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Al Lopez
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Birthdate: 8/20/1908 Died: 10/30/2005
Height / Weight: 5' 11" / 165 lbs. Place of Birth: Tampa, FL, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Al Lopez held the career mark for games caught as a catcher for four decades. This 'Hall of Famer' caught an amazing 1918 games. In his first full season, 1930, he batted .309 for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He played in the 1934 All-Star game and the next year was traded to the Boston Bees (Braves). Lopez led NL catchers in fielding four times and in 1941, he played 114 games without a passed ball. His 12 seasons of catching over 100 games ranks 2nd only to Johnny Bench's 13 in the 1900s.

Al Lopez was rated, "a catcher's catcher; with his good glove, strong throwing arm and his ability to handle pitchers with his soothing personality". He retired from playing in 1947 and became the Cleveland Indians' manager in 1951. Lopez's knowledge and gentle personality brought instant success to the Indians.

He piloted the 'Tribe' to an AL record 111 wins in 1954 only to lose to the N.Y. Giants. This team featured one of the greatest pitching staffs in baseball; with Bob Lemon, Mike Garcia, Early Wynn and relievers Don Mossi and Ray Narleski. The next two season, Lopez guided the Indians to two straight 2nd place finishes.

In 1957, Al Lopez became the Chicago White Sox manager. His success with the "Go Go White Sox" brought them the pennant in 1959; their first pennant since 1919. In the 1959 Eorld Series the Dodgers bested the White Sox 4 games to 2  win the title. Lopez's managerial record was 1,400 wins and 1,004 loses; the third best of all-time. Only one of his teams finished below second place; the 1960 White Sox were third. After he retired in 1965, Mr. Al Lopez could be seen in the seating section of the Comiskey Park grandstands and always found time to autograph fans scorecards. In his great 'Hall of Fame' career, Al Lopez batted .261 in 5916 at bats, lined 206 Doubles and only struckout 538 times. baseballhistorian.com 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
20 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1928 BRO (NL) 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1930 BRO (NL) 128 421 60 130 20 4 6 57 33 35 3 0 0 2 10 0 .309 .362 SLG
1931 BRO (NL) 111 360 38 97 13 4 0 40 28 33 1 0 0 1 3 0 .269 .324 SLG
1932 BRO (NL) 126 404 44 111 18 6 1 43 34 35 3 0 0 0 6 0 .275 .331 SLG
1933 BRO (NL) 126 372 39 112 11 4 3 41 21 39 10 0 0 0 10 0 .301 .338 SLG
1934 BRO (NL) 140 439 58 120 23 2 7 54 49 44 2 0 0 2 14 0 .273 .349 SLG
1935 BRO (NL) 128 379 50 95 12 4 3 39 35 36 2 0 0 1 10 0 .251 .316 SLG
1936 BSN (NL) 128 426 46 103 12 5 7 50 41 41 1 0 0 2 1 0 .242 .311 SLG
1937 BSN (NL) 105 334 31 68 11 1 3 38 35 57 3 0 0 1 8 0 .204 .281 SLG
1938 BSN (NL) 71 236 19 63 6 1 1 14 11 24 5 0 0 2 7 0 .267 .305 SLG
1939 BSN (NL) 131 412 32 104 22 1 8 49 40 45 1 0 0 0 11 0 .252 .319 SLG
1940 BSN (NL) 36 119 20 35 3 1 2 17 6 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 .294 .328 SLG
1940 PIT (NL) 59 174 15 45 6 2 1 24 13 13 5 0 0 0 4 0 .259 .310 SLG
1941 PIT (NL) 114 317 33 84 9 1 5 43 31 23 0 0 0 0 6 0 .265 .330 SLG
1942 PIT (NL) 103 289 17 74 8 2 1 26 34 17 0 0 0 2 6 0 .256 .338 SLG
1943 PIT (NL) 118 372 40 98 9 4 1 39 44 25 2 0 0 0 12 0 .263 .341 SLG
1944 PIT (NL) 115 331 27 76 12 1 1 34 34 24 4 0 0 1 5 0 .230 .303 SLG
1945 PIT (NL) 91 243 22 53 8 0 0 18 35 12 1 0 0 0 2 0 .218 .317 SLG
1946 PIT (NL) 56 150 13 46 2 0 1 12 23 14 1 0 0 0 4 0 .307 .399 SLG
1947 CLE (AL) 61 126 9 33 1 0 0 14 9 13 1 1 0 0 1 0 .262 .311 SLG
20 years   1950 5916 613 1547 206 43 51 652 556 538 46 1 0 14 121 0 .261 .326 .SLG



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