Stan Papi

Stan Papi

Stan Gerard Papi (born February 4, 1951 in Fresno, California) was a major league baseball player best remembered for being traded by the Montreal Expos to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Lee during the 1978-79 off-season.

Papi was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft but was traded to St. Louis and then Montreal, where he played part of 1977 and 1978 with the Expos.

The Red Sox had a Gold Glove-caliber shortstop in Rick Burleson, and the trade for a light-hitting utility shortstop (Papi) for a left-handed pitcher of some quality was denounced by fans and even questioned by Red Sox team captain Carl Yastrzemski, the future Hall of Famer. Fact|date=February 2007 Shortly after the Bill Lee for Stan Papi trade was announced, "Who the hell is Stan Papi?" was painted on the exterior wall of the Green Monster at Fenway Park. Although Fenway Park staff painted over the graffiti many times, the sentence continued to re-appear until Bill Lee retired in 1982.

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 traded 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.

ee also

* Montreal Expos all-time roster

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/papist01.shtml Baseball Reference]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • St. Louis Cardinals all-time roster — The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the St. Louis Cardinals franchise, including the St. Louis Perfectos (1899) and the St. Louis Brown Stockings/Browns (1882 1898). NOTOC A *Ody Abbott …   Wikipedia

  • Bullard High School (Fresno, California) — Infobox School name = Bullard High School imagesize = caption =Law, Justice, and Public Service Magnet location = 5445 N. Palm Avenue Fresno California 93704 district = Fresno Unified School District country = USA coordinates = schoolnumber =… …   Wikipedia

  • Washington Nationals all-time roster — The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Washington Nationals National League franchise (2005–present), also known previously as the Montreal Expos (1969–2004). Players in Bold are… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste des joueurs des Expos de Montréal — Ceci est la liste des joueurs de baseball ayant disputé au moins un match avec les Expos de Montréal, de leur première saison dans les Ligues majeures en 1969 à leur dernière saison à Montréal en 2004. Cette liste n inclut pas les joueurs ayant… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 1951 in baseball — Year in baseball this year = 1951 Headline Event of the YearBaseball s Shot Heard Round the World gives the New York Giants the National League Pennant in the third game of a best of three games tiebreaker series over the Brooklyn… …   Wikipedia

  • February 4 — Events* 211 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta. *960 The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China… …   Wikipedia

  • Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher) — Infobox MLB retired bgcolor1=#0d2b56 bgcolor2=#ba313c textcolor1=white textcolor2=white name=Bill Lee position=Pitcher number=37 bats=Left throws=Left birthdate=birth date and age|1946|12|28 debutdate=June 25 debutyear=by|1969 debutteam=Boston… …   Wikipedia

  • Randy Asadoor — Infobox MLB retired bgcolor1=darkblue bgcolor2=maroon textcolor1=white textcolor2=white name=Randy Asadoor position=Third base bats=Right throws=Right birthdate=birth date and age|1962|10|20| debutdate=September 14 debutyear=by|1986 debutteam=San …   Wikipedia

  • Detroit Tigers all-time roster — This is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Detroit Tigers, with their main position and years played. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had… …   Wikipedia

  • 1979 Montreal Expos season — MLB yearly infobox name = Montreal Expos season = 1979 misc = current league = National League y1 = 1969 division = Eastern Division y2 = 1969 Uniform logo = ballpark = Olympic Stadium y4 = 1979 city = Montreal y5 = 1969 owners = Charles Bronfman …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”