# Ted Tappe
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{{Short description|American baseball player (1931–2004)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Ted Tappe
|position=[Rightfielder](/source/Rightfielder)
|image=Ted Tappe 1959.jpg
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1931|2|2}}
|birth_place=[Seattle, Washington](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington), U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2004|2|13|1931|2|2}}
|death_place=[Yakima, Washington](/source/Yakima%2C_Washington), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 14
|debutyear=1950
|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=May 29
|finalyear=1955
|finalteam=Chicago Cubs
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.259
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=5
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=11
|teams=
*[Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) ({{mlby|1950}}–{{mlby|1951}})
*[Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) ({{mlby|1955}})}}
'''Theodore Nash Tappe''' (February 2, 1931 – February 13, 2004) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) player from 1950 to 1952, 1954 to 1955 and 1957 to 1961. An [outfielder](/source/outfielder), he appeared in 34 [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [games played](/source/games_played) for the [Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds) ({{baseball year|1950}}–{{baseball year|1951}}) and [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs) ({{baseball year|1955}}). The {{convert|6|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|185|lb|abbr=on}} Tappe was born in [Seattle, Washington](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington), and attended [Washington State University](/source/Washington_State_University), where he played one season of [college baseball](/source/college_baseball) for the [Cougars](/source/Washington_State_Cougars_baseball) in 1950.[{{cite web|title=Washington State University Baseball Players Who Made It to the Major Leagues|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/washington_state_university_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=16 December 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812200714/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/washington_state_university_baseball_players.shtml|url-status=live|archivedate=12 August 2004}}]
The 19-year-old Tappe had an unremarkable debut season in professional baseball until he reached the Major Leagues. After [batting](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) just .253 in the Class A [Central League](/source/Central_League_(baseball)),[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=tappe-001the Minor league statistics] from [Baseball Reference](/source/Baseball_Reference)] Tappe was recalled by the Reds in September 1950. Sent into his first game on September 14 at [Ebbets Field](/source/Ebbets_Field) as a [pinch hitter](/source/pinch_hitter) for Reds' [pitcher](/source/pitcher) [Frank Smith](/source/Frank_Smith_(1950s_pitcher)), Tappe hit a [home run](/source/home_run) off [Erv Palica](/source/Erv_Palica) of the [Brooklyn Dodgers](/source/Brooklyn_Dodgers).[[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B09141BRO1950.htm 1950-9-14 box score from Retrosheet.org]] The Dodgers nevertheless won the game, 6–3. In {{baseball year|1951}}, after another lacklustre [minor league](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) campaign split between the Central League and the Double-A [Texas League](/source/Texas_League),[[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1951/B09140CIN1951.htm 1951-9-14 box score from Retrosheet.org]]
Tappe did not return to the Majors until he made the [1955 Cubs' roster](/source/1955_Chicago_Cubs_season) coming out of [spring training](/source/spring_training). He started 13 games in [right field](/source/right_field) and appeared as a [pinch hitter](/source/pinch_hitter) in ten others, all during the months of April and May, batting .260 with four home runs and ten [runs batted in](/source/runs_batted_in). All told, he collected 15 hits in the Major Leagues. He played the final five seasons of his professional career in the minor leagues, including service in the Class B [Northwest League](/source/Northwest_League) with the [Wenatchee Chiefs](/source/Wenatchee_Chiefs), [Yakima Bears](/source/Yakima_Bears) and [Salem Senators](/source/Salem_Senators).