%	3	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1953	29	PIT	NL	3	100%	13	0	0%	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
1954	30	PIT	NL	0	33%	5	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1955	31	STL	NL	0	20%	5	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	32	TOT	MLB	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1956	32	TOT	NL	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1956	32	CIN	NL	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1956	32	CHW	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	33	CHW	AL	0	0%	6	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				4	48%	45	1	22%	2	2	3	3	4	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1951	27	PIT	NL	13	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	28	PIT	NL	11	80%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1953	29	PIT	NL	63	63%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	9	2	22%	11	2	18%	40	1	3%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
1954	30	PIT	NL	39	41%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	0	0%	8	1	13%	23	1	4%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1955	31	STL	NL	20	63%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	32	TOT	MLB	13	62%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1956	32	TOT	NL	6	67%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	32	CIN	NL	6	67%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	32	CHW	AL	7	57%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1957	33	CHW	AL	7	86%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				166	62%	20			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	11	92%	24	2	8%	29	4	14%	89	5	6%	7	3	43%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	27	22	13	10	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	-3	1	0	0	0
1952	28	53	24	20	3	2	1	0	0	2	4	.100	.182	.150	.332	-9	3	0	0	1
1953	29	88	87	79	9	7	1	0	1	3	17	.089	.122	.101	.223	-40	8	2	0	4
1954	30	121	126	114	11	12	2	1	2	3	23	.105	.136	.140	.276	-27	16	2	1	7	0
1955	31	177	146	133	12	16	3	1	4	4	24	.120	.152	.158	.310	-18	21	2	1	7	0	0
1956	32	218	159	143	13	18	4	1	5	4	28	.126	.155	.168	.323	-15	24	2	1	10	0	0
1957	33	254	166	147	13	20	4	1	6	5	29	.136	.175	.177	.352	-6	26	2	2	11	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	27	23	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	22
1952	28	32	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
1953	29	36	65	61	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.000	.016	.000	.016	0	35
1954	30	35	41	37	2	5	1	1	1	0	6	.135	.158	.216	.374	1	33
1955	31	59	21	20	1	4	1	0	2	1	1	.200	.238	.250	.488	1	56
1956	32	43	14	11	1	3	2	0	1	0	4	.273	.273	.455	.727	1	41
1957	33	38	7	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	36
7 Yrs		266	171	153	4	14	4	1	5	5	30	.092	.131	.131	.262	4	254
162 Game Avg.		162	104	93	2	9	2	1	3	3	18	.092	.131	.131	.262	2	254

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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