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Héctor López

Hector Headley (Swainson) Lopez

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: July 8, 1929 in Colon, Colon, Panama (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1955
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1955-1966

Final Game: September 30, 1966
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:12AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1108. Wally Judnich… #1109. Alexei Ramirez… #1110. Vince Coleman… #1111. HECTOR LOPEZ… #1112. Orator Shafer… #1113. Rance Mulliniks… #1114. Jeff Francoeur… 

Standard Batting

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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
1955 25 KCA AL 128 527 483 50 140 15 2 15 68 1 4 33 58 .290 .337 .422 .759 104 204 15 3 4 4 1 54
1956 26 KCA AL 151 639 561 91 153 27 3 18 69 4 5 63 73 .273 .347 .428 .775 104 240 13 3 8 4 3 *5/46
1957 27 KCA AL 121 441 391 51 115 19 4 11 35 1 6 41 66 .294 .357 .448 .805 118 175 8 0 4 5 5 *5/4
1958 28 KCA AL 151 631 564 84 147 28 4 17 73 2 2 49 61 .261 .317 .415 .732 99 234 23 2 7 9 2 45/6
1959 29 TOT AL 147 593 541 82 153 26 5 22 93 4 1 36 77 .283 .333 .471 .804 121 255 10 7 4 5 1 574
1959 29 KCA AL 35 146 135 22 38 10 3 6 24 1 0 8 23 .281 .324 .533 .857 130 72 1 1 1 1 0 4
1959 29 NYY AL 112 447 406 60 115 16 2 16 69 3 1 28 54 .283 .336 .451 .786 118 183 9 6 3 4 1 57
1960 30 NYY AL 131 469 408 66 116 14 6 9 42 1 1 46 64 .284 .361 .414 .775 115 169 7 4 9 2 0 */45
1961 31 NYY AL 93 273 243 27 54 7 2 3 22 1 0 24 38 .222 .292 .305 .596 64 74 8 1 2 3 1
1962 32 NYY AL 106 372 335 45 92 19 1 6 48 0 1 33 53 .275 .338 .391 .729 99 131 17 0 2 2 2 /45
1963 33 NYY AL 130 473 433 54 108 13 4 14 52 1 2 35 71 .249 .304 .395 .699 95 171 12 0 2 3 5 */4
1964 34 NYY AL 127 313 285 34 74 9 3 10 34 1 1 24 54 .260 .317 .418 .735 102 119 8 1 1 2 2 /5
1965 35 NYY AL 111 317 283 25 74 12 2 7 39 0 0 26 61 .261 .322 .392 .714 103 111 11 1 3 4 2 /3
1966 36 NYY AL 54 129 117 14 25 4 1 4 16 0 0 8 20 .214 .268 .368 .635 85 43 4 1 2 1 0
12 Seasons 1450 5177 4644 623 1251 193 37 136 591 16 23 418 696 .269 .330 .415 .745 104 1926 136 23 48 44 24
162 Game Avg. 162 578 519 70 140 22 4 15 66 2 3 47 78 .269 .330 .415 .745 104 215 15 3 5 5 3
NYY (8 yrs) 864 2793 2510 325 658 94 21 69 322 7 6 224 415 .262 .324 .399 .722 101 1001 76 14 24 21 13
KCA (5 yrs) 586 2384 2134 298 593 99 16 67 269 9 17 194 281 .278 .337 .433 .771 107 925 60 9 24 23 11

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
1955 25 KCA AL 527 3 -5 1 -1 2 2 15 17 1.7 15 1.6 0.1 $ 54
1956 26 KCA AL 639 1 -1 0 -1 -3 2 17 15 1.5 18 1.8 -0.3 $ *5/46
1957 27 KCA AL 439 6 -1 0 -1 4 1 12 22 2.3 17 1.8 0.5 $ *5/4
1958 28 KCA AL 631 5 2 0 -4 4 4 17 29 3.0 24 2.5 0.5 $ 45/6
1959 29 KCA AL 147 5 1 -1 0 -6 1 4 4 0.4 10 1.0 -0.6 $ 4
1959 29 NYY AL 447 7 -1 -1 -1 -0 -1 13 15 1.5 16 1.6 -0.1 $ 57
1960 30 NYY AL 469 8 0 -1 2 -2 -5 13 15 1.6 17 1.7 -0.1 $ */45
1961 31 NYY AL 274 -12 2 0 0 4 -4 8 -2 -0.3 -6 -0.6 0.3 $
1962 32 NYY AL 373 0 0 1 -3 4 -5 11 8 0.8 4 0.4 0.4 $ /45
1963 33 NYY AL 472 -2 1 -1 -2 -2 -7 13 0 0.0 2 0.2 -0.2 $ */4
1964 34 NYY AL 313 1 -2 0 -1 4 -4 9 7 0.7 3 0.3 0.4 $ /5
1965 35 NYY AL 317 3 -1 2 -2 -11 -4 9 -4 -0.4 7 0.8 -1.2 $ /3
1966 36 NYY AL 130 -2 0 1 -1 -4 -2 4 -4 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $
12 Seasons 5178 23 -5 1 -15 -7 -22 145 122 12.3 127 13.1 -0.8 $
NYY (8 yrs) 2795 3 -1 1 -8 -8 -32 80 35 3.4 43 4.4 -1.0 $
KCA (5 yrs) 2383 20 -4 0 -7 1 10 65 87 8.9 84 8.7 0.2 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 30 NYY AL WS PIT L 3 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 3 2 0 0 0 0
1961 31 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 12 9 3 3 0 1 1 7 0 0 2 3 .333 .455 .889 1.343 8 0 0 1 0 0
1962 32 NYY AL WS SFG W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 33 NYY AL WS LAD L 3 8 8 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 4 0 0 0 0 0
1964 34 NYY AL WS STL L 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (5 Series) 15 31 28 4 8 2 1 1 7 0 0 2 6 .286 .333 .536 .869 15 2 0 1 0 0
5 WS 15 31 28 4 8 2 1 1 7 0 0 2 6 .286 .333 .536 .869 15 2 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1955 KCA AL 25 3B 93 360 104 233 23 26 .936 1 3.62 .950 3.14
1955 KCA AL 25 2B 36 197 93 98 6 32 .970 1 5.31 .976 5.32
1956 KCA AL 26 3B 121 432 152 254 26 23 .940 1 3.36 .949 3.19
1956 KCA AL 26 OF 20 49 44 3 2 0 .959 -4 2.35 .979 2.32
1956 KCA AL 26 2B 8 38 18 18 2 7 .947 -1 4.50 .973 5.40
1956 KCA AL 26 SS 4 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 0 2.75 .960 4.95
1956 KCA AL 26 CF 20 20 17 173.0 49 44 3 2 0 .959 -4 -25 2.45 2.35 .984 2.79 2.77
1957 KCA AL 27 3B 111 367 117 227 23 20 .937 5 3.10 .951 3.24
1957 KCA AL 27 2B 4 7 5 2 0 1 1.000 -0 1.75 .980 5.40
1957 KCA AL 27 OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .980 2.27
1957 KCA AL 27 LF 2 2 2 17.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 1.59 1.50 .980 2.12 2.10
1957 KCA AL 27 RF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -53 0.00 0.00 1.90 1.90
1958 KCA AL 28 2B 96 547 251 282 14 78 .974 8 5.55 .978 5.21
1958 KCA AL 28 3B 55 158 56 95 7 8 .956 -4 2.75 .951 3.08
1958 KCA AL 28 OF 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 2.00 .980 2.20
1958 KCA AL 28 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.90
1958 KCA AL 28 LF 1 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -45 2.25 2.00 .980 2.14 2.10
1959 KCA AL 29 2B 33 33 28 284.1 163 81 71 11 15 .933 -6 -24 4.81 4.61 .976 50.26 5.25
1959 NYY AL 29 3B 76 73 56 619.0 230 66 147 17 15 .926 1 2 3.10 2.80 .952 0.00 3.19
1959 NYY AL 29 LF 35 35 24 291.0 65 61 1 3 1 .954 -2 -7 1.92 1.77 .980 2.06 2.05
1959 NYY AL 29 OF 35 35 24 291.0 66 62 1 3 1 .955 -2 -7 1.95 1.80 .980 46.41 2.21
1960 NYY AL 30 OF 106 212 199 8 5 2 .976 -1 1.95 .982 2.25
1960 NYY AL 30 2B 5 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0 1.20 .978 5.44
1960 NYY AL 30 3B 1 2 0 0 2 0 .000 -1 0.00 .950 3.10
1960 NYY AL 30 LF 91 86 45 695.0 182 173 5 4 2 .978 0 0 2.31 1.96 .984 2.14 2.13
1960 NYY AL 30 RF 19 12 12 132.2 27 24 2 1 0 .963 -1 -10 1.76 1.37 .974 1.95 1.95
1961 NYY AL 31 OF 72 133 123 7 3 0 .977 4 1.81 .977 2.22
1961 NYY AL 31 LF 65 54 49 496.0 118 109 6 3 0 .975 3 7 2.09 1.77 .969 2.01 1.98
1961 NYY AL 31 RF 9 4 4 56.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1 15 2.25 1.56 .976 2.06 2.04
1962 NYY AL 32 OF 84 182 176 3 3 0 .984 4 2.13 .980 2.18
1962 NYY AL 32 2B 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .980 5.20
1962 NYY AL 32 3B 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .950 3.10
1962 NYY AL 32 LF 64 63 56 562.0 146 141 3 2 0 .986 4 9 2.31 2.25 .976 2.01 2.00
1962 NYY AL 32 RF 21 15 11 153.1 31 30 0 1 0 .968 -0 -2 1.76 1.43 .979 2.00 1.99
1963 NYY AL 33 OF 124 207 187 11 9 2 .957 -2 1.60 .981 2.16
1963 NYY AL 33 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .980 5.10
1963 NYY AL 33 LF 100 92 91 847.1 179 167 5 7 1 .961 -1 -1 1.83 1.72 .976 1.90 1.90
1963 NYY AL 33 RF 25 19 17 186.0 30 27 1 2 1 .933 -1 -8 1.35 1.12 .980 2.01 2.01
1964 NYY AL 34 OF 103 136 130 2 4 1 .971 3 1.28 .980 2.03
1964 NYY AL 34 3B 1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0 3.00 .953 3.00
1964 NYY AL 34 LF 80 39 38 442.0 97 93 1 3 1 .969 4 10 1.91 1.18 .975 1.81 1.80
1964 NYY AL 34 RF 31 21 11 195.1 39 38 0 1 0 .974 -0 -1 1.75 1.23 .984 1.88 1.87
1964 NYY AL 34 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1965 NYY AL 35 OF 75 103 94 3 6 0 .942 -10 1.29 .978 2.03
1965 NYY AL 35 1B 2 7 6 0 1 1 .857 -0 3.00 .991 9.55
1965 NYY AL 35 RF 55 52 33 424.2 79 71 2 6 0 .924 -9 -26 1.55 1.33 .978 1.85 1.84
1965 NYY AL 35 LF 20 19 8 144.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -7 1.50 1.20 .979 1.87 1.86
1966 NYY AL 36 OF 29 47 43 1 3 0 .936 -4 1.52 .982 2.10
1966 NYY AL 36 RF 17 14 8 113.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -34 1.51 1.12 .979 1.94 1.94
1966 NYY AL 36 LF 13 12 11 116.1 26 23 0 3 0 .885 -1 -12 1.78 1.77 .980 1.83 1.82
11 Seasons OF 652 35 24 291.0 1140 1063 39 38 6 .967 -12 -50 1.95 1.69 .980 46.41 2.15
10 Seasons LF 471 403 325 3618.2 842 795 22 25 5 .970 6 2 2.03 1.73 .977 1.98 1.96
8 Seasons 3B 459 73 56 619.0 1553 496 959 98 92 .937 3 6 3.10 3.17 .950 0.00 3.18
8 Seasons 2B 184 33 28 284.1 961 455 473 33 133 .966 2 10 4.81 5.04 .977 50.26 5.26
8 Seasons RF 178 138 97 1270.0 239 222 6 11 1 .954 -15 -14 1.62 1.28 .979 1.92 1.92
2 Seasons CF 21 20 17 174.0 49 44 3 2 0 .959 -4 -25 2.43 2.24 .984 2.79 2.75
2 Seasons SS 5 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 0 2.20 .960 4.94
1 Season 1B 2 7 6 0 1 1 .857 -0 3.00 .991 9.55
12 Seasons TOT 1302 141 108 1194.1 3672 2024 1478 170 234 .954 -7 -7 3.23 2.69 .967 23.27 2.98
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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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
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
1959 AL  .471 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1956 AL  151 (7th)
1958 AL  151 (5th)

At Bats s c a p y
1956 AL  561 (7th)
1958 AL  564 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1958 AL  631 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1958 AL  84 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1959 AL  153 (10th)

Doubles s c a p y
1958 AL  28 (7th)
1959 AL  26 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1960 AL  6 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1959 AL  93 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1959 AL  53 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 AL  7 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1956 AL  8 (7th)
1960 AL  9 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1958 AL  9 (1st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1958 AL  23 (1st)
1962 AL  17 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1956 AL  5 (9th)
1957 AL  6 (10th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1956 AL  438 (4th)
1958 AL  458 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1955 AL  29 (3rd)
1956 AL  30 (2nd)
1958 AL  21 (5th)
1959 AL  31 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1958 AL  14 (1st)
1959 AL  11 (3rd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1956 AL  121 (4th)
1957 AL  111 (2nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1955 AL  104 (4th)
1956 AL  152 (2nd)
1957 AL  117 (2nd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1955 AL  233 (3rd)
1956 AL  254 (3rd)
1957 AL  227 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1955 AL  23 (1st)
1956 AL  26 (1st)
1957 AL  23 (3rd)
1959 AL  17 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1963 AL  9 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1958 AL  9 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1958 AL  5.94 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1958 AL  5.55 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1957 AL  5 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1955 AL  3.77 (1st)
1956 AL  3.53 (2nd)
1957 AL  3.53 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1955 AL  3.62 (1st)
1956 AL  3.36 (3rd)
1957 AL  3.10 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1960 AL  2.31 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1960 AL  1.96 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 22 (951), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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