Stan Papi
Stan Papi | |
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Infielder | |
Born: Fresno, California, U.S. | February 4, 1951|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 11, 1974, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 1, 1981, for the Detroit Tigers | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .218 |
Home runs | 7 |
Runs batted in | 51 |
Teams | |
Stanley Gerard Papi (born February 4, 1951) is a former major league baseball player perhaps most remembered for being traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Lee during the 1978-79 off-season.
Career
Papi was born in
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In Montreal, Lee went on to win 16 games in 1979 while Papi proved a bust in Boston. Lee was instrumental to the Expos achieving their first winning record (95–65) under manager Dick Williams, Lee's first manager. With a 16–10 won loss record, 3.04 earned run average and three shutouts, Lee proved very valuable to Montreal. Papi appeared in 50 games and hit .188 with one home run and six runs batted in 117 at bats. After appearing in one game in 1980, he was sent to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete an earlier trade for catcher Dave Rader. He was sent to the Phillies' minor league affiliate in Oklahoma City, and never appeared with the major league club. Just over two weeks later, he was sold to the Detroit Tigers, where he ended his career in 1981.
In his six major league seasons, Papi hit .218 with 7 home runs and 51 RBIs in 225 games.
Sources
- ^ ISBN 978-1-60-239349-3
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet