Dave LaPoint

David Jeffrey LaPoint

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.
• High School Glens Falls High School
• Debut September 10, 1980
• Final Game April 20, 1991
• Born July 29, 1959 in Glens Falls, NY USA

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Biographical Information

Dave LaPoint pitched for 9 teams over 12 years and put up respectable numbers with a 80-86 record and a career ERA of 4.02. He got his one and only save in his very first major league game on September 10, 1980 as a 20-year-old rookie with the Milwaukee Brewers against the Minnesota Twins. He pitched the last 3 innings of a 3-1 win, giving up 1 hit, no runs and walking 2. Paul Mitchell was the winning pitcher.

LaPoint appeared in the 1982 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals. He did not get a decision but had a respectable 3.24 ERA in 8 and 1/3 innings. He led the 1984 NL in wild pitches with 15. He pitched a two-hitter on September 27, 1987 as a member of the Chicago White Sox against the Oakland Athletics. The only two hits were a single by Terry Steinbach and a double by Mike Gallego. He walked 2 and struck out one in the game. The White Sox won the game, 5-0.

LaPoint was the manager of the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League from 2007 to 2008 and again in 2010. From 2002 through 2005, he lined Ducks up in a row as the franchise's pitching coach.

In the 2006 season, he managed the Bridgeport Bluefish into the league finals where they lost the pennant to the Lancaster Barnstormers. LaPoint won the Atlantic League 2006 Manager of the Year award for the success of that campaign. He had also managed the Adirondack Lumberjacks of the Northeast League for two seasons in 1995-1996, leading them to the first-ever league championship that first season. In 2011, he became the first manager of the newly-formed Rockland Boulders of the Canadian-American Association.

Notable Achievements

• 200 Innings Pitched Seasons: 2 (1985 & 1988)
• Won a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982

Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
1995	Adirondack Lumberjacks	Northeast League	42-27	3rd	Independent Leagues	League Champs
1996	Adirondack Lumberjacks	Northeast League	30-50	5th	Independent Leagues
2006	Bridgeport Bluefish	Atlantic League	75-49	1st	Independent Leagues	Lost League Finals
2007	Long Island Ducks	Atlantic League	72-54	3rd	Independent Leagues
2008	Long Island Ducks	Atlantic League	71-69	4th	Independent Leagues	Lost in 1st round
2010	Long Island Ducks	Atlantic League	70-68	4th	Independent Leagues
2011	Rockland Boulders	Can-Am Association	40-52	7th	Independent Leagues
2012	Rockland Boulders	Can-Am Association	48-52	3rd	Independent Leagues