Hector Lopez Stats

Hector Lopez was born on Tuesday, July 9, 1929, in Colon, Panama. Lopez was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 12, 1955, with the Kansas City Athletics. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Hector Lopez baseball stats page.

"Yogi (Berra) had the fastest bat I ever saw. He could hit a ball late - that was already past him - and take it out of the park." - Hector Lopez

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Hector Lopez

Hector Lopez Autograph on a 1966 Topps (#177)

Hector Lopez Autograph on a 1966 Topps (#177)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Hector Headley (Swainson) Lopez
Nickname:   None
Born On:   07-09-1929
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Colon, Panama
Zodiac:   Cancer
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11
Player Weight Chart Weight:   182
First Game:   05-12-1955 (Age 25)
Last Game:   09-30-1966
Draft:   Not Applicable
Hector Lopez

Hector Lopez Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Hector Lopez

Hector Lopez Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1955 Athletics 128 483 50 140 15 2 15 0 68 33 1 58 4 4 3 15 .290 .337 .422
1956 Athletics 151 561 91 153 27 3 18 0 69 63 3 73 8 4 3 13 .273 .347 .428
1957 Athletics 121 391 51 115 19 4 11 0 35 41 5 66 4 5 0 8 .294 .357 .448
1958 Athletics 151 564 84 147 28 4 17 0 73 49 2 61 7 9 2 23 .261 .317 .415
1959 Athletics 35 135 22 38 10 3 6 0 24 8 0 23 1 1 1 1 .281 .324 .533
1959 Yankees 112 406 60 115 16 2 16 0 69 28 1 54 3 4 6 9 .283 .336 .451
1960 Yankees 131 408 66 116 14 6 9 0 42 46 0 64 9 2 4 7 .284 .361 .414
1961 Yankees 93 243 27 54 7 2 3 0 22 24 1 38 2 3 1 8 .222 .292 .305
1962 Yankees 106 335 45 92 19 1 6 0 48 33 2 53 2 2 0 17 .275 .338 .391
1963 Yankees 130 433 54 108 13 4 14 0 52 35 5 71 2 3 0 12 .249 .304 .395
1964 Yankees 127 285 34 74 9 3 10 0 34 24 2 54 1 2 1 8 .260 .317 .418
1965 Yankees 111 283 25 74 12 2 7 0 39 26 2 61 3 4 1 11 .261 .322 .392
1966 Yankees 54 117 14 25 4 1 4 0 16 8 0 20 2 1 1 4 .214 .268 .368
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
12 Years 1,450 4,644 623 1,251 193 37 136 0 591 418 24 696 48 44 23 136 .269 .330 .415
Hector Lopez

Hector Lopez Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1955 Athletics 2B 36 - - 197 5.5 191 93 98 6 32 n/a n/a n/a .970 0.00 -
1955 Athletics 3B 93 - - 360 3.9 337 104 233 23 26 n/a n/a n/a .936 0.00 -
1956 Athletics 2B 8 - - 38 4.8 36 18 18 2 7 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.00 -
1956 Athletics 3B 121 - - 432 3.6 406 152 254 26 23 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00 -
1956 Athletics CF 20 - - 49 2.5 47 44 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 -
1956 Athletics SS 4 - - 11 2.8 11 4 7 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1957 Athletics 2B 4 - - 7 1.8 7 5 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1957 Athletics 3B 111 - - 367 3.3 344 117 227 23 20 n/a n/a n/a .937 0.00 -
1957 Athletics OF 3 - - 3 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1958 Athletics 2B 96 - - 547 5.7 533 251 282 14 78 n/a n/a n/a .974 0.00 -
1958 Athletics 3B 55 - - 158 2.9 151 56 95 7 8 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 -
1958 Athletics LF 1 - - 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1958 Athletics SS 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1959 Athletics 2B 33 - - 163 4.9 152 81 71 11 15 n/a n/a n/a .933 0.00 -
1959 Yankees 3B 76 - - 230 3.0 213 66 147 17 15 n/a n/a n/a .926 0.00 -
1959 Yankees LF 35 - - 66 1.9 63 62 1 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .955 0.00 -
1960 Yankees 2B 5 - - 6 1.2 6 5 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1960 Yankees 3B 1 - - 2 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1960 Yankees OF 106 - - 212 2.0 207 199 8 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00 -
1961 Yankees OF 72 - - 133 1.8 130 123 7 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 0.00 -
1962 Yankees 2B 1 - - 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1962 Yankees 3B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1962 Yankees OF 84 - - 182 2.2 179 176 3 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .984 0.00 -
1963 Yankees 2B 1 - - 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1963 Yankees OF 124 - - 207 1.7 198 187 11 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00 -
1964 Yankees 3B 1 - - 3 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1964 Yankees OF 103 - - 136 1.3 132 130 2 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 0.00 -
1965 Yankees 1B 2 - - 7 3.5 6 6 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00 -
1965 Yankees OF 75 - - 103 1.4 97 94 3 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .942 0.00 -
1966 Yankees OF 29 - - 47 1.6 44 43 1 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .936 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 596 0 0 1,023 1.7 990 955 35 33 5 n/a n/a n/a .968 0.00 --
3B Totals 459 0 0 1,553 3.4 1,455 496 959 98 92 n/a n/a n/a .937 0.00 --
2B Totals 184 0 0 961 5.2 928 455 473 33 133 n/a n/a n/a .966 0.00 --
LF Totals 36 0 0 68 1.9 65 64 1 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .956 0.00 --
CF Totals 20 0 0 49 2.5 47 44 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .959 0.00 --
SS Totals 5 0 0 11 2.2 11 4 7 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 --
1B Totals 2 0 0 7 3.5 6 6 0 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 0.00 --
12 Years 1,302 - - 3,672 2.8 3,502 2,024 1,478 170 234 n/a n/a n/a .954 0.00 --
Hector Lopez

Hector Lopez Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1955 Athletics 1 4 .200 - - n/a 32.2 8.3 7.1 - - -
1956 Athletics 4 5 .444 - - n/a 31.2 7.7 8.1 - - -
1957 Athletics 1 6 .143 - - n/a 35.5 5.9 11.2 - - -
1958 Athletics 2 2 .500 - - n/a 33.2 9.2 7.7 - - -
1959 Athletics 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 22.5 5.9 5.6 - - -
1959 Yankees 3 1 .750 - - n/a 25.4 7.5 5.9 - - -
1960 Yankees 1 1 .500 - - n/a 45.3 6.4 9.7 - - -
1961 Yankees 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 81.0 6.4 11.0 - - -
1962 Yankees 0 1 .000 - - n/a 55.8 6.3 7.0 - - -
1963 Yankees 1 2 .333 - - n/a 30.9 6.1 8.3 - - -
1964 Yankees 1 1 .500 - - n/a 28.5 5.3 8.4 - - -
1965 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 40.4 4.6 7.3 - - -
1966 Yankees 0 0 .000 - - n/a 29.3 5.9 7.3 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
12 Years 16 23 .410 - - n/a 34.1 6.7 7.9 - - -
Hector Lopez

Hector Lopez Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1955 Kansas City Athletics 1, 10 Undetermined - -
1956 Kansas City Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1957 Kansas City Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1958 Kansas City Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1959 Kansas City Athletics 10 Undetermined - -
1959 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - -
1960 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - Stats
1961 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - Stats
1962 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - Stats
1963 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - Stats
1964 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - Stats
1965 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - -
1966 New York Yankees 11 Undetermined - -


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