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 Fielding

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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
1944 CHW AL 26 P 27 53 9 44 0 4 1.000 1.96 .958 1.14
1945 CHW AL 27 P 26 49 15 32 2 0 .959 1.81 .955 1.28
1946 CHW AL 28 P 29 56 8 48 0 4 1.000 1.93 .948 1.01
1947 CHW AL 29 P 31 50 12 36 2 0 .960 1.55 .954 0.95 MVP-31
1948 NYY AL 30 P 33 59 6 50 3 3 .949 1.70 .963 0.91
1949 NYY AL 31 P 31 51 7 42 2 5 .961 1.58 .963 1.01
1950 NYY AL 32 P 35 59 10 47 2 4 .966 1.63 .949 0.96 MVP-28
1951 NYY AL 33 P 31 62 9 50 3 4 .952 1.90 .953 0.99 AS,MVP-12
1952 NYY AL 34 P 20 37 6 30 1 2 .973 1.80 .965 1.03
1953 NYY AL 35 P 25 48 8 38 2 1 .958 1.84 .956 0.88 MVP-17
1954 NYY AL 36 P 26 23 170.0 32 3 28 1 1 .969 1.64 1.19 .959 2.01 0.93
1955 TOT AL 37 P 26 19 135.2 31 7 23 1 2 .968 1.99 1.15 .958 1.99 0.83
1955 NYY AL 37 P 16 12 86.2 15 3 11 1 1 .933 1.45 0.88 .960 1.99 0.83
1955 BAL AL 37 P 10 7 49.0 16 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.94 1.60 .956 1.98 0.83
12 Seasons P 340 42 305.2 587 100 468 19 30 .968 16.72 1.67 .956 2.00 0.99
12 Seasons TOT 340 42 305.2 587 100 468 19 30 .968 16.72 1.67 .924 2.00 0.99

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1944 CHW AL 26 30 30 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 CHW AL 27 32 32 32 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 CHW AL 28 30 30 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CHW AL 29 35 35 35 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NYY AL 30 34 34 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYY AL 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYY AL 32 36 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYY AL 33 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYY AL 34 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYY AL 35 26 26 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYY AL 36 26 23 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYY AL 37 16 12 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BAL AL 37 10 7 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 357 42 357 357 340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYY AL 36 722 87% 26% 37 81% 0 3 1 2 29 27 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 10 80%
1955 NYY AL 37 370 89% 28% 14 86% 1 2 0 2 12 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1955 BAL AL 37 214 90% 26% 12 100% 0 4 0 4 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2 Seasons 1306 88% 27% 63 86% 1 9 1 8 53 48 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 11 82%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 83%

* 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.

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