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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 (Tampa, FL) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1928
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Dodgers/Bees/Robins/Indians 1928-1947

Final Game: September 16, 1947
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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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
1928 19 BRO NL 3 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /2
1930 21 BRO NL 128 466 421 60 130 20 4 6 57 3 33 35 .309 .362 .418 .780 89 176 2 10 *2
1931 22 BRO NL 111 392 360 38 97 13 4 0 40 1 28 33 .269 .324 .328 .652 76 118 1 3 *2
1932 23 BRO NL 126 444 404 44 111 18 6 1 43 3 34 35 .275 .331 .356 .687 86 144 0 6 *2
1933 24 BRO NL 126 403 372 39 112 11 4 3 41 10 21 39 .301 .338 .376 .715 107 140 9 0 10 *2/4 MVP-10
1934 25 BRO NL 140 504 439 58 120 23 2 7 54 2 49 44 .273 .349 .383 .732 100 168 15 2 14 *2/45 AS,MVP-23
1935 26 BRO NL 128 425 379 50 95 12 4 3 39 2 35 36 .251 .316 .327 .643 74 124 8 1 10 *2
1936 27 BSN NL 128 470 426 46 103 12 5 7 50 1 41 41 .242 .311 .343 .654 81 146 15 2 1 *2/3 MVP-14
1937 28 BSN NL 105 378 334 31 68 11 1 3 38 3 35 57 .204 .281 .269 .551 56 90 15 1 8 2
1938 29 BSN NL 71 256 236 19 63 6 1 1 14 5 11 24 .267 .305 .314 .619 79 74 9 2 7 2 MVP-21
1939 30 BSN NL 131 463 412 32 104 22 1 8 49 1 40 45 .252 .319 .369 .688 91 152 10 0 11 *2
1940 31 TOT NL 95 317 293 35 80 9 3 3 41 6 19 21 .273 .317 .355 .672 87 104 11 0 5 2 MVP-23
1940 31 BSN NL 36 126 119 20 35 3 1 2 17 1 6 8 .294 .328 .387 .715 102 46 3 0 1 2
1940 31 PIT NL 59 191 174 15 45 6 2 1 24 5 13 13 .259 .310 .333 .643 78 58 8 0 4 2
1941 32 PIT NL 114 354 317 33 84 9 1 5 43 0 31 23 .265 .330 .347 .677 91 110 10 0 6 *2 AS,MVP-24
1942 33 PIT NL 103 331 289 17 74 8 2 1 26 0 34 17 .256 .338 .308 .646 87 89 10 2 6 2
1943 34 PIT NL 118 428 372 40 98 9 4 1 39 2 44 25 .263 .341 .317 .659 88 118 6 0 12 *2/5
1944 35 PIT NL 115 371 331 27 76 12 1 1 34 4 34 24 .230 .303 .281 .584 62 93 7 1 5 *2
1945 36 PIT NL 91 280 243 22 53 8 0 0 18 1 35 12 .218 .317 .251 .568 56 61 5 0 2 2 MVP-29
1946 37 PIT NL 56 177 150 13 46 2 0 1 12 1 23 14 .307 .399 .340 .739 108 51 6 0 4 2
1947 38 CLE AL 61 136 126 9 33 1 0 0 14 1 1 9 13 .262 .311 .270 .581 64 34 1 0 1 2
19 Seasons 1950 6607 5916 613 1547 206 43 51 652 46 1 556 538 .261 .326 .337 .663 83 1992 137 14 121
162 Game Avg. 162 549 491 51 129 17 4 4 54 4 46 45 .261 .326 .337 .663 83 165 1 10
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
PIT (7 yrs) 656 2132 1876 167 476 54 10 10 196 13 214 128 .254 .331 .309 .640 80 580 52 3 39
BRO (7 yrs) 762 2646 2387 289 665 97 24 20 274 21 200 222 .279 .336 .364 .700 88 870 32 6 53
BSN (5 yrs) 471 1693 1527 148 373 54 9 21 168 11 133 175 .244 .307 .333 .640 79 508 52 5 28
CLE (1 yr) 61 136 126 9 33 1 0 0 14 1 1 9 13 .262 .311 .270 .581 64 34 1 0 1
NL (18 yrs) 1889 6471 5790 604 1514 205 43 51 638 45 547 525 .261 .327 .338 .665 83 1958 136 14 120
AL (1 yr) 61 136 126 9 33 1 0 0 14 1 1 9 13 .262 .311 .270 .581 64 34 1 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1928 19 BRO NL 12 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ /2
1930 21 BRO NL 466 -9 -1 0 0 2 4 14 10 1.1 8 0.8 0.3 $ *2
1931 22 BRO NL 392 -11 -1 0 0 -2 3 12 1 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ *2
1932 23 BRO NL 444 -7 -1 0 0 0 4 13 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $7,000 *2
1933 24 BRO NL 403 3 0 0 0 3 4 12 22 2.2 19 2.0 0.2 $ *2/4 MVP-10
1934 25 BRO NL 504 0 -1 0 0 -2 5 15 17 1.7 19 1.9 -0.2 $12,000 *2/45 AS,MVP-23
1935 26 BRO NL 425 -13 0 0 0 1 4 13 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ *2
1936 27 BSN NL 470 -13 -1 0 0 1 4 14 5 0.5 4 0.4 0.1 $ *2/3 MVP-14
1937 28 BSN NL 378 -20 -1 0 0 1 3 11 -6 -0.7 -7 -0.7 0.0 $10,000 2
1938 29 BSN NL 256 -7 0 0 0 1 2 8 4 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 2 MVP-21
1939 30 BSN NL 463 -6 -3 0 0 2 4 14 11 1.0 9 0.9 0.1 $ *2
1940 31 BSN NL 126 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 9 0.9 8 0.8 0.1 $ 2 MVP-23
1940 31 PIT NL 191 -4 0 0 0 2 2 7 7 0.7 5 0.5 0.2 $ 2 MVP-23
1941 32 PIT NL 354 -4 -1 0 0 1 4 13 13 1.2 12 1.2 0.0 $ *2 AS,MVP-24
1942 33 PIT NL 331 -3 -2 0 0 4 3 10 12 1.2 8 0.9 0.3 $ 2
1943 34 PIT NL 428 -3 0 0 0 3 4 13 17 1.7 14 1.5 0.2 $ *2/5
1944 35 PIT NL 371 -15 -1 0 0 -1 4 12 -1 -0.3 0 0.0 -0.3 $ *2
1945 36 PIT NL 280 -12 -1 0 0 1 3 9 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 2 MVP-29
1946 37 PIT NL 177 1 -1 0 0 1 2 6 9 0.9 8 0.9 0.0 $ 2
1947 38 CLE AL 136 -5 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 2
19 Seasons 6607 -130 -14 0 0 20 62 205 143 13.5 123 12.7 0.8 $29,000
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (7 yrs) 2132 -40 -6 0 0 11 22 70 57 5.3 46 4.9 0.4 $
BRO (7 yrs) 2646 -40 -4 0 0 2 24 79 61 6.1 59 6.0 0.1 $19,000
BSN (5 yrs) 1693 -45 -4 0 0 6 14 52 23 2.0 17 1.7 0.3 $10,000
CLE (1 yr) 136 -5 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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

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, 22%)
1934 NL (23, 1%)
1936 NL (14, 6%)
1938 NL (21, 1%)
1940 NL (23, 3%)
1941 NL (24, 2%)
1945 NL (29, 1%)
0.36 Career Shares (544th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1933 NL  10 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1934 NL  14 (5th)
1943 NL  12 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1934 NL  15 (8th)
1937 NL  15 (8th)

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 (48th)

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)

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  43 (2nd)
1931 NL  36 (5th)
1932 NL  42 (4th)
1933 NL  35 (4th)
1934 NL  38 (1st)
1935 NL  30 (3rd)
1939 NL  24 (5th)
1940 NL  39 (1st)
1942 NL  33 (5th)
1944 NL  26 (5th)
1945 NL  37 (1st)

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
1932 NL  48.8 (5th)
1933 NL  51.4 (3rd)
1935 NL  47.4 (3rd)
1936 NL  57.7 (1st)
1937 NL  60.8 (1st)
1939 NL  57.1 (1st)
1943 NL  53.1 (2nd)
1944 NL  46.9 (2nd)
Career  52.2 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1930 NL  4.21 (4th)
1931 NL  4.37 (4th)
1932 NL  4.30 (5th)
1933 NL  4.30 (4th)
1934 NL  4.41 (4th)
1936 NL  4.36 (5th)
1940 NL  4.26 (5th)
1944 NL  3.69 (5th)
1945 NL  4.00 (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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 71 (265), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 24 (539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
193223Brooklyn Dodgers$7,0001/26/33 TSN
193425Brooklyn Dodgers$12,0003/29/34 TSN
193728Boston Bees$10,0001937 N.O. Times-Picayune clip
Career to date (may be incomplete)$29,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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