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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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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

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1944 28 BOS AL 0 0 4.19 6 0 5 0 0 0 19.1 20 13 9 2 11 7 3 0 1 87 81 1.603 9.3 0.9 5.1 3.3 0.64
1 Season 0 0 4.19 6 0 5 0 0 0 19.1 20 13 9 2 11 7 3 0 1 87 81 1.603 9.3 0.9 5.1 3.3 0.64
162 Game Avg. 0 0 4.19 68 0 57 0 0 0 219 227 147 102 23 125 79 34 0 11 986 81 1.603 9.3 0.9 5.1 3.3 0.64

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1939 STL NL 23 SS 2 7 3 3 1 1 .857 3.00 .957 5.10
1940 STL NL 24 2B 17 69 30 36 3 4 .957 3.88 .964 5.14
1940 STL NL 24 SS 6 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 .950 5.00
1941 STL NL 25 3B 15 60 20 37 3 6 .950 3.80 .948 3.16
1941 STL NL 25 SS 15 31 15 13 3 4 .903 1.87 .955 4.82
1941 STL NL 25 2B 5 14 5 6 3 1 .786 2.20 .971 5.24
1943 BOS AL 27 SS 63 336 128 195 13 43 .961 5.13 .953 4.93
1944 BOS AL 28 SS 41 165 53 100 12 28 .927 3.73 .948 5.05
1944 BOS AL 28 P 6 7 0 6 1 0 .857 1.00 .971 1.13
1944 BOS AL 28 2B 3 10 0 10 0 1 1.000 3.33 .970 5.37
1944 BOS AL 28 3B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .950 3.20
1945 BOS AL 29 SS 130 764 265 459 40 112 .948 5.57 .951 4.94 MVP-31
1945 BOS AL 29 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 MVP-31
1946 DET AL 30 SS 155 658 232 391 35 85 .947 4.02 .954 4.65
1947 DET AL 31 SS 158 752 268 441 43 94 .943 4.49 .965 4.93
1948 DET AL 32 2B 45 249 110 132 7 31 .972 5.38 .976 5.39
1948 DET AL 32 3B 17 28 12 15 1 0 .964 1.59 .957 2.93
1949 DET AL 33 SS 38 193 71 114 8 28 .959 4.87 .963 4.79
1949 DET AL 33 2B 19 58 25 31 2 6 .966 2.95 .974 5.13
1949 DET AL 33 3B 18 39 17 22 0 3 1.000 2.17 .959 2.95
1950 DET AL 34 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00
1950 DET AL 34 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70
10 Seasons SS 609 2914 1040 1719 155 395 .947 4.53 .956 4.86
6 Seasons 2B 90 400 170 215 15 43 .963 4.28 .973 5.28
5 Seasons 3B 52 129 50 75 4 9 .969 2.40 .953 3.01
1 Season P 6 7 0 6 1 0 .857 1.00 .971 1.13
11 Seasons TOT 757 3450 1260 2015 175 447 .949 4.33 .907 4.75
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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--43.000--6th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 27 (709), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 3 (1712), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

September 8, 1942: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the St. Louis Cardinals.

January 3, 1946: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Rudy York.

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