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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1954 CHC NL 27 C 46 34 331.0 210 185 22 3 2 .986 -1.0 -3.6 -1 5.63 4.50 .986 5.36 4.57 0 7 16 9 36%
1955 CHC NL 28 C 2 0 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 .975 5.62 4.80 0 1 0 0
1956 CHC NL 29 C 3 0 5.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.33 .975 5.74 5.00 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 31 C 16 9 85.2 52 46 4 2 0 .962 0.0 0.0 0 5.25 3.13 .988 6.06 5.19 1 0 2 1 33%
1960 CHC NL 33 C 49 38 323.0 244 215 27 2 4 .992 4.0 14.9 4 6.74 4.94 .986 6.58 5.41 3 8 24 22 48%
1962 CHC NL 35 C 26 21 169.1 114 101 13 0 4 1.000 1.0 7.1 1 6.06 4.38 .987 6.72 5.50 1 5 10 5 33%
6 Seasons C 142 102 918.1 628 554 67 7 10 .989 4.0 5.2 4 6.09 4.37 .986 6.11 5.11 5 21 52 37 42%
6 Seasons TOT 142 102 918.1 628 554 67 7 10 .989 4.0 5.2 4 6.09 4.37 .975 6.11 5.11 5 21 52 37 42%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1954 CHC NL 27 46 34 46 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 CHC NL 28 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 29 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 31 17 9 17 17 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 CHC NL 33 51 38 51 51 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1962 CHC NL 35 26 21 26 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 145 102 145 145 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1954 CHC NL 27 1137 4.78 5.40 16 100% 1 0 133 14 1 3 115 14 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1955 CHC NL 28 10 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHC NL 29 14 81.00 81.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 31 368 3.47 3.89 8 75% 0 0 47 4 0 2 41 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHC NL 33 1395 3.85 4.18 18 100% 0 0 215 11 1 7 196 27 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 100%
1962 CHC NL 35 728 4.92 5.31 10 100% 0 0 103 5 3 3 92 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 3 100%
6 Seasons 3652 4.38 4.82 52 96% 1 0 501 34 5 15 447 56 11 3 0 1 6 1 3 2 0 9 0 3 3 6 100%
MLB Averages 3.94 4.45 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1954 CHC NL 27 0 7 446 16 9 9 36% 15 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 13 1.02 1.23
1955 CHC NL 28 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1956 CHC NL 29 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 31 1 0 133 2 1 1 33% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1.58 2.35
1960 CHC NL 33 3 8 470 24 22 21 48% 22 19 2 2 0 1 0 0 43 23 1.04 1.29
1962 CHC NL 35 1 5 255 10 5 5 33% 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 19 7 1.09 1.70
6 Seasons 5 21 1316 52 37 36 42% 46 34 6 2 0 1 0 0 96 44 1.07 1.36
MLB Averages 41% 1.17 1.16

* 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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