Aurelio Lopez
[edit] Biography
Born on September 21, 1948 in Tecamachalco, Puebla (Mexico), Aurelio Lopez (Aurelio Alejandro (Rios) Lopez) played for the Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros over the course of his 11 year career. Lopez broke into the bigs on September 1, 1974 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 4.29 ERA in 65 innings pitched in 1978, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Aurelio Lopez's best season was 1979, when he posted a 2.41 ERA, won 10 games, notched 21 saves and struck out 106 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1974
| KC
| A
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5.62
| 5
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 21
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| 25
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 4.29
| 46
| 35
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 52
| 4
| 32
| 2
| 5
| 1
|
| 1979
| DET
| A
| 61
| 0
| 10
| 5
| 2.41
| 106
| 37
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 127
| 95
| 12
| 51
| 3
| 3
| 3
|
| 1980
| DET
| A
| 67
| 1
| 13
| 6
| 3.77
| 97
| 56
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 124
| 125
| 15
| 45
| 5
| 6
| 3
|
| 1981
| DET
| A
| 29
| 3
| 5
| 2
| 3.64
| 53
| 34
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 81.2
| 70
| 8
| 31
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 1982
| DET
| A
| 19
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 5.27
| 26
| 27
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 41
| 41
| 8
| 19
| 4
| 4
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| A
| 57
| 0
| 9
| 8
| 2.81
| 90
| 36
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 115.1
| 87
| 12
| 49
| 7
| 7
| 1
|
| 1984
| DET
| A
| 71
| 0
| 10
| 1
| 2.94
| 94
| 51
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 137.2
| 109
| 16
| 52
| 6
| 3
| 2
|
| 1985
| DET
| A
| 51
| 0
| 3
| 7
| 4.80
| 53
| 50
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 86.1
| 82
| 15
| 41
| 9
| 4
| 1
|
| 1986
| HOU
| N
| 45
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 3.46
| 44
| 32
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 78
| 64
| 6
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| HOU
| N
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 4.50
| 21
| 22
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 38
| 39
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 96
| 4
| 9
| 6
| 3.98
| 111
| 89
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 181
| 155
| 16
| 69
| 3
| 6
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 363
| 5
| 53
| 30
| 3.46
| 524
| 303
| 280
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 729
| 630
| 86
| 298
| 36
| 28
| 12
|
| Total
|
|
| 459
| 9
| 62
| 36
| 3.56
| 635
| 392
| 360
| 0
| 0
| 93
| 910
| 785
| 102
| 367
| 39
| 34
| 15
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1974
| KC
| A
| P
| 8
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| .667
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| P
| 25
| 4
| 65
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 3
| 0
| .833
|
| 1979
| DET
| A
| P
| 61
| 0
| 127
| 9
| 15
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 0
| .960
|
| 1980
| DET
| A
| P
| 67
| 1
| 124
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 5
| 0
| .941
|
| 1981
| DET
| A
| P
| 29
| 3
| 81.2
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| DET
| A
| P
| 19
| 0
| 41
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1983
| DET
| A
| P
| 57
| 0
| 115.1
| 2
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 0
| .938
|
| 1984
| DET
| A
| P
| 71
| 0
| 137.2
| 6
| 11
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 9
| 0
| .895
|
| 1985
| DET
| A
| P
| 51
| 0
| 86.1
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 2
| 1
| .938
|
| 1986
| HOU
| N
| P
| 45
| 0
| 78
| 2
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 2
| 0
| .800
|
| 1987
| HOU
| N
| P
| 26
| 0
| 38
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 1
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 459
| 9
| 910
| 37
| 97
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 7
| 81
| 42
| 2
| .918
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1974
| KC
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| STL
| N
| 25
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .214
| .214
| .214
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| A
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| A
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| A
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| A
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| A
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| DET
| A
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| HOU
| N
| 45
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1987
| HOU
| N
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 96
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 363
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 459
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .125
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Mexico City Reds (Mexican) to Kansas City Royals (August 29, 1974).
- Sold by Kansas City Royals to Mexico City Reds (Mexican) (March 27, 1975).
- Sold by Mexico City Reds (Mexican) to St. Louis Cardinals (October 26, 1977).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jerry Morales to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Bob Sykes and Jack Murphy (December 4, 1978).
- Granted free agency (November 12, 1985).
- Signed by Houston Astros (June 3, 1986).
- Released by Houston Astros (June 22, 1987).
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