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Al López

Alfonso Ramon Lopez

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 20, 1908 in Tampa, FL
High School: Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1928 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers/Bees/Robins/Indians 1928-1947

Final Game: September 16, 1947 (Age 39)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Manager in 1977.
   View Al López Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: October 30, 2005 in Tampa, FL
Buried: Garden Of Memories Cemetery, Tampa, FL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1928 BRO NL 19 C 3 3 3 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .979 4.43 0 1 0 0% 45%
1930 BRO NL 21 C 126 117 101 540 465 66 9 9 .983 4.21 .976 4.57 5 37 35 49% 44%
1931 BRO NL 22 C 105 99 90 470 390 69 11 6 .977 4.37 .980 4.64 6 34 35 51% 46%
1932 BRO NL 23 C 125 118 98 551 456 82 13 10 .976 4.30 .979 4.66 5 43 40 48% 45%
1933 BRO NL 24 C 124 114 86 538 449 84 5 14 .991 4.30 .982 4.35 2 30 37 55% 46% MVP-10
1933 BRO NL 24 2B 1 1 1 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.00 .969 5.80 MVP-10
1934 BRO NL 25 C 137 128 103 615 542 62 11 4 .982 4.41 .985 4.85 9 39 28 42% 44% AS,MVP-23
1934 BRO NL 25 2B 2 1 0 6 4 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .965 5.90 AS,MVP-23
1934 BRO NL 25 3B 2 2 2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.00 .945 2.95 AS,MVP-23
1935 BRO NL 26 C 126 116 93 548 472 65 11 8 .980 4.26 .976 4.78 7 32 27 46% 44%
1936 BSN NL 27 C 127 121 113 568 447 107 14 9 .975 4.36 .979 4.96 1 24 41 63% 47% MVP-14
1936 BSN NL 27 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .990 10.20 MVP-14
1937 BSN NL 28 C 102 98 92 432 342 83 7 5 .984 4.17 .980 5.25 3 20 31 61% 46%
1938 BSN NL 29 C 71 66 59 285 240 42 3 4 .989 3.97 .979 4.85 3 8 15 65% 45% MVP-21
1939 BSN NL 30 C 129 127 100 503 424 72 7 11 .986 3.84 .982 4.81 5 28 32 53% 46%
1940 TOT NL 31 C 95 82 66 409 343 62 4 11 .990 4.26 .978 5.00 2 27 31 53% 45% MVP-23
1940 BSN NL 31 C 36 35 25 154 119 33 2 4 .987 4.22 .978 5.00 1 8 16 67% 45%
1940 PIT NL 31 C 59 47 41 255 224 29 2 7 .992 4.29 .978 5.00 1 19 15 44% 45%
1941 PIT NL 32 C 114 98 71 407 345 54 8 5 .980 3.50 .983 5.04 0 23 24 51% 46% AS,MVP-24
1942 PIT NL 33 C 99 88 71 382 327 53 2 14 .995 3.84 .979 4.95 3 13 25 66% 46%
1943 PIT NL 34 C 116 106 100 448 378 66 4 9 .991 3.83 .981 4.70 1 14 26 65% 44%
1943 PIT NL 34 3B 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .950 3.20
1944 PIT NL 35 C 115 99 76 431 372 52 7 6 .984 3.69 .979 4.56 10 23 23 50% 43%
1945 PIT NL 36 C 91 77 57 367 326 38 3 7 .992 4.00 .978 4.57 4 6 29 19 40% 40% 0 MVP-29
1946 PIT NL 37 C 56 49 37 206 173 30 3 4 .985 3.63 .980 5.01 0 5 22 17 44% 43% 1
1947 CLE AL 38 C 57 37 20 172 144 28 0 1 1.000 3.02 .985 5.02 0 6 9 12 57% 46% 2
19 Seasons C 1918 1743 1436 7881 6644 1115 122 137 .985 4.05 .980 4.79 66 17 456 498 52% 45% 3
2 Seasons 3B 3 3 3 8 2 5 1 1 .875 2.33 .946 3.03
2 Seasons 2B 3 2 1 13 7 6 0 2 1.000 4.33 .967 5.87
1 Season 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .990 10.20
19 Seasons TOT 1925 1748 1440 7903 6654 1126 123 140 .984 4.04 .980 4.79 66 17 456 498 52% 45% 3
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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
1928 BRO NL 19 C
1930 BRO NL 21 C
1931 BRO NL 22 C
1932 BRO NL 23 C
1933 BRO NL 24 C
1933 BRO NL 24 2B
1934 BRO NL 25 C
1934 BRO NL 25 2B
1934 BRO NL 25 3B
1935 BRO NL 26 C
1936 BSN NL 27 C
1936 BSN NL 27 1B
1937 BSN NL 28 C
1938 BSN NL 29 C
1939 BSN NL 30 C
1940 BSN NL 31 C
1940 PIT NL 31 C
1941 PIT NL 32 C
1942 PIT NL 33 C
1943 PIT NL 34 C
1943 PIT NL 34 3B
1944 PIT NL 35 C
1945 PIT NL 36 C
1946 PIT NL 37 C
1947 CLE AL 38 C
19 Seasons C
2 Seasons 2B
2 Seasons 3B
1 Season 1B
19 Seasons TOT
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
1928 BRO NL 19 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930 BRO NL 21 128 117 128 126 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1931 BRO NL 22 111 99 111 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1932 BRO NL 23 126 118 126 125 0 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1933 BRO NL 24 126 115 126 125 0 124 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1934 BRO NL 25 140 131 140 139 0 137 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1935 BRO NL 26 128 116 128 126 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1936 BSN NL 27 128 121 128 127 0 127 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1937 BSN NL 28 105 98 105 103 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1938 BSN NL 29 71 66 71 71 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 BSN NL 30 131 127 131 129 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1940 PIT NL 31 59 47 59 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 BSN NL 31 36 35 36 36 0 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 PIT NL 32 114 98 114 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 PIT NL 33 103 88 103 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1943 PIT NL 34 118 107 118 117 0 116 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1944 PIT NL 35 115 99 115 115 0 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 PIT NL 36 91 77 91 91 0 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1946 PIT NL 37 56 49 56 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 CLE AL 38 61 37 61 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
19 Seasons 1950 1748 1950 1923 0 1919 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 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%
1945 PIT NL 36 1093 3.66 4.44 20 95% 0 0 118 8 0 16 94 10 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 100%
1946 PIT NL 37 588 3.98 4.73 14 100% 0 0 55 7 0 6 42 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 100%
1947 CLE AL 38 1495 4.02 4.41 32 100% 0 1 144 23 0 7 113 28 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 100%
3 Seasons 3176 3.89 4.48 66 98% 0 1 317 38 0 29 249 49 10 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 3 6 100%
MLB Averages 3.71 4.27 95% 88%

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
1945 PIT NL 36 2 6 443 16 4 4 20% 13 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 28 6 1.61 1.21
1946 PIT NL 37 0 5 255 9 7 6 44% 8 5 0 0 1 2 1 0 19 8 0.97 1.06
1947 CLE AL 38 0 6 586 8 16 16 67% 6 15 2 0 0 1 2 0 18 23 1.73 1.12
3 Seasons 2 17 1284 33 27 26 45% 27 24 4 0 2 3 3 0 65 37 1.46 1.12
MLB Averages 44% 1.18 1.13

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 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

Hall of Fame
1949 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1952 BBWAA ( 0.9%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1958 BBWAA (12.8%)
1960 BBWAA ( 9.7%)
1962 BBWAA ( 6.9%)
1964 BBWAA (28.4%)
1964 Run Off (16.9%)
1966 BBWAA (36.1%)
1967 BBWAA (39.0%)
1967 Run Off (16.3%)
1977 Veterans (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1977
by Veteran's Committee

All-Star Games
1934 *
1941 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1933 NL (10, 23%)
1934 NL (23, 1%)
1936 NL (14, 6%)
1938 NL (21, 1%)
1940 NL (23, 3%)
1941 NL (24, 2%)
1945 NL (29, 1%)
0.37 Career Shares (540th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1930 NL  126 (2nd)
1932 NL  125 (2nd)
1933 NL  124 (4th)
1934 NL  137 (1st)
1935 NL  126 (1st)
1936 NL  127 (2nd)
1937 NL  102 (4th)
1939 NL  129 (2nd)
1942 NL  99 (5th)
1943 NL  116 (2nd)
1944 NL  115 (3rd)
1945 NL  91 (3rd)
Career  1,918 (9th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1930 NL  465 (2nd)
1932 NL  456 (3rd)
1933 NL  449 (4th)
1934 NL  542 (2nd)
1935 NL  472 (3rd)
1936 NL  447 (3rd)
1939 NL  424 (4th)
1943 NL  378 (5th)
1944 NL  372 (4th)
1945 NL  326 (3rd)
Career  6,644 (50th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1930 NL  66 (3rd)
1931 NL  69 (3rd)
1932 NL  82 (1st)
1933 NL  84 (1st)
1934 NL  62 (3rd)
1935 NL  65 (3rd)
1936 NL  107 (1st)
1937 NL  83 (2nd)
1939 NL  72 (2nd)
1940 NL  62 (4th)
1943 NL  66 (2nd)
1944 NL  52 (3rd)
Career  1,115 (29th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1930 NL  9 (5th)
1931 NL  11 (2nd)
1932 NL  13 (2nd)
1934 NL  11 (2nd)
1935 NL  11 (5th)
1936 NL  14 (3rd)
1939 NL  7 (5th)
1941 NL  8 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1930 NL  9 (4th)
1932 NL  10 (3rd)
1933 NL  14 (2nd)
1935 NL  8 (4th)
1936 NL  9 (3rd)
1939 NL  11 (2nd)
1940 NL  11 (2nd)
1942 NL  14 (1st)
1943 NL  9 (3rd)
1945 NL  7 (4th)
Career  137 (20th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1931 NL  6 (3rd)
1932 NL  5 (5th)
1934 NL  9 (2nd)
1935 NL  7 (4th)
1944 NL  10 (2nd)
1945 NL  4 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1930 NL  37 (2nd)
1931 NL  34 (4th)
1932 NL  43 (2nd)
1933 NL  30 (3rd)
1934 NL  39 (1st)
1935 NL  32 (3rd)
1939 NL  28 (5th)
1944 NL  23 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1930 NL  35 (2nd)
1931 NL  35 (3rd)
1932 NL  40 (1st)
1933 NL  37 (2nd)
1934 NL  28 (3rd)
1935 NL  27 (4th)
1936 NL  41 (2nd)
1937 NL  31 (3rd)
1939 NL  32 (2nd)
1940 NL  31 (3rd)
1943 NL  26 (2nd)
1944 NL  23 (2nd)
Career  498 (65th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1930 NL  48.6 (3rd)
1931 NL  50.7 (4th)
1933 NL  55.2 (4th)
1935 NL  45.8 (5th)
1936 NL  63.1 (1st)
1937 NL  60.8 (2nd)
1939 NL  53.3 (3rd)
1940 NL  53.4 (2nd)
1941 NL  51.1 (4th)
1942 NL  65.8 (1st)
1943 NL  65.0 (1st)
1944 NL  50.0 (1st)
Career  52.2 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1931 NL  4.37 (5th)
1933 NL  4.30 (4th)
1934 NL  4.41 (4th)
1940 NL  4.26 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1930 NL  .983 (4th)
1933 NL  .991 (2nd)
1935 NL  .980 (5th)
1937 NL  .984 (3rd)
1939 NL  .986 (5th)
1940 NL  .990 (1st)
1942 NL  .995 (1st)
1943 NL  .991 (1st)
1944 NL  .984 (1st)
1945 NL  .992 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1928 NL  born 1908-08-20 (2nd)

             

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