Aurelio Lopez

Full Name: Aurelio Alejandro (Rios) Lopez	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: September 1, 1974
Birthdate: September 21, 1948	Final Game: June 17, 1987
Birthplace: Tecamachalco, Puebla (Mexico)	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: September 22, 1992
Deathplace: Matehuala, San Luis Potosi (Mexico)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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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.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1974	KC	A	8	1	0	0	5.62	5	12	10	0	16	21	0	10	0	1	0
1978	STL	N	25	4	4	2	4.29	46	35	31	0	65	52	4	32	2	5	1
1979	DET	A	61	0	10	5	2.41	106	37	34	21	127	95	12	51	3	3	3
1980	DET	A	67	1	13	6	3.77	97	56	52	21	124	125	15	45	5	6	3
1981	DET	A	29	3	5	2	3.64	53	34	33	3	81.2	70	8	31	2	0	2
1982	DET	A	19	0	3	1	5.27	26	27	24	3	41	41	8	19	4	4	0
1983	DET	A	57	0	9	8	2.81	90	36	36	18	115.1	87	12	49	7	7	1
1984	DET	A	71	0	10	1	2.94	94	51	45	14	137.2	109	16	52	6	3	2
1985	DET	A	51	0	3	7	4.80	53	50	46	5	86.1	82	15	41	9	4	1
1986	HOU	N	45	0	3	3	3.46	44	32	30	7	78	64	6	25	1	0	0
1987	HOU	N	26	0	2	1	4.50	21	22	19	1	38	39	6	12	0	1	2
Total	NL		96	4	9	6	3.98	111	89	80	8	181	155	16	69	3	6	3
Total	AL		363	5	53	30	3.46	524	303	280	85	729	630	86	298	36	28	12
Total			459	9	62	36	3.56	635	392	360	93	910	785	102	367	39	34	15

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1974	KC	A	P	8	1	16	0	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	.667
1978	STL	N	P	25	4	65	0	5	1	0	0	12	3	0	.833
1979	DET	A	P	61	0	127	9	15	1	1	1	7	5	0	.960
1980	DET	A	P	67	1	124	5	11	1	1	2	11	5	0	.941
1981	DET	A	P	29	3	81.2	5	10	0	1	1	7	4	0	1.000
1982	DET	A	P	19	0	41	3	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.000
1983	DET	A	P	57	0	115.1	2	13	1	0	0	7	7	0	.938
1984	DET	A	P	71	0	137.2	6	11	2	2	1	5	9	0	.895
1985	DET	A	P	51	0	86.1	5	10	1	1	0	10	2	1	.938
1986	HOU	N	P	45	0	78	2	6	2	0	0	12	2	0	.800
1987	HOU	N	P	26	0	38	0	7	1	0	0	5	3	1	.875
Total			P	459	9	910	37	97	12	6	7	81	42	2	.918

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	SO	SH
1974	KC	A	8	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1978	STL	N	25	14	3	.214	.214	.214	6	2
1979	DET	A	61	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1980	DET	A	67	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1981	DET	A	29	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1982	DET	A	19	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1983	DET	A	57	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1984	DET	A	71	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1985	DET	A	51	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1986	HOU	N	45	9	0	.000	.000	.000	6	1
1987	HOU	N	26	1	0	.000	.000	.000	1	1
Total	NL		96	24	3	.125	.125	.125	13	4
Total	AL		363	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total			459	24	3	.125	.125	.125	13	4

[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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