:John Pappalau

{{Short description|American baseball player (1875–1944)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=John Pappalau

|image=John Pappalau.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1875|4|3}}

|birth_place=Albany, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1944|5|12|1875|4|3}}

|death_place=Albany, New York, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 9

|debutyear=1897

|debutteam=Cleveland Spiders

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 22

|finalyear=1897

|finalteam=Cleveland Spiders

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=10.50

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=3

|teams=

• Cleveland Spiders ({{mlby|1897}})

}}

John Joseph Pappalau (April 3, 1875 – May 12, 1944) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cleveland Spiders in 1897.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pappajo01.shtml "John Pappalau Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-25.

In 1893, Pappalau broke into baseball by playing for an independent team in Gloversville, New York. He attended Pittsfield High School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts where, after a game in 1894, he was persuaded by a fan to play college baseball for the College of the Holy Cross. His batterymate at Holy Cross was Doc Powers.{{cite news |title=Coming Back of Pappalau is Worthy of Note |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-item-coming-back-of-pappalau-i/146094996/ |access-date=29 April 2024 |work=The Daily Item |date=22 August 1913 |pages=4}}