Eddie Lake

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 159lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: March 18, 1916 in Antioch, CA us

Died: June 7, 1995 in Castro Valley, CA

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA

High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: September 26, 1939 (Age 23-192d, 8,740th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1950 (Age 34-196d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Edward Erving Lake

Nicknames: Sparky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.4

2595

599

.231

445

RBI

193

OBP

.366

SLG

.323

OPS

.689

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
5	5	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
7	7	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	1	6	2
8	8	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS	20	3.2	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	42	8.2	0	3	0	3	1
10	10	Apr 27	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
11	11	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-3	GS	27	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
12	12	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-13	CG	49	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
14	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 3	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	16	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
17	17	May 5 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-10	GS	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	18	May 5 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 6	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
20	20	May 7	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
21	21	May 8	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
22	22	May 9	DET	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	52	12.0	0	0	1	1	0
23	23	May 11	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
24	24	May 12	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
25	25	May 13	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 14	DET		WSH	L,1-15	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	27	May 15	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
28	28	May 17	DET		PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
29	29	May 18	DET		PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
30	30	May 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	31	May 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
32	32	May 21	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
33	33	May 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
34	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,6-12	CG	48	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
36	36	May 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	2	6	0
37	37	May 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	38	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	39	May 29	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS	33	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
40	40	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	41	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	42	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
44	44	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
45	45	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
46	46	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
47	47	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-15	CG	43	8.0	4	3	0	7	3
48	48	Jun 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
49	49	Jun 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
50	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
51	51	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
52	52	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
53	53	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
54	54	Jun 15	DET		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
55	55	Jun 16	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 19	DET		PHA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
57	57	Jun 20	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
58	58	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	59	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	0	5	0	5	2
60	60	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,8-10	CG	50	11.0	1	4	0	5	2
61	61	Jun 24	DET		BOS	T,5-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
62	62	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
63	63	Jun 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,16-2	GS	0		1	1	0	2	1
64	64	Jun 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
65	65	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	L,0-9	GS	28	7.0	2	4	1	7	1
66	66	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	67	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	4	1	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	68	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
69	69	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	1	0	2	3	1
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
73	73	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
74	74	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
75	75	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	76	Jul 11	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	9.2	4	6	0	10	3
77	77	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
78	78	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	79	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
80	80	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
81	81	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
82	82	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	3	3	1	7	1
83	83	Jul 18	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
84	84	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
85	85	Jul 20	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
86	86	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 21 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,11-7	CG	0	7.0	0	3	1	4	0
88	88	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
89	89	Jul 24	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
90	90	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
91	91	Jul 26	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
92	92	Jul 27	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
93	93	Jul 28 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
94	94	Jul 28 (2)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
95	95	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	2	5	1
96	96	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
97	97	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
99	99	Aug 2	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
100	100	Aug 3	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
101	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	102	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
103	103	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	104	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
105	105	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
106	106	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	0	2	1	3	0
107	107	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	1	8	0	9	0
108	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
109	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	11.2	3	5	0	8	1
110	110	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
111	111	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
112	112	Aug 17	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
113	113	Aug 18 (1)	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
114	114	Aug 18 (2)	DET		SLB	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
115	115	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	116	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	117	Aug 23 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	118	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
119	119	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
120	120	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	121	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
122	122	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	46	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
123	123	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
124	124	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	64	14.0	2	10	0	12	1
125	125	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
127	127	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
128	128	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	15.1	3	8	0	11	3
129	129	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
130	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,10-0	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
131	131	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
132	132	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
133	133	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
134	134	Sep 8 (2)	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
135	135	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	136	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	3
137	137	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
138	138	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
139	139	Sep 14	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,5-15	GS	32	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
141	141	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
142	142	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
143	143	Sep 18	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	1	2	4	0
144	144	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,14-7	GS	0		0	1	1	2	1
145	145	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
146	146	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	1	3	0	4	1
147	147	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
148	148	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
149	149	Sep 24 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
150	150	Sep 24 (2)	DET		SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
151	151	Sep 25	DET		SLB	L,7-8	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
152	152	Sep 26	DET		SLB	W,6-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
153	153	Sep 27	DET		CLE	L,8-9	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
154	154	Sep 28	DET		CLE	W,7-3	GS	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
155	155	Sep 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	GS	20	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
							155gm		1334.0	232	391	35	658	85