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Eddie Lake

Birthdate:

3/18/1916

Died:

6/7/1995

Height / Weight:

5' 7" / 160 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Antioch, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Infielder - Right-handed - St Louis Cardinals 1939-1941; Boston Red Sox 1943-1945; Detroit Tigers 1946-1950

An excellent all-around athlete, Eddie 'Sparky' Lake broke into the majors at age 23 with the Cardinals in September of 1939. An aggressive defensive player with a power-throwing arm, he was used as an utility infielder by Cardinals manager Billy Southworth in 1940 and '41 before being traded to the Red Sox. In 1943 with the Boston Red Sox, the 5-ft, 7-inch,159-pounder batted .199 with 10 doubles in 75 games, however with more experience under his belt by 1945 he developed into one of the leading shortstops in the American League.

In 1945 Lake hit a solid .279, lined 27 doubles, 11 homers, scored 81 runs and led the league with a .412 on-base-percentage - walking 106 times while striking out just 39 times in 133 games - and led all AL shortstops in assists with 459 and in double plays with 112. Traded to the Detroit Tigers prior to the '46 season, Lake led the league in games played with 155 in '46 and with 158 in '47. In 1946, Lake batted .254, hit 24 doubles, 8 home runs, drew 103 walks, struck out 69 times and scored a career-high 103 runs. During spring training in '47, Tiger manager Steve O'Neill said, 'Lake's the guy we're counting on to help us win this season. We're hoping his aggressive style-of-play can ignite the fire for us.' baseballhistorian.com -The Keeper of Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1944	BOS (AL)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.1	20	13	9	2	11	0	7	1	3	0	4.19
11 years		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.1	20	13	9	2	11	0	7	1	3	0	4.24

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1939	STL (NL)	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	SLG
1940	STL (NL)	32	66	12	14	3	0	2	7	12	17	1	0	0	1	1	0	.212	.342	SLG
1941	STL (NL)	45	76	9	8	2	0	0	0	15	22	3	0	0	0	1	0	.105	.253	SLG
1943	BOS (AL)	75	216	26	43	10	0	3	16	47	35	3	6	0	1	5	0	.199	.345	SLG
1944	BOS (AL)	57	126	21	26	5	0	0	8	23	22	5	2	0	0	4	0	.206	.329	SLG
1945	BOS (AL)	133	473	81	132	27	1	11	51	106	37	9	7	0	1	6	0	.279	.412	SLG
1946	DET (AL)	155	587	105	149	24	1	8	31	103	69	15	9	0	4	9	0	.254	.369	SLG
1947	DET (AL)	158	602	96	127	19	6	12	46	120	54	11	10	0	1	9	0	.211	.343	SLG
1948	DET (AL)	64	198	51	52	6	0	2	18	57	20	3	3	0	0	9	0	.263	.427	SLG
1949	DET (AL)	94	240	38	47	9	1	1	15	61	33	2	8	0	0	6	0	.196	.359	SLG
1950	DET (AL)	20	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.125	SLG
11 years		835	2595	442	599	105	9	39	193	546	312	52	45	0	8	50	0	.231	.366	.SLG

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