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Al
Lopez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 20, 1908 in Usa, FL, TAMPA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1931   
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
1930 21 MON NL $ 300,000   45 45 45 19 19 19 51 51 51 44 44 44 87 87 87
1931 22 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1932 23 SEM AL $ 385,714   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1933 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1934 25 SEM AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1935 26 SEM AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1936 27 SEM AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1937 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 9 9
1938 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 9 9
1939 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9
1940 31 SEM AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1941 32 SEM AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1942 33 NYG NL $ 401,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1943 34 NYG NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 401,000   45 45 45 19 19 19 51 51 51 44 44 44 87 87 87
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
1930 21 MON NL 118 417 44 99 11 3 7 61 7 6 28 17 .237 .284 .329 .613 35.6 2.1
1931 22 SEM AL 133 413 40 97 14 4 4 43 0 0 25 19 .235 .275 .317 .592 34.8 1.6
1932 23 SEM AL 41 169 19 47 10 0 3 21 1 0 8 15 .278 .311 .391 .701 18.2 2.1
    AAA   103 396 58 128 20 2 7 61 1 7 32 20 .323 .374 .437 .811 59.2  
1933 24 SEM AL 8 23 5 12 2 0 1 9 0 0 2 0 .522 .560 .739 1.299 6.7 1.8
    AAA   130 487 76 182 38 8 11 92 5 8 56 16 .374 .438 .552 .991 102.1  
1934 25 AAA   127 519 73 158 24 5 12 67 5 8 41 24 .304 .355 .439 .795 75.9  
1935 26 AAA   134 494 78 164 19 3 8 69 9 2 69 22 .332 .414 .431 .845 88.1  
1936 27 AAA   134 517 65 160 34 1 4 64 7 8 54 22 .309 .375 .402 .777 74.6  
1937 28 SEM AL 28 105 16 25 7 0 2 17 0 0 11 6 .238 .310 .362 .672 12.5 2.1
1938 29 SEM AL 41 106 21 29 2 0 3 13 0 0 8 5 .274 .325 .377 .702 12.3 2.0
1939 30 SEM AL 52 117 13 33 3 0 0 16 0 0 12 4 .282 .349 .308 .657 11.8 0.9
1940 31 SEM AL 42 114 19 31 7 2 0 12 0 0 6 7 .272 .311 .368 .680 12.2 1.4
1941 32 SEM AL 4 14 1 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .571 1.000 2.7 0.6
    AAA   109 441 57 127 23 3 8 46 6 1 52 46 .288 .363 .408 .771 66.0  
1942 33 NYG NL 105 324 30 69 14 2 4 37 0 0 14 37 .213 .243 .306 .548 21.8 0.0
1943 34 NYG NL 11 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .188 .235 .188 .423 0.3 0.0
11 Years Sim 583 1818 209 451 72 11 24 231 8 6 115 111 .248 .291 .339 .631 169.0 14.7
6 Years AAA 737 2854 407 919 158 22 50 399 33 34 304 150 .322 .385 .445 .830 465.8  
162 Game Average 505 58 125 20 3 6 64 2 1 31 30 .248 .291 .339 .631 47.0  
Career Highs 133 417 44 99 14 4 7 61 7 6 28 37 .522 .560 .739 1.299 35.6  
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   1393 157 334 46 10 17 160 3 3 83 86 .240 .281 .324 .604 124.6
vs LH   425 52 117 26 1 7 71 5 3 32 25 .275 .326 .391 .717 52.6
Home 283 895 97 224 35 5 9 108 5 5 59 46 .250 .295 .331 .626 85.8
Away 300 923 112 227 37 6 15 123 3 1 56 65 .246 .288 .348 .636 91.4
RISP   503 0 127 13 5 10 203 0 0 37 27 .252 .295 .358 .653 54.9
Pinch Hitting   89 12 14 3 0 0 8 0 0 5 5 .157 .200 .191 .391 2.2
Close/Late   207 30 56 10 3 2 21 0 0 16 16 .271 .321 .377 .698 24.6
Mar/Apr 93 252 29 63 10 2 3 30 0 0 19 23 .250 .298 .341 .639 25.9
May 91 263 28 65 9 1 4 34 0 0 12 11 .247 .282 .335 .616 23.9
June 96 293 34 72 14 3 4 46 1 3 16 19 .246 .283 .355 .638 27.9
July 84 252 31 51 7 1 4 25 3 1 20 16 .202 .259 .286 .545 19.1
August 109 382 45 98 18 1 7 49 2 0 24 27 .257 .301 .364 .665 41.3
Sep/Oct 110 376 42 102 14 3 2 47 2 2 24 15 .271 .312 .340 .652 39.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 21 MON NL C 113 107 953.3 268 37 3 1 .990 2.88 36 15 .417 2 6.7
1931 22 SEM AL C 109 98 870.0 317 32 1 0 .997 3.61 28 13 .464 2 6.7
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1932 23 SEM AL C 40 40 345.7 81 10 1 0 .989 2.37 4 1 .250 1 2.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1933 24 SEM AL 3B 7 6 51.3 6 9 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1937 28 SEM AL C 26 26 220.7 90 6 0 0 1.000 3.92 3 2 .667 0 0.3
    3B 3 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 29 SEM AL C 25 24 215.0 89 10 1 0 .990 4.14 10 3 .300 0 0.7
    3B 13 0 23.0 1 7 0 0 1.000 3.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1939 30 SEM AL C 25 25 213.7 117 10 0 0 1.000 5.35 10 1 .100 1 0.9
    3B 4 0 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 31 SEM AL C 27 26 225.3 127 4 2 0 .985 5.23 6 2 .333 0 0.4
    3B 3 1 15.7 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1941 32 SEM AL C 4 4 34.0 24 1 0 1 1.000 6.62 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 33 NYG NL C 103 95 838.7 329 32 3 0 .992 3.87 32 7 .219 1 4.3
1943 34 NYG NL C 4 3 27.0 9 2 0 0 1.000 3.67 1 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 2 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 476 448 3943.3 1451 144 11 2 .993 3.64 131 44 .336 7 22.1
  3B 32 7 106.3 9 26 0 0 1.000 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   510 455 4051.6 1460 170 11 2 .993 3.62 131 44 .336 7 22.6
Career Highs   113 107 953.3 329 37 3 1 1.000 6.62 36 15 .667 2  
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
1938 29 SEM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1939 30 SEM AL 2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750
Career Post-Season Batting 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600
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.
Caught Stealing
1930-10-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Roy Spencer (967)
  5. Bill Sarni (965)
  6. Mike Lavalliere (964)
  7. Charlie Berry (963)
  8. Clyde Sukeforth (962)
  9. Tony Pena (962)
  10. Ray Mueller (962)
History
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1930, off By Speece (MIN)
Traded from Montreal to Seattle (M) on 1/31/1931 (Going to MON: P Lefty Grove, C Butch Henline, 1B Harvey Hendrick. Going to SEM: C Al Lopez)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1931
1/31/1932: Gets a new one-year contract worth $385,714 through salary arbitration
3/2/1932: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle (M)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (G) on 8/7/1932
Injured on 8/17/1933 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/23/1933 with a Bruised Ankle, out for 5 days
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/7/1934: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle (M)
Injured on 8/25/1934 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/2/1936 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
4/2/1937: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle (M)
3/3/1938: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle (M)
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1938
10/3/1939: Signed a contract extension with Seattle (M), $400,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1939
3/3/1940: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle (M)
Released by Seattle on 9/1/1941
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/8/1942 to a 7-year deal worth $401,000 per year
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Seattle on 7/1/1943 (Going to NYG: P Ralph Birkofer. Going to SEM: LF Eddie Waitkus, C Al Lopez, P Al Benton)
Released by Seattle on 7/1/1943
 
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