Walter Tappan

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Walter Tappan

|position=Infielder

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1890|10|8|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Carlinville, Illinois, US

|death_date={{death date and age|1967|12|19|1890|10|8}}

|death_place=Lynwood, California, US

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 16

|debutyear={{By|1914}}

|debutteam=Kansas City Packers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 15

|finalyear={{By|1914}}

|finalteam=Kansas City Packers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.205

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=3

|teams=

• Kansas City Packers ({{By|1914}})

}}

Walter Van Dorn "Tap" Tappan (October 8, 1890 in Carlinville, Illinois – December 19, 1967 in Lynwood, California) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Kansas City Packers of the Federal League in {{By|1914}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/walter-tappan-123091|title=Walter Tappan Stats, Fantasy & News|website=Major League Baseball|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-17}}