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Eddie Lake

Edward Erving Lake (Sparky)

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 159 lb.

Born: March 18, 1916 in Antioch, CA
High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)
Signed
by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1939
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Cardinals 1939-1950

Final Game: September 30, 1950
Died: June 7, 1995 in Castro Valley, CA
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1939 23 STL NL 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 74 1 0 0 0 /6
1940 24 STL NL 32 80 66 12 14 3 0 2 7 1 12 17 .212 .342 .348 .690 87 23 2 1 1 4/6
1941 25 STL NL 45 92 76 9 8 2 0 0 0 3 15 22 .105 .253 .132 .384 7 10 2 0 1 56/4
1943 27 BOS AL 75 268 216 26 43 10 0 3 16 3 6 47 35 .199 .345 .287 .632 84 62 4 1 5 6
1944 28 BOS AL 57 153 126 21 26 5 0 0 8 5 2 23 22 .206 .329 .246 .575 66 31 1 0 4 6/145
1945 29 BOS AL 133 586 473 81 132 27 1 11 51 9 7 106 37 .279 .412 .410 .822 137 194 9 1 6 *6/4 MVP-31
1946 30 DET AL 155 703 587 105 149 24 1 8 31 15 9 103 69 .254 .369 .339 .708 93 199 8 4 9 *6
1947 31 DET AL 158 732 602 96 127 19 6 12 46 11 10 120 54 .211 .343 .322 .665 82 194 14 1 9 *6
1948 32 DET AL 64 264 198 51 52 6 0 2 18 3 3 57 20 .263 .427 .323 .751 99 64 4 0 9 45
1949 33 DET AL 94 308 240 38 47 9 1 1 15 2 8 61 33 .196 .359 .254 .613 64 61 5 0 6 645
1950 34 DET AL 20 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -66 0 0 0 0 /56
11 Yrs 835 3199 2595 442 599 105 9 39 193 52 45 546 312 .231 .366 .323 .689 91 839 49 8 50
162 Game Avg. 162 621 503 86 116 20 2 8 37 10 106 61 .231 .366 .323 .689 91 163 10 2 10
DET (5 yrs) 491 2015 1634 293 375 58 8 23 111 31 30 342 179 .229 .364 .317 .681 85 518 31 5 33
STL (3 yrs) 79 177 146 21 23 5 0 2 7 4 28 39 .158 .297 .233 .530 46 34 4 1 2
BOS (3 yrs) 265 1007 815 128 201 42 1 14 75 17 15 176 94 .247 .382 .352 .734 112 287 14 2 15
AL (8 yrs) 756 3022 2449 421 576 100 9 37 186 48 45 518 273 .235 .370 .329 .699 93 805 45 7 48
NL (3 yrs) 79 177 146 21 23 5 0 2 7 4 28 39 .158 .297 .233 .530 46 34 4 1 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1939 23 STL NL 2 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
1940 24 STL NL 32 80 -1 -0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.2 3 2 0.1 .496 .499 0.3 0.0 3 $ 4/6
1941 25 STL NL 45 92 -10 0 0 -1 1 -9 -1.0 3 -6 -0.7 .478 .494 -0.6 0.0 -5 $ 56/4
1943 27 BOS AL 75 268 -3 -1 0 3 4 3 0.3 6 9 0.9 .505 .502 0.6 0.9 6 $ 6
1944 28 BOS AL 57 153 -5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 3 4 0.4 .501 .500 0.4 0.3 4 $ 6/145
1945 29 BOS AL 133 586 26 -0 0 11 9 46 5.1 12 58 6.3 .539 .532 5.0 2.2 47 $ *6/4 MVP-31
1946 30 DET AL 155 703 -2 0 0 -5 10 4 0.4 18 22 2.2 .503 .503 2.8 0.6 27 $ *6
1947 31 DET AL 158 732 -11 -1 0 -19 10 -20 -2.3 19 -1 -0.4 .486 .487 1.6 -1.0 18 $ *6
1948 32 DET AL 64 264 4 1 0 -2 2 5 0.5 7 11 1.1 .507 .503 1.3 0.0 13 $ 45
1949 33 DET AL 94 308 -10 -3 -0 1 3 -9 -0.9 8 -1 -0.1 .490 .494 -0.2 0.4 -2 $ 645
1950 34 DET AL 20 8 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /56
11 Seasons 835 3199 -13 -4 0 -13 47 17 1.8 79 95 9.7 .503 .501 11.1 3.5 109 $
DET (5 yrs) 491 2015 -21 -3 0 -25 26 -22 -2.5 51 29 2.7 .495 .497 5.4 0.1 54 $
STL (3 yrs) 79 177 -11 0 0 -2 2 -10 -1.2 6 -4 -0.6 .486 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $
BOS (3 yrs) 265 1007 19 -1 0 14 18 49 5.4 21 70 7.6 .521 .511 6.0 3.4 56 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1939 23 STL NL 5 3 0 0.0 108 .250 .250 .288 .400 .354 .250 .411 .650 .765 74 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .667 .250 .000
1940 24 STL NL 80 55 8 3.9 102 .255 .212 .278 .342 .343 .348 .399 .690 .742 87 .450 -0.8 -0.1 .685 .333 .136 1.3
1941 25 STL NL 92 71 3 1.1 100 .148 .105 .274 .253 .345 .132 .386 .384 .731 7 .085 -9.4 -1.0 .400 .263 .026 .0
1943 27 BOS AL 268 188 20 2.9 89 .225 .199 .258 .345 .333 .287 .357 .632 .690 84 .379 -2.0 -0.2 .585 .292 .088 3.0
1944 28 BOS AL 153 107 11 2.8 91 .250 .206 .267 .329 .334 .246 .364 .575 .698 66 .335 -4.3 -0.5 .553 .246 .040 .0
1945 29 BOS AL 586 363 79 5.8 90 .285 .279 .264 .412 .336 .410 .359 .822 .695 137 .680 29.5 3.1 .849 .359 .131 9.9
1946 30 DET AL 703 464 73 4.2 101 .276 .254 .272 .369 .347 .339 .391 .708 .738 93 .504 -1.2 -0.1 .686 .271 .085 10.4
1947 31 DET AL 732 508 66 3.5 100 .215 .211 .267 .343 .348 .322 .384 .665 .732 82 .415 -11.6 -1.2 .633 .312 .111 11.5
1948 32 DET AL 264 162 27 4.4 108 .284 .263 .277 .427 .362 .323 .400 .751 .762 99 .483 3.8 0.4 .791 .348 .061 2.4
1949 33 DET AL 308 212 21 2.6 107 .223 .196 .271 .359 .363 .254 .393 .613 .756 64 .267 -9.8 -1.0 .563 .288 .058 1.3
1950 34 DET AL 8 7 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .282 .125 .370 .000 .423 .125 .792 -66 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
11 Yrs 3199 2140 308 3.8 98 .250 .231 .268 .366 .346 .323 .380 .689 .727 91 .465 -7.8 -0.7 .670 .306 .092 44.6
162 Game Avg. 621 415 60 3.8 98 .250 .231 .268 .366 .346 .323 .380 .689 .727 91 .465 -7.8 -0.7 .670 .306 .092 9
DET (5 yrs) 2015 1353 187 3.7 103 .246 .229 .271 .364 .352 .317 .390 .681 .742 85 .431 -20.7 -2.1 .656 .297 .088 26.4
STL (3 yrs) 177 129 11 2.3 101 .200 .158 .276 .297 .345 .233 .393 .530 .737 46 .243 -10.3 -1.1 .528 .295 .075 2.7
BOS (3 yrs) 1007 658 110 4.5 90 .264 .247 .263 .382 .335 .352 .359 .734 .694 112 .569 23.1 2.4 .726 .324 .106 15.4
AL (8 yrs) 3022 2011 297 4.0 98 .252 .235 .268 .370 .346 .329 .380 .699 .726 93 .478 2.5 0.3 .679 .306 .094 41.8
NL (3 yrs) 177 129 11 2.3 101 .200 .158 .276 .297 .345 .233 .393 .530 .737 46 .243 -10.3 -1.1 .528 .295 .075 2.7

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1939 23 STL NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 80%
1940 24 STL NL 80 2.5% 21.3% 15.0% 6.3% 36% 1.42 3.9 33.0 9.4 59%
1941 25 STL NL 92 0.0% 23.9% 16.3% 2.2% 25% 1.47 3.5 59%
1943 27 BOS AL 268 1.1% 13.1% 17.5% 4.9% 30% 0.74 6.2 72.0 13.5 66%
1944 28 BOS AL 153 0.0% 14.4% 15.0% 3.3% 19% 0.96 5.7 15.8 68%
1945 29 BOS AL 586 1.9% 6.3% 18.1% 6.7% 30% 0.35 12.8 43.0 9.3 73%
1946 30 DET AL 703 1.1% 9.8% 14.7% 4.7% 22% 0.67 8.5 73.4 18.9 73%
1947 31 DET AL 732 1.6% 7.4% 16.4% 5.1% 29% 0.45 11.1 50.2 13.1 73%
1948 32 DET AL 264 0.8% 7.6% 21.6% 3.0% 15% 0.35 9.9 99.0 11.0 0.88 67%
1949 33 DET AL 308 0.3% 10.7% 19.8% 3.6% 23% 0.54 7.3 240.0 16.0 0.92 67%
1950 34 DET AL 8 0.0% 37.5% 12.5% 0.0% 3.00 2.3 7.0 0.33 50%
11 Yrs 3199 1.2% 9.8% 17.1% 4.8% 26% 0.57 8.3 66.5 13.4 0.89 70%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.2% 9.3% 6.2% 27% 1.00 9.6 61.8 8.4 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1939 23 STL NL -0.1 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1940 24 STL NL -0.9 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 25 STL NL -9.4 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 27 BOS AL -2.0 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 28 BOS AL -4.3 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 29 BOS AL 28.9 3.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 30 DET AL -1.2 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 31 DET AL -11.6 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 32 DET AL 3.8 0.4 133 0.8 2.4 -1.6 .93 0.8 0.1 10.4 1.0 0.96 9.3 0
1949 33 DET AL -10.2 -1.0 193 -0.6 3.2 -3.8 1.12 -0.4 -0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.95 -4.1 2.73 8
1950 34 DET AL -1.8 -0.2 8 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.93 -0.1 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 1.11 -1.6 1.93 7
11 Yrs -8.8 -0.8 334 -0.2 5.6 -5.8 1.06 0.3 -0.4 5.7 0.5 0.96 3.6 2.36 15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 32 DET AL 5 0 46% 89 3 3 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 52% 16 9 7 3 1 2 6 2 4
1949 33 DET AL 6 0 35% 75 2 8 20% 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 39% 14 10 4 3 3 0 6 1 5
1950 34 DET AL 0 0 300% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 11 0 36% 176 52 45 56% 2 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 47% 31 19 12 6 4 2 12 3 9

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 32 DET AL 264 33% 52 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 5 9 180% 29 4 14% 10 6 60% 74 10 14% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1949 33 DET AL 308 35% 47 8 1 0 1 2.73 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 6 120% 38 5 13% 10 3 30% 93 11 12% 5 2 40% 6 3 50% 0
1950 34 DET AL 8 100% 0 7 0 0 1 1.93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 9 1 11% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
11 Yrs 580 36% 599 15 1 0 2 2.36 39 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 10 50 500% 70 49 70% 21 10 48% 176 22 13% 11 5 45% 10 6 60% 0
MLB Averages 51% 515% 53% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1939 23 2 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 74 1 0 0 0
1940 24 34 85 70 12 15 3 0 2 7 1 13 17 .214 .345 .343 .688 86 24 2 1 1
1941 25 79 177 146 21 23 5 0 2 7 4 28 39 .158 .297 .233 .530 46 34 4 1 2
1942 26 79 177 146 21 23 5 0 2 7 4 28 39 .158 .297 .233 .530 46 34 4 1 2
1943 27 154 445 362 47 66 15 0 5 23 7 6 75 74 .182 .326 .265 .591 68 96 8 2 7
1944 28 211 598 488 68 92 20 0 5 31 12 8 98 96 .189 .327 .260 .587 67 127 9 2 11
1945 29 344 1184 961 149 224 47 1 16 82 21 15 204 133 .233 .369 .334 .703 101 321 18 3 17
1946 30 499 1887 1548 254 373 71 2 24 113 36 24 307 202 .241 .369 .336 .705 98 520 26 7 26
1947 31 657 2619 2150 350 500 90 8 36 159 47 34 427 256 .233 .362 .332 .694 94 714 40 8 35
1948 32 721 2883 2348 401 552 96 8 38 177 50 37 484 276 .235 .368 .331 .699 94 778 44 8 44
1949 33 815 3191 2588 439 599 105 9 39 192 52 45 545 309 .231 .367 .324 .691 91 839 49 8 50
1950 34 835 3199 2595 442 599 105 9 39 193 52 45 546 312 .231 .366 .323 .689 91 839 49 8 50

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1939 23 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2
1940 24 34 83 69 12 14 3 0 2 7 1 12 18 .203 .329 .333 .663 7 32
1941 25 47 92 78 7 7 2 0 0 0 3 13 23 .090 .220 .115 .335 2 45
1943 27 79 291 231 31 49 11 0 3 19 3 54 37 .212 .364 .299 .662 25 75
1944 28 60 162 133 24 28 5 0 0 9 5 25 23 .211 .335 .248 .584 11 57
1945 29 141 638 511 96 150 31 1 12 60 10 120 39 .294 .429 .429 .857 94 133
1946 30 162 737 615 112 157 25 1 8 33 16 109 72 .255 .371 .338 .709 77 155
1947 31 164 764 627 102 134 20 6 13 49 12 127 56 .214 .347 .327 .674 71 158
1948 32 67 269 204 49 51 6 0 2 17 3 56 21 .250 .412 .309 .720 26 64
1949 33 98 318 250 38 48 9 1 1 15 2 62 34 .192 .353 .248 .601 22 94
1950 34 21 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 20
11 Yrs 875 3367 2729 474 638 112 9 41 210 55 580 326 .234 .370 .326 .696 335 835
162 Game Avg. 162 623 505 88 118 21 2 8 39 10 107 60 .234 .370 .326 .696 62 835

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1945 AL (31, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1945 AL  6.3 (4th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1945 AL  6.3 (2nd)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1945 AL  5.0 (2nd)

Defensive WARs c a p y
1943 AL  0.9 (10th)
1945 AL  2.2 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1945 AL  .412 (1st)

Slugging % s c a p y
1945 AL  .410 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1945 AL  .822 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1946 AL  155 (1st)
1947 AL  158 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1946 AL  587 (2nd)
1947 AL  602 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1946 AL  703 (1st)
1947 AL  732 (1st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1945 AL  81 (4th)
1946 AL  105 (3rd)
1947 AL  96 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1945 AL  11 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1945 AL  106 (2nd)
1946 AL  103 (3rd)
1947 AL  120 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1946 AL  69 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1946 AL  15 (3rd)
1947 AL  11 (5th)

Singles s c a p y
1946 AL  116 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1945 AL  136 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1945 AL  79 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1945 AL  29 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1945 AL  3.1 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1945 AL  239 (4th)
1946 AL  256 (4th)
1947 AL  248 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1945 AL  .680 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 AL  4 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1945 AL  7 (9th)
1946 AL  9 (4th)
1947 AL  10 (5th)
1949 AL  8 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1945 AL  9.9 (2nd)
1946 AL  10.4 (1st)
1947 AL  11.5 (1st)

AB per HR s c a p y
1945 AL  43.0 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1946 AL  464 (1st)
1947 AL  508 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 30 (792), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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