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Dave
Stapleton		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 193
 
Born: January 16, 1954 in Usa, AL, FAIRHOPE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1980   
Gold Glove 1980    1983    1985   
All-Star Selections 1980   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 26 IND AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 3 3 10 10 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1981 27 IND AL $ 300,000   7 7 8 3 3 3 10 10 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1982 28 IND AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1983 29 IND AL $ 2,178,571   8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1984 30 IND AL $ 3,135,714   8 8 9 5 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 9 9
1985 31 IND AL $ 3,478,571   8 8 8 5 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1986 32 IND AL $ 3,478,571   8 8 8 5 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
1987 33 IND AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 10 9 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1988 34 BOS AL $ 5,000,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 10 10 10 2 2 2 9 9 9
1989 35 BOS AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 10 9 10 2 2 2 9 8 9
1990 36 BOS AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 10 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 10 9 10 2 2 2 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   8 8 9 5 4 4 10 10 10 2 2 2 10 10 10
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
1980 26 IND AL 154 607 78 188 57 2 7 85 2 3 21 29 .310 .332 .445 .777 79.1 15.3
1981 27 IND AL 150 562 71 178 43 2 7 90 2 3 24 27 .317 .345 .438 .783 72.5 15.2
1982 28 IND AL 157 583 68 157 30 6 2 73 0 2 19 34 .269 .294 .352 .645 48.5 5.6
1983 29 IND AL 148 611 80 183 53 4 9 70 1 1 16 37 .300 .316 .444 .760 77.6 16.3
1984 30 IND AL 147 536 65 156 44 8 8 80 1 0 19 27 .291 .315 .448 .763 69.0 13.0
1985 31 IND AL 127 507 56 140 41 0 8 80 2 0 24 27 .276 .307 .404 .711 57.7 10.0
    AAA   4 14 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .286 .552 1.0  
1986 32 IND AL 153 645 102 202 67 3 11 104 1 2 16 28 .313 .329 .478 .807 86.9 17.7
1987 33 IND AL 132 472 44 121 36 1 4 56 0 0 14 21 .256 .278 .362 .641 40.7 3.2
1988 34 BOS AL 110 325 43 85 38 2 3 40 0 1 6 18 .262 .271 .418 .689 33.7 5.0
1989 35 BOS AL 141 445 52 133 53 0 5 58 0 1 7 28 .299 .315 .452 .767 55.7 10.9
1990 36 BOS AL 118 343 42 107 44 0 1 40 0 0 8 23 .312 .330 .449 .779 44.2 10.8
11 Years Sim 1537 5636 701 1650 506 28 65 776 9 13 174 299 .293 .314 .427 .741 665.8 123.0
1 Years AAA 4 14 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .214 .267 .286 .552 1.0  
162 Game Average 594 73 173 53 2 6 81 0 1 18 31 .293 .314 .427 .741 70.2  
Career Highs 157 645 102 202 67 8 11 104 2 3 24 37 .317 .345 .478 .807 86.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3915 475 1103 330 18 42 514 8 6 118 211 .282 .303 .407 .710 443.0
vs LH   1721 226 547 176 10 23 262 1 7 56 88 .318 .339 .472 .811 243.5
Home 771 2759 346 792 241 16 33 355 4 6 86 144 .287 .310 .422 .731 327.9
Away 766 2877 355 858 265 12 32 421 5 7 88 155 .298 .318 .432 .750 358.6
RISP   1412 0 425 128 7 12 618 0 0 57 85 .301 .320 .427 .747 180.3
Pinch Hitting   96 7 22 7 0 0 14 0 0 6 6 .229 .275 .302 .577 7.5
Close/Late   650 67 186 55 1 6 85 0 0 31 35 .286 .316 .402 .718 77.3
Mar/Apr 241 882 119 269 84 8 14 139 0 2 29 44 .305 .328 .466 .794 120.8
May 250 892 96 247 73 5 13 105 1 3 23 53 .277 .296 .414 .709 99.6
June 264 951 125 278 81 1 12 151 2 0 31 51 .292 .316 .417 .733 114.9
July 246 925 115 255 81 3 9 123 4 1 29 43 .276 .297 .399 .696 101.3
August 294 1112 132 339 108 8 8 134 1 2 30 51 .305 .323 .438 .761 140.6
Sep/Oct 242 874 114 262 79 3 9 124 1 5 32 57 .300 .323 .428 .751 109.2
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
1980 26 IND AL SS 151 146 1283.7 230 597 28 103 .967 5.80   7.3
1981 27 IND AL SS 149 141 1251.7 186 532 28 85 .962 5.16   5.4
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 28 IND AL SS 127 124 1127.0 156 524 26 88 .963 5.43   8.4
    LF 21 21 182.7 43 1 7 0 .863 2.17   0.4
    1B 3 3 27.0 31 4 0 5 1.000 11.67   0.1
    2B 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1983 29 IND AL SS 143 141 1222.3 232 592 17 113 .980 6.07   8.9
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 30 IND AL SS 145 136 1200.3 205 584 28 104 .966 5.92   5.5
    1B 1 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
1985 31 IND AL SS 127 124 1118.7 198 573 21 109 .973 6.20   7.1
1986 32 IND AL SS 153 146 1290.0 202 623 27 102 .968 5.76   5.1
1987 33 IND AL SS 128 120 1052.3 188 510 18 97 .975 5.97   5.0
    1B 2 0 6.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 7.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1988 34 BOS AL SS 72 70 625.7 105 320 13 52 .970 6.11   3.9
    2B 17 5 63.0 13 29 0 6 1.000 6.00   0.2
    1B 15 1 31.3 41 2 1 2 .977 12.35   0.0
1989 35 BOS AL SS 106 106 904.7 127 401 22 80 .960 5.25   4.4
    2B 22 8 99.0 22 43 2 10 .970 5.91   0.4
    1B 13 4 51.7 64 3 0 4 1.000 11.67   0.1
1990 36 BOS AL SS 64 62 533.7 89 254 10 51 .972 5.78   2.7
    1B 19 12 102.0 143 10 2 13 .987 13.50   0.2
    2B 28 8 96.0 18 44 3 10 .954 5.81   0.3
  SS 1365 1316 11610.0 1918 5510 238 984 .969 5.76   63.7
  2B 72 21 268.0 54 120 5 26 .972 5.84   1.0
  1B 54 20 224.0 289 21 3 24 .990 12.46   0.5
  LF 21 21 182.7 43 1 7 0 .863 2.17   0.4
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1513 1378 12285.6 2304 5652 253 1034 .969 5.83   65.5
Career Highs   153 148 1341.7 250 623 33 113 .980 6.86    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 27 IND AL 12 50 4 9 4 0 0 6 0 0 2 2 .180 .212 .260 .472
1982 28 IND AL 12 44 3 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .227 .244 .273 .517
1983 29 IND AL 16 68 5 18 6 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .265 .296 .382 .678
1984 30 IND AL 7 28 3 9 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 .321 .321 .393 .714
1985 31 IND AL 5 18 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .222 .300 .333 .633
Career Post-Season Batting 52 208 18 50 16 1 0 22 0 0 6 14 .240 .269 .327 .595
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.
Batting Average
1980-7-.310
1981-6-.317
1983-10-.300
1986-5-.313
 Slugging Pct
1986-9-.478
 Games
1982-1-157
 At-Bats
1980-9-607
1983-5-611
1986-2-645
 Runs
1986-3-102
 Hits
1980-6-188
1983-4-183
1986-1-202
Total Bases
1980-9-270
1986-2-308
 Doubles
1980-1-57
1981-2-43
1983-1-53
1984-2-44
1985-7-41
1986-1-67
1989-1-53
1990-8-44
CAR-28-506
 Triples
1984-6-8
 RBIs
1981-9-90
1986-7-104
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Pinky Whitney (913)
  2. Frank McCormick (900)
  3. Ed Stevens (888)
  4. Sam Leslie (884)
  5. Tommy Holmes (878)
  6. Jack Bolling (875)
  7. Claudell Washington (871)
  8. Randy Elliott (871)
  9. Earl Clark (866)
  10. Dave Revering (864)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Indianapolis in 1980
Had first career hit on 4/3/1980, off Bill Bonham (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1980, off Steve Mccatty (NYA)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1980, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1980
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1981, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/25/1983 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1983
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,135,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1985, hitting .471 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,478,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1986, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Miami on 8/4/1986
10/3/1986: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Indianapolis to Boston (A) on 3/4/1988 (Going to IND: CF Ron Shepherd. Going to BOS: 1B Dave Stapleton, P Lary Sorensen, 2B Paul Molitor)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 9/18/1990
 
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