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Ralph LaPointe

Ralph Robert LaPointe

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 8, 1922 in Winooski, VT
High School: Winooski HS (Winooski, VT)
School: University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies 1947-1948

Final Game: September 29, 1948
Died: September 13, 1967 in Burlington, VT
Buried: St. Stephen Cemetery, Winooski, VT
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 PHI NL 25 SS 54 51 46 251 82 158 11 25 .956 4.44 .963 5.11
1948 STL NL 26 2B 44 35 31 230 114 108 8 24 .965 5.05 .971 5.40
1948 STL NL 26 SS 25 13 13 82 28 50 4 12 .951 3.12 .959 4.98
1948 STL NL 26 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 3.10
2 Seasons SS 79 64 59 333 110 208 15 37 .955 4.03 .962 5.07
1 Season 2B 44 35 31 230 114 108 8 24 .965 5.05 .971 5.40
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 3.10
2 Seasons TOT 124 99 90 564 225 316 23 61 .959 4.36 .966 5.17
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1947 PHI NL 25 SS
1948 STL NL 26 2B
1948 STL NL 26 SS
1948 STL NL 26 3B
2 Seasons SS
1 Season 2B
1 Season 3B
2 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 PHI NL 25 56 51 56 54 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1948 STL NL 26 87 48 87 69 0 0 0 44 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 19
2 Seasons 143 99 143 123 0 0 0 44 1 79 0 0 0 0 0 4 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1948 STL NL 26 617 69% 81% 28% 70 91% 0 57 22 28 7 51 44 6 0 1 5 0 2 3 4 12 4 5 2 1 12 3 9 0 0 0
1 Season 617 69% 81% 28% 70 91% 0 57 22 28 7 51 44 6 0 1 5 0 2 3 4 12 4 5 2 1 12 3 9 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 82% 27% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1948 STL NL 26 313 66% 81% 30% 29 83% 0 13 6 6 1 20 16 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 5 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1 Season 313 66% 81% 30% 29 83% 0 13 6 6 1 20 16 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 5 1 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 61% 82% 27% 90%

* 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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