Ed Lopat
Edmund Walter Lopat
born Edmund Walter Lopatynski
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 21, 1918 in New York, NY
High School: Clinton (New York, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1944
Final Game: September 23, 1955
Died: June 15, 1992 in Darien, CT
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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
1944 26 CHW AL 30 87 81 8 25 1 1 0 6 0 0 5 5 .309 .349 .346 .695 99 28 1 0 1 1
1945 27 CHW AL 32 85 82 13 24 4 0 1 13 0 0 2 9 .293 .310 .378 .688 102 31 3 0 1 1
1946 28 CHW AL 30 97 87 10 22 2 1 0 10 0 0 8 7 .253 .316 .299 .615 75 26 2 0 2 1
1947 29 CHW AL 35 104 96 5 19 3 0 0 11 0 0 4 6 .198 .230 .229 .459 30 22 2 0 4 1 MVP-31
1948 30 NYY AL 34 93 81 6 14 0 0 0 10 0 0 8 6 .173 .247 .173 .420 13 14 6 0 4 1
1949 31 NYY AL 31 84 76 9 20 8 0 1 4 0 0 7 8 .263 .325 .408 .733 93 31 4 0 1 1
1950 32 NYY AL 36 104 82 14 19 2 3 0 7 0 0 17 9 .232 .364 .329 .693 81 27 0 0 5 1 MVP-28
1951 33 NYY AL 31 95 84 7 15 1 0 3 9 0 1 7 10 .179 .242 .298 .539 48 25 5 0 4 1 AS,MVP-12
1952 34 NYY AL 20 57 52 7 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 5 .173 .218 .212 .430 23 11 2 0 2 1
1953 35 NYY AL 26 73 63 5 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 13 .190 .250 .238 .488 34 15 2 0 5 1 MVP-17
1954 36 NYY AL 26 67 57 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 6 .018 .095 .018 .113 -67 1 1 0 4 1 1
1955 37 TOT AL 26 49 46 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .152 .188 .152 .340 -6 7 2 0 1 0 0 1
1955 37 NYY AL 16 29 29 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .138 .138 .138 .276 -25 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
1955 37 BAL AL 10 20 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .176 .263 .176 .440 25 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
12 Seasons 357 995 887 87 187 26 5 5 77 0 1 73 92 .211 .271 .268 .539 49 238 30 0 34 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 452 403 39 85 12 2 2 35 0 0 33 42 .211 .271 .268 .539 49 108 14 0 15
NYY (8 yrs) 220 602 524 50 94 16 3 4 37 0 1 52 60 .179 .253 .244 .497 35 128 22 0 25 1 0
CHW (4 yrs) 127 373 346 36 90 10 2 1 40 0 0 19 27 .260 .299 .309 .608 74 107 8 0 8
BAL (1 yr) 10 20 17 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .176 .263 .176 .440 25 3 0 0 1 0 0

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
1944 26 CHW AL 87 58 10 4.7 91 .329 .309 .267 .349 .334 .346 .364 .695 .698 99 .566 -0.2 0.0 .579 .099 .037
1945 27 CHW AL 85 62 10 4.3 86 .319 .293 .258 .310 .330 .378 .351 .688 .680 102 .551 -0.3 0.0 .541 .110 .085 .0
1946 28 CHW AL 97 69 8 3.1 92 .275 .253 .259 .316 .333 .299 .372 .615 .705 75 .369 -2.8 -0.3 .507 .138 .046
1947 29 CHW AL 104 83 5 1.6 93 .211 .198 .258 .230 .337 .229 .371 .459 .708 30 .149 -9.2 -1.0 .329 .073 .031
1948 30 NYY AL 93 77 3 1.0 105 .187 .173 .272 .247 .357 .173 .393 .420 .749 13 .062 -10.2 -1.0 .301 .099 .000
1949 31 NYY AL 84 61 10 4.4 107 .284 .263 .271 .325 .363 .408 .393 .733 .756 93 .477 -0.8 -0.1 .633 .237 .145 .0
1950 32 NYY AL 104 68 10 3.9 111 .260 .232 .275 .364 .361 .329 .412 .693 .773 81 .392 -2.0 -0.2 .698 .305 .098
1951 33 NYY AL 95 79 6 2.0 99 .169 .179 .263 .242 .343 .298 .385 .539 .728 48 .190 -6.6 -0.7 .413 .190 .119 .0
1952 34 NYY AL 57 47 2 1.2 91 .191 .173 .253 .218 .332 .212 .369 .430 .701 23 .087 -5.3 -0.6 .311 .096 .038
1953 35 NYY AL 73 58 4 1.8 100 .240 .190 .266 .250 .342 .238 .391 .488 .733 34 .167 -5.8 -0.6 .377 .127 .048
1954 36 NYY AL 67 62 0 0.0 96 .019 .018 .262 .095 .337 .018 .383 .113 .719 -67 .000 -13.2 -1.4 .105 .088 .000
1955 37 TOT AL 49 42 1 0.6 99 .184 .152 .262 .188 .341 .152 .390 .340 .731 -6 .027 -6.9 -0.7 .220 .043 .000
1955 37 NYY AL 29 27 0 0.0 102 .154 .138 .265 .138 .344 .138 .395 .276 .739 -25 .000 -5.2 -0.5 .148 .000 .000
1955 37 BAL AL 20 15 1 1.8 95 .250 .176 .257 .263 .335 .176 .382 .440 .717 25 .151 -1.7 -0.2 .357 .118 .000
12 Seasons 995 766 69 2.4 98 .230 .211 .264 .271 .343 .268 .381 .539 .724 49 .252 -63.4 -6.6 .424 .139 .057 .0
162 Game Avg. 452 348 31 2.4 98 .230 .211 .264 .271 .343 .268 .381 .539 .724 49 .252 -63.4 -6.6 .424 .139 .057
NYY (8 yrs) 602 479 35 2.0 102 .195 .179 .267 .253 .349 .244 .391 .497 .740 35 .176 -49.2 -5.1 .395 .162 .065 .0
CHW (4 yrs) 373 272 33 3.3 91 .280 .260 .260 .299 .333 .309 .365 .608 .698 74 .399 -12.5 -1.3 .477 .104 .049 .0
BAL (1 yr) 20 15 1 1.8 95 .250 .176 .257 .263 .335 .176 .382 .440 .717 25 .151 -1.7 -0.2 .357 .118 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 31 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1950 32 NYY AL WS PHI W 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951 33 NYY AL WS NYG W 2 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1952 34 NYY AL WS BRO W 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
1953 35 NYY AL WS BRO W 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 7 20 19 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .211 .250 .263 .513 5 0 0 0 0 0
5 WS 7 20 19 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .211 .250 .263 .513 5 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1944 26 CHW AL 87 0.0% 5.8% 5.8% 2.3% 8% 1.00 16.2 13.5 87%
1945 27 CHW AL 85 1.2% 10.6% 2.4% 5.9% 21% 4.50 9.1 82.0 6.3 85%
1946 28 CHW AL 97 0.0% 7.2% 8.3% 3.1% 14% 0.88 12.4 8.7 82%
1947 29 CHW AL 104 0.0% 5.8% 3.9% 2.9% 16% 1.50 16.0 8.7 87%
1948 30 NYY AL 93 0.0% 6.5% 8.6% 0.0% 0% 0.75 13.5 8.1 81%
1949 31 NYY AL 84 1.2% 9.5% 8.3% 10.7% 45% 1.14 9.5 76.0 19.0 80%
1950 32 NYY AL 104 0.0% 8.7% 16.4% 4.8% 26% 0.53 9.1 11.7 70%
1951 33 NYY AL 95 3.2% 10.5% 7.4% 4.2% 27% 1.43 8.4 28.0 9.3 75%
1952 34 NYY AL 57 0.0% 8.8% 5.3% 3.5% 22% 1.67 10.4 13.0 82%
1953 35 NYY AL 73 0.0% 17.8% 6.9% 4.1% 25% 2.60 4.8 63.0 68%
1954 36 NYY AL 67 0.0% 9.0% 7.5% 0.0% 0% 1.20 9.5 28.5 1.70 78%
1955 37 TOT AL 49 0.0% 16.3% 4.1% 0.0% 0% 4.00 5.8 1.54 78%
1955 37 NYY AL 29 0.0% 10.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 9.7 2.00 90%
1955 37 BAL AL 20 0.0% 25.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 2.50 3.4 0.80 60%
12 Seasons 995 0.5% 9.3% 7.3% 3.6% 19% 1.26 9.6 177.4 11.5 1.64 80%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1954 36 NYY AL 1 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 37 TOT AL 1 0 11% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 37 NYY AL 0 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 37 BAL AL 1 0 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 2 0 32% 22 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1954 36 NYY AL 65 63% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 12 1 8% 16 3 19% 37 2 5% 4 2 50% 4 0 0% 0
1955 37 TOT AL 49 73% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 2 25% 9 1 11% 26 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1955 37 NYY AL 31 77% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 5 0 0% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1955 37 BAL AL 18 67% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
12 Seasons 114 68% 187 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 34 680% 20 30 150% 25 4 16% 63 2 3% 5 2 40% 6 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

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
1944 26 30 87 81 8 25 1 1 0 6 0 0 5 5 .309 .349 .346 .695 99 28 1 0 1
1945 27 62 172 163 21 49 5 1 1 19 0 0 7 14 .301 .329 .362 .691 101 59 4 0 2
1946 28 92 269 250 31 71 7 2 1 29 0 0 15 21 .284 .325 .340 .665 92 85 6 0 4
1947 29 127 373 346 36 90 10 2 1 40 0 0 19 27 .260 .299 .309 .608 74 107 8 0 8
1948 30 161 466 427 42 104 10 2 1 50 0 0 27 33 .244 .289 .283 .572 62 121 14 0 12
1949 31 192 550 503 51 124 18 2 2 54 0 0 34 41 .247 .294 .302 .596 67 152 18 0 13
1950 32 228 654 585 65 143 20 5 2 61 0 0 51 50 .244 .305 .306 .611 69 179 18 0 18
1951 33 259 749 669 72 158 21 5 5 70 0 1 58 60 .236 .297 .305 .602 67 204 23 0 22
1952 34 279 806 721 79 167 23 5 5 74 0 1 61 65 .232 .292 .298 .590 64 215 25 0 24
1953 35 305 879 784 84 179 26 5 5 75 0 1 66 78 .228 .288 .293 .582 61 230 27 0 29
1954 36 331 946 841 86 180 26 5 5 77 0 1 71 84 .214 .275 .275 .550 52 231 28 0 33 1
1955 37 357 995 887 87 187 26 5 5 77 0 1 73 92 .211 .271 .268 .539 49 238 30 0 34 1 0

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
1944 26 31 93 87 9 28 1 1 0 7 0 6 5 .322 .366 .356 .722 11 30
1945 27 34 91 89 16 28 5 0 1 16 0 2 10 .315 .330 .404 .734 12 32
1946 28 31 101 92 11 24 2 1 0 11 0 9 7 .261 .327 .304 .631 9 30
1947 29 36 107 102 6 22 3 0 0 14 0 5 6 .216 .252 .245 .497 6 35
1948 30 36 90 83 5 13 0 0 0 9 0 7 6 .157 .222 .157 .379 3 34
1949 31 32 87 80 9 21 8 0 1 4 0 7 8 .263 .322 .400 .722 10 31
1950 32 38 102 85 13 19 2 3 0 7 0 17 9 .224 .353 .318 .671 9 36
1951 33 33 96 89 8 16 1 0 3 10 0 7 11 .180 .240 .292 .532 6 31
1952 34 21 60 56 9 11 2 0 0 5 0 4 5 .196 .250 .232 .482 3 20
1953 35 27 71 66 6 13 3 0 0 1 0 5 14 .197 .254 .242 .496 4 26
1954 36 27 66 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 .000 .076 .000 .076 0 26
1955 37 27 49 47 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .128 .163 .128 .291 1 26
12 Seasons 373 1013 936 93 201 27 5 5 84 0 76 95 .215 .273 .270 .544 74 357
162 Game Avg. 162 440 407 40 87 12 2 2 36 0 33 41 .215 .273 .270 .544 32 357

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1951 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1947-AL-31-0%
1950-AL-28-1%
1951-AL-12-13%
1953-AL-17-5%
0.19 Career Shares (740th)

                           
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