El Tappe

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Full Name: Elvin Walter Tappe	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180	First Game: April 24, 1954
Birthdate: May 21, 1927	Final Game: July 17, 1962
Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: October 10, 1998
Deathplace: Quincy, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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El Tappe (Elvin Walter Tappe) was born on May 21, 1927 in Quincy, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on April 24, 1954 for the Chicago Cubs. Tappe played for the Chicago Cubs for his entire 6 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1954	CHI	N	46	119	5	22	0	4	.185	.246	.210	3	0	10	9	0	2	0	1	2
1955	CHI	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	CHI	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	CHI	N	17	28	2	6	0	4	.214	.290	.214	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	2
1960	CHI	N	51	103	11	24	0	3	.233	.313	.301	7	0	11	12	1	6	0	1	2
1962	CHI	N	26	53	3	11	0	6	.208	.288	.208	0	0	4	3	2	1	0	0	2
Total			145	304	21	63	0	17	.207	.282	.240	10	0	29	25	3	10	0	4	8

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1954	CHI	N	C	46	34	331	185	22	3	2	0	0	16	9	0	.986
1955	CHI	N	C	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	CHI	N	C	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	CHI	N	C	16	9	85.2	46	4	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	.962
1960	CHI	N	C	49	38	323	215	27	2	4	0	3	24	22	0	.992
1962	CHI	N	C	26	21	169.1	101	13	0	4	0	1	10	5	0	1.000
Total			C	142	102	909	554	67	7	10	0	5	52	37	0	.989

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Selected by Chicago Cubs from New York Yankees in the minor league draft (December 3, 1951).
Released by Chicago Cubs (October 10, 1960).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (1961).

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