Dave Stapleton

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 178lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: January 16, 1954 in Fairhope, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL).

High School: Robertsdale HS (Robertsdale, AL)

Schools: Faulkner State College (Bay Minette, AL), University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)

Debut: May 30, 1980 (Age 26-135d, 14,309th in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 32-262d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Steve Freyer

Full Name: David Leslie Stapleton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

2028

550

.271

238

RBI

224

OBP

.310

SLG

.398

OPS

.707

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1981 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 12	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
3	3	Apr 13	BOS		BAL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
4	4	Apr 15	BOS		BAL	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	3	2B
5	6 (1)	Apr 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	2B
6	7	Apr 19	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	2B
7	11 (3)	Apr 25	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
8	13 (1)	Apr 27	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
9	15 (1)	Apr 29	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	16	Apr 30	BOS		MIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17	May 1	BOS		MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
12	18	May 2	BOS		MIN	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	5	4	0	9	3	2B
13	19	May 3	BOS		MIN	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
14	21 (1)	May 5	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
15	22	May 6	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
16	24 (1)	May 9	BOS	@	TOR	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
17	25	May 10	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-5	CG	41	10.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
18	26	May 11	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
19	29 (2)	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	47	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
20	30	May 15	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
21	31	May 16	BOS		KCR	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
22	32	May 17	BOS		KCR	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
23	33	May 18	BOS		SEA	W,8-5	CG	45	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
24	34	May 19	BOS		SEA	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
25	35	May 20	BOS		OAK	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS
26	36	May 21	BOS		OAK	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
27	37	May 22	BOS	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
28	38	May 23	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
29	39	May 24 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-2	CG	59	13.2	8	3	0	11	0	2B
30	40	May 24 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
31	41	May 25	BOS		CLE	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
32	42	May 26	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	SS
33	43	May 27	BOS		CLE	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
34	44	May 29	BOS		MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
35	45	May 30	BOS		MIL	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
36	46	May 31	BOS		MIL	L,2-5	GS	44	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS 3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	47	Jun 2	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
38	48	Jun 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
39	49	Jun 4	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	50	Jun 5	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
41	51	Jun 6	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
42	52	Jun 7	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	38	10.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
43	53	Jun 8	BOS	@	SEA	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
44	54	Jun 9	BOS	@	SEA	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
45	55	Jun 10	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
46	56	Jun 11	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	58 (1)	Aug 11	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
48	59	Aug 12	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
49	62 (2)	Aug 15	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	63	Aug 16	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
51	69 (5)	Aug 23	BOS	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
52	70	Aug 24	BOS	@	CAL	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
53	71	Aug 25	BOS	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	51	9.1	2	2	1	5	0	2B
54	73 (1)	Aug 28	BOS		OAK	W,12-5	GS	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B 3B
55	74	Aug 29	BOS		OAK	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
56	75	Aug 30	BOS		OAK	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
57	76	Aug 31	BOS		CAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	77	Sep 1	BOS		CAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	3B
59	78	Sep 2	BOS		CAL	W,3-1	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 2B
60	79	Sep 3 susp	BOS		SEA	L,7-8	GS	90	20.0	16	3	0	19	1	1B 3B
61	80	Sep 4	BOS		SEA	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
62	81	Sep 5	BOS		SEA	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
63	82	Sep 6	BOS		SEA	W,6-1	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	83	Sep 7	BOS	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
65	84	Sep 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
66	85	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	15	0	1	16	0	1B
67	86	Sep 11	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
68	87	Sep 12	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
69	88	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
70	91 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
71	92	Sep 17	BOS		DET	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
72	93	Sep 18	BOS		NYY	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
73	94	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
74	95	Sep 20	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
75	96	Sep 21	BOS		MIL	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
76	97	Sep 22	BOS		MIL	L,8-10	CG	42	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
77	98	Sep 23	BOS		MIL	W,11-5	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
78	99	Sep 24	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	SS
79	100	Sep 25	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
80	101	Sep 26	BOS		CLE	L,5-7	GS	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	SS 2B
81	102	Sep 27	BOS		CLE	L,7-8	GS	51	11.0	3	5	0	8	3	3B SS
82	103	Sep 28	BOS	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
83	104	Sep 29	BOS	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
84	105	Sep 30	BOS	@	MIL	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
85	106	Oct 2	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
86	107	Oct 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	108	Oct 4	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							93gm		765.1	260	204	17	481	50