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Aurelio López

Aurelio Alejandro (Rios) Lopez (Señor Smoke)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 21, 1948 in Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1974
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Astros/Cardinals/Royals 1974-1987

Final Game: June 17, 1987
Died: September 22, 1992 in Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Buried: Tecamachalco Cemetery, Tecamachalco, Puebla, Mexico
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1974	25	KCR	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1977		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1978	29	STL-min	AAA	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SPR · AA
1978	29	STL	NL	25	16	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
1979	30	DET	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-7
1980	31	DET	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	32	DET	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	33	DET-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		EVN · AA
1982	33	DET	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	34	DET	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1984	35	DET	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	36	DET	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	37	HOU	NL	45	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1987	38	HOU	NL	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
11 Yrs				459	28	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	3	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	1	0	0	1	0	0

DET (7 yrs)				355	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				71	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				25	16	14	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	0	0	2	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				363	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				96	28	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	3	0	0	4	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1974	25	KCR	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$15,000	/1

1978	29	STL	NL	25	16	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1979	30	DET	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1	CYA-7
1980	31	DET	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1981	32	DET	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$225,000	1
1982	33	DET	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$286,000	1
1983	34	DET	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$250,000	1	AS
1984	35	DET	AL	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1985	36	DET	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$575,000	1
1986	37	HOU	NL	45	10	-3	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$223,275	1
1987	38	HOU	NL	26	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$150,000	1
11 Seasons				459	28	-5	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.500	.500	-0.2	0.4	-1	$1,724,275

DET (7 yrs)				355	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.3	0	$1,336,000
HOU (2 yrs)				71	12	-3	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$373,275
KCR (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$15,000
STL (1 yr)				25	16	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1978	29	STL	NL	16	13	1	2.1	94	.375	.214	.261	.214	.329	.214	.384	.429	.712	21	.215	-1.5	-0.2	.273	.000	.000

1986	37	HOU	NL	10	10	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.258	.000	.328	.000	.389	.000	.716	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1987	38	HOU	NL	2	2	0	0.0	102		.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.412	.000	.745	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
11 Yrs				28	25	1	1.1	95	.273	.125	.260	.125	.328	.125	.387	.250	.715	-30	.075	-4.2	-0.4	.143	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				10	9	0	1.1	95	.273	.125	.260	.125	.328	.125	.387	.250	.715	-30	.075	-4.2	-0.4	.143	.000	.000

HOU (2 yrs)				12	12	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.258	.000	.328	.000	.391	.000	.719	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
STL (1 yr)				16	13	1	2.1	94	.375	.214	.261	.214	.329	.214	.384	.429	.712	21	.215	-1.5	-0.2	.273	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1984	35	DET	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	35	DET	AL	WS	SDP	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1986	37	HOU	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

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
1983	DET	AL	34		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	29	STL	NL	16	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3				50%

1986	37	HOU	NL	10	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			3.00	30%
1987	38	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
11 Yrs				28	0.0%	46.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8			11.00	39%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.5%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	1.58	6.6	43.4	8.5	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1974	25	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0

1978	29	STL	NL	-1.5	-0.2	16	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.91	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.92	-2.2	0
1979	30	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1980	31	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1981	32	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1982	33	DET	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	34	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1984	35	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1985	36	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1986	37	HOU	NL	-2.4	-0.2	10	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.27	-0.2	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.76	-2.5	0
1987	38	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.48	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.07	-0.5	0
11 Yrs				-4.2	-0.4	28	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.65	-0.4	-0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.87	-5.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	29	STL	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1986	37	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	38	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						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
1978	29	STL	NL	16	44%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	11	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1986	37	HOU	NL	10	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	38	HOU	NL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
11 Yrs				28	46%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	6	0	0%	6	3	50%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					57%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1978	29	33	16	14	3	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	2
1979	30	94	16	14	3	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	2
1980	31	161	16	14	3	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	2
1981	32	190	16	14	3	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	2
1982	33	209	16	14	3	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	2
1983	34	266	16	14	3	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	2
1984	35	337	16	14	3	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	2
1985	36	388	16	14	3	6	.214	.214	.214	.429	21	3	2
1986	37	433	26	23	3	12	.130	.130	.130	.261	-26	3	3
1987	38	459	28	24	3	13	.125	.125	.125	.250	-30	3	4

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
1978	29	25	17	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.267	.267	.267	.533	1	25

1986	37	45	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	45
1987	38	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	26
3 Yrs		96	29	25	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.160	.160	.160	.320	1	96
162 Game Avg.		162	49	42	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	.160	.160	.160	.320	2	96

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1983	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1979 AL (7, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (283rd)	Oldest s c a p y 1987 NL born 1948-09-21 (10th)

All-Star Games
1983

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (7, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1987 NL born 1948-09-21 (10th)

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