Dave Stapleton
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 178 lb
BornJanuary 16, 1954 · Fairhope, AL, USA
MLB debutMay 30, 1980
Final gameOctober 5, 1986
Seasons7 (1980–1986)
Boston Red Sox 1980–1986
Percentile snapshot
1983 season — qualified batters
of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 106 | 472 | 449 | 61 | 144 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 2 | .321 | .338 | .463 | .802 | 114.0 | 114.1 | .358 | 2.5 |
| 1981 | 93 | 382 | 355 | 45 | 101 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 4 | .285 | .325 | .423 | .747 | 110.2 | 109.8 | .342 | 1.9 |
| 1982 | 150 | 581 | 538 | 66 | 142 | 28 | 1 | 14 | 65 | 31 | 40 | 2 | 4 | .264 | .305 | .398 | .703 | 84.0 | 87.7 | .311 | 0.1 |
| 1983 | 151 | 598 | 542 | 54 | 134 | 31 | 1 | 10 | 66 | 40 | 44 | 1 | 1 | .247 | .297 | .363 | .661 | 74.2 | 76.5 | .298 | -1.0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .282 | .568 | 47.2 | 55.6 | .255 | -0.2 |
| 1985 | 30 | 71 | 66 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .271 | .318 | .590 | 57.6 | 59.1 | .269 | -0.2 |
| 1986 | 39 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .171 | .154 | .325 | -17.1 | -10.5 | .155 | -0.7 |
Career totals
G
582
PA
2,189
AB
2,028
R
238
H
550
2B
118
3B
8
HR
41
RBI
224
BB
114
SO
162
SB
6
BA
.2712
OBP
.3095
SLG
.3979
OPS
.7074
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-09-29 | BOS @ MIL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 1980-05-31 | MIL @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 1980-09-16 | CLE @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1982-09-03 | SEA @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1980-10-04 | TOR @ BOS Gameday | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.