Paul LaPalme
Paul Edmore LaPalme (Lefty)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 184 lb.

Born: December 14, 1923 in Springfield, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1951
Final Game: August 28, 1957
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 PIT NL 27 P 22 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.45 .960 0.96
1952 PIT NL 28 P 31 17 1 15 1 1 .941 0.52 .953 0.98
1953 PIT NL 29 P 35 32 5 23 4 1 .875 0.80 .959 0.87
1954 PIT NL 30 P 33 15 120.2 26 7 19 0 1 1.000 1.94 0.79 .958 2.07 0.87
1955 STL NL 31 P 56 0 91.2 27 7 19 1 1 .963 2.55 0.46 .948 2.04 0.83
1956 TOT MLB 32 P 41 2 73.2 17 1 16 0 2 1.000 2.08 0.41 .953 1.97 0.82
1956 TOT NL 32 P 12 2 27.2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.63 0.42 .960 2.05 0.82
1956 STL NL 32 P 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.80
1956 CIN NL 32 P 11 2 27.0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.67 0.45 .960 2.03 0.83
1956 CHW AL 32 P 29 0 46.0 12 1 11 0 1 1.000 2.35 0.41 .950 1.92 0.82
1957 CHW AL 33 P 35 0 40.1 15 4 10 1 2 .933 3.12 0.40 .967 1.99 0.86
7 Seasons P 253 17 326.1 144 29 108 7 8 .951 3.78 0.54 .956 2.03 0.87
7 Seasons TOT 253 17 326.1 144 29 108 7 8 .951 3.78 0.54 .908 2.03 0.87

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 PIT NL 27 22 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PIT NL 28 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 PIT NL 29 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 PIT NL 30 33 15 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 STL NL 31 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHW AL 32 29 0 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 32 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 STL NL 32 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 33 36 0 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 254 17 254 254 253 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 PIT NL 30 403 83% 27% 14 100% 0 5 0 4 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1955 STL NL 31 276 82% 29% 11 100% 0 7 0 7 11 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1956 CHW AL 32 198 75% 23% 12 83% 0 1 0 0 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 10 80%
1956 CIN NL 32 112 93% 32% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1956 STL NL 32 11 82% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHW AL 33 178 78% 34% 14 86% 0 3 1 1 12 9 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0
4 Seasons 1178 82% 28% 56 93% 0 16 1 12 52 43 6 2 0 0 2 1 5 5 5 0 16 88%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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