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LaPalme pitched a shutout in his first ML game but suffered for much of his career with some of baseball's worst teams, the 1952-54 Pirates. The knuckleballer led the NL with eight wild pitches in '54. Despite his wildness, he had seven saves for the White Sox in 1957. (ME)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » June 5, 1951: The Pirates rookie knuckler Paul LaPalme hurls a 8–0 shutout against the Boston Braves in his first major-league start. » January 11, 1955: The Cards trade P Ben Wade to Pittsburgh for P Paul LaPalme. » May 18, 1957: Seconds before the 10:20 p.m. curfew will end the White Sox-Orioles game, the Birds Dick Williams cracks a game-tying homer off Paul LaPalme. The game ends 4–4.