Eddie Lake
Edward Erving Lake (Sparky)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: March 18, 1916 in Antioch, CA
High School: Castlemont (Oakland, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 26, 1939
Final Game: September 30, 1950
Died: June 7, 1995 in Castro Valley, CA
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Standard Batting

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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 86 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 75 269 216 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 94 199 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 83 194 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 94 307 240 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 Seasons 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 2014 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 45 34 4 1 2
BOS (3 yrs) 265 1008 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 94 805 45 7 48
NL (3 yrs) 79 177 146 21 23 5 0 2 7 4 28 39 .158 .297 .233 .530 45 34 4 1 2

Advanced Batting

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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 3.9 103 .255 .212 .279 .342 .344 .348 .401 .690 .745 86 .450 -0.9 -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 269 188 20 2.9 89 .225 .199 .258 .345 .333 .287 .356 .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 .271 .369 .346 .339 .389 .708 .735 94 .504 -0.5 -0.1 .686 .271 .085 10.4
1947 31 DET AL 732 508 66 3.5 99 .215 .211 .266 .343 .347 .322 .382 .665 .729 83 .415 -10.8 -1.1 .633 .312 .111 11.5
1948 32 DET AL 264 162 27 4.4 108 .284 .263 .276 .427 .362 .323 .400 .751 .762 99 .483 3.9 0.4 .791 .348 .061 2.4
1949 33 DET AL 307 212 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 .793 -66 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .143 .143 .000
11 Seasons 3199 2140 308 3.8 98 .250 .231 .268 .366 .346 .323 .380 .689 .725 91 .465 -6.2 -0.6 .670 .306 .092 44.6
162 Game Avg. 621 415 60 3.8 98 .250 .231 .268 .366 .346 .323 .380 .689 .725 91 .465 -6.2 -0.6 .670 .306 .092 9
DET (5 yrs) 2014 1353 187 3.7 102 .246 .229 .270 .364 .351 .317 .389 .681 .740 85 .431 -19.1 -1.9 .656 .297 .088 26.4
STL (3 yrs) 177 129 11 2.3 101 .200 .158 .276 .297 .345 .233 .393 .530 .738 45 .243 -10.3 -1.1 .528 .295 .075 2.7
BOS (3 yrs) 1008 658 110 4.5 90 .264 .247 .263 .382 .335 .352 .359 .734 .694 112 .569 23.2 2.4 .726 .324 .106 15.4
AL (8 yrs) 3022 2011 297 4.0 98 .252 .235 .267 .370 .346 .329 .379 .699 .724 94 .478 4.1 0.5 .679 .306 .094 41.8
NL (3 yrs) 177 129 11 2.3 101 .200 .158 .276 .297 .345 .233 .393 .530 .738 45 .243 -10.3 -1.1 .528 .295 .075 2.7

Cumulative Batting

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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 85 24 2 1 1
1941 25 79 177 146 21 23 5 0 2 7 4 28 39 .158 .297 .233 .530 45 34 4 1 2
1942 26 79 177 146 21 23 5 0 2 7 4 28 39 .158 .297 .233 .530 45 34 4 1 2
1943 27 154 446 362 47 66 15 0 5 23 7 6 75 74 .182 .326 .265 .591 68 96 8 2 7
1944 28 211 599 488 68 92 20 0 5 31 12 8 98 96 .189 .327 .260 .587 67 127 9 2 11
1945 29 344 1185 961 149 224 47 1 16 82 21 15 204 133 .233 .369 .334 .703 101 321 18 3 17
1946 30 499 1888 1548 254 373 71 2 24 113 36 24 307 202 .241 .369 .336 .705 98 520 26 7 26
1947 31 657 2620 2150 350 500 90 8 36 159 47 34 427 256 .233 .362 .332 .694 94 714 40 8 35
1948 32 721 2884 2348 401 552 96 8 38 177 50 37 484 276 .235 .368 .331 .699 95 778 44 8 44
1949 33 815 3191 2588 439 599 105 9 39 192 52 45 545 309 .231 .367 .324 .691 92 839 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

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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 82 69 12 14 3 0 2 7 1 12 18 .203 .329 .333 .663 7 32
1941 25 47 91 78 7 7 2 0 0 0 3 13 23 .090 .220 .115 .335 2 45
1943 27 79 281 229 31 47 11 0 3 19 3 51 37 .205 .352 .293 .645 24 75
1944 28 60 162 135 25 30 6 0 0 9 6 27 23 .222 .352 .267 .619 13 57
1945 29 141 631 510 95 149 30 1 12 60 10 120 39 .292 .428 .425 .853 93 133
1946 30 162 731 617 113 159 26 1 9 33 16 110 72 .258 .373 .347 .720 78 155
1947 31 164 755 627 103 134 20 6 13 49 12 127 56 .214 .347 .327 .674 71 158
1948 32 67 260 204 49 51 6 0 2 17 3 56 21 .250 .412 .309 .720 26 64
1949 33 98 310 249 39 47 9 1 1 15 2 61 34 .189 .348 .245 .593 21 94
1950 34 21 8 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 20
11 Seasons 875 3316 2729 477 638 113 9 42 210 56 579 326 .234 .369 .328 .697 335 835
162 Game Avg. 162 614 505 88 118 21 2 8 39 10 107 60 .234 .369 .328 .697 62 835

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 (1456th)

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--137--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 (592), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 30 (777), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1723), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1950), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Dick Howser (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dick Schofield (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Luis Rivera (928)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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