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Ted Tappe
Theodore Nash Tappe
Born: Feb. 2, 1931 in Seattle, Wash.
Died: Feb. 13, 2004 in Wenatchee, Wash.
Debut: 1950 | Pos: OF
H: 6'3" | W: 185 | B: L | T: R
| YR | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BA |
| 3 | 34 | 58 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 0 | .259 |
>> Visit the Ted Tappe biography on Baseball Almanac for complete statistics.
Ted Tappe, who hit a home run in his first at-bat in the Major Leagues, died on Feb. 13, 2004 in Wenatchee, Wash. He was 73.
Tappe debuted with Cincinnati on Sept. 14, 1950 as a pinch-hitter and hit a home run off Brooklyn's Erv Palica. He hit a total of five home runs in his career that spanned 58 at-bats in 34 games.
In October 1954, Cincinnati traded Tappe, along with Jim Bolger and Harry Perkowski to the Cubs for Johnny Klippstein and Jim Willis.