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Ed
Lopat		  
Nickname: Lefty
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 190
 
Born: June 21, 1918 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1944 26 DET AL $ 300,000 9 4 3 4 8 8 8 6 5 5
1945 27 DET AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5
1946 28 DET AL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 5 5
1947 29 DET AL $ 500,000 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
1948 30 DET AL $ 500,000 6 4 4 4 8 7 7 6 5 5
1949 31 DET AL $ 500,000 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 5
1950 32 DET AL $ 500,000 6 4 3 3 7 7 7 6 5 5
1951 33 BSN NL $ 1,708,571 6 4 3 3 7 6 6 6 5 5
1952 34 BOS AL $ 750,000 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 3 3 5 5 5 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,708,571 9 5 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
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
1944 26 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1945 27 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1946 28 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1947 29 DET AL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1948 30 DET AL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1949 31 DET AL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1950 32 DET AL $ 500,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1951 33 BSN NL $ 1,708,571   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1952 34 BOS AL $ 750,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,708,571   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1944 26 DET AL 3 2 .600 26 0 0 0 2 31.0 32 17 2 9 14 4.94 .262 .313 .451 .764 2.6
    AAA   1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 30.3 30 9 3 5 15 2.67 .259 .289 .379 .669  
1945 27 DET AL 16 11 .593 52 24 12 1 1 227.3 227 79 16 50 41 3.13 .263 .303 .389 .693 19.8
1946 28 DET AL 7 9 .438 58 16 4 0 11 156.3 197 84 18 46 52 4.84 .307 .352 .479 .831 6.7
1947 29 DET AL 3 3 .500 26 6 0 0 2 60.0 64 37 7 23 21 5.55 .266 .328 .423 .752 0.2
1949 31 DET AL 4 6 .400 27 10 0 0 1 82.3 104 52 7 32 26 5.68 .306 .364 .468 .831 3.2
1950 32 DET AL 9 4 .692 51 2 0 0 2 83.0 81 28 7 39 25 3.04 .260 .344 .381 .725 9.0
    AAA   1 2 .333 29 0 0 0 3 28.0 19 4 1 9 15 1.29 .200 .269 .242 .511  
1951 33 DET AL 3 2 .600 26 0 0 0 3 34.3 42 16 1 12 7 4.19 .302 .359 .396 .755 3.3
    AAA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.7 9 4 2 4 2 6.36 .360 .448 .680 1.128  
1952 34 BOS AL 3 15 .167 41 16 1 1 3 113.7 140 80 17 72 38 6.33 .310 .400 .496 .896 0.0
8 Years Sim 48 52 .480 307 74 17 2 25 788.0 887 393 75 283 224 4.49 .285 .344 .436 .780 44.7
3 Years AAA 2 4 .333 36 4 1 0 3 64.0 58 17 6 18 32 2.39 .246 .299 .356 .655  
Season Average 6 6 .500 38 9 2 0 3 98.5 110 49 9 35 28 4.49 .285 .344 .436 .780  
Career Highs 16 15 .692 58 24 12 1 11 227.3 227 84 18 72 52 6.33 .310 .400 .496 .896  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   581 245 42 190 143   .282 .343 .415 .758
vs LH   306 148 33 93 81   .292 .349 .478 .827
Home 25 18 .581 160 33 6 1 17 385.3 423 189 31 144 112 4.41 .279 .342 .419 .761
Away 23 34 .404 147 41 11 1 8 402.6 464 204 44 139 112 4.56 .291 .348 .453 .801
Mar/Apr 4 9 .308 40 8 1 0 6 85.0 105 51 7 41 24 5.40 .305 .379 .448 .827
May 8 10 .444 45 16 4 1 6 148.7 183 80 14 57 38 4.84 .302 .363 .456 .819
June 7 9 .438 62 10 3 0 5 131.7 145 63 11 41 35 4.31 .280 .333 .414 .747
July 8 13 .381 44 18 5 0 0 151.7 169 82 18 53 41 4.87 .284 .342 .453 .795
August 13 5 .722 58 9 2 0 2 125.6 137 65 13 50 38 4.66 .282 .349 .444 .793
Sep/Oct 8 6 .571 58 13 2 1 6 145.3 148 52 12 41 48 3.22 .263 .313 .404 .717
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
1944 26 DET AL 26 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3
1945 27 DET AL 52 73 2 11 1 1 0 8 0 0 1 12 .151 .156 .192 .348 1.5 0.0
1946 28 DET AL 58 42 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .214 .233 .214 .447 2.0 0.0
1947 29 DET AL 26 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .154 .308 0.1 0.0
1949 31 DET AL 27 24 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .417 .417 .417 .833 3.9 0.6
1950 32 DET AL 51 17 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .353 .353 .353 .706 2.2 0.3
1951 33 DET AL 26 7 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .429 .714 0.8 0.1
1952 34 BOS AL 41 29 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .069 .067 .069 .136 -1.0 0.0
8 Years Sim 307 208 13 44 2 1 0 17 0 0 2 28 .212 .215 .231 .446 10.4 1.3
162 Game Average 109 6 23 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 14 .212 .215 .231 .446 5.5  
Career Highs 58 73 3 11 1 1 0 8 0 0 1 12 .667 .667 .667 1.333 3.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   144 12 33 1 0 0 10 0 0 2 20 .229 .235 .236 .471 6.7
vs LH   64 1 11 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 8 .172 .169 .219 .388 1.2
Home 160 87 6 16 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 14 .184 .191 .218 .409 2.3
Away 136 121 7 28 1 0 0 12 0 0 1 14 .231 .232 .240 .472 5.6
RISP   55 0 9 1 1 0 17 0 0 0 8 .164 .153 .218 .371 0.8
Close/Late   16 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 1.4
Mar/Apr 35 18 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .278 .278 .278 .556 1.3
May 38 41 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .220 .238 .244 .482 2.0
June 51 34 3 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 .206 .200 .294 .494 1.7
July 42 44 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .159 .170 .159 .329 0.3
August 42 32 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 .188 .182 .188 .369 0.5
Sep/Oct 58 39 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .256 .256 .256 .513 2.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1944 26 DET AL P 26 0 31.0 1 5 1 0 .857 1.74    
1945 27 DET AL P 52 24 227.3 8 40 0 2 1.000 1.90    
1946 28 DET AL P 58 16 156.3 11 30 3 3 .932 2.36    
1947 29 DET AL P 26 6 60.0 4 11 2 1 .882 2.25    
1949 31 DET AL P 27 10 82.3 7 14 0 1 1.000 2.30    
1950 32 DET AL P 51 2 83.0 4 13 1 4 .944 1.84    
1951 33 DET AL P 26 0 34.3 1 11 0 0 1.000 3.15    
1952 34 BOS AL P 41 16 113.7 5 30 1 1 .972 2.77    
Career Totals   307 74 788.0 41 154 8 12 .961 2.23    
Career Highs   58 24 227.3 11 40 3 4 1.000 3.15    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1946 28 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
1947 29 DET AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 5.0 10 5 1 2 2 9.00 .417 .462 .667 1.128
1950 32 DET AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .143 .250 .143 .393
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 1 .500 8 0 0 0 0 8.0 12 5 1 4 4 5.63 .343 .410 .514 .925
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
1947 29 DET AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1945-3-3.13
 Losses
1952-9-15
 Saves
1946-6-11
 Games Pitched
1946-7-58
 Complete Games
1945-8-12
 Shutouts
1945-8-1
1952-10-1
Walks per 9IP
1945-1-2.0
 WHiP
1945-4-1.22
 OOBP
1945-4-.303
 OOPS
1945-10-.693
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Detroit in 1944
Injured on 3/13/1944 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Earned first career win on 5/7/1944
Had first career hit on 9/12/1944, off Earl Johnson (CIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA
6/1/1946: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $500,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 3/8/1948 with a Torn Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for full season
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $500,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,708,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 7/31/1951 (Going to BSN: P Johnny Vander meer, P Ed Lopat. Going to DET: P Howie Pollet)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/4/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Injured on 7/26/1952 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
 
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