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Dave Stapleton

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 178lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: January 16, 1954 in Fairhope, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL).

High School: Robertsdale HS (Robertsdale, AL)

Schools: Faulkner State College (Bay Minette, AL), University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)

Debut: May 30, 1980 (Age 26-135d, 14,309th in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 32-262d)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Steve Freyer

Full Name: David Leslie Stapleton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

2028

550

.271

238

RBI

224

OBP

.310

SLG

.398

OPS

.707

OPS+

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

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1982 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
2	2	Apr 10 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
3	3	Apr 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
4	4	Apr 12	BOS		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
5	5	Apr 14	BOS		CHW	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
6	6	Apr 15	BOS		CHW	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
7	7	Apr 16	BOS		TOR	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
8	8	Apr 17	BOS		TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
9	9	Apr 18	BOS		TOR	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
10	10	Apr 19	BOS		TOR	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
11	11	Apr 20	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
12	12	Apr 21	BOS		BAL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	1B
13	13	Apr 23	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
14	14	Apr 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
15	15	Apr 25	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	54	12.0	10	0	1	11	0	1B
16	16	Apr 26 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
17	17	Apr 26 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
18	18	Apr 27	BOS		KCR	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
19	19	Apr 28	BOS		KCR	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
20	20	Apr 30	BOS		TEX	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	BOS		TEX	W,6-5	CG	56	12.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
22	22	May 2	BOS		TEX	W,6-0	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
23	23	May 3	BOS		MIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
24	24	May 4	BOS		MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
25	25	May 5	BOS		MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
26	26	May 6	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
27	27	May 7	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	28	May 8	BOS	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
29	29	May 9	BOS	@	TEX	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
30	30	May 10	BOS	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
31	31	May 11	BOS	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
32	32	May 12	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
33	33	May 13	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
34	34	May 15	BOS	@	KCR	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
35	35	May 16	BOS	@	KCR	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
36	36	May 18	BOS		SEA	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
37	37	May 19	BOS		SEA	W,6-5	GS	53	12.0	7	4	0	11	1	1B 2B
38	38	May 20	BOS		SEA	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
39	39	May 21	BOS		OAK	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
40	40	May 22	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
41	41	May 23	BOS		OAK	W,6-0	CG	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
42	42	May 25	BOS		CAL	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
43	43	May 27	BOS	@	SEA	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
44	44	May 28	BOS	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
45	45	May 29	BOS	@	SEA	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
46	46	May 30	BOS	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.2	8	1	0	9	1	1B
47	47	May 31	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	48	Jun 1	BOS	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
49	49	Jun 2	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
50	50	Jun 4	BOS	@	CAL	W,11-4	CG	44	11.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
51	51	Jun 5	BOS	@	CAL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
52	52	Jun 6	BOS	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
53	53	Jun 8	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
54	54	Jun 9	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
55	55	Jun 10	BOS		NYY	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
56	56	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	17	1	0	18	3	1B
57	57	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
58	58	Jun 14	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	10	2	1	13	2	1B
59	59	Jun 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
60	60	Jun 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
61	61	Jun 17	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
62	62	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
63	63	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
64	64	Jun 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	62	13.1	15	3	0	18	2	1B
65	65	Jun 21	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
66	66	Jun 22	BOS		DET	W,5-4	GS	47	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B 2B
67	67	Jun 23	BOS		DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
68	68	Jun 25	BOS		MIL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
69	69	Jun 26	BOS		MIL	L,10-11	CG	48	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
70	70	Jun 27	BOS		MIL	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
71	71	Jun 28	BOS		MIL	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
72	72	Jun 29	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	11	2	1	14	1	1B
73	73	Jun 30	BOS	@	DET	L,3-12	GS	25	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	74	Jul 1	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	2B
75	75	Jul 2	BOS	@	MIL	L,5-14	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
76	76	Jul 3	BOS	@	MIL	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
77	77	Jul 4	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
78	78	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	48	11.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
79	79	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	5	1	9	0	2B
80	80	Jul 6	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
81	81	Jul 7	BOS	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
82	82	Jul 8	BOS	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
83	83	Jul 9	BOS		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
84	84	Jul 10	BOS		MIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
85	85	Jul 11	BOS		MIN	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
86	86	Jul 15	BOS		KCR	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
87	87	Jul 16	BOS		KCR	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
88	88	Jul 17	BOS		KCR	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
89	89	Jul 18	BOS		KCR	L,0-9	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
90	90	Jul 19	BOS		TEX	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
91	91	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		TEX	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
92	92	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		TEX	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
93	93	Jul 23	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-8	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
94	94	Jul 24	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
95	95	Jul 25	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
96	98 (2)	Jul 28	BOS		TOR	W,9-7	GF	14	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
97	100 (1)	Jul 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	102 (1)	Aug 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
99	104 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
100	105	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
101	106	Aug 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
102	107	Aug 6	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
103	108	Aug 7	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
104	109	Aug 8	BOS		CHW	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
105	113 (3)	Aug 13	BOS		BAL	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
106	114	Aug 14	BOS		BAL	L,2-5	CG	47	10.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
107	115	Aug 15	BOS		BAL	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
108	116	Aug 16	BOS		BAL	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
109	117	Aug 17	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-10	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
110	118	Aug 18	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
111	119	Aug 19	BOS	@	CAL	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
112	120	Aug 20	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS	38	8.1	6	1	0	7	2	1B LF
113	121	Aug 21	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-12	CG	42	8.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
114	122	Aug 22	BOS	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
115	123	Aug 23	BOS	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
116	124	Aug 24	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS	53	12.0	9	5	0	14	0	1B 2B
117	125	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		CAL	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
118	126	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		CAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
119	127	Aug 27	BOS		CAL	L,6-7	GS	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B SS
120	128	Aug 28	BOS		CAL	W,7-6	GS	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
121	129	Aug 29	BOS		CAL	W,9-3	GS	29	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
122	130	Aug 30	BOS		OAK	W,9-7	GS	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	0	SS
123	131	Aug 31	BOS		OAK	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	132	Sep 1	BOS		OAK	W,7-4	GS	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
125	133	Sep 3	BOS		SEA	W,10-8	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
126	134	Sep 4	BOS		SEA	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
127	135	Sep 5	BOS		SEA	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
128	136	Sep 6	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-3	GS	27	6.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
129	137	Sep 7	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
130	138	Sep 8	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
131	139	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
132	140	Sep 11	BOS		DET	W,13-3	GS	23	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
133	141	Sep 12	BOS		DET	W,10-7	GS	31	7.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
134	142	Sep 13 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
135	143	Sep 13 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
136	148 (4)	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,6-2	GS	26	6.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
137	149	Sep 19	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
138	150	Sep 20	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
139	152 (1)	Sep 22	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
140	153	Sep 24	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
141	154	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
142	155	Sep 26	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
143	157 (1)	Sep 28	BOS		MIL	L,3-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
144	160 (2)	Oct 1	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
							148gm		1225.2	1032	179	13	1224	116