El Tappe

Elvin Walter Tappe

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 21, 1927 in Quincy, IL
High School: Quincy HS (Quincy, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1954
Team: Cubs 1954-1962

Final Game: July 17, 1962
Died: October 10, 1998 in Quincy, IL
Buried: Quincy Memorial Park, Quincy, IL
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Standard Batting

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
1947	20	HEN	C	27	107	107		26	3	0	0						.243	.243	.271	.514		29							HEN · LONE
1948	21	MIN-min	C	30	99	99		28	5	0	0						.283	.283	.333	.616		33							HEN · LONE
1949	22	HEN	C	137	488	488		132	20	3	2						.270	.270	.336	.607		164							HEN · ETXL
1950	23	NYY-min	AA	35	56	56		16	1	0	0						.286	.286	.304	.589		17							BMT · TL
1951	24	NYY-min	AA	88	262	262		64	10	0	0						.244	.244	.282	.527		74							BMT · TL
1952	25	CHC-min	Opn	49	132	114	7	24	3	0	0	2	0		14	15	.211	.297	.237	.534		27		0	4				LOS · PCL
1953	26	CHC-min	A,Opn	123	388	371	11	87	6	0	0	16	1		13	9	.235	.260	.251	.511		93	5	0	4				DMO,LOS · WL,PCL
1954	27	CHC-min	A	23	64	64		12	1	0	1						.188	.188	.250	.438		16							DMO · WL
1954	27	CHC	NL	46	132	119	5	22	3	0	0	4	0	0	10	9	.185	.246	.210	.456	20	25	2	0	2	1		2
1955	28	CHC-ATL-min	Opn,AA	107	328	291	19	49	4	1	1	16	0	1	26	27	.168	.239	.199	.438		58	4	1	10	0			LOS,BMT · PCL,TL
1955	28	CHC	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1956	29	CHC-min	Opn	100	363	303	30	81	14	1	3	36	0		46	40	.267	.367	.350	.717		106	19	4	6	4			LOS · PCL
1956	29	CHC	NL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1957	30	LAD-min	Opn	79	235	214	15	39	5	0	0	12	2		14	31	.182	.238	.206	.444		44	7	2	4	1			LOS · PCL
1958	31	CHC	NL	17	32	28	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.214	.290	.214	.505	37	6	2	0	1	0	2	2

1960	33	CHC	NL	51	121	103	11	24	7	0	0	3	0	1	11	12	.233	.313	.301	.614	71	31	2	1	6	0	1	2

1962	35	CHC	NL	26	60	53	3	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	4	3	.208	.288	.208	.496	34	11	2	2	1	0	0	2
1963	36	CHC-min	AAA	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SLC · PCL
6 Yrs				145	347	304	21	63	10	0	0	17	0	1	29	25	.207	.282	.240	.522	41	73	8	3	10	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	388	340	23	70	11	0	0	19	0	1	32	28	.207	.282	.240	.522	41	82	9	3	11	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	27	CHC	NL	46	132	-14	-1	1	-1	2	-14	-1.4	4	-9	-1.0	.469	.491	-0.9	0.0	-8	$	2
1955	28	CHC	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1956	29	CHC	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.507	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2

1958	31	CHC	NL	17	32	-4	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.482	.498	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	2

1960	33	CHC	NL	51	121	-3	-1	0	4	2	3	0.3	4	7	0.7	.506	.502	0.3	0.6	3	$	2

1962	35	CHC	NL	26	60	-4	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.493	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	2
6 Seasons				145	347	-24	-2	2	4	5	-15	-1.6	12	-3	-0.5	.489	.498	-0.9	1.0	-7	$

Advanced Batting

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
1954	27	CHC	NL	132	102	6	1.6	110	.198	.185	.275	.246	.347	.210	.426	.456	.772	20	.116	-14.2	-1.4	.354	.109	.025

1956	29	CHC	NL	2	1	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.263	.500	.330	.000	.415	.500	.744	52	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1958	31	CHC	NL	32	25	1	1.1	105	.222	.214	.269	.290	.336	.214	.420	.505	.756	37	.063	-2.5	-0.2	.375	.107	.000

1960	33	CHC	NL	121	88	10	3.1	98	.264	.233	.261	.313	.326	.301	.400	.614	.727	71	.342	-3.6	-0.4	.512	.165	.068

1962	35	CHC	NL	60	45	3	1.8	107	.220	.208	.275	.288	.343	.208	.417	.496	.760	34	.152	-5.0	-0.5	.386	.075	.000
6 Yrs				347	261	20	2.1	105	.225	.207	.270	.282	.338	.240	.415	.522	.753	41	.188	-25.3	-2.5	.416	.125	.033
162 Game Avg.				388	292	22	2.1	105	.225	.207	.270	.282	.338	.240	.415	.522	.753	41	.188	-25.3	-2.5	.416	.125	.033

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	27	CHC	NL	132	0.0%	6.8%	7.6%	2.3%	14%	0.90	13.2		29.8	1.70	84%

1956	29	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00					50%

1958	31	CHC	NL	32	0.0%	3.1%	9.4%	0.0%	0%	0.33	28.0		7.0	5.25	84%

1960	33	CHC	NL	121	0.0%	9.9%	9.1%	5.8%	29%	1.09	8.6		34.3	1.18	75%

1962	35	CHC	NL	60	0.0%	5.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	0.75	17.7		8.8	2.15	83%
6 Yrs				347	0.0%	7.2%	8.4%	2.9%	16%	0.86	12.2		17.9	1.74	81%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.8%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.42	6.9	37.9	8.2	1.01	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	27	CHC	NL	-14.2	-1.4	107	-0.9	1.2	-2.1	1.04	-0.7	-0.1	-10.4	-1.0	0.94	-9.1		0
1955	28	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1956	29	CHC	NL	0.0	0.0	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	2.19	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.28	-0.0		0

1958	31	CHC	NL	-2.5	-0.2	33	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	.88	-0.3	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	1.02	-3.0	0.21	1

1960	33	CHC	NL	-3.8	-0.4	123	-0.6	1.5	-2.2	1.08	-0.5	-0.0	-7.3	-0.8	0.96	-6.6	4.18	2

1962	35	CHC	NL	-5.0	-0.5	61	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	1.15	-0.4	0.0	-3.6	-0.3	1.01	-4.1		0
6 Yrs				-25.4	-2.5	326	-2.4	3.9	-6.3	1.06	-2.0	-0.3	-23.5	-2.3	0.97	-22.9	2.86	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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
1954	27	CHC	NL	2	0	16%	47	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	11%	6	4	0	2	1	1	1	1	0

1956	29	CHC	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	0

1958	31	CHC	NL	0	0	22%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	33	CHC	NL	3	0	31%	52	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	18%	4	4	0	0	0	0	7	5	2

1962	35	CHC	NL	1	0	18%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0%	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				6	0	22%	140	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	12%	14	12	0	3	2	1	9	7	2

Situational Hitting*

						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
1954	27	CHC	NL	132	16%	22			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	21	2	10%	10	4	40%	66	6	9%	4	2	50%	3	0	0%	0

1956	29	CHC	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1958	31	CHC	NL	32	44%	6			1	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	10	2	20%	5	3	60%	23	4	17%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0

1960	33	CHC	NL	121	33%	24			2	0	0	0	4.18	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	22	2	9%	11	5	45%	68	3	4%	8	3	38%	3	2	67%	0

1962	35	CHC	NL	60	35%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	15	2	13%	5	2	40%	49	6	12%	5	3	60%	1	0	0%	0
6 Yrs				347	29%	63			3	0	0	0	2.86	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	14	10	71%	69	8	12%	32	15	47%	209	19	9%	20	10	50%	9	2	22%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	27	46	132	119	5	22	3	4	0	10	9	.185	.246	.210	.456	20	25	2	0	2	1
1955	28	48	132	119	5	22	3	4	0	10	9	.185	.246	.210	.456	20	25	2	0	2	1	0
1956	29	51	134	120	5	22	3	4	0	11	9	.183	.250	.208	.458	21	25	2	0	2	1	0
1957	30	51	134	120	5	22	3	4	0	11	9	.183	.250	.208	.458	21	25	2	0	2	1	0
1958	31	68	166	148	7	28	3	8	0	14	10	.189	.258	.209	.467	24	31	4	0	3	1	2
1959	32	68	166	148	7	28	3	8	0	14	10	.189	.258	.209	.467	24	31	4	0	3	1	2
1960	33	119	287	251	18	52	10	11	1	25	22	.207	.281	.247	.528	43	62	6	1	9	1	3
1961	34	119	287	251	18	52	10	11	1	25	22	.207	.281	.247	.528	43	62	6	1	9	1	3
1962	35	145	347	304	21	63	10	17	1	29	25	.207	.282	.240	.522	41	73	8	3	10	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	27	48	138	125	5	23	3	0	0	4	0	10	9	.184	.243	.208	.451	6	46

1956	29	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	3

1958	31	18	35	30	2	7	0	0	0	5	0	4	1	.233	.324	.233	.557	2	17

1960	33	53	128	109	12	26	8	0	0	3	0	12	13	.239	.320	.312	.632	10	51

1962	35	26	60	53	3	11	0	0	0	6	0	4	3	.208	.288	.208	.496	3	26
5 Yrs		148	363	318	22	67	11	0	0	18	0	31	26	.211	.286	.245	.531	21	143
162 Game Avg.		162	397	348	24	73	12	0	0	20	0	34	28	.211	.286	.245	.531	23	143

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