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Al Papai

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Full Name: Alfred Thomas Papai Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/185 First Game: April 24, 1948
Birthdate: May 7, 1917 Final Game: September 16, 1955
Birthplace: Divernon, Illinois MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: September 7, 1995
Deathplace: Springfield, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on May 7, 1917 in Divernon, Illinois, Al Papai (Alfred Thomas Papai) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 4 year career. Papai broke into the bigs on April 24, 1948 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 5.06 ERA in 142.1 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.

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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
1948 STL N 10 0 0 1 5.06 8 10 9 0 0 0 16 14 3 7 0 1 0
1949 STL A 42 15 4 11 5.06 31 103 80 6 0 2 142.1 175 8 81 0 4 1
1950 STL N 13 0 1 0 5.21 7 12 11 0 0 0 19 21 0 14 0 0 0
1950 BOS A 16 3 4 2 6.75 19 41 38 2 0 2 50.2 61 5 28 0 0 0
1950 Total 29 3 5 2 6.33 26 53 49 2 0 2 69.2 82 5 42 0 0 0
1955 CHI A 7 0 0 0 3.86 5 5 5 0 0 0 11.2 10 1 8 2 0 0
Total NL 23 0 1 1 5.14 15 22 20 0 0 0 35 35 3 21 0 1 0
Total AL 65 18 8 13 5.41 55 149 123 8 0 4 204.2 246 14 117 2 4 1
Total 88 18 9 14 5.37 70 171 143 8 0 4 239.2 281 17 138 2 5 1

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1948 STL N P 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1949 STL A P 42 0 0 13 39 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1950 STL N P 13 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 BOS A P 16 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1950 Total P 29 0 0 2 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1955 CHI A P 7 0 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
Total P 88 0 0 18 61 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 .963

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1948 STL N 11 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1949 STL A 42 38 6 3 0 1 .079 .205 .079 0 0 6 20 0 1 0 0 0
1950 STL N 13 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BOS A 16 17 3 3 0 0 .176 .300 .176 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
1950 Total 29 20 3 3 0 0 .150 .261 .150 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
1955 CHI A 7 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 24 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Total AL 65 57 9 6 0 1 .105 .227 .105 0 0 9 24 0 2 0 0 0
Total 89 62 9 6 0 1 .097 .211 .097 0 0 9 26 0 2 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1940).
  • Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Browns from St. Louis Cardinals (May 4, 1949).
  • Claimed on waivers by Boston Red Sox from St. Louis Browns (December 1, 1949).
  • Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Boston Red Sox (July 5, 1950).
  • Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Oklahoma City (Texas) (@May 10, 1954).
  • Sold by Oklahoma City (Texas) to Chicago White Sox (September 1, 1955).

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