Héctor López

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 182lb (180cm, 82kg)

Born: July 8, 1929 in Colon, Panama pa

Died: September 29, 2022 in Hudson, FL

Debut: May 12, 1955 (Age 25-308d, 11,253rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1966 (Age 37-084d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Héctor Headley López

Nicknames: The Panama Clipper or What a Pair of Hands

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

4644

1251

136

.269

623

RBI

591

OBP

.330

SLG

.415

OPS

.745

OPS+

103

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	KCA		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	2B
2	2	Apr 11	KCA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
3	3	Apr 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
4	4	Apr 15	KCA	@	CHW	W,10-8	GS	28	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
5	5	Apr 16	KCA	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
6	6	Apr 17	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	2B
7	7	Apr 18	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
8	8	Apr 19	KCA	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	7	0	12	0	2B
9	9	Apr 21	KCA		CHW	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	2B
10	10	Apr 22	KCA		CHW	L,6-20	CG	58	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
11	11	Apr 24	KCA		DET	W,10-1	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
12	12	Apr 25	KCA		DET	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
13	13	Apr 26	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
14	14	Apr 28	KCA		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
15	15	Apr 29	KCA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
16	16	Apr 30	KCA		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	KCA		BAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
18	18	May 2	KCA		BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
19	19	May 3	KCA		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
20	20	May 4	KCA		BOS	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
21	21	May 5	KCA		NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
22	22	May 6	KCA		NYY	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
23	23	May 8	KCA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.1	0	2	1	3	0	2B
24	27 (3)	May 15	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
25	28	May 16	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
26	29	May 17 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	2B
27	30	May 17 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,10-0	GS	24	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
28	31	May 20	KCA	@	BOS	W,8-2	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
29	32	May 21	KCA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
30	33	May 22	KCA		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
31	34	May 23	KCA		CHW	W,16-0	GS	22	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
32	35	May 24	KCA		CHW	W,8-6	GS	37	8.0	5	2	2	9	0	2B
33	36	May 25	KCA		DET	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to New York Yankees
34	39	May 29	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	GS	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
35	40	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-2	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
36	41	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,11-0	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
37	42	May 31	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	43	Jun 2	NYY	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
39	44	Jun 3	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	45	Jun 4	NYY	@	DET	W,14-3	GS	27	6.1	2	2	0	4	1	3B
41	46	Jun 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	3B
42	47	Jun 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,2-1	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	48	Jun 7 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
44	49	Jun 7 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
45	50	Jun 9	NYY		KCA	W,9-8	CG	59	13.0	2	3	2	7	0	3B
46	51	Jun 10	NYY		KCA	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
47	52	Jun 11	NYY		KCA	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	53	Jun 12	NYY		DET	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
49	54	Jun 13	NYY		DET	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
50	55	Jun 14 (1)	NYY		DET	L,2-3	GS	21	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
51	56	Jun 14 (2)	NYY		DET	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
52	57	Jun 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
53	58	Jun 17	NYY		CHW	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
54	59	Jun 18	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
55	60	Jun 19	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	61	Jun 20	NYY		CLE	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
57	62	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
58	63	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,4-5	CG	58	14.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
59	64	Jun 22	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
60	65	Jun 23	NYY	@	KCA	W,10-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
61	66	Jun 24	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	67	Jun 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
63	68	Jun 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
64	69	Jun 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
65	70	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	71	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	72	Jun 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	73	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
69	74	Jul 2	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
70	75	Jul 3	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
71	76	Jul 4 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
72	77	Jul 4 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	78	Jul 5	NYY		WSH	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
74	79	Jul 8	NYY		BOS	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	80	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-14	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
76	81	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
77	82	Jul 11	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	83	Jul 12	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-7	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
79	84	Jul 13	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-13	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
80	85	Jul 14	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	86	Jul 16 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,7-5	CG	43	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
82	87	Jul 16 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	88	Jul 17	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
84	89	Jul 18	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
85	90	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
86	91	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
87	92	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	3B
88	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
89	94	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	8.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
90	95	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
91	96	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,9-8	CG	49	9.0	4	1	3	8	0	3B
92	97	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	36	9.2	3	3	0	6	0	3B
93	98	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
94	99	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	T,4-4	CG	25	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
95	100	Jul 30	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
96	101	Jul 31	NYY	@	KCA	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	102	Aug 1	NYY	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	103	Aug 2	NYY	@	KCA	W,7-5	GS	23	5.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
99	106 (2)	Aug 6	NYY		DET	L,0-4	GF	8	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	PH 3B
100	109 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	NYY		KCA	W,4-3	GF	23	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 3B
101	110	Aug 9 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
102	111	Aug 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	48	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
103	112	Aug 11	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-5	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
104	113	Aug 12	NYY		WSH	L,2-3	GS	24	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
105	114	Aug 13	NYY		WSH	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	115	Aug 14	NYY		BOS	L,6-11	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
107	116	Aug 15	NYY		BOS	L,4-12	CG	53	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
108	117	Aug 16 (1)	NYY		BOS	L,5-6	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
109	118	Aug 16 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	120	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	W,10-5	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	121	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,2-14	GS	34	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
113	122	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-7	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	123	Aug 22	NYY	@	KCA	L,7-8	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
115	124	Aug 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	125	Aug 23 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
117	126	Aug 24	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
118	127	Aug 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	LF
119	128	Aug 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	129	Aug 28	NYY	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
121	130	Aug 29	NYY	@	WSH	W,9-5	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
122	131	Aug 30	NYY	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	132	Sep 1	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-0	GS	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	133	Sep 2	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
125	134	Sep 3	NYY		WSH	W,9-2	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
126	135	Sep 4	NYY		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
127	136	Sep 5	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
128	137	Sep 6	NYY		BAL	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
129	138	Sep 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-12	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
130	139	Sep 9	NYY		KCA	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
131	140	Sep 10	NYY		KCA	W,12-1	GS	22	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
132	141	Sep 11	NYY		DET	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
133	142	Sep 12	NYY		DET	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
134	143	Sep 13 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
135	144	Sep 13 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
136	145	Sep 14	NYY		CLE	L,5-8	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
137	146	Sep 15	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
138	147	Sep 16	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
139	148	Sep 18	NYY		BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
140	149	Sep 19	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
141	150	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
142	151	Sep 22	NYY	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
143	152	Sep 23	NYY	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
144	153	Sep 25	NYY		BAL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
							144gm		1194.1	208	219	31	458	31