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Hector
Lopez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 182
 
Born: July 9, 1929 in Panama, , COLON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8
1956 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8
1957 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 8 7 8
1958 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 7 8
1959 29 NYA AL $ 1,222,857   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 7
1960 30 NYA AL $ 1,703,571   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 8 7 7
1961 31 NYA AL $ 1,807,143   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
1962 32 NYA AL     5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
1963 33 WAS NL $ 1,610,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,807,143   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 4 5 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
1955 25 NYA AL 6 8 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 .250 .364 .500 .864 2.0 0.3
    AAA   137 563 95 181 18 2 35 83 4 2 43 63 .321 .370 .547 .917 106.5  
1956 26 NYA AL 120 343 52 97 25 0 9 43 0 0 26 48 .283 .334 .434 .769 45.7 6.7
1957 27 NYA AL 117 285 38 81 9 2 10 39 0 0 26 29 .284 .339 .435 .774 40.1 5.6
1958 28 NYA AL 124 309 38 92 8 1 14 46 0 0 13 33 .298 .324 .466 .790 43.0 6.5
1959 29 NYA AL 123 330 42 89 17 1 11 36 0 0 26 39 .270 .323 .427 .750 43.0 7.6
1960 30 NYA AL 137 369 43 101 18 0 8 43 0 1 29 55 .274 .324 .388 .712 47.4 8.3
1961 31 NYA AL 126 347 42 89 21 2 5 40 0 0 26 63 .256 .308 .372 .679 38.3 5.3
1962 32 NYA AL 131 352 38 96 13 1 15 56 1 0 21 44 .273 .311 .443 .754 45.4 7.0
1963 33 AAA   36 139 26 52 7 0 9 27 1 3 15 19 .374 .435 .619 1.054 32.0  
    AA   83 330 35 94 16 3 14 48 1 9 27 54 .285 .339 .479 .818 49.1  
8 Years Sim 884 2343 294 647 111 8 72 305 1 1 169 312 .276 .323 .423 .746 304.8 47.3
2 Years AAA 173 702 121 233 25 2 44 110 5 5 58 82 .332 .384 .561 .945 138.4  
1 Years AA 83 330 35 94 16 3 14 48 1 9 27 54 .285 .341 .479 .820 49.1  
3 Years Minors 256 1032 156 327 41 5 58 158 6 14 85 136 .317 .370 .535 .905 187.6  
162 Game Average 429 53 118 20 1 13 55 0 0 30 57 .276 .323 .423 .746 55.9  
Career Highs 137 369 52 101 25 2 15 56 1 1 29 63 .298 .364 .500 .864 47.4  
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   986 110 252 48 2 23 109 1 0 48 123 .256 .288 .378 .666 105.3
vs LH   1357 184 395 63 6 49 196 0 1 121 189 .291 .348 .455 .802 209.1
Home 446 1185 150 341 67 4 36 165 1 1 85 145 .288 .333 .442 .776 169.0
Away 438 1158 144 306 44 4 36 140 0 0 84 167 .264 .313 .402 .715 145.4
RISP   533 0 151 24 2 17 217 0 0 49 72 .283 .333 .432 .765 77.8
Pinch Hitting   263 39 80 13 0 11 44 1 0 16 30 .304 .340 .479 .820 41.3
Close/Late   346 32 79 11 3 7 35 0 0 20 48 .228 .268 .338 .606 31.3
Mar/Apr 141 362 41 95 20 1 10 49 0 1 27 59 .262 .311 .406 .717 45.1
May 150 384 45 104 20 1 13 41 0 0 25 54 .271 .313 .430 .743 50.8
June 134 341 50 99 18 2 17 62 0 0 22 56 .290 .329 .504 .833 54.8
July 140 359 51 107 20 1 8 40 0 0 20 41 .298 .335 .426 .761 48.6
August 161 451 51 121 17 2 9 43 1 0 30 48 .268 .314 .375 .689 52.5
Sep/Oct 158 446 56 121 16 1 15 70 0 0 45 54 .271 .336 .413 .749 62.8
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
1955 25 NYA AL LF 2 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    2B 3 0 8.7 3 5 0 1 1.000 8.31   0.0
1956 26 NYA AL 2B 52 42 391.3 76 145 3 27 .987 5.08   1.3
    LF 24 24 198.0 34 1 1 1 .972 1.59   0.3
    3B 17 5 63.7 8 14 1 0 .957 3.11   0.3
    RF 4 4 25.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 2.52    
    1B 3 2 16.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1957 27 NYA AL 2B 70 60 512.0 102 193 11 40 .964 5.19   1.9
    RF 8 5 48.0 8 0 1 0 .889 1.50   0.1
    LF 2 1 10.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90    
    1B 1 1 6.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.0
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 28 NYA AL 2B 51 25 282.7 65 131 5 20 .975 6.24   1.5
    3B 19 13 129.3 8 28 2 1 .947 2.51   0.3
    RF 13 10 95.3 17 1 2 0 .900 1.70   0.3
    LF 10 9 75.0 16 1 3 0 .850 2.04    
    1B 6 5 45.0 37 4 1 5 .976 8.20   0.1
1959 29 NYA AL 1B 43 37 341.7 383 26 6 39 .986 10.77   1.1
    2B 30 24 204.3 36 76 7 19 .941 4.93   0.5
    3B 10 9 74.0 3 21 2 4 .923 2.92   0.4
    RF 7 5 45.7 15 0 1 0 .938 2.96   0.2
    LF 4 3 19.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42    
    CF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50    
1960 30 NYA AL 1B 66 65 549.3 621 50 6 48 .991 10.99   1.0
    2B 17 7 78.7 20 26 1 8 .979 5.26   0.3
    LF 23 5 78.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.18   0.3
    3B 10 8 74.3 4 16 1 0 .952 2.42   0.2
    RF 12 3 34.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.56    
    CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1961 31 NYA AL 1B 61 59 503.0 525 41 8 40 .986 10.13   0.6
    2B 21 8 92.7 23 34 0 7 1.000 5.54   0.4
    3B 11 8 75.0 1 22 0 3 1.000 2.76   0.4
    RF 8 6 55.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.47   0.1
    LF 5 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1962 32 NYA AL 1B 73 63 545.0 600 52 4 51 .994 10.77   0.9
    2B 28 10 119.3 18 44 1 9 .984 4.68   0.3
    3B 14 1 41.0 2 9 1 1 .917 2.41   0.1
    SS 4 4 33.0 8 7 0 2 1.000 4.09   0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 253 232 2006.0 2183 175 25 185 .990 10.58   3.8
  2B 272 176 1689.6 343 654 28 131 .973 5.31   6.3
  3B 83 44 460.3 26 110 7 9 .951 2.66   1.7
  LF 71 43 401.3 76 3 6 1 .929 1.77   0.7
  RF 53 33 305.7 59 4 4 1 .940 1.86   0.7
  SS 4 4 33.0 8 7 0 2 1.000 4.09   0.2
  CF 3 3 27.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.67    
Career Totals   739 535 4922.9 2703 953 70 329 .981 6.68   13.3
Career Highs   129 89 824.3 670 194 17 63 1.000 8.98    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1955
Had first career hit on 9/22/1955, off Scott Cary (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1956, off Don Larsen (BOS)
Injured on 5/10/1957 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/11/1958 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1958, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1958, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,222,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,703,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,807,143 through salary arbitration
3/3/1961: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (A)
9/1/1961: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $1,100,000 per year, for 2 years
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Oakland on 4/14/1962
Released by New York (A) on 11/1/1962
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/14/1963 to a 4-year deal worth $1,610,000 per year
Injured on 4/4/1963 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 3 weeks
 
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