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Dave LaPoint
David Jeffrey LaPoint

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 29, 1959 in Glens Falls, NY
High School: Glens Falls (Glens Falls, NY)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1980
Final Game: April 20, 1991
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Dave LaPoint
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Minors
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Standard Batting

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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
1981	21	STL	NL	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1982	22	STL	NL	42	47	38	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	18	.053	.077	.053	.130	-63	2	1	0	8	0	0	1	RoY-8
1983	23	STL	NL	37	71	59	4	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	20	.153	.242	.153	.395	12	9	2	0	5	0	0	1
1984	24	STL	NL	33	71	59	3	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	19	.068	.097	.068	.165	-52	4	2	0	9	1	0	1
1985	25	SFG	NL	31	71	60	4	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	6	11	.167	.242	.183	.426	24	11	0	0	5	0	0	1
1986	26	TOT	MLB	24	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4	0	0	1
1986	26	SDP	NL	24	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4	0	0	1
1987	27	TOT	MLB	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	27	STL	NL	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	28	TOT	MLB	8	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.063	.063	.063	.125	-64	1	2	0	1	0	0	1
1988	28	PIT	NL	8	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.063	.063	.063	.125	-64	1	2	0	1	0	0	/1

1991	31	PHI	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
12 Seasons				186	300	251	13	26	1	0	0	15	0	0	16	72	.104	.157	.108	.264	-24	27	7	0	32	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	261	219	11	23	1	0	0	13	0	0	14	63	.104	.157	.108	.264	-24	24	6	0	28	1	0

STL (5 yrs)				121	198	165	9	15	0	0	0	9	0	0	10	63	.091	.142	.091	.233	-33	15	5	0	22	1	0
PIT (1 yr)				8	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.063	.063	.063	.125	-64	1	2	0	1	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				31	71	60	4	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	6	11	.167	.242	.183	.426	24	11	0	0	5	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				24	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	4	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				186	300	251	13	26	1	0	0	15	0	0	16	82	.104	.157	.108	.264	-24	27	7	0	32	1	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1981	21	STL	NL	5	5	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.266	.000	.332	.000	.381	.000	.713	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1982	22	STL	NL	47	45	0	0.0	95	.100	.053	.267	.077	.330	.053	.388	.130	.718	-63	.000	-8.4	-0.9	.081	.026	.000
1983	23	STL	NL	71	57	3	1.4	97	.231	.153	.264	.242	.333	.153	.392	.395	.725	12	.118	-7.2	-0.7	.308	.119	.000
1984	24	STL	NL	71	67	1	0.4	92	.098	.068	.261	.097	.326	.068	.379	.165	.705	-52	.013	-12.0	-1.3	.105	.034	.000
1985	25	SFG	NL	71	55	3	1.5	91	.204	.167	.254	.242	.321	.183	.379	.426	.700	24	.127	-6.0	-0.6	.340	.117	.017
1986	26	TOT	MLB	12	12	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.259	.000	.329	.000	.391	.000	.720	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1986	26	SDP	NL	12	12	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.259	.000	.329	.000	.391	.000	.720	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1987	27	TOT	MLB	4	4	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.341	.000	.423	.000	.764	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1987	27	STL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.341	.000	.423	.000	.764	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1988	28	TOT	MLB	17	18	0	0.0	88	.063	.063	.254	.063	.317	.063	.373	.125	.690	-64	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.059	.000	.000
1988	28	PIT	NL	17	18	0	0.0	88	.100	.063	.254	.063	.317	.063	.373	.125	.690	-64	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.059	.000	.000

1991	31	PHI	NL	2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.384	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
12 Seasons				300	265	7	0.7	94	.144	.104	.261	.157	.327	.108	.384	.264	.711	-24	.037	-42.2	-4.4	.185	.068	.004
162 Game Avg.				261	231	6	0.7	94	.144	.104	.261	.157	.327	.108	.384	.264	.711	-24	.037	-42.2	-4.4	.185	.068	.004

STL (5 yrs)				198	178	4	0.6	95	.146	.091	.264	.142	.330	.091	.387	.233	.717	-33	.028	-30.1	-3.1	.161	.061	.000
PIT (1 yr)				17	18	0	0.0	88	.100	.063	.254	.063	.317	.063	.373	.125	.690	-64	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.059	.000	.000
SFG (1 yr)				71	55	3	1.5	91	.204	.167	.254	.242	.321	.183	.379	.426	.700	24	.128	-6.0	-0.6	.340	.117	.017
PHI (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.256	.000	.324	.000	.384	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
SDP (1 yr)				12	12	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.259	.000	.329	.000	.391	.000	.720	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

NL (9 yrs)				300	265	7	0.7	94	.153	.104	.261	.157	.327	.108	.384	.264	.711	-24	.037	-42.2	-4.4	.185	.068	.004

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1981	21	STL	NL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7				40%
1982	22	STL	NL	47	0.0%	38.3%	2.1%	0.0%	0%	18.00	2.1	38.0		7.67	43%
1983	23	STL	NL	71	0.0%	28.2%	9.9%	0.0%	0%	2.86	3.0	11.8		17.50	55%
1984	24	STL	NL	71	0.0%	26.8%	2.8%	0.0%	0%	9.50	3.1	19.7		3.27	58%
1985	25	SFG	NL	71	0.0%	15.5%	8.5%	1.4%	10%	1.83	5.5	10.0		2.58	69%
1986	26	TOT	MLB	12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%			8.0			2.67	58%
1986	26	SDP	NL	12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%			8.0			2.67	58%
1987	27	TOT	MLB	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	25%
1987	27	STL	NL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	25%
1988	28	TOT	MLB	17	0.0%	35.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7		3.50	11.00	59%	18%	0.0%	0%
1988	28	PIT	NL	17	0.0%	35.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7		3.50	11.00	59%	18%	0.0%	0%

1991	31	PHI	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%	0%
12 Seasons				300	0.0%	27.3%	5.3%	0.3%	4%	5.13	3.1	16.7	4.00	4.32	57%	17%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	21	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	22	STL	NL	0	0	67%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	23	STL	NL	0	0	25%	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1984	24	STL	NL	1	0	50%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1985	25	SFG	NL	1	0	25%	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1986	26	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	26	SDP	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	27	TOT	MLB	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	27	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	28	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	28	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1991	31	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Seasons				2	0	31%	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13%	12	11	1	1	0	1	3	2	0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1981	21	STL	NL	5	80%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1982	22	STL	NL	47	87%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	89%	8	1	13%	10	5	50%	28	1	4%	1	1	100%	3	2	67%	0
1983	23	STL	NL	71	76%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	63%	10	2	20%	10	3	30%	36	7	19%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1984	24	STL	NL	71	62%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	82%	12	2	17%	19	6	32%	40	3	8%	4	3	75%	8	4	50%	0
1985	25	SFG	NL	71	89%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	9	0	0%	8	3	38%	44	6	14%	5	3	60%	2	2	100%	0
1986	26	TOT	MLB	12	92%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1986	26	SDP	NL	12	92%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1987	27	TOT	MLB	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1987	27	STL	NL	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1988	28	TOT	MLB	17	41%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	4	3	75%	14	2	14%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1988	28	PIT	NL	17	41%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	2	50%	4	3	75%	14	2	14%	2	1	50%	0	0		0

1991	31	PHI	NL	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
12 Seasons				300	77%	26	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	39	32	82%	48	7	15%	57	22	39%	174	19	11%	16	9	56%	15	10	67%	0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	28	TOT	MLB	13	46	3.54	30	65%	43%	17%	17%	23%	57%	0%	37%	71%	38%	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	67%	4	0	0
1988	28	PIT	NL	13	46	3.54	30	65%	43%	17%	17%	23%	57%	0%	37%	71%	38%	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	67%	4	0	0

1991	31	PHI	NL	2	8	4.00	7	88%	29%	29%	29%	14%	71%	0%	63%	60%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Seasons				15	54	3.60	37	69%	41%	19%	19%	22%	59%	0%	41%	68%	40%	0%	0	0	7%	1	1	0%	0	0	57%	4	0	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1981	21	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1982	22	45	52	43	2	2	0	1	1	21	.047	.068	.047	.115	-67	2	1	8	0
1983	23	82	123	102	6	11	0	6	8	41	.108	.173	.108	.281	-20	11	3	13	0
1984	24	115	194	161	9	15	0	9	10	60	.093	.145	.093	.239	-32	15	5	22	1
1985	25	146	265	221	13	25	1	15	16	71	.113	.172	.118	.290	-17	26	5	27	1
1986	26	170	277	229	13	25	1	15	16	71	.109	.167	.114	.280	-20	26	5	31	1
1987	27	176	281	233	13	25	1	15	16	71	.107	.164	.112	.276	-21	26	5	31	1
1988	28	184	298	249	13	26	1	15	16	71	.104	.158	.108	.266	-23	27	7	32	1
1989	29	184	298	249	13	26	1	15	16	71	.104	.158	.108	.266	-23	27	7	32	1
1990	30	184	298	249	13	26	1	15	16	71	.104	.158	.108	.266	-23	27	7	32	1
1991	31	186	300	251	13	26	1	15	16	72	.104	.157	.108	.264	-24	27	7	32	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	21	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1982	22	42	39	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.000	.026	.000	.026	0	42
1983	23	37	70	61	5	11	0	0	0	6	0	9	20	.180	.286	.180	.466	3	37
1984	24	33	67	62	5	7	0	0	0	5	0	4	19	.113	.164	.113	.277	1	33
1985	25	31	71	63	5	13	1	0	0	7	0	8	11	.206	.296	.222	.518	4	31
1986	26	24	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24
1987	27	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1988	28	8	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

1991	31	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
9 Seasons		188	285	262	15	31	1	0	0	18	0	22	84	.118	.186	.122	.308	8	186
162 Game Avg.		162	246	226	13	27	1	0	0	16	0	19	72	.118	.186	.122	.308	7	186

* 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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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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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