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Dave LaPoint
David Jeffrey LaPoint

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 10, 1980
  vs. MIN 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, Sv
Final Game April 20, 1991
Born July 29, 1959 in Glens Falls, NY

Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1980 20 MIL AL   1   0   5   3   0   0   1  1   15.0   17   14   10   2   13    5   0   0    75   1   1  6.00  3.88   65 2.000
 1981 21 STL NL   1   0   3   2   0   0   0  0   10.7   12    5    5   1    2    4   1   0    45   0   0  4.22  3.56   84 1.313
 1982 22 STL NL   9   3  42  21   0   0   6  0  152.7  170   63   58   8   52   81   3   4   656   8   2  3.42  3.64  107 1.454 RoY-8
 1983 23 STL NL  12   9  37  29   1   0   1  0  191.3  191   92   84  12   84  113   4  11   832   7   4  3.95  3.64   92 1.437
 1984 24 STL NL  12  10  33  33   2   1   0  0  193.0  205   94   85   9   77  130   1  15   827   8   3  3.96  3.52   89 1.461
 1985 25 SFG NL   7  17  31  31   2   1   0  0  206.7  215   99   82  18   74  122   0  10   886   6   0  3.57  3.45   97 1.398
 1986 26 TOT      4  10  40  12   0   0   6  0  129.0  152   86   72  19   56   77   1   3   588   7   5  5.02  3.91   78 1.612
         DET AL   3   6  16   8   0   0   2  0   67.7   85   49   43  11   32   36   0   2   314   3   1  5.72  4.14   72 1.729
         SDP NL   1   4  24   4   0   0   4  0   61.3   67   37   29   8   24   41   1   1   274   4   4  4.26  3.65   86 1.484
 1987 27 TOT      7   4  20  14   2   1   3  0   98.7   95   41   39  11   36   51   1   4   420   0   1  3.56  4.53  127 1.328
         STL NL   1   1   6   2   0   0   3  0   16.0   26   12   12   4    5    8   0   1    79   0   1  6.75  4.17   62 1.938
         CHW AL   6   3  14  12   2   1   0  0   82.7   69   29   27   7   31   43   1   3   341   0   0  2.94  4.61  157 1.210
 1988 28 TOT     14  13  33  33   2   1   0  0  213.3  205   87   77  14   57   98   2   1   892   3   7  3.25  3.83  118 1.228
         CHW AL  10  11  25  25   1   1   0  0  161.3  151   69   61  10   47   79   2   1   677   1   5  3.40  3.98  117 1.227
         PIT NL   4   2   8   8   1   0   0  0   52.0   54   18   16   4   10   19   0   0   215   2   2  2.77  3.39  122 1.231
 1989 29 NYY AL   6   9  20  20   0   0   0  0  113.7  146   73   71  12   45   51   2   1   524   4   2  5.62  3.85   69 1.680
 1990 30 NYY AL   7  10  28  27   2   0   0  0  157.7  180   84   72  11   57   67   1   4   694   3   0  4.11  3.99   97 1.503
 1991 31 PHI NL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0    5.0   10   10    9   0    6    3   1   0    32   0   0 16.20  3.65   23 3.200
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .482  80  86 294 227  11   4  17  1 1486.7 1598  748  664 117  559  802  17  53  6471  47  25  4.02  3.77   94 1.451
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  11  38  29   1   0   2  0  194.0  208   97   86  15   72  104   2   6   844   6   3  4.02  3.77   94 1.451
 Career High     14  17  42  33   2   1   6  1  213.3  215   99   85  19   84  130   4  15   892   8   7  3.25  4.53  127 1.228
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 21 STL NL   3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1982 22 STL NL  42   38    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  18  .053  .077  .053  -63    2   8   0   0   0   1 RoY-8
 1983 23 STL NL  37   59    4    9   0  0   0    5   0  0   7  20  .153  .242  .153   12    9   5   0   0   0   2
 1984 24 STL NL  33   59    3    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   2  19  .068  .097  .068  -52    4   9   1   0   0   2
 1985 25 SFG NL  31   60    4   10   1  0   0    6   0  0   6  11  .167  .242  .183   24   11   5   0   0   0   0
 1986 26 TOT     24    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   4   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  24    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   4   0   0   0   0
 1987 27 TOT      6    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL   6    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 28 TOT      8   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .063  .063  .063  -64    1   1   0   0   0   2
         PIT NL   8   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .063  .063  .063  -64    1   1   0   0   0   2
 1991 31 PHI NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     186  251   13   26   1  0   0   15   0  0  16  82  .104  .157  .108  -24   27  32   1   0   0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        219   11   23   1  0   0   13   0  0  14  71  .104  .157  .108  -24   24  28   1   0   0   6
 Career High     42   60    4   10   1  0   0    6   0  0   7  20                          11   9   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 21 STL NL    5    5    0   0.0    94| .000  .266| .000  .332| .000  .381| .000  .713|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1982 22 STL NL   47   45    0   0.0    95| .053  .267| .077  .330| .053  .388| .130  .718| -63  .000  -8.4  -0.9   0%
 1983 23 STL NL   71   57    3   1.4    97| .153  .264| .242  .333| .153  .392| .395  .725|  12  .118  -7.2  -0.7   0%
 1984 24 STL NL   71   67    1   0.4    92| .068  .261| .097  .326| .068  .379| .165  .705| -52  .013 -12.0  -1.3   0%
 1985 25 SFG NL   71   55    3   1.5    91| .167  .254| .242  .321| .183  .379| .425  .700|  24  .127  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1986 26 TOT      12   12    0   0.0    96| .000  .259| .000  .329| .000  .391| .000  .720|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
         SDP NL   12   12    0   0.0    96| .000  .259| .000  .329| .000  .391| .000  .720|-100  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1987 27 TOT       4    4    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .000  .341| .000  .423| .000  .764|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         STL NL    4    4    0   0.0   108| .000  .272| .000  .341| .000  .423| .000  .764|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1988 28 TOT      17   18    0   0.0    88| .063  .254| .063  .317| .063  .373| .126  .690| -64  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
         PIT NL   17   18    0   0.0    88| .063  .254| .063  .317| .063  .373| .126  .690| -64  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1991 31 PHI NL    2    2    0   0.0    93| .000  .256| .000  .324| .000  .384| .000  .708|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      300  265    7   0.7    94| .104  .261| .157  .327| .108  .384| .265  .711| -24  .037 -42.1  -4.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 20 MIL AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.76 0.00 1.86 3 15.0 1981 21 STL NL P 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 0.67 2.52 1.93 2 10.7 1982 22 STL NL P 42 2 13 1 0 .938 .949 0.36 0.70 0.88 1.96 21 152.7 1983 23 STL NL P 37 11 24 0 1 1.000 .951 0.95 0.68 1.65 1.92 29 191.3 1984 24 STL NL P 33 2 23 1 4 .962 .954 0.76 0.67 1.17 1.88 33 193.0 1985 25 SFG NL P 31 8 23 1 1 .969 .954 1.00 0.68 1.35 1.92 31 206.7 1986 26 TOT P 40 5 16 1 2 .955 .959 0.53 0.67 1.47 1.88 12 129.0 DET AL P 16 2 8 0 1 1.000 .962 0.62 0.68 1.33 1.83 8 67.7 SDP NL P 24 3 8 1 1 .917 .957 0.46 0.66 1.62 1.94 4 61.3 1987 27 TOT P 20 2 26 1 0 .966 .956 1.40 0.66 2.55 1.85 14 98.7 STL NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.62 1.69 1.91 2 16.0 CHW AL P 14 2 23 1 0 .962 .954 1.79 0.67 2.72 1.84 12 82.7 1988 28 TOT P 33 7 24 1 1 .969 .960 0.94 0.68 1.31 1.82 33 213.3 CHW AL P 25 2 16 1 1 .947 .963 0.72 0.67 1.00 1.78 25 161.3 PIT NL P 8 5 8 0 0 1.000 .956 1.62 0.69 2.25 1.96 8 52.0 1989 29 NYY AL P 20 2 10 0 1 1.000 .960 0.60 0.66 0.95 1.87 20 113.7 1990 30 NYY AL P 28 6 23 2 3 .935 .954 1.04 0.59 1.66 1.78 27 157.7 1991 31 PHI NL P 2 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 0.60 3.60 1.80 2 5.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1980 20 MIL AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.76 0.00 1.86 3 15.0 1981 21 STL NL P 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 0.67 2.52 1.93 2 10.7 1982 22 STL NL P 42 2 13 1 0 .938 .949 0.36 0.70 0.88 1.96 21 152.7 1983 23 STL NL P 37 11 24 0 1 1.000 .951 0.95 0.68 1.65 1.92 29 191.3 1984 24 STL NL P 33 2 23 1 4 .962 .954 0.76 0.67 1.17 1.88 33 193.0 1985 25 SFG NL P 31 8 23 1 1 .969 .954 1.00 0.68 1.35 1.92 31 206.7 1986 26 TOT P 40 5 16 1 2 .955 .959 0.53 0.67 1.47 1.88 12 129.0 DET AL P 16 2 8 0 1 1.000 .962 0.62 0.68 1.33 1.83 8 67.7 SDP NL P 24 3 8 1 1 .917 .957 0.46 0.66 1.62 1.94 4 61.3 1987 27 TOT P 20 2 26 1 0 .966 .956 1.40 0.66 2.55 1.85 14 98.7 STL NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.62 1.69 1.91 2 16.0 CHW AL P 14 2 23 1 0 .962 .954 1.79 0.67 2.72 1.84 12 82.7 1988 28 TOT P 33 7 24 1 1 .969 .960 0.94 0.68 1.31 1.82 33 213.3 CHW AL P 25 2 16 1 1 .947 .963 0.72 0.67 1.00 1.78 25 161.3 PIT NL P 8 5 8 0 0 1.000 .956 1.62 0.69 2.25 1.96 8 52.0 1989 29 NYY AL P 20 2 10 0 1 1.000 .960 0.60 0.66 0.95 1.87 20 113.7 1990 30 NYY AL P 28 6 23 2 3 .935 .954 1.04 0.59 1.66 1.78 27 157.7 1991 31 PHI NL P 2 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 1.00 0.60 3.60 1.80 2 5.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 294 46 186 9 13 .963 .955 0.79 0.67 1.40 1.88 227 1486.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 294 46 186 9 13 .963 .955 0.79 0.67 1.40 1.88 227 1487
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1982   WS    STL MIL     W   2   1   3.24  0  0  0  0   8.1  10   3   2   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   WS    STL MIL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games Started
1984 NL-33-7

Hits Allowed
1985 NL-215-10

Losses
1985 NL-17-2

Wild Pitches
1983 NL-11-4
1984 NL-15-1
1985 NL-10-4

Youngest Player
1980 AL-20-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1467) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with David Green, Sixto Lezcano, and Lary Sorensen to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Vuckovich, Rollie Fingers, and Ted Simmons.

February 1, 1985: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with David Green, Gary Rajsich, and Jose Uribe to the San Francisco Giants for Jack Clark.

October 7, 1985: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Eric King and Matt Nokes to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Juan Berenguer, and Bob Melvin. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

July 9, 1986: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the San Diego Padres for Mark Thurmond.

December 18, 1986: Released by the San Diego Padres.

January 19, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 30, 1987: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for Bryce Hulstrom (minors).

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

August 13, 1988: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Barry Jones.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 3, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

February 17, 1991: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 7, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

April 23, 1991: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 9, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

June 23, 1991: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

June 28, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Detroit Tigers$380,000
1986Detroit Tigers$550,000
1987Chicago White Sox$65,000
1988Chicago White Sox$425,000
1989New York Yankees$825,000
1990New York Yankees$850,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,095,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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