Paul
Lapalme
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 184
 
Born: December 14, 1923 in Usa, MA, SPRINGFIELD
 
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 27 TAM AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
1952 28 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
1953 29 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
1954 30 BOS AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
1955 31 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
1956 32 BOS AL $ 350,000 6 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 3 4 6 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1952 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1953 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1954 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1955 31 BOS AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1956 32 BOS AL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1951 27 TAM AL 2 1 .667 31 0 0 0 1 18.0 14 5 1 8 9 2.50 .219 .306 .281 .587 2.6
    AAA   1 5 .167 9 9 1 1 0 52.3 66 41 7 29 33 7.05 .296 .377 .430 .807  
1952 28 BOS AL 7 6 .538 77 0 0 0 2 92.3 116 53 13 43 33 5.17 .307 .375 .452 .827 4.8
1953 29 BOS AL 1 6 .143 58 0 0 0 4 77.7 85 46 10 40 29 5.33 .282 .363 .442 .805 2.6
1954 30 BOS AL 4 2 .667 51 0 0 0 2 70.0 65 32 13 27 29 4.11 .243 .314 .422 .736 5.9
1955 31 BOS AL 4 2 .667 44 0 0 0 0 60.0 85 41 17 20 25 6.15 .335 .382 .598 .980 1.6
1956 32 AAA   2 1 .667 38 0 0 0 3 25.3 20 16 3 13 12 5.68 .215 .311 .355 .666  
1957 33 AAA   0 4 .000 15 2 0 0 0 26.0 29 16 4 18 21 5.54 .271 .376 .430 .806  
5 Years Sim 18 17 .514 261 0 0 0 9 318.0 365 177 54 138 125 5.01 .289 .357 .464 .821 17.5
3 Years AAA 3 10 .231 62 11 1 1 3 103.7 115 73 14 60 66 6.34 .272 .362 .414 .776  
Season Average 3 3 .500 52 0 0 0 1 63.6 73 35 10 27 25 5.01 .289 .357 .464 .821  
Career Highs 7 6 .667 77 0 0 0 4 92.3 116 53 17 43 33 6.15 .335 .382 .598 .980  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   216 103 30 76 62   .304 .371 .468 .839
vs LH   149 74 24 62 63   .269 .343 .458 .801
Home 12 9 .571 141 0 0 0 3 190.0 210 112 37 69 73 5.31 .281 .341 .479 .820
Away 6 8 .429 120 0 0 0 6 128.0 155 65 17 69 52 4.57 .300 .382 .443 .825
Mar/Apr 4 2 .667 44 0 0 0 1 54.0 77 31 6 20 24 5.17 .338 .391 .465 .856
May 2 3 .400 34 0 0 0 1 39.3 49 28 8 16 10 6.41 .312 .376 .541 .917
June 4 5 .444 41 0 0 0 1 51.0 49 28 4 35 15 4.94 .257 .372 .361 .733
July 4 0 1.000 54 0 0 0 6 74.7 63 28 10 25 34 3.38 .226 .289 .373 .662
August 3 6 .333 55 0 0 0 0 62.3 89 48 20 27 30 6.93 .331 .392 .599 .990
Sep/Oct 1 1 .500 33 0 0 0 0 36.7 38 14 6 15 12 3.44 .270 .340 .440 .779
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
1951 27 AAA   2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1952 28 BOS AL 77 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9 0.1
1953 29 BOS AL 58 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1954 30 BOS AL 51 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0
1955 31 BOS AL 44 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 230 23 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .174 .208 .217 .426 0.9 0.1
1 Years AAA 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
162 Game Average 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .174 .208 .217 .426 0.6  
Career Highs 77 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.9  
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   14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .071 .133 .143 .276 -0.2
vs LH   9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.9
Home 126 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2
Away 104 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .375 .708 1.0
RISP   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Close/Late   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Mar/Apr 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 29 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
June 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 45 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 0.1
August 45 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 .833 0.8
Sep/Oct 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1951 27 TAM AL P 31 0 18.0 2 5 1 0 .875 3.50    
1952 28 BOS AL P 77 0 92.3 11 17 0 0 1.000 2.73    
1953 29 BOS AL P 58 0 77.7 4 13 0 0 1.000 1.97    
1954 30 BOS AL P 51 0 70.0 4 6 0 1 1.000 1.29    
1955 31 BOS AL P 44 0 60.0 2 15 0 0 1.000 2.55    
Career Totals   261 0 318.0 23 56 1 1 .988 2.24    
Career Highs   77 0 92.3 11 17 1 1 1.000 3.50    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1952-5-77
1953-9-58
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1951
Earned first career win on 7/20/1951
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (A) on 2/21/1952 (Going to TAM: P Joe Dobson. Going to BOS: P Paul Lapalme)
Had first career hit on 7/9/1952, off Bobby Shantz (OAK)
Injured on 9/11/1954 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Boston (A) on 10/10/1957