Al Papai
1948–1955 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
89G
.097AVG
.211OBP
.097SLG
More career statistics
6H
0HR
1RBI
0SB
9–14W–L
239.2IP
70K
5.37ERA
18GS
4SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 73 | 72 |
| Batting · Walks | 9 | 8 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,121 | 1,125 |
| Pitching · p er | 143 | 144 |
| Pitching · p k | 70 | 71 |
| Pitching · p r | 171 | 170 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 73 | 62 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .097 | .211 | .097 | .308 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239.7 | 88 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 281 | 171 | 143 | 17 | 138 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 5.37 | 1.748 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1950-05-25 to 1950-06-29
4longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1949-09-19 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1949-07-23 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 16 | 9 |
| 1949 |  St. Louis Browns | 42 | 38 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .079 | 142 | 31 |
| 1950 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals | 29 | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | .150 | 69 | 26 |
| 1955 |  Chicago White Sox | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 5 |