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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseballβ†—

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. β–Ά Video β†—

Paul LaPalmeWWikipedia↗

Bats: L Β· Throws: L Β· Born 1923-12-14 Β· Played 1951–1957 Β· Career WAR 4.9 (bWAR) Β·

IDsBBREF=lapalpa01, LAHMAN=lapalpa01, MLBAM=117492, RETROSHEET=lapap102

Photo: Bowman Gum, Public domain Β· Wikimedia Commons

πŸ“‹ Game logs β†’

Batting

YearTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSWAR
1951PITNL22102100000022.100.250.100.350-0.1
1952PITNL31101110000002.100.100.200.3000.0
1953PITNL355965000100113.085.100.085.185-0.4
1954PITNL33352511010006.143.167.229.396-0.1
1955SLNNL56191410020011.211.250.263.5130.0
1956SLNNL1000000000000.2
1956CINNL1141210000001.500.500.7501.250
1956CHAAL2960000010003.000.000.000.000
1957CHAAL3640200010011.500.667.5001.1670.2
Total2541471320410600529.136.164.177.341-0.2

Pitching

YearTeamLgWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHERHRBBSOERAWHIPWAR
1951PITNL1522811054.17938631246.292.025-0.9
1952PITNL1231200059.25626637253.921.5590.4
1953PITNL8163524712176.1191902064864.591.4461.1
1954PITNL4103315200120.2147741554575.521.6660.1
1955SLNNL4356000391.276281034392.751.2002.5
1956SLNNL00100000.24602081.009.0001.3
1956CINNL2411200027.026147444.671.111
1956CHAAL3129000245.23112227232.361.270
1957CHAAL1435000740.13515519193.351.3390.6
Total24452535110214616.1645303712722774.421.4885.1

Fielding

YearTeamLgPosGGSInnPOAEDP
1951PITNLP224600
1952PITNLP3111511
1953PITNLP3552341
1954PITNLP3315120.271901
1955SLNNLP56091.271911
1956SLNNLP100.20000
1956CINNLP11227.00501
1956CHAALP29046.011101
1957CHAALP35040.141012
Total25317326.12910878

Ejections (1)

DateAsReason
1953-08-05PlayerBalls and strikes