El Tappe

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: May 21, 1927 in Quincy, IL us

Died: October 10, 1998 in Quincy, IL

Buried: Quincy Memorial Park, Quincy, IL

High School: Quincy HS (Quincy, IL)

School: Quincy University (Quincy, IL)

Debut: April 24, 1954 (Age 26-338d, 11,130th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 17, 1962 (Age 35-057d)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Elvin Walter Tappe

Pronunciation: \TAPP-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

304

.207

RBI

OBP

.282

SLG

.240

OPS

.522

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6		4	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
2	8	Apr 25 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	10 (1)	Apr 30	CHC		NYG	L,2-4	GS	43	12.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11	May 1	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	12	May 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
6	14 (1)	May 5	CHC		BRO	L,0-7	GS	39	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	15	May 6	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	GS	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	16	May 7	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
9	17	May 8	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
10	18	May 9	CHC	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	19	May 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	49	9.1	5	0	1	6	0	C
12	20	May 12	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	21	May 13	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
14	22	May 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	33 (10)	May 23 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,3-9	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	41 (7)	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	48 (6)	Jun 9 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	51 (2)	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	52	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	53	Jun 13 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,3-9	CG	51	11.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
21	58 (4)	Jun 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-6	GF	23	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
22	59	Jun 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	60	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
24	61	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
25	62	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	63	Jun 25	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	70 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	W,4-2	GF	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
28	72 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	46	9.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	74 (1)	Jul 6	CHC		MLN	L,3-14	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	75	Jul 7	CHC		MLN	L,0-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
31	76	Jul 8	CHC		MLN	W,9-8	GF	24	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	77	Jul 9	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	18	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	84 (6)	Jul 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-6	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	85	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,6-12	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
35	86	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	87	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	88	Jul 21	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	89	Jul 22	CHC		NYG	W,13-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
39	91 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,3-5	CG	54	13.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
40	94 (2)	Jul 25 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	96 (1)	Jul 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS	26	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	97	Jul 29	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	98	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS	0	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
44	100 (1)	Jul 31	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	104 (3)	Aug 4	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
46	109 (4)	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							46gm		332.0	185	22	3	210	2