1918
Born June 21, 1918
New York, NY, USA
Eddie Lopat Notable
Eddie Lopat played for three clubs across 12 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Chicago White Sox in 1944 and closing with the Baltimore Orioles in 1955. His longest stay was with the New York Yankees, from 1948 to 1955.
He went 166 and 112 with a 3.21 earned run average, pitching 2,439 innings in 340 games. He struck out 859, completed 164 of his 318 starts and threw 27 shutouts. Across 357 games he batted .211, with 187 hits and 87 runs. He finished with 5 home runs and 26 doubles.
He was an All-Star in 1951.
He was born in New York, NY, USA on June 21, 1918, and died on June 15, 1992. He batted left-handed and threw left-handed.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 1951 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | CHW | 30 | 81 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .309 |
| 1945 | CHW | 32 | 82 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .293 |
| 1946 | CHW | 30 | 87 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .253 |
| 1947 | CHW | 35 | 96 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .198 |
| 1948 | NYY | 34 | 81 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .173 |
| 1949 | NYY | 31 | 76 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .263 |
| 1950 | NYY | 36 | 82 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 0 | .232 |
| 1951 | NYY | 31 | 84 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0 | .179 |
| 1952 | NYY | 20 | 52 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .173 |
| 1953 | NYY | 26 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .190 |
| 1954 | NYY | 26 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .018 |
| 1955 | BAL/NYY | 26 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .152 |
| Career | — | 357 | 887 | 87 | 187 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 77 | 73 | 92 | 0 | .211 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | CHW | 11 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 210.0 | 217 | 76 | 59 | 75 | 3.26 |
| 1945 | CHW | 10 | 13 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 199.1 | 226 | 91 | 56 | 74 | 4.11 |
| 1946 | CHW | 13 | 13 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 231.0 | 216 | 70 | 48 | 89 | 2.73 |
| 1947 | CHW | 16 | 13 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 252.2 | 241 | 79 | 73 | 109 | 2.81 |
| 1948 | NYY | 17 | 11 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 226.2 | 246 | 92 | 66 | 83 | 3.65 |
| 1949 | NYY | 15 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 215.1 | 222 | 78 | 69 | 70 | 3.26 |
| 1950 | NYY | 18 | 8 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 236.1 | 244 | 91 | 65 | 72 | 3.47 |
| 1951 | NYY | 21 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 234.2 | 209 | 76 | 71 | 93 | 2.91 |
| 1952 | NYY | 10 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 149.1 | 127 | 42 | 53 | 56 | 2.53 |
| 1953 | NYY | 16 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 178.1 | 169 | 48 | 32 | 50 | 2.42 |
| 1954 | NYY | 12 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 170.0 | 189 | 67 | 33 | 54 | 3.55 |
| 1955 | BAL/NYY | 7 | 12 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 135.2 | 158 | 59 | 25 | 34 | 3.91 |
| Career | — | 166 | 112 | 340 | 318 | 3 | 2439.1 | 2464 | 869 | 650 | 859 | 3.21 |
On this day & linked events
1992
Died June 15, 1992
1944
Major-league debut: Eddie Lopat
Eddie Lopat made a major-league debut on April 30, 1944.
1955
Final major-league game: Eddie Lopat
Eddie Lopat played a final major-league game on September 23, 1955.
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