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Eddie Lake	Nickname: Sparky   Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 7'' Weight: 170   Born: March 18, 1916 in Usa, CA, ANTIOCH

Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove	1947    1949    1950
All-Star Selections	1951

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1939	23	SEM	AL					4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	10	10	10	8	7	7
1940	24	SEM	AL					4	4	4	2	2	2	5	5	5	10	10	10	7	7	7
1941	25	SEM	AL	$ 300,000				4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	5	10	10	10	7	7	7
1942	26	SEM	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	10	10	10	7	7	7
1943	27	SEM	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	6	10	10	10	8	7	7
1944	28	SEM	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	10	10	10	8	7	8
1945	29	SEM	AL	$ 2,442,857				6	6	6	4	4	4	6	6	6	10	10	10	8	7	7
1946	30	NYG	NL	$ 3,900,000				6	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	10	10	10	7	7	7
1947	31	NYG	NL	$ 3,900,000				6	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	10	10	10	7	7	7
1948	32	NYG	NL	$ 3,900,000				6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	10	10	10	7	7	7
1949	33	SDP	NL	$ 3,500,000				6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	10	10	10	7	7	7
1950	34	SDP	NL	$ 3,500,000				6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	10	10	10	7	6	7
1951	35	SDP	NL	$ 3,500,000				5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	10	10	10	7	7	7
1952	36	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000				5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	10	10	10	6	6	6
1953	37	SDP	NL	$ 4,000,000				2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	10	10	10	4	4	4
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	10	10	10	4	4	4
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 4,000,000				6	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	10	10	10	8	7	8

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1939	23	AA		31	110	13	24	5	0	2	10	5	2	25	10	.218	.363	.318	.681	15.5
		A		106	364	82	96	21	0	10	48	3	7	135	42	.264	.463	.404	.867	80.5
1940	24	AAA		56	206	35	59	9	1	2	20	5	3	56	25	.286	.439	.369	.808	38.8
		AA		81	285	43	80	15	2	6	20	7	0	71	27	.281	.424	.411	.835	55.7
1941	25	SEM	AL	32	79	8	11	3	1	0	7	0	0	14	15	.139	.266	.203	.468	4.2	0.0
		AAA		80	308	36	76	10	1	5	32	6	5	66	32	.247	.380	.334	.714	45.1
1942	26	SEM	AL	154	469	44	97	14	2	8	58	0	0	93	70	.207	.338	.296	.634	53.7	4.2
1943	27	SEM	AL	157	518	67	123	21	3	9	59	0	0	94	73	.237	.356	.342	.698	68.0	7.3
1944	28	SEM	AL	156	514	93	123	22	2	17	92	2	0	113	77	.239	.375	.389	.764	82.5	14.1
1945	29	SEM	AL	154	496	85	120	28	3	7	60	3	0	131	54	.242	.401	.353	.753	79.7	13.6
1946	30	SEM	AL	78	266	43	71	10	0	11	44	1	0	52	24	.267	.386	.429	.814	43.5	6.4
		NYG	NL	64	211	39	62	7	1	2	25	0	0	48	28	.294	.425	.365	.790	33.4	6.4
		TOT		142	477	82	133	17	1	13	69	1	0	100	52	.279	.403	.400	.804	76.9	12.8
1947	31	NYG	NL	155	528	110	145	18	2	16	75	1	0	124	53	.275	.410	.407	.817	93.9	17.3
1948	32	NYG	NL	155	516	109	151	41	0	15	91	0	1	120	80	.293	.425	.459	.885	102.6	24.6
1949	33	SEM	AL	77	275	52	65	11	3	6	27	0	1	71	46	.236	.391	.364	.754	43.5	6.4
		SDP	NL	71	175	32	47	2	1	8	24	0	0	49	25	.269	.427	.429	.855	34.8	6.8
		TOT		148	450	84	112	13	4	14	51	0	1	120	71	.249	.405	.389	.794	78.3	13.2
1950	34	SDP	NL	148	466	72	115	20	0	15	79	0	1	103	92	.247	.382	.386	.768	73.5	11.2
1951	35	SDP	NL	157	475	113	127	21	1	13	67	2	1	131	68	.267	.425	.398	.823	92.7	17.4
1952	36	BRK	NL	77	300	59	89	11	3	8	42	4	1	68	42	.297	.427	.433	.860	58.8	13.2
		SDP	NL	66	139	14	34	2	0	0	10	2	1	26	30	.245	.364	.259	.623	15.6	1.4
		TOT		143	439	73	123	13	3	8	52	6	2	94	72	.280	.407	.378	.786	74.3	14.6
1953	37	SDP	NL	92	186	18	22	4	1	1	7	0	1	38	51	.118	.270	.167	.437	8.7	0.0
13 Years Sim				1793	5613	958	1402	235	23	136	767	15	7	1275	828	.250	.388	.373	.760	889.0	150.2
2 Years AAA				136	514	71	135	19	2	7	52	11	8	122	57	.263	.403	.348	.752	83.9
2 Years AA				112	395	56	104	20	2	8	30	12	2	96	37	.263	.407	.385	.792	71.2
1 Years A				106	364	82	96	21	0	10	48	3	7	135	42	.264	.464	.404	.868	80.5
5 Years Minors				354	1273	209	335	60	4	25	130	26	17	353	136	.263	.423	.375	.799	235.6
162 Game Average					507	86	126	21	2	12	69	1	0	115	74	.250	.388	.373	.760	80.3
Career Highs				157	528	113	151	41	4	17	92	6	2	131	92	.293	.425	.459	.885	102.6

Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		3432	568	854	139	17	85	473	4	6	716	506	.249	.378	.374	.752	541.4
vs LH		2181	390	548	96	6	51	294	11	1	559	322	.251	.403	.371	.774	381.3
Home	903	2802	512	714	138	10	83	429	7	5	607	404	.255	.387	.400	.787	476.4
Away	890	2811	446	688	97	13	53	338	8	2	668	424	.245	.389	.345	.734	446.3
RISP		1488	0	400	88	9	37	602	0	0	361	211	.269	.406	.415	.820	277.3
Pinch Hitting		87	13	20	2	0	2	15	0	0	29	15	.230	.412	.322	.734	15.7
Close/Late		607	88	149	27	1	13	71	0	0	130	98	.245	.378	.357	.735	93.4
Mar/Apr	304	977	166	229	31	6	23	128	2	1	234	144	.234	.382	.349	.731	154.0
May	318	1032	184	256	46	4	33	149	4	2	211	136	.248	.375	.396	.772	168.6
June	306	983	176	283	42	5	21	146	3	1	220	135	.288	.416	.405	.821	181.0
July	285	844	139	203	35	4	14	100	1	0	200	131	.241	.385	.341	.727	131.2
August	294	931	135	231	39	2	19	122	3	2	182	152	.248	.371	.356	.727	137.6
Sep/Oct	286	846	158	200	42	2	26	122	2	1	228	130	.236	.398	.383	.781	150.3

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1941	25	SEM	AL	2B	24	22	191.0	38	82	7	13	.945	5.65					0.9
				SS	7	1	22.3	7	6	0	2	1.000	5.24					0.1
				3B	1	1	7.0	2	3	0	0	1.000	6.43					0.1
1942	26	SEM	AL	SS	81	78	649.0	82	281	20	45	.948	5.03					2.3
				2B	73	73	613.0	140	295	15	60	.967	6.39					3.9
1943	27	SEM	AL	2B	156	153	1331.0	272	584	22	124	.975	5.79					5.7
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1944	28	SEM	AL	SS	93	92	790.0	124	347	23	65	.953	5.37					3.4
				2B	61	60	490.0	123	213	10	54	.971	6.17					2.1
				3B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1945	29	SEM	AL	2B	152	151	1303.3	344	585	26	136	.973	6.42					4.8
1946	30	SEM	AL	2B	55	55	483.4	110	209	6	56	.982	5.94					2.7
				SS	20	19	161.8	30	73	7	15	.936	5.73					0.2
				3B	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		NYG	NL	2B	46	46	392.4	89	170	4	46	.985	5.94					1.6
				SS	16	15	131.4	25	59	5	12	.944	5.75					0.9
				3B	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		TOT		2B	101	101	875.8	199	379	10	102	.983	5.94					4.3
				SS	36	34	293.2	55	132	12	27	.940	5.74					1.1
				3B	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	.00					0.0
1947	31	NYG	NL	2B	148	146	1273.0	298	542	19	127	.978	5.94					7.2
				SS	3	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.57					0.0
				3B	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1948	32	NYG	NL	2B	151	147	1298.0	283	505	15	98	.981	5.46					5.7
				3B	3	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80					0.0
				SS	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1949	33	SEM	AL	2B	70	65	679.6	165	300	15	55	.969	6.16					2.0
				SS	5	0	10.5	2	5	1	1	.875	6.00					0.0
		SDP	NL	2B	64	60	440.8	107	195	9	36	.971	6.17					2.3
				SS	4	0	6.8	1	3	0	0	1.000	5.29					0.0
		TOT		2B	134	125	1120.4	272	495	24	91	.970	6.16					4.3
				SS	9	0	17.3	3	8	1	1	.917	5.72					0.1
1950	34	SDP	NL	2B	145	143	1220.7	292	534	15	110	.982	6.09					7.1
				SS	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1951	35	SDP	NL	2B	146	145	1252.3	260	546	19	108	.977	5.79					5.5
				SS	5	0	16.0	1	6	0	3	1.000	3.94					0.1
				3B	1	0	6.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	3.00					0.0
1952	36	BRK	NL	SS	49	40	482.0	91	214	14	39	.956	5.70					0.6
				2B	17	15	181.2	39	79	4	17	.967	5.86					1.0
				3B	2	0	4.1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		SDP	NL	SS	42	35	215.7	41	96	6	18	.958	5.72					1.6
				2B	14	13	81.1	17	36	2	7	.964	5.88					0.2
				3B	2	0	1.9	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
		TOT		SS	91	75	697.7	132	310	20	57	.957	5.70					2.2
				2B	31	28	262.3	56	115	6	24	.966	5.87					1.2
				3B	4	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	.000	.00					0.0
1953	37	SDP	NL	2B	38	29	269.3	55	116	6	22	.966	5.71					1.6
				SS	26	8	111.3	13	47	1	6	.984	4.85					0.7
				3B	14	7	72.7	6	20	0	2	1.000	3.22					0.5
				2B	1360	1323	11500.2	2632	4991	194	1069	.975	5.97					54.3
				SS	354	288	2606.2	418	1138	77	206	.953	5.37					9.9
				3B	28	8	104.7	9	26	0	2	1.000	3.01					0.7
Career Totals					1742	1619	14211.0	3059	6155	271	1277	.971	5.84					64.8
Career Highs					157	153	1332.0	344	585	35	136	.982	6.42

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1944	28	SEM	AL	7	23	4	5	1	0	3	6	0	0	4	3	.217	.357	.652	1.009
1947	31	NYG	NL	5	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.200	.273	.200	.473
1948	32	NYG	NL	12	43	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	7	.163	.302	.163	.465
1950	34	SDP	NL	13	40	4	14	6	0	0	8	0	0	8	9	.350	.460	.500	.960
1951	35	SDP	NL	6	20	4	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	6	3	.300	.444	.350	.794
Career Post-Season Batting				43	146	16	36	8	0	3	18	1	0	29	25	.247	.372	.363	.735

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

On-Base Pct 1945-8-.401 1947-5-.410 1948-4-.425 1951-6-.425 1952-7-.407 CAR-43-.388 XR 1948-9-102.6 Games 1943-3-157 1944-8-156 1947-5-155 1948-9-155 1951-2-157 Runs 1947-5-110 1948-8-109 1951-5-113 Doubles 1948-2-41 Walks 1942-4-93 1943-2-94 1944-5-113 1945-1-131 1947-1-124 1948-4-120 1951-3-131 CAR-28-1275 Strikeouts 1948-8-80 1950-5-92

Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Seattle (M) in 1939

Injured on 6/21/1939 with a Blister On Finger, out for 3 days

Injured on 8/9/1939 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week

Had first career hit on 5/7/1941, off Harry Eisenstat (OAK)

Injured on 7/23/1941 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week

Hit first career homerun on 5/25/1942, off Larry French (BOS)

Injured on 9/29/1942 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks

2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration

Injured on 6/28/1945 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week

9/1/1945: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $3,900,000 per year, for 3 years

Traded from Seattle to New York (N) on 7/1/1946 (Going to SEM: P Joe Haynes, P Jim Wilson. Going to NYG: 2B Eddie Lake)

Injured on 9/13/1946 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks

Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1947

Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 9/14/1948

Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/6/1949 to a 3-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year

Traded from Seattle to San Diego on 7/1/1949 (Going to SDP: 2B Eddie Lake. Going to SEM: 3B Elbie Fletcher, SS Benny Mccoy)

Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1949

Won World Series with San Diego in 1950

Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1950

Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game

Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/4/1952 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year

Traded from Brooklyn to San Diego on 7/1/1952 (Going to SDP: SS Eddie Lake. Going to BRK: CF Danny Litwhiler)

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