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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1951 27 PIT NL 1 5 .167 6.29 22 8 8 1 1 0 54.1 79 48 38 6 31 24 1 1 3 272 67 2.025 13.1 1.0 5.1 4.0 0.77
1952 28 PIT NL 1 2 .333 3.92 31 2 16 0 0 0 59.2 56 33 26 6 37 25 1 0 5 265 102 1.559 8.4 0.9 5.6 3.8 0.68
1953 29 PIT NL 8 16 .333 4.59 35 24 7 7 1 2 176.1 191 107 90 20 64 86 0 0 9 777 97 1.446 9.7 1.0 3.3 4.4 1.34
1954 30 PIT NL 4 10 .286 5.52 33 15 7 2 0 0 120.2 147 79 74 15 54 57 0 1 8 552 75 1.666 11.0 1.1 4.0 4.3 1.06
1955 31 STL NL 4 3 .571 2.75 56 0 18 0 0 3 91.2 76 36 28 10 34 9 39 1 1 1 378 147 1.200 7.5 1.0 3.3 3.8 1.15
1956 32 TOT MLB 5 5 .500 3.93 41 2 17 0 0 2 73.1 61 34 32 9 33 2 27 0 0 4 311 103 1.282 7.5 1.1 4.1 3.3 0.82
1956 32 TOT NL 2 4 .333 6.51 12 2 3 0 0 0 27.2 30 20 20 7 6 0 4 0 0 2 118 61 1.301 9.8 2.3 2.0 1.3 0.67
1956 32 STL NL 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 5 9.000 54.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
1956 32 CIN NL 2 4 .333 4.67 11 2 3 0 0 0 27.0 26 14 14 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 110 85 1.111 8.7 2.3 1.3 1.3 1.00
1956 32 CHW AL 3 1 .750 2.36 29 0 14 0 0 2 45.2 31 14 12 2 27 2 23 0 0 2 193 174 1.270 6.1 0.4 5.3 4.5 0.85
1957 33 CHW AL 1 4 .200 3.35 35 0 21 0 0 7 40.1 35 16 15 5 19 1 19 1 0 3 169 112 1.339 7.8 1.1 4.2 4.2 1.00
7 Seasons 24 45 .348 4.42 253 51 94 10 2 14 616.1 645 353 303 71 272 12 277 4 3 33 2724 94 1.488 9.4 1.0 4.0 4.0 1.02
162 Game Avg. 5 10 .348 4.42 57 11 21 2 0 3 138 144 79 68 16 61 62 1 1 7 609 94 1.488 9.4 1.0 4.0 4.0 1.02
PIT (4 yrs) 14 33 .298 4.99 121 49 38 10 2 2 411.0 473 267 228 47 186 192 2 2 25 1866 85 1.603 10.4 1.0 4.1 4.2 1.03
STL (2 yrs) 4 3 .571 3.31 57 0 18 0 0 3 92.1 80 42 34 10 36 9 39 1 1 3 386 122 1.256 7.8 1.0 3.5 3.8 1.08
CHW (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 2.83 64 0 35 0 0 9 86.0 66 30 27 7 46 3 42 1 0 5 362 140 1.302 6.9 0.7 4.8 4.4 0.91
CIN (1 yr) 2 4 .333 4.67 11 2 3 0 0 0 27.0 26 14 14 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 110 85 1.111 8.7 2.3 1.3 1.3 1.00
NL (6 yrs) 20 40 .333 4.68 189 51 59 10 2 5 530.1 579 323 276 64 226 9 235 3 3 28 2362 90 1.518 9.8 1.1 3.8 4.0 1.04
AL (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 2.83 64 0 35 0 0 9 86.0 66 30 27 7 46 3 42 1 0 5 362 140 1.302 6.9 0.7 4.8 4.4 0.91

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 30 PIT NL 33 552 486 79 147 16 5 15 2 2 54 57 .302 .368 .449 .817 .314 218 10 0 6 6
1955 31 STL NL 56 378 333 36 76 9 1 10 5 0 34 39 .228 .298 .351 .649 .228 117 7 1 5 5 9
1956 32 CHW AL 29 192 157 14 31 4 4 2 0 1 27 23 .197 .312 .312 .624 .216 49 3 0 6 2 2
1956 32 CIN NL 11 110 102 14 26 2 0 7 1 0 4 4 .255 .283 .480 .763 .209 49 1 0 4 0 0
1956 32 STL NL 1 8 6 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .667 .750 1.167 1.917 .667 7 0 0 0 0 0
1956 32 TOT NL 12 118 108 20 30 5 0 7 1 0 6 4 .278 .316 .519 .834 .237 56 1 0 4 0 0
1956 32 TOT MLB 41 310 265 34 61 9 4 9 1 1 33 27 .230 .313 .396 .710 .225 105 4 0 10 2 2
1957 33 CHW AL 35 168 147 16 35 4 1 5 2 2 19 19 .238 .329 .381 .710 .244 56 8 1 1 0 1
4 Seasons 165 1408 1231 165 319 38 11 39 10 5 140 142 .259 .333 .403 .736 .263 496 29 2 22 13 12
162 Game Avg. 62 526 460 62 119 14 4 15 4 2 52 53 .259 .333 .403 .736 .263 185 11 1 8 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 30 PIT NL 33 15 3 9 3 1 2 5 10 .333 1 1 2 0 4 27% 43 69 19 8 2 3 9 4.6 2.6 5.6
1956 32 TOT MLB 41 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 50 36 20 6 2 0 5.1 4.8 6.3
1956 32 TOT NL 12 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 50 36 6 4 2 0 5.1 4.8 6.3
1956 32 CIN NL 11 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 43 50 36 4 2 2 0 5.1 4.8 6.3
2 Seasons 44 17 4 10 3 2 3 6 11 .353 1 1 2 0 5 29% 43 69 19 12 4 5 9 4.7 3.0 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 30 PIT NL 33 18 7 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 12 5 42% 0.841 1 3 6 1 0 11 5 7 15 1 10 1 6.1
1955 31 STL NL 56 56 18 4 3 3 3 2 100% 6 1 49 15 31% 1.072 17 11 10 7 7 25 25 14 26 24 19 21 4.9
1956 32 TOT MLB 41 39 17 4 4 1 2 1 200% 3 2 36 8 22% 0.883 11 12 15 5 4 30 22 17 23 10 24 8 4.7
1956 32 TOT NL 12 10 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0.936 3 1 5 1 2 7 4 6 6 2 6 1 4.5
1956 32 STL NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.263 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
1956 32 CIN NL 11 9 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 4 0.985 3 1 4 1 2 6 4 5 6 1 6 1 4.8
1956 32 CHW AL 29 29 14 3 1 1 2 1 200% 3 2 32 6 19% 8 0.850 8 11 10 4 2 23 18 11 17 8 18 7 4.8
1957 33 CHW AL 35 35 21 1 4 11 7 4 64% 15 4 26 5 19% 9 1.642 19 2 13 15 4 16 15 20 12 11 13 10 3.5
4 Seasons 165 148 63 10 12 16 12 8 75% 25 7 123 33 27% 1.025 48 28 44 28 15 82 67 58 76 46 66 40 4.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1951 27 PIT NL
1952 28 PIT NL
1953 29 PIT NL
1954 30 PIT NL 552 68% 2.7% 10.3% 9.8% 6.5% 25% 1.13 76% 79 10 13%
1955 31 STL NL 378 60% 2.7% 10.3% 9.0% 5.3% 26% 0.99 76% 47 7 15%
1956 32 TOT MLB 310 65% 2.9% 8.7% 10.7% 7.1% 36% 1.01 75% 49 4 8%
1956 32 TOT NL 118 62% 5.9% 3.4% 5.1% 10.2% 40% 1.00 82% 18 1 6%
1956 32 STL NL 8 75% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 37.5% 75% 0.00 75% 0 0
1956 32 CIN NL 110 61% 6.4% 3.6% 3.6% 8.2% 35% 1.05 83% 18 1 6%
1956 32 CHW AL 192 66% 1.0% 12.0% 14.1% 5.2% 32% 1.02 70% 31 3 10%
1957 33 CHW AL 168 73% 3.0% 11.3% 11.3% 6.0% 29% 1.80 73% 37 8 22%
7 Seasons 1408 66% 5.0% 19.7% 19.3% 6.3% 14% 1.13 76% 212 29 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1951 27 PIT NL 79 6 3
1952 28 PIT NL 56 6 5
1953 29 PIT NL 191 20 9
1954 30 PIT NL 390 147 15 0 10 7 4 3 8 22 11 3 50% 4 8 1 153 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 162
1955 31 STL NL 267 76 10 0 12 5 2 3 4 16 7 2 44% 4 1 1 88 5 0 100% 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 8 111
1956 32 TOT MLB 310 61 9 0 6 8 1 1 8 18 10 0 56% 2 4 3 114 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1956 32 TOT NL 118 30 7 0 0 6 1 1 6 7 3 0 43% 1 2 1 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 32 STL NL 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 50% 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1956 32 CIN NL 110 26 7 0 0 6 1 1 6 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 32 CHW AL 192 31 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 11 7 0 64% 1 2 2 74 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1957 33 CHW AL 168 35 5 0 7 2 3 3 2 17 4 2 24% 4 3 2 64 2 2 50% 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
7 Seasons 1135 645 71 0 35 22 10 10 22 73 32 7 44% 14 33 7 419 10 5 67% 6 4 3 0 1 1 4 0 39 273
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1951 27 1 5 .167 6.29 22 8 8 1 1 0 54.1 79 48 38 6 31 24 1 1 3 272 67 2.025 13.1 1.0 5.1 4.0 0.77 67
1952 28 2 7 .222 5.05 53 10 24 1 1 0 114.0 135 81 64 12 68 49 2 1 8 537 81 1.781 10.7 0.9 5.4 3.9 0.72 81
1953 29 10 23 .303 4.77 88 34 31 8 2 2 290.1 326 188 154 32 132 135 2 1 17 1314 90 1.577 10.1 1.0 4.1 4.2 1.02 90
1954 30 14 33 .298 4.99 121 49 38 10 2 2 411.0 473 267 228 47 186 192 2 2 25 1866 85 1.603 10.4 1.0 4.1 4.2 1.03 85
1955 31 18 36 .333 4.58 177 49 56 10 2 5 502.2 549 303 256 57 220 9 231 3 3 26 2244 92 1.530 9.8 1.0 3.9 4.1 1.05 92
1956 32 23 41 .359 4.50 218 51 73 10 2 7 576.0 610 337 288 66 253 11 258 3 3 30 2555 93 1.498 9.5 1.0 4.0 4.0 1.02 93
1957 33 24 45 .348 4.42 253 51 94 10 2 14 616.1 645 353 303 71 272 12 277 4 3 33 2724 94 1.488 9.4 1.0 4.0 4.0 1.02 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1951 27 2 4 .333 5.84 57.0 80 41 37 6 31 25 1 1.947 12.6 4.9 3.9 0.81 0.9 22
1952 28 3 3 .500 4.05 60.0 58 30 27 6 38 25 1 1.600 8.7 5.7 3.8 0.66 0.9 31
1953 29 10 10 .500 4.11 184.0 190 93 84 20 64 90 0 1.380 9.3 3.1 4.4 1.41 1.0 35
1954 30 5 8 .385 5.33 125.0 151 82 74 15 55 59 0 1.648 10.9 4.0 4.2 1.07 1.1 33
1955 31 7 3 .700 2.78 94.0 80 32 29 11 36 40 1 1.234 7.7 3.4 3.8 1.11 1.1 56
1956 32 4 4 .500 3.79 76.0 63 36 32 9 34 28 0 1.276 7.5 4.0 3.3 0.82 1.1 41
1957 33 2 2 .500 3.92 39.0 38 19 17 5 21 18 1 1.513 8.8 4.8 4.2 0.86 1.2 35
7 Seasons 33 34 .493 4.25 635.0 660 333 300 72 279 285 4 1.479 9.4 4.0 1.02 1.0 253

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1955 NL  56 (3rd)

Saves s c a p y
1957 AL  7 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1953 NL  16 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1952 NL  5 (7th)
1953 NL  9 (4th)
1954 NL  8 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 NL  18 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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