Dave LaPoint

Full Name: David Jeffrey LaPoint	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/205	First Game: September 10, 1980
Birthdate: July 29, 1959	Final Game: April 20, 1991
Birthplace: Glens Falls, New York	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on July 29, 1959 in Glens Falls, New York, Dave LaPoint (David Jeffrey LaPoint) played for the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 12 year career. LaPoint broke into the bigs on September 10, 1980 with the Milwaukee Brewers, and put up a 3.42 ERA in 152.2 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Dave LaPoint's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1988, when he posted a 3.25 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 98 batters. However, others believe that it was 1984, when he posted a 3.96 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 130 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1980	MIL	A	5	3	1	0	6.00	5	14	10	0	0	1	15	17	2	13	1	0	0
1981	STL	N	3	2	1	0	4.22	4	5	5	0	0	0	10.2	12	1	2	0	0	1
1982	STL	N	42	21	9	3	3.42	81	63	58	0	0	0	152.2	170	8	52	8	4	3
1983	STL	N	37	29	12	9	3.95	113	92	84	1	0	0	191.1	191	12	84	7	11	4
1984	STL	N	33	33	12	10	3.96	130	94	85	2	1	0	193	205	9	77	8	15	1
1985	SF	N	31	31	7	17	3.57	122	99	82	2	1	0	206.2	215	18	74	6	10	0
1986	SD	N	24	4	1	4	4.26	41	37	29	0	0	0	61.1	67	8	24	4	1	1
1986	DET	A	16	8	3	6	5.72	36	49	43	0	0	0	67.2	85	11	32	3	2	0
1986	Total		40	12	4	10	5.02	77	86	72	0	0	0	129	152	19	56	7	3	1
1987	STL	N	6	2	1	1	6.75	8	12	12	0	0	0	16	26	4	5	0	1	0
1987	CHI	A	14	12	6	3	2.94	43	29	27	2	1	0	82.2	69	7	31	0	3	1
1987	Total		20	14	7	4	3.56	51	41	39	2	1	0	98.2	95	11	36	0	4	1
1988	PIT	N	8	8	4	2	2.77	19	18	16	1	0	0	52	54	4	10	2	0	0
1988	CHI	A	25	25	10	11	3.40	79	69	61	1	1	0	161.1	151	10	47	1	1	2
1988	Total		33	33	14	13	3.25	98	87	77	2	1	0	213.1	205	14	57	3	1	2
1989	NY	A	20	20	6	9	5.62	51	73	71	0	0	0	113.2	146	12	45	4	1	2
1990	NY	A	28	27	7	10	4.11	67	84	72	2	0	0	157.2	180	11	57	3	4	1
1991	PHI	N	2	2	0	1	16.20	3	10	9	0	0	0	5	10	0	6	0	0	1
Total	NL		186	132	47	47	3.85	521	430	380	6	2	0	888.2	950	64	334	35	42	11
Total	AL		108	95	33	39	4.27	281	318	284	5	2	1	598	648	53	225	12	11	6
Total			294	227	80	86	4.02	802	748	664	11	4	1	1486.2	1598	117	559	47	53	17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1980	MIL	A	P	5	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000
1981	STL	N	P	3	2	10.2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1982	STL	N	P	42	21	152.2	2	13	1	0	4	20	5	2	.938
1983	STL	N	P	37	29	191.1	11	24	0	1	2	9	8	2	1.000
1984	STL	N	P	33	33	193	2	23	1	4	1	19	10	0	.962
1985	SF	N	P	31	31	206.2	8	23	1	1	2	21	9	0	.969
1986	SD	N	P	24	4	61.1	3	8	1	1	0	1	1	0	.917
1986	DET	A	P	16	8	67.2	2	8	0	1	0	5	4	0	1.000
1986	Total		P	40	12	129	5	16	1	2	0	6	5	0	.955
1987	STL	N	P	6	2	16	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1987	CHI	A	P	14	12	82.2	2	23	1	0	0	5	5	1	.962
1987	Total		P	20	14	98.2	2	26	1	0	1	5	5	1	.966
1988	PIT	N	P	8	8	52	5	8	0	0	0	4	2	0	1.000
1988	CHI	A	P	25	25	161.1	2	16	1	1	0	12	3	1	.947
1988	Total		P	33	33	213.1	7	24	1	1	0	16	5	1	.969
1989	NY	A	P	20	20	113.2	2	10	0	1	0	7	4	0	1.000
1990	NY	A	P	28	27	157.2	6	23	2	3	1	10	9	4	.935
1991	PHI	N	P	2	2	5	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	.667
Total			P	294	227	1486.2	46	186	9	13	11	121	60	10	.963

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1980	MIL	A	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1981	STL	N	3	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1982	STL	N	42	38	2	2	1	.053	.077	.053	0	1	18	8	1
1983	STL	N	37	59	4	9	5	.153	.242	.153	0	7	20	5	2
1984	STL	N	33	59	3	4	3	.068	.097	.068	0	2	19	9	2
1985	SF	N	31	60	4	10	6	.167	.242	.183	1	6	11	5	0
1986	SD	N	24	8	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	4	0
1986	DET	A	16	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1986	Total		40	8	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	4	0
1987	STL	N	6	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1987	CHI	A	14	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1987	Total		20	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	0	0
1988	PIT	N	8	16	0	1	0	.063	.063	.063	0	0	6	1	2
1988	CHI	A	25	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1988	Total		33	16	0	1	0	.063	.063	.063	0	0	6	1	2
1989	NY	A	20	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1990	NY	A	28	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1991	PHI	N	2	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0
Total	NL		186	251	13	26	15	.104	.157	.108	1	16	82	32	7
Total	AL		108	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total			294	251	13	26	15	.104	.157	.108	1	16	82	32	7

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Sixto Lezcano, David Green and Lary Sorensen to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Pete Vuckovich, Rollie Fingers and Ted Simmons (December 12, 1980).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with David Green, Gary Rajsich and Jose Uribe to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Jack Clark (February 1, 1985).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Eric King and Matt Nokes to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Juan Berenguer, Bob Melvin and a player to be named later (October 7, 1985); San Francisco Giants received Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985).
Traded by Detroit Tigers to San Diego Padres in exchange for Mark Thurmond (July 9, 1986).
Released by San Diego Padres (December 18, 1986).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (January 19, 1987).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bryce Hulstrom (July 30, 1987).
Granted free agency (November 9, 1987).
Signed by Chicago White Sox (February 9, 1988).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Barry Jones (August 13, 1988).
Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
Signed by New York Yankees (December 3, 1988).
Released by New York Yankees (February 17, 1991).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (April 7, 1991).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (April 23, 1991).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (May 9, 1991).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (June 23, 1991).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (June 28, 1991).
Granted free agency (October 15, 1991).

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