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Ed Lopat

Birthdate:

6/21/1918

Died:

6/15/1992

Height / Weight:

5' 10" / 185 lbs.

Place of Birth:

New York, NY, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

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Eddie Lopat was traded to the New York Yankees in February of 1948 by the Chicago White Sox. Lopat frustrated hitters with his pitching arsenal of slow breaking curve balls and averaged 16 wins per/yr from 1949-1953, including winning 21 games in 1951 and in the World Series, Lopat won two complete games by beating the Giants 3-1 and 13-1.

In 1953, Eddie Lopat led the AL in ERA - 2.42 as he went 16-4. He helped the Yankees in World Series' play by pitching in 5 WS, 52 innings, and won 4 games while losing only one. His WS ERA was a good 2.60. Eddie Lopat pitched in the majors with the White Sox 1944-47, Yankees 1948-53 and Orioles 1954-55. His career stats include a 166-121 record, 3.21 ERA in 2439 innings.

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	CHW (AL)	27	25	11	10	0	13	1	210.0	217	96	76	12	59	0	75	2	2	0	3.26
1945	CHW (AL)	26	24	10	13	1	17	1	199.1	226	101	91	8	56	0	74	3	6	1	4.11
1946	CHW (AL)	29	29	13	13	0	20	2	231.0	216	80	70	18	48	0	89	1	1	1	2.73
1947	CHW (AL)	31	31	16	13	0	22	3	252.2	241	88	79	17	73	0	109	0	2	0	2.81
1948	NYY (AL)	33	31	17	11	0	13	3	226.2	246	106	92	16	66	0	83	3	2	2	3.65
1949	NYY (AL)	31	30	15	10	1	14	4	215.1	222	93	78	19	69	0	70	4	5	0	3.26
1950	NYY (AL)	35	32	18	8	1	15	3	236.1	244	110	91	19	65	0	72	0	4	1	3.47
1951	NYY (AL)	31	31	21	9	0	20	4	234.2	209	86	76	12	71	0	93	0	3	0	2.91
1952	NYY (AL)	20	19	10	5	0	10	2	149.1	127	47	42	11	53	0	56	1	4	0	2.53
1953	NYY (AL)	25	24	16	4	0	9	3	178.1	169	58	48	13	32	0	50	1	4	1	2.42
1954	NYY (AL)	26	23	12	4	0	7	0	170.0	189	74	67	14	33	0	54	0	6	0	3.55
1955	NYY (AL)	16	12	4	8	0	3	1	86.2	101	45	36	12	16	3	24	0	1	0	3.74
1955	BAL (AL)	10	7	3	4	0	1	0	49.0	57	24	23	8	9	2	10	1	3	0	4.22
13 years		340	318	166	112	3	164	27	2439.1	2464	1008	869	179	650	5	859	16	43	6	3.21

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1944	CHW (AL)	30	81	8	25	1	1	0	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.309	.349	SLG
1945	CHW (AL)	32	82	13	24	4	0	1	13	2	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	.293	.310	SLG
1946	CHW (AL)	30	87	10	22	2	1	0	10	8	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	.253	.316	SLG
1947	CHW (AL)	35	96	5	19	3	0	0	11	4	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	.198	.230	SLG
1948	NYY (AL)	34	81	6	14	0	0	0	10	8	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	.173	.247	SLG
1949	NYY (AL)	31	76	9	20	8	0	1	4	7	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	.263	.325	SLG
1950	NYY (AL)	36	82	14	19	2	3	0	7	17	9	0	0	0	0	5	0	.232	.364	SLG
1951	NYY (AL)	31	84	7	15	1	0	3	9	7	10	0	1	0	0	4	0	.179	.242	SLG
1952	NYY (AL)	20	52	7	9	2	0	0	4	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	.173	.218	SLG
1953	NYY (AL)	26	63	5	12	3	0	0	1	5	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	.190	.250	SLG
1954	NYY (AL)	26	57	2	1	0	0	0	2	5	6	0	0	0	0	4	1	.18	.95	SLG
1955	BAL (AL)	10	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.263	SLG
1955	NYY (AL)	16	29	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.138	SLG
13 years		357	887	87	187	26	5	5	77	73	92	0	1	0	0	34	1	.211	.271	.SLG

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