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Paul LaPalme

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: December 14, 1923 in Springfield, MA us

Died: February 7, 2010 in Leominster, MA

Buried: St. Leo Cemetery, Leominster, MA

Debut: May 28, 1951 (Age 27-165d, 10,814th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: August 28, 1957 (Age 33-257d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Paul Edmore LaPalme

Nicknames: Lefty

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

ERA

4.42

253

616.1

277

WHIP

1.488

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	STL	@	CHC	L,4-14		11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	4 (2)	Apr 17 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-6		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 18	STL		CIN	L,4-7		15	3.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	12 (5)	Apr 30	STL	@	NYG	W,6-2	GF	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (3)	May 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	19 (2)	May 7	STL		MLN	L,7-9		13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	29 (9)	May 20	STL	@	CIN	L,7-10		11	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	33 (3)	May 25 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	34	May 25 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,1-3		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	36 (1)	May 27	STL		CIN	W,7-4	GF	7	2.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
11	39 (2)	May 30 (1)	STL		CHC	L,5-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	42 (2)	Jun 2	STL	@	PIT	L,3-12		12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	43	Jun 3	STL	@	BRO	L,5-12		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	44	Jun 4	STL	@	BRO	L,1-6	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	45	Jun 5 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,9-4		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	46	Jun 5 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-10		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	51 (4)	Jun 12 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,3-8		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	52	Jun 12 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,6-5	GF	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	P
19	54 (1)	Jun 15	STL		PIT	W,7-3	GF	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	57 (2)	Jun 18	STL		BRO	W,5-4	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	58	Jun 19	STL		BRO	L,4-7		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
22	60 (1)	Jun 21	STL		PHI	L,8-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	61	Jun 22	STL		PHI	L,6-9		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	63 (1)	Jun 24	STL		NYG	L,0-1		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	66 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	STL		NYG	W,7-2	GF	9	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	68 (1)	Jun 29	STL		CIN	W,9-5		24	5.2	3	0	0	3	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	72 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	STL	@	CHC	L,5-10		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	74 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	STL	@	MLN	W,5-4		7	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
29	75	Jul 5	STL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	77 (1)	Jul 7	STL	@	CIN	W,9-8		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	82 (4)	Jul 15	STL	@	BRO	L,3-12		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	84 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,9-8		0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	87 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	93 (5)	Jul 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	98 (4)	Jul 29	STL		BRO	L,4-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	99	Jul 30	STL		BRO	L,0-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	100	Jul 31	STL		BRO	L,2-11	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	101	Aug 1	STL		NYG	L,1-9		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	102	Aug 2	STL		NYG	L,0-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	103	Aug 3	STL		NYG	L,3-5		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	105 (1)	Aug 5	STL		PHI	L,4-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	107 (1)	Aug 7	STL		PHI	L,6-9		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	112 (4)	Aug 12	STL		CIN	W,8-7		15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
44	113	Aug 13	STL		CIN	L,4-5		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	115 (1)	Aug 15	STL		MLN	L,1-12		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
46	118 (2)	Aug 18	STL		MLN	L,3-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	119	Aug 19	STL	@	CIN	L,5-7		18	5.0	1	1	1	3	0	P
48	120	Aug 20	STL	@	CIN	L,4-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	122 (1)	Aug 23	STL	@	NYG	W,2-1	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	123	Aug 24	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
51	124	Aug 25 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,9-11		2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	129 (4)	Aug 29	STL	@	BRO	L,4-10		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	133 (3)	Sep 2	STL	@	CHC	L,2-12		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
54	135 (1)	Sep 4	STL	@	CHC	L,3-4		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	138 (2)	Sep 8	STL		NYG	L,2-6	GF	0	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
56	146 (7)	Sep 16	STL	@	MLN	L,4-9	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							56gm		91.2	7	19	1	27	1