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
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).
Schools: Faulkner State College (Bay Minette, AL), University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)
Debut: May 30, 1980
Last Game: October 5, 1986
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season
Agents: Steve Freyer
Full Name: David Leslie Stapleton
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Notable Events and Chronology

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October 4, 1980

Boston collects 22 hits but still loses to visiting Toronto‚ 7-6 in 17 innings

April 12, 1981

Jim Rice hits game winning grand slam

September 4, 1981

In the conclusion of the longest game in Fenway Park history, the Mariners beat the Red Sox, 8 – 7, in 20 innings

August 7, 1982

Jim Rice climbs into the Fenway Park stands from the dugout to assist a young boy who had just been hit in the head by a savage line drive foul off the bat of Dave Stapleton

May 14, 1986

Reggie Jackson passes Mickey Mantle on Homerun List

October 25, 1986

Behind the bag – Game 6 of the 1986 World Series

Biography

With an unusually erect righthanded batting stance in which he rested his bat lazily on his shoulder, Stapleton hit .321 as the Red Sox’ rookie second baseman in 1980. His batting average declined each season thereafter, bottoming out at .128 in 1986, when he was a late-inning defensive replacement for the hobbling Bill Buckner at first base.

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