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Marcelino López

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: September 23, 1943 in La Habana, Cuba cu

Died: November 29, 2001 in Hialeah, FL

Buried: Vista Memorial Gardens, Hialeah, FL

Debut: April 14, 1963 (Age 19-203d, 12,097th in major league history)
vs. STL 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1972 (Age 29-001d)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Marcelino Pons Lopez

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1970 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.0

W

L

ERA

3.62

G

171

GS

SV

IP

653.0

SO

426

WHIP

1.391

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1960	16	PHI-min	D	10	14	.417	2.36	28	25		15	2		198.2	135	71	52	3	108	2	231	7	0	7				1.223	6.1	0.1	4.9	10.5	2.14	TAM FLOR
1961	17	PHI-min	A	10	5	.667	3.75	22	22		9	0		156.0	162	83	65	7	65	4	121	5	1	14				1.455	9.3	0.4	3.8	7.0	1.86	WPT EL
1962	18	PHI-min	AAA	3	7	.300	5.57	39	18		3	1		126.0	123	89	78	9	95	5	85	5	0	11				1.730	8.8	0.6	6.8	6.1	0.89	BFL IL
1963	19	PHI-min	AAA	3	5	.375	5.74	17	12		0	0		69.0	74	48	44	11	44	2	39	1	1	5				1.710	9.7	1.4	5.7	5.1	0.89	ARK IL
1963	19	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	6.00	4	2	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	4	0	7	1	2	0	1	1	32	58	5.31	2.500	12.0	0.0	10.5	3.0	0.29

1964	20	PHI-min	AA	6	10	.375	3.77	27	17		9	2		136.0	123	60	57	8	70	10	115	3	3	13				1.419	8.1	0.5	4.6	7.6	1.64	CNG SOUL
1965	21	CAL	AL	14	13	.519	2.93	35	32	2	8	1	1	215.1	185	79	70	12	82	6	122	4	0	10	901	115	3.31	1.240	7.7	0.5	3.4	5.1	1.49	RoY-2
1966	22	CAL	AL	7	14	.333	3.93	37	32	2	6	2	1	199.0	188	95	87	20	68	2	132	9	0	12	842	85	3.69	1.286	8.5	0.9	3.1	6.0	1.94
1967	23	BAL-min	WRk	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0	0				1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33	ORI FLIL
1967	23	TOT	AL	1	2	.333	4.73	8	7	0	0	0	0	26.2	26	15	14	2	19	0	21	0	1	2	122	69	4.08	1.688	8.8	0.7	6.4	7.1	1.11
1967	23	CAL	AL	0	2	.000	9.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	9.0	11	10	9	1	9	0	6	0	1	2	46	36	5.65	2.222	11.0	1.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
1967	23	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	2.55	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	15	5	5	1	10	0	15	0	0	0	76	128	3.27	1.415	7.6	0.5	5.1	7.6	1.50

1968	24	BAL-min	A,AA	7	6	.538	4.29	20	20		4	1		126.0	119	72	60	2	81	6	75	8	1	4				1.587	8.5	0.1	5.8	5.4	0.93	MIA,ELM FLOR,EL
1969	25	BAL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.91	5	5		3	0	0	34.0	19	12	11	2	15	0	24	3	0	2				1.000	5.0	0.5	4.0	6.4	1.60	ROC IL
1969	25	BAL	AL	5	3	.625	4.41	27	4	6	0	0	0	69.1	65	34	34	3	34	4	57	2	0	5	299	81	2.98	1.428	8.4	0.4	4.4	7.4	1.68
1970	26	BAL	AL	1	1	.500	2.08	25	3	4	0	0	0	60.2	47	19	14	2	37	3	49	0	0	0	261	177	3.28	1.385	7.0	0.3	5.5	7.3	1.32
1971	27	MIL	AL	2	7	.222	4.66	31	11	5	0	0	0	67.2	64	48	35	5	60	1	42	0	0	5	326	74	4.83	1.833	8.5	0.7	8.0	5.6	0.70
1972	28	CLE-min	AAA	8	13	.381	4.25	33	24		8	2	1	163.0	153	102	77	16	106	3	136	5	0	13				1.589	8.4	0.9	5.9	7.5	1.28	POR PCL
1972	28	CLE	AL	0	0		5.40	4	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	8	5	5	0	10	0	1	0	0	3	40	63	5.76	2.160	8.6	0.0	10.8	1.1	0.10
1973	29	CLE-SDP-min	AAA	0	6	.000	7.10	24	4		1	0	3	52.0	61	46	41	2	40	4	40	4	0	7				1.942	10.6	0.3	6.9	6.9	1.00	OKC,HAW AA,PCL
1974	30	PIT-min	AAA	0	2	.000	1.73	8	2		0	0	1	26.0	17	9	5	0	17	0	16	1	0	1				1.308	5.9	0.0	5.9	5.5	0.94	CHL IL
1976	32	HOU-min	AA	0	0		18.00	4	0		0	0	1	3.0	4	6	6	1	7	0	1	0	0	0				3.667	12.0	3.0	21.0	3.0	0.14	CBS SOUL
8 Yrs				31	40	.437	3.62	171	93	20	14	3	2	653.0	591	300	263	44	317	17	426	15	2	38	2823	94	3.63	1.391	8.1	0.6	4.4	5.9	1.34
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.437	3.62	44	24	5	4	1	1	168	152	77	68	11	82	4	110	4	1	10	727	94	3.63	1.391	8.1	0.6	4.4	5.9	1.34

CAL (3 yrs)				21	29	.420	3.53	76	67	4	14	3	2	423.1	384	184	166	33	159	8	260	13	1	24	1789	95	3.54	1.283	8.2	0.7	3.4	5.5	1.64
BAL (3 yrs)				7	4	.636	3.23	56	11	10	0	0	0	147.2	127	58	53	6	81	7	121	2	0	5	636	111	3.14	1.409	7.7	0.4	4.9	7.4	1.49
PHI (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.00	4	2	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	4	0	7	1	2	0	1	1	32	58	5.31	2.500	12.0	0.0	10.5	3.0	0.29
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		5.40	4	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	8	5	5	0	10	0	1	0	0	3	40	63	5.76	2.160	8.6	0.0	10.8	1.1	0.10
MIL (1 yr)				2	7	.222	4.66	31	11	5	0	0	0	67.2	64	48	35	5	60	1	42	0	0	5	326	74	4.83	1.833	8.5	0.7	8.0	5.6	0.70

AL (7 yrs)				30	40	.429	3.60	167	91	19	14	3	2	647.0	583	295	259	44	310	16	424	15	1	37	2791	95	3.61	1.380	8.1	0.6	4.3	5.9	1.37
NL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.00	4	2	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	4	0	7	1	2	0	1	1	32	58	5.31	2.500	12.0	0.0	10.5	3.0	0.29