Dave LaPoint

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: July 29, 1959 in Glens Falls, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Glens Falls HS (Glens Falls, NY).

High School: Glens Falls HS (Glens Falls, NY)

Debut: September 10, 1980 (Age 21-043d, 14,396th in major league history)
vs. MIN 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Last Game: April 20, 1991 (Age 31-265d)
vs. STL 3.2 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Jim Bronner

Full Name: David Jeffrey LaPoint

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1982 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.0

ERA

4.02

294

227

1486.2

802

WHIP

1.451

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1977	17	MIL-min	A-	5	2	.714	4.70	13	9		3	1	0	69.0	73	40	36	8	22	0	60	1	1	4				1.377	9.5	1.0	2.9	7.8	2.73	NWK NYPL
1978	18	MIL-min	A	12	12	.500	4.02	25	23		10	1	0	161.0	177	98	72	20	41	1	134	1	2	7				1.354	9.9	1.1	2.3	7.5	3.27	BUR MIDW
1979	19	MIL-min	A	12	10	.545	3.15	27	25		11	3	0	180.0	144	74	63	5	85	0	208	1	3	7				1.272	7.2	0.3	4.3	10.4	2.45	STK CALL
1980	20	MIL-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.81	17	17		1	0	0	93.0	71	48	29	4	45	0	64	0	2	9				1.247	6.9	0.4	4.4	6.2	1.42	VAN PCL
1980	20	MIL	AL	1	0	1.000	6.00	5	3	1	0	0	1	15.0	17	14	10	2	13	1	5	0	1	0	75	66	6.42	2.000	10.2	1.2	7.8	3.0	0.38
1981	21	STL-min	AAA	13	9	.591	3.19	25	24	0	9	2	0	172.0	160	83	61	15	66	0	129	1	0	10				1.314	8.4	0.8	3.5	6.8	1.95	SPR AA
1981	21	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	4.22	3	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	12	5	5	1	2	0	4	1	0	0	45	88	3.91	1.313	10.1	0.8	1.7	3.4	2.00
1982	22	STL	NL	9	3	.750	3.42	42	21	6	0	0	0	152.2	170	63	58	8	52	8	81	3	2	4	656	107	3.42	1.454	10.0	0.5	3.1	4.8	1.56	RoY-8
1983	23	STL	NL	12	9	.571	3.95	37	29	1	1	0	0	191.1	191	92	84	12	84	7	113	4	4	11	832	92	3.77	1.437	9.0	0.6	4.0	5.3	1.35
1984	24	STL	NL	12	10	.545	3.96	33	33	0	2	1	0	193.0	205	94	85	9	77	8	130	1	3	15	827	88	3.24	1.461	9.6	0.4	3.6	6.1	1.69
1985	25	SFG	NL	7	17	.292	3.57	31	31	0	2	1	0	206.2	215	99	82	18	74	6	122	0	0	10	886	97	3.71	1.398	9.4	0.8	3.2	5.3	1.65
1986	26	TOT	MLB	4	10	.286	5.02	40	12	6	0	0	0	129.0	152	86	72	19	56	7	77	1	5	3	588	78	4.82	1.612	10.6	1.3	3.9	5.4	1.38
1986	26	DET	AL	3	6	.333	5.72	16	8	2	0	0	0	67.2	85	49	43	11	32	3	36	0	1	2	314	73	5.24	1.729	11.3	1.5	4.3	4.8	1.13
1986	26	SDP	NL	1	4	.200	4.26	24	4	4	0	0	0	61.1	67	37	29	8	24	4	41	1	4	1	274	86	4.35	1.484	9.8	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.71
1987	27	STL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.03	14	13	0	4	0	0	91.2	93	45	41	8	27	0	70	0	0	4				1.309	9.1	0.8	2.7	6.9	2.59	LOU AA
1987	27	TOT	MLB	7	4	.636	3.56	20	14	3	2	1	0	98.2	95	41	39	11	36	0	51	1	1	4	420	128	4.41	1.328	8.7	1.0	3.3	4.7	1.42
1987	27	STL	NL	1	1	.500	6.75	6	2	3	0	0	0	16.0	26	12	12	4	5	0	8	0	1	1	79	63	6.06	1.938	14.6	2.3	2.8	4.5	1.60
1987	27	CHW	AL	6	3	.667	2.94	14	12	0	2	1	0	82.2	69	29	27	7	31	0	43	1	0	3	341	157	4.09	1.210	7.5	0.8	3.4	4.7	1.39
1988	28	TOT	MLB	14	13	.519	3.25	33	33	0	2	1	0	213.1	205	87	77	14	57	3	98	2	7	1	892	118	3.53	1.228	8.6	0.6	2.4	4.1	1.72
1988	28	CHW	AL	10	11	.476	3.40	25	25	0	1	1	0	161.1	151	69	61	10	47	1	79	2	5	1	677	117	3.51	1.227	8.4	0.6	2.6	4.4	1.68
1988	28	PIT	NL	4	2	.667	2.77	8	8	0	1	0	0	52.0	54	18	16	4	10	2	19	0	2	0	215	123	3.62	1.231	9.3	0.7	1.7	3.3	1.90
1989	29	NYY	AL	6	9	.400	5.62	20	20	0	0	0	0	113.2	146	73	71	12	45	4	51	2	2	1	524	69	4.48	1.680	11.6	1.0	3.6	4.0	1.13
1990	30	NYY	AL	7	10	.412	4.11	28	27	0	2	0	0	157.2	180	84	72	11	57	3	67	1	0	4	694	96	3.97	1.503	10.3	0.6	3.3	3.8	1.18
1991	31	CHC-MIL-min	AAA					33																										IWA,DEN AA
1991	31	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	16.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	10	9	0	6	0	3	1	0	0	32	24	5.86	3.200	18.0	0.0	10.8	5.4	0.50
1993	33	MIN-min	AAA	6	4	.600	6.09	13	13	0	0	0	0	75.1	99	60	51	7	29	0	40	0	3	4	347			1.699	11.8	0.8	3.5	4.8	1.38	POR PCL
12 Yrs				80	86	.482	4.02	294	227	17	11	4	1	1486.2	1598	748	664	117	559	47	802	17	25	53	6471	94	3.87	1.451	9.7	0.7	3.4	4.9	1.43
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.482	4.02	38	30	2	1	1	0	194	209	98	87	15	73	6	105	2	3	7	845	94	3.87	1.451	9.7	0.7	3.4	4.9	1.43
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
STL (5 yrs)				35	23	.603	3.90	121	87	10	3	1	0	563.2	604	266	244	34	220	23	336	9	10	31	2439	93	3.56	1.462	9.6	0.5	3.5	5.4	1.53
NYY (2 yrs)				13	19	.406	4.74	48	47	0	2	0	0	271.1	326	157	143	23	102	7	118	3	2	5	1218	83	4.18	1.577	10.8	0.8	3.4	3.9	1.16
CHW (2 yrs)				16	14	.533	3.25	39	37	0	3	2	0	244.0	220	98	88	17	78	1	122	3	5	4	1018	129	3.71	1.221	8.1	0.6	2.9	4.5	1.56
PIT (1 yr)				4	2	.667	2.77	8	8	0	1	0	0	52.0	54	18	16	4	10	2	19	0	2	0	215	123	3.62	1.231	9.3	0.7	1.7	3.3	1.90
SFG (1 yr)				7	17	.292	3.57	31	31	0	2	1	0	206.2	215	99	82	18	74	6	122	0	0	10	886	97	3.71	1.398	9.4	0.8	3.2	5.3	1.65
PHI (1 yr)				0	1	.000	16.20	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	10	10	9	0	6	0	3	1	0	0	32	24	5.86	3.200	18.0	0.0	10.8	5.4	0.50
SDP (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.26	24	4	4	0	0	0	61.1	67	37	29	8	24	4	41	1	4	1	274	86	4.35	1.484	9.8	1.2	3.5	6.0	1.71
DET (1 yr)				3	6	.333	5.72	16	8	2	0	0	0	67.2	85	49	43	11	32	3	36	0	1	2	314	73	5.24	1.729	11.3	1.5	4.3	4.8	1.13
MIL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.00	5	3	1	0	0	1	15.0	17	14	10	2	13	1	5	0	1	0	75	66	6.42	2.000	10.2	1.2	7.8	3.0	0.38

NL (9 yrs)				47	47	.500	3.85	186	132	14	6	2	0	888.2	950	430	380	64	334	35	521	11	16	42	3846	93	3.67	1.445	9.6	0.6	3.4	5.3	1.56
AL (6 yrs)				33	39	.458	4.27	108	95	3	5	2	1	598.0	648	318	284	53	225	12	281	6	9	11	2625	95	4.16	1.460	9.8	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.25

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