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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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Minors
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- 1951
- 1955
- 1952
- 1956
- 1953
- 1957
- 1954
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1951
- 1955
- 1952
- 1956
- 1953
- 1957
- 1954
HR Log
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Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
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

Standard Batting

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1951
- 1955
- 1952
- 1956
- 1953
- 1957
- 1954
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1951
- 1955
- 1952
- 1956
- 1953
- 1957
- 1954
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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
1951	27	PIT	NL	22	12	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.100	.250	.100	.350	-3	1	0	0	0			1
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	223	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	223	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	224	2	0	1	1	0	0	1
7 Seasons				254	165	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	105	94	8	13	3	1	0	4	0	0	3	18	.136	.175	.177	.352	-6	17	1	1	7

PIT (4 yrs)				121	125	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	223	3	0	0	2	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				189	151	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

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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
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 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 Ink Pitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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John Milligan (994) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Burnside (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Kennedy (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pete Burnside (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jamie Easterly (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jamie Easterly (963) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1942 Season: Obtained by the New York Giants from 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.

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: Paul Edmore Lefty Paul poison LaPalme

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50