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El
Tappe		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 21, 1927 in Usa, IL, QUINCY
 
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
1954 27 DET AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 8 8 8
1955 28 DET AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 4 9 8 8
1956 29 DET AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 4 4 9 8 9
1957 30 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1958 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1959 32 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1960 33 MIN AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1961 34 MIN AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1962 35 MIN AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 5 5 5 9 8 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
1954 27 AAA   137 545 60 111 20 0 5 44 2 1 51 44 .204 .272 .268 .540 40.3  
1955 28 AAA   136 514 50 115 22 1 6 42 1 1 46 46 .224 .288 .305 .593 45.7  
1956 29 AAA   130 368 29 74 15 0 2 35 1 0 31 34 .201 .263 .258 .521 24.7  
1957 30 DET AL 28 72 3 11 4 0 1 5 0 0 3 7 .153 .187 .250 .437 2.4 0.0
1958 31 MIN AL 37 127 8 20 4 1 1 8 0 0 4 12 .157 .183 .228 .412 2.5 0.0
    A   26 98 13 38 2 0 3 9 0 0 6 7 .388 .423 .500 .923 18.5  
1959 32 MIN AL 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0
1960 33 MIN AL 12 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636 1.0 0.1
1961 34 MIN AL 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.7 0.1
1962 35 A   136 497 38 98 16 0 5 49 3 2 48 57 .197 .268 .260 .527 35.1  
5 Years Sim 96 230 12 35 9 1 2 13 0 0 9 24 .152 .184 .226 .410 5.4 0.2
3 Years AAA 403 1427 139 300 57 1 13 121 4 2 128 124 .210 .284 .279 .562 110.7  
2 Years A 162 595 51 136 18 0 8 58 3 2 54 64 .229 .297 .299 .596 53.7  
5 Years Minors 565 2022 190 436 75 1 21 179 7 4 182 188 .216 .287 .285 .572 164.4  
162 Game Average 388 20 59 15 1 3 21 0 0 15 40 .152 .184 .226 .410 9.1  
Career Highs 37 127 8 20 4 1 1 8 0 0 4 12 .273 .333 .364 .636 2.5  
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   169 12 28 8 1 2 12 0 0 7 20 .166 .199 .260 .459 7.0
vs LH   61 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .115 .143 .131 .274 -0.8
Home 52 126 9 20 5 1 1 10 0 0 5 15 .159 .191 .238 .429 4.1
Away 44 104 3 15 4 0 1 3 0 0 4 9 .144 .176 .212 .387 2.1
RISP   60 0 10 2 1 1 11 0 0 2 8 .167 .194 .283 .477 2.8
Pinch Hitting   21 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .190 .190 .190 .381 0.4
Close/Late   30 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 .100 .129 .233 .362 0.4
Mar/Apr 9 22 2 6 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .545 .818 3.1
May 21 47 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 .085 .157 .085 .242 -0.8
June 20 50 2 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .160 .222 .220 .442 2.0
July 11 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .069 .069 .069 .138 -1.6
August 11 27 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .185 .214 .296 .511 1.7
Sep/Oct 21 55 4 10 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .273 .455 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1957 30 DET AL C 21 19 166.0 103 12 1 0 .991 6.23 6 3 .500 1 1.7
    1B 1 0 5.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 31 MIN AL C 35 34 298.0 163 13 0 0 1.000 5.32 10 5 .500 1 1.8
1959 32 MIN AL C 4 2 21.3 20 1 0 0 1.000 8.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 33 MIN AL 1B 2 0 4.3 7 0 0 1 1.000 14.55 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 34 MIN AL C 9 2 31.3 24 2 0 0 1.000 7.47 2 1 .500 0 0.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 71 57 520.3 312 28 1 0 .997 5.88 18 9 .500 2 4.0
  1B 5 0 11.3 17 1 0 1 1.000 14.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   76 57 531.7 329 29 1 1 .997 6.06 18 9 .500 2 4.0
Career Highs   35 34 298.0 163 13 1 1 1.000 10.14 10 5 .500 1  
History
Drafted in 5th round, 73rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1954
Injured on 4/6/1955 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Had first career hit on 4/4/1957, off Ralph Beard (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1957, off Mike Fornieles (CIN)
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 3/3/1958 (Going to MIN: C El Tappe. Going to DET: P Billy Pierce)
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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