Paul LaPalme Notable

b. December 14, 1923 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1951–1954, St. Louis Cardinals 1955–1956, Cincinnati Redlegs 1956, Chicago White Sox 1956–1957

Paul LaPalme played for four clubs across seven seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1951 and closing with the Chicago White Sox in 1957.

He went 24 and 45 with a 4.42 earned run average, pitching 616.3 innings in 253 games. He struck out 277 and threw 2 shutouts. Across 254 games he batted .136, with 20 hits and 13 runs. He finished with 4 doubles.

He was born in Springfield, MA, USA on December 14, 1923, and died on February 7, 2010. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1951	PIT	22	10	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	.100
1952	PIT	31	10	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	.100
1953	PIT	35	59	6	5	0	0	1	1	13	.085
1954	PIT	33	35	2	5	1	1	1	0	6	.143
1955	STL	56	19	1	4	1	0	2	1	1	.211
1956	CHW/CIN/STL	41	10	1	2	1	0	1	0	4	.200
1957	CHW	36	4	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	.500
Career	—	254	147	13	20	4	1	6	5	29	.136

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1951	PIT	1	5	22	8	0	54.1	79	38	31	24	6.29
1952	PIT	1	2	31	2	0	59.2	56	26	37	25	3.92
1953	PIT	8	16	35	24	2	176.1	191	90	64	86	4.59
1954	PIT	4	10	33	15	0	120.2	147	74	54	57	5.52
1955	STL	4	3	56	0	3	91.2	76	28	34	39	2.75
1956	CHW/CIN/STL	5	5	41	2	2	73.1	61	32	33	27	3.93
1957	CHW	1	4	35	0	7	40.1	35	15	19	19	3.35
Career	—	24	45	253	51	14	616.1	645	303	272	277	4.42

On this day & linked events

1923

Born December 14, 1923

Springfield, MA, USA

2010

Died February 7, 2010

Image: Bowman Gum, public domain