Paul LaPalme
1951–1957 · bats L / throws L · Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
254G
.136AVG
.175OBP
.177SLG
More career statistics
20H
0HR
6RBI
0SB
24–45W–L
616.1IP
277K
4.42ERA
51GS
14SV
1Rare feat
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 · At bats | 147 | 148 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 165 | 166 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,724 | 2,719 |
| Pitching · p er | 303 | 301 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,849 | 1,847 |
| Pitching · p k | 277 | 279 |
| Pitching · p r | 353 | 352 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 | 165 | 147 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | .136 | .175 | .177 | .352 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 616.3 | 253 | 51 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 14 | 645 | 353 | 303 | 71 | 272 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 4.42 | 1.488 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1955-06-12 to 1955-06-26
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1953-07-06 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 44 | 4 home runs allowed | 1954-07-09 | 1 in 801 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1953-06-08 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 22 | 11 | 1 | – | – | – | .091 | 53 | 27 |
| 1952 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 31 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 59 | 26 |
| 1953 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 35 | 59 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .085 | 176 | 86 |
| 1954 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 35 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .143 | 120 | 56 |
| 1955 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 56 | 19 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .211 | 91 | 38 |
| 1956 | Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals | 41 | 10 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 73 | 27 |
| 1957 |  Chicago White Sox | 36 | 4 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .500 | 40 | 19 |