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Al Lopez
Alfonso Ramon Lopez

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut September 27, 1928
Final Game September 16, 1947
Born August 20, 1908 in Tampa, FL
Died October 30, 2005 in Tampa, FL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1977.

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 19 BRO NL   3   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1930 21 BRO NL 128  421   60  130  20  4   6   57   3     33  35  .309  .362  .418   89  176  10           2    
 1931 22 BRO NL 111  360   38   97  13  4   0   40   1     28  33  .269  .324  .328   76  118   3           1    
 1932 23 BRO NL 126  404   44  111  18  6   1   43   3     34  35  .275  .331  .356   86  144   6           0    
 1933 24 BRO NL 126  372   39  112  11  4   3   41  10     21  39  .301  .338  .376  107  140  10           0   9 MVP-10
 1934 25 BRO NL 140  439   58  120  23  2   7   54   2     49  44  .273  .349  .383  100  168  14           2  15 MVP-23,AS
 1935 26 BRO NL 128  379   50   95  12  4   3   39   2     35  36  .251  .316  .327   74  124  10           1   8
 1936 27 BSN NL 128  426   46  103  12  5   7   50   1     41  41  .242  .311  .343   80  146   1           2  15 MVP-14
 1937 28 BSN NL 105  334   31   68  11  1   3   38   3     35  57  .204  .281  .269   56   90   8           1  15
 1938 29 BSN NL  71  236   19   63   6  1   1   14   5     11  24  .267  .305  .314   78   74   7           2   9 MVP-21
 1939 30 BSN NL 131  412   32  104  22  1   8   49   1     40  45  .252  .319  .369   90  152  11           0  10
 1940 31 TOT NL  95  293   35   80   9  3   3   41   6     19  21  .273  .317  .355   87  104   5           0  11 MVP-23
         BSN NL  36  119   20   35   3  1   2   17   1      6   8  .294  .328  .387  101   46   1           0   3
         PIT NL  59  174   15   45   6  2   1   24   5     13  13  .259  .310  .333   78   58   4           0   8
 1941 32 PIT NL 114  317   33   84   9  1   5   43   0     31  23  .265  .330  .347   91  110   6           0  10 MVP-24,AS
 1942 33 PIT NL 103  289   17   74   8  2   1   26   0     34  17  .256  .338  .308   87   89   6           2  10
 1943 34 PIT NL 118  372   40   98   9  4   1   39   2     44  25  .263  .341  .317   88  118  12           0   6
 1944 35 PIT NL 115  331   27   76  12  1   1   34   4     34  24  .230  .303  .281   62   93   5           1   7
 1945 36 PIT NL  91  243   22   53   8  0   0   18   1     35  12  .218  .317  .251   56   61   2           0   5 MVP-29
 1946 37 PIT NL  56  150   13   46   2  0   1   12   1     23  14  .307  .399  .340  109   51   4           0   6
 1947 38 CLE AL  61  126    9   33   1  0   0   14   1  1   9  13  .262  .311  .270   64   34   1           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons    1950 5916  613 1547 206 43  51  652  46  1 556 538  .261  .326  .337   83 1992 121   0   0  14 137
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        491   51  129  17  4   4   54   4  0  46  45  .261  .326  .337   83  165  10   0   0   1  11
 Career High    140  439   60  130  23  6   8   57  10  1  49  57  .309  .362  .418  107  176  14   0   0   2  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 19 BRO NL   12   12    0   0.0   108| .000  .289| .000  .354| .000  .411| .000  .764|-100  .000  -3.5  -0.4     
 1930 21 BRO NL  466  301   63   5.6   126| .309  .310| .362  .369| .418  .462| .780  .831|  89  .475  -7.3  -0.6     
 1931 22 BRO NL  392  266   38   3.8   102| .269  .284| .324  .343| .328  .401| .652  .743|  76  .413 -11.9  -1.2     
 1932 23 BRO NL  444  299   48   4.3   102| .275  .282| .331  .334| .356  .408| .687  .742|  86  .462  -7.2  -0.7     
 1933 24 BRO NL  403  279   47   4.5    88| .301  .270| .338  .322| .376  .369| .714  .690| 107  .547   3.0   0.3     
 1934 25 BRO NL  504  348   58   4.4   100| .273  .281| .349  .335| .383  .399| .732  .735| 100  .470   2.0   0.2     
 1935 26 BRO NL  425  302   39   3.4   102| .251  .283| .316  .338| .327  .403| .643  .742|  74  .364 -13.2  -1.3     
 1936 27 BSN NL  470  339   45   3.6    98| .242  .278| .311  .337| .343  .390| .654  .726|  80  .378 -11.4  -1.1     
 1937 28 BSN NL  378  289   25   2.3    93| .204  .269| .281  .329| .269  .381| .550  .710|  56  .226 -18.5  -1.9     
 1938 29 BSN NL  256  189   22   3.1    90| .267  .262| .305  .325| .314  .373| .619  .698|  78  .348  -6.6  -0.7     
 1939 30 BSN NL  463  329   48   3.9    97| .252  .272| .319  .336| .369  .388| .688  .724|  90  .428  -5.0  -0.5     
 1940 31 TOT NL  317  229   33   3.9    96| .273  .269| .317  .333| .355  .386| .672  .719|  87  .447  -5.6  -0.5     
         BSN NL  126   88   15   4.6    94| .294  .266| .328  .330| .387  .382| .715  .712| 101  .523  -0.3   0.0     
         PIT NL  191  141   18   3.4    97| .259  .270| .310  .335| .333  .389| .643  .724|  78  .392  -5.4  -0.5     
 1941 32 PIT NL  354  249   36   3.9    94| .265  .266| .330  .336| .347  .374| .677  .711|  91  .468  -4.0  -0.4     
 1942 33 PIT NL  331  231   30   3.5    89| .256  .259| .338  .332| .308  .360| .646  .692|  87  .461  -3.8  -0.4     
 1943 34 PIT NL  428  292   40   3.7    92| .263  .268| .341  .337| .317  .364| .658  .701|  88  .470  -5.0  -0.5     
 1944 35 PIT NL  371  267   28   2.8    97| .230  .273| .303  .340| .281  .383| .584  .723|  62  .325 -16.3  -1.7     
 1945 36 PIT NL  280  197   19   2.6   100| .218  .278| .317  .348| .251  .384| .568  .732|  56  .284 -13.5  -1.4     
 1946 37 PIT NL  177  114   20   4.7    94| .307  .265| .399  .340| .340  .371| .739  .711| 109  .569   2.9   0.3     
 1947 38 CLE AL  136   96   10   2.8    94| .262  .259| .311  .338| .270  .372| .581  .711|  64  .323  -6.1  -0.6  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     6607 4628  649   3.8    98| .261  .276| .326  .338| .337  .390| .663  .728|  83  .418 -130.9 -13.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 19 BRO NL C 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 3.80 0 1930 21 BRO NL C 126 465 66 9 9 .983 .976 4.21 4.05 5 1931 22 BRO NL C 105 390 69 11 6 .977 .980 4.37 4.03 6 1932 23 BRO NL C 125 456 82 13 10 .976 .979 4.30 3.98 5 1933 24 BRO NL C 124 449 84 5 14 .991 .982 4.30 3.75 2 2B 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 7.00 5.40 1934 25 BRO NL C 137 542 62 11 4 .982 .985 4.41 4.09 9 AS 2B 2 4 2 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 5.45 AS 3B 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 3.00 2.75 AS 1935 26 BRO NL C 126 472 65 11 8 .980 .976 4.26 4.17 7 1936 27 BSN NL C 127 447 107 14 9 .975 .979 4.36 4.21 1 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.90 1937 28 BSN NL C 102 342 83 7 5 .984 .980 4.17 4.62 3 1938 29 BSN NL C 71 240 42 3 4 .989 .979 3.97 4.26 3 1939 30 BSN NL C 129 424 72 7 11 .986 .982 3.84 3.93 5 1940 31 TOT NL C 95 343 62 4 11 .990 .978 4.26 4.05 2 BSN NL C 36 119 33 2 4 .987 .978 4.22 4.05 1 PIT NL C 59 224 29 2 7 .992 .978 4.29 4.05 1 1941 32 PIT NL C 114 345 54 8 5 .980 .983 3.50 4.06 0 AS 1942 33 PIT NL C 99 327 53 2 14 .995 .979 3.84 4.28 3 1943 34 PIT NL C 116 378 66 4 9 .991 .981 3.83 4.13 1 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 3.00 1944 35 PIT NL C 115 372 52 7 6 .984 .979 3.69 3.95 10 1945 36 PIT NL C 91 326 38 3 7 .992 .978 4.00 3.83 4 1946 37 PIT NL C 56 173 30 3 4 .985 .980 3.62 4.24 0 1947 38 CLE AL C 57 144 28 0 1 1.000 .985 3.02 4.30 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 27 BSN NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.90 1933 24 BRO NL 2B 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 .972 7.00 5.40 1934 25 BRO NL 2B 2 4 2 0 1 1.000 .968 3.00 5.45 1934 25 BRO NL 3B 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 .952 3.00 2.75 1943 34 PIT NL 3B 1 0 1 1 0 .500 .909 1.00 3.00 1928 19 BRO NL C 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 3.00 3.80 0 1930 21 BRO NL C 126 465 66 9 9 .983 .976 4.21 4.05 5 1931 22 BRO NL C 105 390 69 11 6 .977 .980 4.37 4.03 6 1932 23 BRO NL C 125 456 82 13 10 .976 .979 4.30 3.98 5 1933 24 BRO NL C 124 449 84 5 14 .991 .982 4.30 3.75 2 1934 25 BRO NL C 137 542 62 11 4 .982 .985 4.41 4.09 9 1935 26 BRO NL C 126 472 65 11 8 .980 .976 4.26 4.17 7 1936 27 BSN NL C 127 447 107 14 9 .975 .979 4.36 4.21 1 1937 28 BSN NL C 102 342 83 7 5 .984 .980 4.17 4.62 3 1938 29 BSN NL C 71 240 42 3 4 .989 .979 3.97 4.26 3 1939 30 BSN NL C 129 424 72 7 11 .986 .982 3.84 3.93 5 1940 31 TOT NL C 95 343 62 4 11 .990 .978 4.26 4.05 2 BSN NL C 36 119 33 2 4 .987 .978 4.22 4.05 1 PIT NL C 59 224 29 2 7 .992 .978 4.29 4.05 1 1941 32 PIT NL C 114 345 54 8 5 .980 .983 3.50 4.06 0 1942 33 PIT NL C 99 327 53 2 14 .995 .979 3.84 4.28 3 1943 34 PIT NL C 116 378 66 4 9 .991 .981 3.83 4.13 1 1944 35 PIT NL C 115 372 52 7 6 .984 .979 3.69 3.95 10 1945 36 PIT NL C 91 326 38 3 7 .992 .978 4.00 3.83 4 1946 37 PIT NL C 56 173 30 3 4 .985 .980 3.62 4.24 0 1947 38 CLE AL C 57 144 28 0 1 1.000 .985 3.02 4.30 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 1918 6644 1115 122 137 .985 .980 4.05 4.09 66 2B 3 7 6 0 2 1.000 .970 4.33 5.43 3B 3 2 5 1 1 .875 .946 2.33 2.83 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 9.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1925 6654 1126 123 140 .984 .980 4.04 4.09
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1934   BRO NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1941   PIT NL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   1   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   1   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1934 *
1941 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1933-NL-10-0.22
1934-NL-23-0.01
1936-NL-14-0.06
1938-NL-21-0.01
1940-NL-23-0.03
1941-NL-24-0.02
1945-NL-29-0.01
Car-524-0.36 shares

Stolen Bases
1933 NL-10-10

Sac. Hits
1934 NL-14-5
1943 NL-12-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1934 NL-15-8
1937 NL-15-8

Youngest Player
1928 NL-19-2

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 71.0 (252) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

August 26, 1927: Purchased by the Brooklyn Robins from the Jacksonville (Southeastern) for $10,000.

December 12, 1935: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Ray Benge, Tony Cuccinello, and Bobby Reis to the Boston Braves for Ed Brandt and Randy Moore.

June 14, 1940: Traded by the Boston Bees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ray Berres and $40,000.

December 7, 1946: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Gene Woodling.

October 21, 1947: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


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