Eddie Lake Notable

b. March 18, 1916 · St. Louis Cardinals 1939–1941, Boston Red Sox 1943–1945, Detroit Tigers 1946–1950

Eddie Lake played for three clubs across 12 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1939 and closing with the Detroit Tigers in 1950.

Across 835 games he batted .231, with 599 hits and 442 runs. He finished with 39 home runs, 105 doubles, 546 walks and 52 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 4.19 earned run average, pitching 19.3 innings in 6 games. He struck out 7.

He played 609 games at shortstop, with 1,719 assists and 155 errors. He turned 395 double plays.

He was born in Antioch, CA, USA on March 18, 1916, and died on June 7, 1995. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1939	STL	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250
1940	STL	32	66	12	14	3	0	2	7	12	17	1	.212
1941	STL	45	76	9	8	2	0	0	0	15	22	3	.105
1943	BOS	75	216	26	43	10	0	3	16	47	35	3	.199
1944	BOS	57	126	21	26	5	0	0	8	23	22	5	.206
1945	BOS	133	473	81	132	27	1	11	51	106	37	9	.279
1946	DET	155	587	105	149	24	1	8	31	103	69	15	.254
1947	DET	158	602	96	127	19	6	12	46	120	54	11	.211
1948	DET	64	198	51	52	6	0	2	18	57	20	3	.263
1949	DET	94	240	38	47	9	1	1	15	61	33	2	.196
1950	DET	20	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	.000
Career	—	835	2595	442	599	105	9	39	193	546	312	52	.231

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1944	BOS	0	0	6	0	0	19.1	20	9	11	7	4.19
Career	—	0	0	6	0	0	19.1	20	9	11	7	4.19

On this day & linked events

1916

Born March 18, 1916

Antioch, CA, USA

1995

Died June 7, 1995

1939

Major-league debut: Eddie Lake

Eddie Lake made a major-league debut on September 26, 1939.

1950

Final major-league game: Eddie Lake

Eddie Lake played a final major-league game on September 30, 1950.

Image: Bowman, public domain