Born:(1927-05-21)May 21, 1927 Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Died: October 10, 1998(1998-10-10) (aged 71) Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 24, 1954, for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
July 17, 1962, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average
.207
Home runs
0
Runs batted in
17
Teams
As player
Chicago Cubs (1954–1956, 1958, 1960, 1962)
As coach
Chicago Cubs (1959–1965)
Elvin Walter Tappe (May 21, 1927 – October 10, 1998) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher for the Chicago Cubs between 1954 and 1962, who was best known as a member of Philip K. Wrigley's College of Coaches during the 1961 and 1962 seasons.
Elvin Walter Tappe (May 21, 1927 – October 10, 1998) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher for the Chicago Cubs between 1954 and 1962...
into the role: Vedie Himsl, Harry Craft, ElTappe and Lou Klein. The next year, under the guidance of Tappe, Klein and Charlie Metro, the Cubs lost a...
and coach ElTappe for his input on a successor to Lou Boudreau, who had managed the Cubs from May 5 through the end of the campaign. Tappe said years...
during the season. In 1962, Klein was named head coach again, replacing ElTappe and managing 30 games between May 1 and June 3 (posting a 12–18 record)...
other coaches will rotate as the Cubs' de facto manager in 1961—Himsl and ElTappe each will have three stints in the post—and the team will finish seventh...
a fall. Berta Rahm, 88, Swiss architect, writer and feminist activist. ElTappe, 71, American baseball player and coach, cancer. Richard Denning, 84, American...
Owners Philip K. Wrigley General managers John Holland Managers Lou Klein, ElTappe, Charlie Metro Television WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) Radio WGN...
Coast League 81-73 2nd Bob Kennedy 1963 Pacific Coast League 73-85 9th ElTappe 1964 Pacific Coast League 58-98 9th Vedie Himsl 1965 Pacific Coast League...
Strick Shofner, 79, third baseman for the 1947 Boston Red Sox. October 10 – ElTappe, 71, backup catcher who appeared in 145 games for the Chicago Cubs between...
Coaches", a system instituted by owner Philip K. Wrigley after input from ElTappe. Under this system, the Cubs would have no single manager, but instead...
Raimondi was brought back to the active roster to share catching duties with ElTappe and Al Evans. At the end of April, the Angels again deactivated Raimondi...
Level Team League Manager AAA Salt Lake City Bees Pacific Coast League ElTappe AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Joe Macko A St. Cloud Rox Northern League...
Boudreau (1960) College of Coaches Vedie Himsl (1961) Harry Craft (1961) ElTappe (1961–1962) Lou Klein (1961–1962, 1965) Charlie Metro (1962) Bob Kennedy...
Batman. May 1 – In Year 2 of the Chicago Cubs' "College of Coaches" era, ElTappe, who served as the Cubs' rotating "head coach" (or de facto manager) for...
– Jim McDonald May 18 – Esther Lyman May 19 – Bill Antonello May 21 – ElTappe May 24 – Milt Jordan May 26 – Dutch Romberger May 26 – Elizabeth Wicken...
Cubs to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Jim Bolger, Harry Perkowski and Ted Tappe. November 16, 1954: Ralph Kiner was sent by the Cubs to the Cleveland Indians...
Walls 4 Billy Williams Other batters 22,42 Lou Jackson Manager 25 Bob Scheffing Coaches 33 Fred Fitzsimmons 35 Rogers Hornsby 34 George Myatt 10 ElTappe...
base, Casey Wise at shortstop, Jim Bolger and Bob Speake in the outfield, ElTappe at catcher, Dave Hillman as a pitcher, and Piper Davis as the utility infielder...
June 2023. JuventusNews24, Redazione (5 January 2023). "Huijsen brucia le tappe alla Juve: arriva la promozione". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved...
economic growth revised up; gap between GDP and GDI narrows sharply". Reuters. Tappe, Anneken (January 27, 2022). "The US economy grew at the fastest rate in...
Athletics manager 1957–1959 Succeeded by Bob Elliott Preceded by Vedie Himsl ElTappe Chicago Cubs head coach April 26–May 10, 1961 June 2–4, 1961 Succeeded by...
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