El Tappe
Elvin Walter Tappe
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 21, 1927 in Quincy, IL
High School: Quincy (Quincy, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1954
Final Game: July 17, 1962
Died: October 10, 1998 in Quincy, IL
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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
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 NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
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
1958 31 CHC NL 17 32 28 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .214 .290 .214 .505 38 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 70 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
6 Seasons 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

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 PwrSpd
1954 27 CHC NL 132 102 6 1.6 110 .198 .185 .275 .246 .347 .210 .425 .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 1.1 104 .222 .214 .267 .290 .335 .214 .417 .505 .752 38 .063 -2.5 -0.2 .375 .107 .000
1960 33 CHC NL 121 88 10 3.1 98 .264 .233 .262 .313 .328 .301 .402 .614 .730 70 .343 -3.8 -0.4 .512 .165 .068
1962 35 CHC NL 60 45 3 1.8 106 .220 .208 .275 .288 .342 .208 .417 .496 .759 34 .152 -5.0 -0.5 .386 .075 .000
6 Seasons 347 261 20 2.1 105 .225 .207 .270 .282 .338 .240 .415 .522 .754 41 .188 -25.4 -2.5 .416 .125 .033
162 Game Avg. 388 292 22 2.1 105 .225 .207 .270 .282 .338 .240 .415 .522 .754 41 .188 -25.4 -2.5 .416 .125 .033

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1954 27 CHC NL 132 0.0% 6.8% 7.6% 2.3% 14% 0.90 13.2 29.8 1.68 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 5.00 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 2.08 83%
6 Seasons 347 0.0% 7.2% 8.4% 2.9% 16% 0.86 12.2 17.9 1.70 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 27 CHC NL 2 0 16% 43 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% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
6 Seasons 6 0 22% 135 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 11 12% 14 12 0 3 2 1 9 7 2
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
1954 27 CHC NL 97 16% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 19 2 11% 9 4 44% 61 6 10% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 35
1956 29 CHC NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1
1958 31 CHC NL 31 42% 6 1 0 0 0 0.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 10 2 20% 5 3 60% 23 4 17% 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 1
1960 33 CHC NL 121 33% 24 2 0 0 0 4.14 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 22 2 9% 11 5 45% 68 3 4% 8 3 38% 7 3 43% 0
1962 35 CHC NL 59 36% 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 1 100% 1
6 Seasons 309 29% 63 3 0 0 0 2.85 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 71% 66 8 12% 30 14 47% 202 19 9% 20 10 50% 13 5 38% 38
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 27 46 132 119 5 22 3 0 0 4 0 0 10 9 .185 .246 .210 .456 20 25 2 0 2 1
1955 28 48 132 119 5 22 3 0 0 4 0 0 10 9 .185 .246 .210 .456 20 25 2 0 2 1 0
1956 29 51 134 120 5 22 3 0 0 4 0 0 11 9 .183 .250 .208 .458 21 25 2 0 2 1 0
1957 30 51 134 120 5 22 3 0 0 4 0 0 11 9 .183 .250 .208 .458 21 25 2 0 2 1 0
1958 31 68 166 148 7 28 3 0 0 8 0 0 14 10 .189 .258 .209 .467 24 31 4 0 3 1 2
1959 32 68 166 148 7 28 3 0 0 8 0 0 14 10 .189 .258 .209 .467 24 31 4 0 3 1 2
1960 33 119 287 251 18 52 10 0 0 11 0 1 25 22 .207 .281 .247 .528 43 62 6 1 9 1 3
1961 34 119 287 251 18 52 10 0 0 11 0 1 25 22 .207 .281 .247 .528 43 62 6 1 9 1 3
1962 35 145 347 304 21 63 10 0 0 17 0 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 48 136 125 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 34 30 3 7 0 0 0 6 0 4 1 .233 .324 .233 .557 2 17
1960 33 53 123 110 13 27 8 0 0 3 0 12 13 .245 .325 .318 .643 11 51
1962 35 26 59 53 3 11 0 0 0 6 0 4 3 .208 .288 .208 .496 3 26
5 Seasons 148 354 319 24 68 11 0 0 19 0 31 26 .213 .288 .248 .536 22 143
162 Game Avg. 162 387 349 26 74 12 0 0 21 0 34 28 .213 .288 .248 .536 24 143

* 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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