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Ralph
Lapointe		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 200
 
Born: January 8, 1922 in Usa, VT, WINOOSKI
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 25 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 9 9 9
1948 26 NYG NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1949 27 NYG NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
1950 28 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
1951 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
1952 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
1953 31 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
1954 32 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
1955 33 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 34 CIN NL $ 1,221,429   7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 8 7 7
1957 35 PIT NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 7
1958 36 PIT NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 7
1959 37 PIT NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,221,429   7 7 7 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 25 AAA   81 324 32 81 9 3 2 20 0 1 24 25 .250 .302 .315 .617 30.5  
    AA   48 152 13 46 1 0 1 15 0 0 17 8 .303 .373 .329 .702 19.8  
1948 26 AAA   128 543 61 144 10 2 7 43 4 1 56 40 .265 .334 .330 .664 63.0  
1949 27 AAA   137 601 78 181 16 3 8 54 4 0 60 48 .301 .365 .378 .742 84.0  
1950 28 CIN NL 54 183 12 35 2 0 1 13 1 0 17 16 .191 .260 .219 .479 9.9 0.0
    AAA   106 464 81 139 8 1 8 54 2 0 50 29 .300 .368 .373 .741 65.5  
1951 29 TAM AL 7 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 1.5 0.4
1952 30 TAM AL 61 159 23 40 1 1 3 22 0 0 13 6 .252 .305 .327 .632 15.2 0.7
1953 31 TAM AL 57 173 20 40 3 0 2 18 0 0 9 23 .231 .273 .283 .556 11.0 0.0
1954 32 TAM AL 50 142 12 34 6 1 1 13 0 0 13 10 .239 .308 .317 .625 12.0 0.7
1955 33 CIN NL 116 364 42 112 5 1 6 34 0 2 30 34 .308 .359 .376 .736 46.5 7.0
1956 34 CIN NL 161 648 56 172 12 0 7 53 2 1 52 84 .265 .320 .316 .636 64.7 7.4
1957 35 PIT NL 62 101 18 36 3 0 2 8 0 0 3 12 .356 .375 .446 .821 14.5 3.1
1958 36 PIT NL 131 400 41 108 10 0 6 44 0 0 21 65 .270 .305 .340 .645 38.1 3.4
1959 37 PIT NL 22 54 6 14 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 .259 .286 .296 .582 3.0 0.0
    AA   111 443 36 122 7 1 3 37 1 2 39 57 .275 .334 .316 .650 47.9  
1960 38 AA   135 560 58 165 15 1 3 38 0 0 54 105 .295 .357 .341 .698 69.6  
10 Years Sim 721 2231 232 594 44 3 28 208 3 3 161 261 .266 .315 .326 .642 216.5 22.7
4 Years AAA 452 1932 252 545 43 9 25 171 10 2 190 142 .282 .345 .352 .697 242.9  
3 Years AA 294 1155 107 333 23 2 7 90 1 2 110 170 .288 .348 .330 .678 137.2  
7 Years Minors 746 3087 359 878 66 11 32 261 11 4 300 312 .284 .346 .344 .690 380.2  
162 Game Average 501 52 133 9 0 6 46 0 0 36 58 .266 .315 .326 .642 48.6  
Career Highs 161 648 56 172 12 1 7 53 2 2 52 84 .429 .500 .446 .929 64.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1329 136 334 21 2 16 115 2 2 98 145 .251 .302 .306 .609 125.3
vs LH   902 96 260 23 1 12 93 1 1 63 116 .288 .335 .356 .691 106.5
Home 356 1079 115 266 16 1 12 84 1 2 86 119 .247 .302 .297 .599 99.1
Away 365 1152 117 328 28 2 16 124 2 1 75 142 .285 .328 .354 .682 132.7
RISP   480 0 129 10 0 10 180 0 0 41 62 .269 .324 .352 .676 56.3
Pinch Hitting   53 8 26 3 0 0 7 0 1 5 6 .491 .534 .547 1.082 12.4
Close/Late   255 26 69 6 0 3 28 0 0 22 38 .271 .329 .329 .658 28.3
Mar/Apr 117 340 43 95 6 1 1 25 1 1 24 47 .279 .326 .312 .638 34.8
May 98 288 32 78 7 0 3 29 0 0 23 33 .271 .325 .326 .651 31.0
June 115 373 33 97 8 0 8 42 1 1 24 45 .260 .307 .346 .653 39.3
July 110 330 35 89 6 1 10 40 0 0 14 42 .270 .299 .385 .684 37.4
August 146 470 41 130 9 1 3 41 0 1 38 50 .277 .330 .319 .649 50.3
Sep/Oct 135 430 48 105 8 0 3 31 1 0 38 44 .244 .304 .284 .588 39.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1950 28 CIN NL 2B 50 50 419.3 118 168 8 43 .973 6.14   2.0
    SS 2 0 4.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1951 29 TAM AL 2B 1 1 8.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.1
    3B 4 0 7.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
    SS 1 0 4.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1952 30 TAM AL SS 28 23 213.7 42 80 5 24 .961 5.14   0.9
    3B 20 9 104.7 9 31 2 2 .952 3.44   0.3
    2B 6 6 53.3 15 30 2 4 .957 7.59   0.5
1953 31 TAM AL 3B 24 18 177.7 7 54 1 3 .984 3.09   1.0
    2B 16 14 131.3 28 50 4 10 .951 5.35   0.8
    SS 9 7 61.0 9 27 1 5 .973 5.31   0.3
1954 32 TAM AL SS 20 15 153.3 18 67 3 14 .966 4.99   0.9
    2B 11 11 85.3 18 35 1 9 .981 5.59   0.5
    3B 14 9 85.0 6 24 0 1 1.000 3.18   0.3
1955 33 CIN NL 2B 62 61 523.3 115 191 11 38 .965 5.26   2.1
    3B 21 17 142.3 8 44 0 3 1.000 3.29   0.7
    SS 13 13 112.7 17 46 5 11 .926 5.03   0.5
    1B 2 0 5.0 7 2 0 4 1.000 16.20   0.0
1956 34 CIN NL SS 100 100 886.3 136 334 24 65 .951 4.77   1.7
    2B 59 55 480.0 104 182 8 39 .973 5.36   0.7
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 35 PIT NL SS 12 8 73.7 8 35 1 2 .977 5.25   0.3
    3B 26 3 65.3 6 17 0 2 1.000 3.17   0.2
    2B 14 6 62.0 14 28 3 5 .933 6.10   0.2
    1B 7 7 49.0 62 9 2 8 .973 13.04   0.1
1958 36 PIT NL 3B 82 82 661.0 44 195 9 25 .964 3.25   3.2
    2B 37 33 282.3 59 130 5 32 .974 6.02   1.2
    SS 7 2 24.0 6 14 1 6 .952 7.50   0.2
    1B 2 2 18.0 16 1 0 2 1.000 8.50   0.0
1959 37 PIT NL 2B 13 11 90.0 23 44 1 5 .985 6.70   0.3
    SS 3 2 17.0 4 5 0 2 1.000 4.76   0.1
    3B 3 1 12.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75   0.0
  2B 269 248 2135.0 495 863 43 186 .969 5.72   8.3
  SS 195 170 1551.0 242 610 40 129 .955 4.94   4.9
  3B 195 139 1256.3 81 367 12 36 .974 3.21   5.9
  1B 11 9 72.0 85 12 2 14 .980 12.13   0.1
Career Totals   670 566 5014.3 903 1852 97 365 .966 4.94   19.2
Career Highs   160 155 1367.3 240 516 32 104 1.000 6.44    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1956-1-161
 At-Bats
1956-1-648
 Hits
1956-8-172
 Singles
1956-1-153
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Tony Bartirome (951)
  5. Bill Buckner (950)
  6. Al Van Camp (948)
  7. Lennie Merullo (946)
  8. Jim Mallory (943)
  9. John Castino (943)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 60th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1947
Injured on 6/8/1948 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Cincinnati on 7/31/1950 (Going to CIN: 1B Ray Sanders, P Butch Wensloff, 2B Ralph Lapointe, P Sal Maglie. Going to NYG: P Cy Buker, P Ralph Branca, P Fred Martin)
Had first career hit on 7/31/1950, off Jack Hallett (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1950, off Hank Behrman (BRK)
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1951 (Going to CIN: P Johnny Beazley, P Harry Brecheen, P Max Lanier. Going to TAM: 2B Ralph Lapointe)
3/3/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 3/14/1952 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
3/3/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
4/2/1954: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 9/30/1954 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to Cincinnati on 3/3/1955 (Going to TAM: P Bob Turley, P Red Embree, 3B Snuffy Stirnweiss. Going to CIN: 2B Ralph Lapointe)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,221,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/5/1957 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Injured on 8/20/1959 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Released by Pittsburgh on 9/1/1960
 
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