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Stan Lopata

Stanley Edward Lopata (Stash)

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 12, 1925 in Delray, MI
High School: Southwestern HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1948
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Braves 1948-1960

Final Game: June 12, 1960
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1948 PHI NL 22 C 4 3 3 18 17 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 .980 5.15 0 0 3 1 25% 40% 0
1949 PHI NL 23 C 58 55 54 262 236 19 7 2 .973 4.40 .982 4.98 5 5 27 10 27% 43% 1
1950 PHI NL 24 C 51 31 28 326.0 194 176 13 5 3 .974 5.22 3.71 .982 5.38 5.33 1 5 10 5 33% 38% 1
1951 PHI NL 25 C 1 1 1 9.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 6.00 .982 5.20 5.20 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 26 C 55 52 50 467.2 299 274 21 4 6 .987 5.68 5.36 .984 5.52 5.47 1 4 20 7 26% 44% 0
1953 PHI NL 27 C 80 71 61 617.0 376 344 27 5 2 .987 1 2 5.41 4.64 .984 5.53 5.42 4 9 18 7 28% 40% 0
1954 PHI NL 28 C 75 66 60 599.2 366 336 26 4 1 .989 -1 -2 5.43 4.83 .986 5.36 5.33 4 10 13 8 38% 44% 1
1954 PHI NL 28 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.80
1955 PHI NL 29 C 66 60 58 550.0 371 332 37 2 9 .995 2 4 6.04 5.59 .987 5.65 5.60 9 10 16 15 48% 46% 0 AS
1955 PHI NL 29 1B 24 25 6 174.0 162 148 13 1 7 .994 3 22 8.33 6.71 .991 9.79 9.70 AS
1956 PHI NL 30 C 102 102 97 910.0 608 573 24 11 10 .982 -3 -4 5.90 5.85 .985 5.83 5.77 1 9 40 10 20% 40% 0 AS,MVP-20
1956 PHI NL 30 1B 39 38 25 325.0 321 300 16 5 31 .984 -4 -15 8.75 8.10 .989 9.82 9.72 AS,MVP-20
1957 PHI NL 31 C 108 104 88 904.1 678 634 36 8 9 .988 -5 -7 6.67 6.20 .988 5.98 6.02 8 19 53 18 25% 40% 1
1958 PHI NL 32 C 80 75 66 657.1 452 418 28 6 6 .987 -3 -5 6.11 5.58 .988 6.06 6.02 11 15 25 10 29% 39% 1
1959 MLN NL 33 C 11 7 6 65.1 43 43 0 0 1 1.000 -1 -18 5.92 3.91 .989 6.34 6.28 1 1 6 0 0% 38% 0
1959 MLN NL 33 1B 2 2 1 18.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -53 3.00 3.00 .988 9.60 9.50
1960 MLN NL 34 C 4 2 0 16.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -1 -75 9.56 4.25 .986 6.58 6.58 1 2 0 0 0
13 Seasons C 695 629 572 5122.1 3691 3406 232 53 50 .986 -11 -3 5.91 5.23 .986 5.73 5.62 46 89 231 91 28% 41% 5
4 Seasons 1B 66 65 32 518.0 490 454 30 6 38 .988 -2 -4 8.41 7.33 .990 9.80 9.71
13 Seasons TOT 761 694 604 5640.1 4181 3860 262 59 88 .986 -13 -3 6.14 5.42 .986 6.10 5.97 46 89 231 91 28% 41% 5
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1948 PHI NL 22 C
1949 PHI NL 23 C
1950 PHI NL 24 C
1951 PHI NL 25 C
1952 PHI NL 26 C
1953 PHI NL 27 C 1 2 1
1954 PHI NL 28 C -1 -2 -1
1954 PHI NL 28 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PHI NL 29 C 2 4 2
1955 PHI NL 29 1B 3 22 3 2 2 0
1956 PHI NL 30 C -3 -4 -3
1956 PHI NL 30 1B -4 -15 -4 -1 -3 0
1957 PHI NL 31 C -5 -7 -5
1958 PHI NL 32 C -3 -5 -3
1959 MLN NL 33 C -1 -18 -1
1959 MLN NL 33 1B -1 -53 -1 -0 -1 0
1960 MLN NL 34 C -1 -75 -1
13 Seasons C -11 -3 -11
4 Seasons 1B -2 -4 -2 1 -2 0
13 Seasons TOT -13 -3 -2 1 -2 0 -11
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 PHI NL 22 6 3 6 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1949 PHI NL 23 83 55 83 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1950 PHI NL 24 58 31 58 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1951 PHI NL 25 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1952 PHI NL 26 57 52 57 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1953 PHI NL 27 81 71 81 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1954 PHI NL 28 86 66 86 76 0 75 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2
1955 PHI NL 29 99 85 99 89 0 65 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1956 PHI NL 30 147 140 147 141 0 103 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1957 PHI NL 31 116 104 116 108 0 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1958 PHI NL 32 86 75 86 80 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1959 MLN NL 33 25 9 25 13 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1960 MLN NL 34 7 2 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 Seasons 854 694 854 760 0 694 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1948 PHI NL 22 89 2.86 2.86 3 100% 0 0 12 3 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1949 PHI NL 23 1517 3.60 4.08 40 98% 0 0 167 29 0 11 127 12 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 67%
1950 PHI NL 24 1281 3.30 3.96 36 92% 0 1 161 21 0 10 130 14 4 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 6 83%
1951 PHI NL 25 40 1.00 1.00 3 100% 0 0 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 26 1560 3.54 4.23 37 81% 0 1 214 24 1 7 182 15 3 0 0 7 3 1 0 2 1 5 0 0 3 8 25%
1953 PHI NL 27 2342 3.97 4.31 45 100% 0 0 311 36 0 19 256 25 4 1 0 10 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 100%
1954 PHI NL 28 2342 3.80 4.24 72 96% 0 0 312 52 0 20 240 21 7 1 0 2 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 9 100%
1955 PHI NL 29 2303 4.52 4.89 59 97% 0 0 307 47 2 14 243 33 9 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 8 0 2 5 6 83%
1956 PHI NL 30 3875 4.07 4.75 69 96% 0 0 583 62 1 12 508 22 5 0 0 2 11 2 6 3 0 7 0 1 2 3 100%
1957 PHI NL 31 3824 3.92 4.42 71 96% 0 0 634 60 2 10 562 36 8 0 0 10 8 0 0 8 0 10 0 0 1 4 100%
1958 PHI NL 32 2845 4.12 4.87 60 97% 0 0 421 49 0 4 368 28 6 2 1 4 6 2 3 1 0 6 0 0 1 11 100%
1959 MLN NL 33 256 4.45 4.91 2 100% 0 0 34 1 1 1 31 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 34 88 9.56 10.13 2 50% 0 0 17 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 22362 3.95 4.50 499 95% 0 2 3179 388 7 108 2675 208 47 5 3 42 48 7 19 22 4 43 0 3 12 53 83%
MLB Averages 4.00 4.51 95% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1948 PHI NL 22 0 0 31 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.45 1.23
1949 PHI NL 23 2 5 532 24 8 8 25% 20 8 2 0 2 0 1 0 41 11 1.07 0.64
1950 PHI NL 24 2 5 480 10 5 4 33% 9 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 20 6 1.22 1.51
1951 PHI NL 25 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 PHI NL 26 1 4 589 17 3 3 15% 16 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 7 1.36 1.61
1953 PHI NL 27 4 9 862 15 7 7 32% 13 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 38 11 1.45 0.84
1954 PHI NL 28 3 10 866 12 7 7 37% 12 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 35 14 0.65 0.87
1955 PHI NL 29 8 10 827 16 15 14 48% 14 12 2 1 0 2 0 0 42 18 1.13 0.99
1956 PHI NL 30 1 9 1413 40 10 10 20% 35 7 5 2 0 1 0 0 62 14 1.01 1.53
1957 PHI NL 31 8 19 1396 53 18 16 25% 46 16 6 2 1 0 1 0 108 21 1.21 1.32
1958 PHI NL 32 11 15 1098 25 10 10 29% 19 8 5 1 1 1 1 0 66 13 1.27 1.23
1959 MLN NL 33 1 1 102 6 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.95
1960 MLN NL 34 1 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
13 Seasons 42 89 8249 219 84 80 28% 191 71 21 8 7 5 5 0 451 116 1.15 1.15
MLB Averages 43% 1.19 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 PHI NL 28 4 75% 100% 0% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1955 PHI NL 29 712 56% 84% 25% 43 95% 2 145 9 133 3 16 16 10 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 50%
1956 PHI NL 30 1387 65% 82% 23% 73 92% 0 289 29 260 2 24 17 9 5 0 1 6 2 4 0 3 34 0 1 0 32 1 2 1 1 8 75%
1959 MLN NL 33 88 57% 69% 20% 2 100% 0 13 1 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
4 Seasons 2191 62% 82% 23% 119 93% 2 447 39 405 5 40 35 21 8 2 1 7 2 5 0 4 41 0 1 0 38 1 3 1 2 12 75%
MLB Averages 63% 81% 27% 93% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1955 *
1956

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 NL (20, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1956 NL  102 (5th)
1957 NL  108 (4th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1956 NL  573 (3rd)
1957 NL  634 (2nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1949 NL  7 (5th)
1956 NL  11 (2nd)
1957 NL  8 (2nd)
1958 NL  6 (4th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1955 NL  9 (4th)
1957 NL  8 (4th)
1958 NL  11 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1949 NL  27 (3rd)
1956 NL  40 (1st)
1957 NL  53 (1st)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1957 NL  18 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1955 NL  2 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1956 NL  5.90 (4th)
1957 NL  6.67 (3rd)
1958 NL  6.11 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1956 NL  5.85 (1st)
1957 NL  6.20 (3rd)
1958 NL  5.58 (3rd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1953 NL  .987 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1955 NL  3 (4th)

                                         

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