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Dave Stapleton
David Leslie Stapleton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 178 lb.
School South Alabama

MLB Debut May 30, 1980
Final Game October 5, 1986
Born January 16, 1954 in Fairhope, AL (age 70)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 26 BOA AL   47  209   23   59  14   3   6   27   0   0    6   17  .282  .301  .464  .765   106    97   2   1   3   0   4  
         SLN NL   73  252   21   76  10   6   2   32   0   0    6   19  .302  .317  .413  .729   102   104   1   1   2   0  10  
         TOT     120  461   44  135  24   9   8   59   0   0   12   36  .293  .309  .436  .745         201   3   2   5   0  14 
 1981 27 SLN NL  148  533   68  150  31   1  14   72   0   0   52   41  .281  .343  .422  .766   110   225   0   7   2   2  13  
 1982 28 SLN NL  143  536   66  154  24   1  13   88   2   5   27   58  .287  .319  .409  .728   103   219   1   4   1   0  13  
 1983 29 SLN NL   64  153   12   42  13   1   0    9   0   0    9   14  .275  .313  .373  .685    98    57   0   1   0   0   3  
 1984 30 SLN NL    4    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .167  .167  .167  .333    49     1   0   0   0   0   1  
 1985           [Did not play]
 1986 32 SLN NL    3    5    0    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .200  .200  .400  .600    80     2   0   0   0   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  6 Seasons      482 1694  190  483  93  12  35  228   2   5  100  151  .285  .323  .416  .739         705   4  14   8   2  44
 Per 600 PA           560   63  160  31   4  12   75   1   2   33   50                                 233   1   5   3   1  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLN      435 1485  167  424  79   9  29  201   2   5   94  134  .286  .326  .409  .736         608   2  13   5   2  40
   With BOA       47  209   23   59  14   3   6   27   0   0    6   17  .282  .301  .464  .765          97   2   1   3   0   4
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      582 2028  238  550 118   8  41  224   6  11  114  162  .271  .310  .398  .707         807  21  19  10   7  68
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1980 26 BOA AL  62   27   4.8   0   0   0  .000   7   59   41  .695    0    0  .000  2B   3e20      -37   
         SLN NL  34   29   4.2  11   3   1  .273  11   33   14  .424    0    0  .000  3B   4e37      -72   
         TOT                    11   3   1  .273  18   92   55  .598    0    0  .000
 1981 27 SLN NL  29   77   5.2   3   1   1  .333  11   43   22  .512    0    0  .000  1B   4e14       18   
 1982 28 SLN NL  28   65   4.4   4   2   0  .500  19   59   25  .424    0    0  .000  1B   2e14       25   
 1983 29 SLN NL  33   17   4.1  13   2   0  .154   2   13   11  .846    0    0  .000  1B   2e10       25   
 1984 30 SLN NL  83    0    .0   2   1   0  .500   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  UT            -234   
 1985           [Did not play]
 1986 32 SLN NL   0    0   2.7   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  UT             275   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  6 Seasons          218   4.6  33   9   2  .273  50  208  114  .548    0    0  .000                   1   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1980 26 BOA AL  2B    46   133   140    7   36   .975    46   408.0   6.02
                 3B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
         SLN NL  3B    46    43    54   10    7   .907    44   382.0   2.29
                 1B    11   109     5    0    5  1.000    11    97.2  10.51
                 2B     8    18    20    1    6   .974     4    45.1   7.54
 1981 27 SLN NL  1B   126  1120    72    9  105   .993   123  1056.0  10.16
                 3B    14    16    19    1    2   .972    12   108.2   2.90
                 SS     9    15    20    1    1   .972     9    63.0   5.00
 1982 28 SLN NL  1B   115  1021    91   14   94   .988   108   972.1  10.29
                 3B    24    22    38    5    3   .923    23   202.0   2.67
                 SS     4     2     1    0    1  1.000     0     6.0   4.50
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1983 29 SLN NL  1B    48   280    31    1   34   .997    32   300.0   9.33
                 2B     5    15     2    1    0   .944     2    21.0   7.29
 1984 30 SLN NL  1B     1     5     2    0    1  1.000     1     8.0   7.88
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1985           [Did not play]
 1986 32 SLN NL  3B     1     0     3    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   3.38
                 1B     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 1B   303  2537   201   24  239   .991   275  2436.0  10.12
                 3B    87    82   114   16   12   .925    80   703.2   2.51
                 2B    60   166   162    9   42   .973    52   476.1   6.20
                 SS    13    17    21    1    2   .974     9    69.0   4.96
                 LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1980  BOA   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1980  SLN   88-74   Rob Tomlinson
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 1982  SLN   86-76   Rob Tomlinson, Mike Rescigno
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