Dave LaPoint
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Born: July 29, 1959 Glens Falls, New York |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 10, 1980, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
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| April 20, 1991, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 80–86 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.02 | ||
| Strikeouts | 802 | ||
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David Jeffrey LaPoint (born July 29, 1959) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the manager of the Rockland Boulders, an American professional baseball team based in Pomona, New York and member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball known as the Can-Am League.
LaPoint was born in Glens Falls, New York and attended Glens Falls High School in Glens Falls, New York where he was a star baseball player alongside future fellow Major League Baseball player David Palmer. He graduated in 1977.
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 10th round (237th overall) of the 1977 MLB amateur entry draft, LaPoint would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Milwaukee Brewers on September 10, 1980.
On December 12, 1980, LaPoint was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals with Lary Sorensen, David Green, and Sixto Lezcano for Ted Simmons, Rollie Fingers, and Pete Vukovich. He pitched in St. Louis until 1984, beginning as a long relief pitcher but eventually developing into a starting pitcher. LaPoint was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals team that defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1982 World Series. He also finished eighth in the voting for the 1982 National League Rookie of the Year award.
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