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Dave Stapleton

David Leslie Stapleton

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 16, 1954 in Fairhope, AL
School: University of South Alabama
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1980
Final Game: October 5, 1986
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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
1980 26 BOS AL 106 472 449 61 144 33 5 7 45 3 2 13 32 .321 .338 .463 .802 113 208 10 1 5 4 1 4/37D59 RoY-2
1981 27 BOS AL 93 382 355 45 101 17 1 10 42 0 4 21 22 .285 .325 .423 .747 109 150 11 1 3 2 1 6543/D
1982 28 BOS AL 150 581 538 66 142 28 1 14 65 2 4 31 40 .264 .305 .398 .703 87 214 24 3 4 5 5 36/45D7
1983 29 BOS AL 151 598 542 54 134 31 1 10 66 1 1 40 44 .247 .297 .363 .661 76 197 19 2 6 8 2 *3/4
1984 30 BOS AL 13 43 39 4 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .231 .286 .282 .568 55 11 2 0 1 0 1 3/D
1985 31 BOS AL 30 71 66 4 15 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 .227 .271 .318 .590 59 21 1 0 1 0 0 4/3D
1986 32 BOS AL 39 42 39 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .128 .171 .154 .325 -11 6 1 0 1 0 0 3/45
7 Seasons 582 2189 2028 238 550 118 8 41 224 6 11 114 162 .271 .310 .398 .707 90 807 68 7 21 19 10
162 Game Avg. 162 609 564 66 153 33 2 11 62 2 3 32 45 .271 .310 .398 .707 90 225 19 2 6 5 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 32 BOS AL ALCS CAL W 4 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 0 0 0 0 0
1986 32 BOS AL WS NYM L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 7 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 4 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 BOS AL 26 2B 94 88 784.0 516 178 327 11 90 .979 4.9 7.5 0.9 3.0 -2.1 4 5.80 5.37 .981 5.60 4.91 RoY-2
1980 BOS AL 26 1B 8 7 71.0 94 84 9 1 11 .989 1.3 22.0 1.3 0.8 0.5 0 11.79 11.63 .991 10.01 8.40 RoY-2
1980 BOS AL 26 OF 6 3 27.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -8.9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.00 1.00 .983 2.47 2.15 RoY-2
1980 BOS AL 26 LF 4 3 24.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -15.0 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 1.88 1.25 .980 2.36 1.92 RoY-2
1980 BOS AL 26 DH 3 RoY-2
1980 BOS AL 26 3B 2 1 13.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.8 73.8 0.8 0.3 0.5 0 2.08 1.50 .933 2.98 2.60 RoY-2
1980 BOS AL 26 RF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.75 RoY-2
1981 BOS AL 27 SS 33 32 287.0 153 52 93 8 18 .948 -2.3 -9.6 -2.3 -1.5 -0.8 0 4.55 4.39 .968 4.99 4.19
1981 BOS AL 27 3B 25 23 200.1 74 21 49 4 3 .946 -1.2 -7.2 -1.2 -0.9 -0.3 0 3.14 2.80 .950 2.95 2.52
1981 BOS AL 27 2B 23 18 176.0 123 61 58 4 19 .967 -3.4 -23.2 -4.4 -2.4 -1.9 1 6.09 5.17 .982 5.54 4.93
1981 BOS AL 27 1B 12 11 102.0 131 126 4 1 10 .992 1.9 22.4 1.9 1.7 0.2 0 11.47 10.83 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 BOS AL 27 DH 3
1982 BOS AL 28 1B 106 105 918.0 1050 964 77 9 98 .991 7.0 9.2 7.0 4.0 3.0 0 10.21 9.82 .992 9.80 8.51
1982 BOS AL 28 SS 27 25 196.0 111 35 73 3 14 .973 0.3 1.8 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 1 4.96 4.00 .965 4.87 4.17
1982 BOS AL 28 2B 9 6 72.1 51 28 22 1 3 .980 -1.3 -21.6 -0.3 -0.9 0.6 -1 6.22 5.56 .980 5.35 4.70
1982 BOS AL 28 3B 5 4 39.0 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -3.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.77 2.40 .950 3.07 2.62
1982 BOS AL 28 DH 4
1982 BOS AL 28 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1982 BOS AL 28 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1983 BOS AL 29 1B 145 141 1265.1 1346 1242 95 9 129 .993 1.2 1.1 1.2 0.1 1.1 0 9.51 9.22 .992 7.11 6.90
1983 BOS AL 29 2B 5 3 36.0 18 7 10 1 3 .944 -1.0 -33.3 -1.0 -1.5 0.6 0 4.25 3.40 .983 5.35 4.76
1984 BOS AL 30 1B 10 10 85.2 94 86 8 0 5 1.000 1.0 14.0 1.0 0.6 0.4 0 9.88 9.40 .990 9.75 8.25
1984 BOS AL 30 DH 1
1985 BOS AL 31 2B 14 12 110.2 64 29 35 0 8 1.000 -0.5 -5.4 0.5 1.0 -0.6 -1 5.20 4.57 .981 5.29 4.48
1985 BOS AL 31 1B 8 1 20.0 14 12 1 1 3 .929 -0.6 -36.0 -0.6 -0.1 -0.4 0 5.85 1.63 .993 9.76 8.68
1985 BOS AL 31 DH 5
1986 BOS AL 32 1B 29 5 85.0 86 79 7 0 10 1.000 -0.9 -12.7 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 9.11 2.97 .991 9.42 8.62
1986 BOS AL 32 2B 6 2 23.0 13 6 7 0 3 1.000 -1.7 -88.7 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 0 5.09 2.17 .977 5.09 4.33
1986 BOS AL 32 3B 2 1 10.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 60.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 .950 2.70 2.35
7 Seasons 1B 318 280 2547.0 2815 2593 201 21 266 .993 10.9 5.1 10.9 6.2 4.8 0 9.87 8.79 .992 8.47 7.78
6 Seasons 2B 151 129 1202.0 785 309 459 17 126 .978 -3.0 -3.0 -6.0 -1.2 -4.7 3 5.75 5.09 .981 5.53 4.83
2 Seasons SS 60 57 483.0 264 87 166 11 32 .958 -2.0 -5.0 -3.0 0.3 -3.3 1 4.71 4.22 .967 4.94 4.18
4 Seasons 3B 34 29 262.1 91 27 60 4 4 .956 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 2.98 2.56 .949 2.96 2.53
5 Seasons DH 16
2 Seasons OF 7 3 27.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -8.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.98 0.86 .983 2.47 2.16
2 Seasons LF 5 3 24.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -14.8 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 0 1.85 1.00 .980 2.37 1.92
1 Season RF 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 2.10 1.75
7 Seasons TOT 570 498 4521.2 3961 3022 886 53 428 .987 5.7 1.5 1.7 5.2 -3.3 0 4 7.78 6.86 .974 6.95 6.24
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
1980 AL  33 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1982 AL  24 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1981 AL  16.1 (4th)
1982 AL  13.5 (8th)
1983 AL  12.3 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2092), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1854), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3145), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Al Woods (954)
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  5. Herb Perry (948)
  6. Scott Cooper (948)
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  8. Jimmy Ripple (947)
  9. Brady Clark (946)
  10. Mike Kingery (945)
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  1. Luis A. Gonzalez (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Frank Malzone (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mike Lamb (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Williams (961) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Buster Adams (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Al Woods (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

March 31, 1987: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Boston Red Sox$325,000
1986Boston Red Sox$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$625,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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