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Aurelio Lopez
Aurelio Alejandro (Rios) Lopez

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 220 lb.

Debut September 1, 1974
  vs. BAL 2.7 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER
Final Game June 17, 1987
Born September 21, 1948 in Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico
Died September 22, 1992 in Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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        Senor Smoke got the win in the first ballgame I attended, a Tigers' 8-7 win over Boston on August 11, 1980. I'm sorry to learn an auto accident took his life. RIP, Aurelio.

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1974 25 KCR AL   0   0   8   1   0   0   5  0   16.0   21   12   10   0   10    5   0   1    76   0   0  5.63  3.81   68 1.938
 1978 29 STL NL   4   2  25   4   0   0   4  0   65.0   52   35   31   4   32   46   1   5   279   2   0  4.29  3.54   83 1.292
 1979 30 DET AL  10   5  61   0   0   0  49 21  127.0   95   37   34  12   51  106   3   3   519   3   0  2.41  4.36  181 1.150 CYA-7
 1980 31 DET AL  13   6  67   1   0   0  59 21  124.0  125   56   52  15   45   97   3   6   534   5   1  3.77  4.12  109 1.371
 1981 32 DET AL   5   2  29   3   0   0  19  3   81.7   70   34   33   8   31   53   2   0   338   2   1  3.64  3.77  104 1.237
 1982 33 DET AL   3   1  19   0   0   0   9  3   41.0   41   27   24   8   19   26   0   4   176   4   0  5.27  4.04   77 1.463
 1983 34 DET AL   9   8  57   0   0   0  46 18  115.3   87   36   36  12   49   90   1   7   473   7   1  2.81  3.91  139 1.179 AS
 1984 35 DET AL  10   1  71   0   0   0  41 14  137.7  109   51   45  16   52   94   2   3   559   6   1  2.94  3.92  133 1.169
 1985 36 DET AL   3   7  51   0   0   0  22  5   86.3   82   50   46  15   41   53   1   4   379   9   0  4.80  4.07   85 1.425
 1986 37 HOU NL   3   3  45   0   0   0  22  7   78.0   64   32   30   6   25   44   0   0   321   1   0  3.46  3.58  103 1.141
 1987 38 HOU NL   2   1  26   0   0   0   5  1   38.0   39   22   19   6   12   21   2   1   164   0   0  4.50  3.92   87 1.342
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .633  62  36 459   9   0   0 281 93  910.0  785  392  360 102  367  635  15  34  3818  39   4  3.56  3.96  111 1.266
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   5  66   1   0   0  40 13  132.0  114   56   52  14   53   92   2   4   554   5   0  3.56  3.96  111 1.266
 Career High     13   8  71   4   0   0  59 21  137.7  125   56   52  16   52  106   3   7   559   9   1  2.41  4.36  181 1.141

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 29 STL NL  25   14    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .214  .214  .214   21    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1986 37 HOU NL  45    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1987 38 HOU NL  26    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     459   24    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  13  .125  .125  .125  -30    3   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .125  .125  .125  -30    1   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     71   14    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6                           3   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 29 STL NL   16   13    1   2.1    94| .214  .261| .214  .328| .214  .384| .428  .712|  21  .215  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1986 37 HOU NL   10   10    0   0.0    95| .000  .258| .000  .328| .000  .389| .000  .716|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1987 38 HOU NL    2    2    0   0.0   102| .000  .264| .000  .333| .000  .412| .000  .745|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons       28   25    1   1.1    95| .125  .260| .125  .328| .125  .387| .250  .715| -30  .074  -4.2  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1974 25 KCR AL P 8 0 4 2 0 .667 .952 0.50 0.82 2.25 1.80 1 16.0 1978 29 STL NL P 25 0 5 1 0 .833 .943 0.20 0.72 0.69 1.91 4 65.0 1979 30 DET AL P 61 9 15 1 1 .960 .949 0.39 0.81 1.70 1.92 0 127.0 1980 31 DET AL P 67 5 11 1 1 .941 .958 0.24 0.77 1.16 1.85 1 124.0 1981 32 DET AL P 29 5 10 0 1 1.000 .962 0.52 0.81 1.65 1.98 3 81.7 1982 33 DET AL P 19 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.42 0.73 1.76 1.80 0 41.0 1983 34 DET AL P 57 2 13 1 0 .938 .955 0.26 0.73 1.17 1.80 0 115.3 AS 1984 35 DET AL P 71 6 11 2 2 .895 .960 0.24 0.70 1.11 1.79 0 137.7 1985 36 DET AL P 51 5 10 1 1 .938 .955 0.29 0.70 1.56 1.86 0 86.3 1986 37 HOU NL P 45 2 6 2 0 .800 .952 0.18 0.66 0.92 1.94 0 78.0 1987 38 HOU NL P 26 0 7 1 0 .875 .959 0.27 0.62 1.66 1.92 0 38.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 25 KCR AL P 8 0 4 2 0 .667 .952 0.50 0.82 2.25 1.80 1 16.0 1978 29 STL NL P 25 0 5 1 0 .833 .943 0.20 0.72 0.69 1.91 4 65.0 1979 30 DET AL P 61 9 15 1 1 .960 .949 0.39 0.81 1.70 1.92 0 127.0 1980 31 DET AL P 67 5 11 1 1 .941 .958 0.24 0.77 1.16 1.85 1 124.0 1981 32 DET AL P 29 5 10 0 1 1.000 .962 0.52 0.81 1.65 1.98 3 81.7 1982 33 DET AL P 19 3 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.42 0.73 1.76 1.80 0 41.0 1983 34 DET AL P 57 2 13 1 0 .938 .955 0.26 0.73 1.17 1.80 0 115.3 1984 35 DET AL P 71 6 11 2 2 .895 .960 0.24 0.70 1.11 1.79 0 137.7 1985 36 DET AL P 51 5 10 1 1 .938 .955 0.29 0.70 1.56 1.86 0 86.3 1986 37 HOU NL P 45 2 6 2 0 .800 .952 0.18 0.66 0.92 1.94 0 78.0 1987 38 HOU NL P 26 0 7 1 0 .875 .959 0.27 0.62 1.66 1.92 0 38.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 459 37 97 12 6 .918 .955 0.29 0.73 1.33 1.87 9 910.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 459 37 97 12 6 .918 .955 0.29 0.73 1.33 1.87 9 910
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  DET KCR     W   1   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   3     4   0   1   2 
        WS    DET SDP     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   3     1   0   1   4 
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   2   0   8.10  0  1  0  0   3.1   7   3   4   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   3   0   4.26  1  1  0  0   6.1  11   3   5   5 
  3 Postseason Ser      2-1   5   0   2.89  2  1  0  0   9.1  12   3   6   9 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1984   ALCS  DET KCR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    DET SDP     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   NLCS  HOU NYM     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   2-1   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1983   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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
1983

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1979-AL-7-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

Won-Loss %
1979 AL-.667-10
1980 AL-.684-7

Games
1979 AL-61-6
1980 AL-67-3
1984 AL-71-3

Saves
1979 AL-21-3
1980 AL-21-7
1983 AL-18-8
1984 AL-14-10

Games Finished
1979 AL-49-5
1980 AL-59-3
1983 AL-46-7
1984 AL-41-10

Oldest Player
1987 NL-38-10

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 21 (1022) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 21.0 (263) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (779) (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 29, 1974: Purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Mexico City Reds (Mexican).

March 27, 1975: Purchased by the Mexico City Reds (Mexican) from the Kansas City Royals.

October 26, 1977: Purchased by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Mexico City Reds (Mexican).

December 4, 1978: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Jerry Morales to the Detroit Tigers for Bob Sykes and Jack Murphy (minors).

November 12, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

June 3, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

June 22, 1987: Released by the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Detroit Tigers$575,000
1986Houston Astros$223,275
Career (may be incomplete)$798,275

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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