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Hector Lopez

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Full Name: Hector Headley (Swainson) Lopez Primary Position: OF,LF,3B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/182 First Game: May 12, 1955
Birthdate: July 8, 1929 Final Game: September 30, 1966
Birthplace: Colon, Panama MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Hector Lopez (Hector Headley (Swainson) Lopez) was born on July 8, 1929 in Colon, Panama. He made his Major League debut on May 12, 1955 for the Kansas City Athletics. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .290 with 15 home runs and 68 RBI. Lopez played for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Hector Lopez's best season was 1959, when he slugged 22 home runs, hit for a .283 average and knocked in 93 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1955 KC A 128 483 50 140 15 68 .290 .337 .422 15 2 33 58 3 4 1 1 15
1956 KC A 151 561 91 153 18 69 .273 .347 .428 27 3 63 73 3 8 4 3 13
1957 KC A 121 391 51 115 11 35 .294 .357 .448 19 4 41 66 0 4 1 5 8
1958 KC A 151 564 84 147 17 73 .261 .317 .415 28 4 49 61 2 7 2 2 23
1959 NY A 112 406 60 115 16 69 .283 .336 .451 16 2 28 54 6 3 3 1 9
1959 KC A 35 135 22 38 6 24 .281 .324 .533 10 3 8 23 1 1 1 0 1
1959 TOT A 147 541 82 153 22 93 .283 .333 .471 26 5 36 77 7 4 4 1 10
1960 NY A 131 408 66 116 9 42 .284 .361 .414 14 6 46 64 4 9 1 0 7
1961 NY A 93 243 27 54 3 22 .222 .292 .305 7 2 24 38 1 2 1 1 8
1962 NY A 106 335 45 92 6 48 .275 .338 .391 19 1 33 53 0 2 0 2 17
1963 NY A 130 433 54 108 14 52 .249 .304 .395 13 4 35 71 0 2 1 5 12
1964 NY A 127 285 34 74 10 34 .260 .317 .418 9 3 24 54 1 1 1 2 8
1965 NY A 111 283 25 74 7 39 .261 .322 .392 12 2 26 61 1 3 0 2 11
1966 NY A 54 117 14 25 4 16 .214 .268 .368 4 1 8 20 1 2 0 0 4
Total 1450 4644 623 1251 136 591 .269 .330 .415 193 37 418 696 23 48 16 24 136

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1955 KC A 2B 36 0 0 93 98 6 32 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1955 KC A 3B 93 0 0 104 233 23 26 0 0 0 0 0 .936
1956 KC A 2B 8 0 0 18 18 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1956 KC A 3B 121 0 0 152 254 26 23 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1956 KC A SS 4 0 0 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1956 KC A OF 20 0 0 44 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1957 KC A 2B 4 1 16 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 KC A RF 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1957 KC A OF 3 3 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 KC A 3B 112 97 877.1 117 227 23 20 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1957 KC A LF 2 2 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 KC A SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1958 KC A 2B 94 88 807 251 282 14 78 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1958 KC A OF 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 KC A 3B 57 56 485.1 56 95 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1958 KC A LF 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 NY A OF 35 35 291 62 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1959 NY A 3B 76 73 619 66 147 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 .926
1959 NY A LF 35 35 291 61 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .954
1959 KC A 2B 33 33 284.1 81 71 11 15 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1960 NY A RF 19 12 132.2 24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1960 NY A OF 106 98 827.2 199 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .976
1960 NY A 2B 5 0 13.1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 NY A LF 91 86 695 173 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1960 NY A 3B 1 0 1.2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 NY A OF 72 58 552 123 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1961 NY A LF 65 54 496 109 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .975
1961 NY A RF 9 4 56 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 NY A RF 21 15 153.1 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1962 NY A OF 84 78 715.1 176 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1962 NY A 3B 1 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 NY A LF 64 63 562 141 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1962 NY A 2B 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 NY A OF 124 111 1033.1 187 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1963 NY A 2B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 NY A LF 100 92 847.1 167 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1963 NY A RF 25 19 186 27 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1964 NY A RF 31 21 195.1 38 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1964 NY A OF 103 60 638.1 130 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1964 NY A CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1964 NY A LF 80 39 442 93 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1964 NY A 3B 1 1 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 NY A OF 75 71 568.2 94 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1965 NY A 1B 2 2 9 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1965 NY A RF 55 52 424.2 71 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .924
1965 NY A LF 20 19 144 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1966 NY A LF 13 12 116.1 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .885
1966 NY A OF 29 26 229.1 43 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .936
1966 NY A RF 17 14 113 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 462 227 2001.1 496 959 98 92 0 0 0 0 0 .937
Total OF 652 541 4889.2 1063 39 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 .967
Total 1B 2 2 9 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .857
Total CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total RF 178 138 1270 222 6 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 .954
Total 2B 182 122 1126.2 455 473 33 133 0 0 0 0 0 .966
Total LF 471 403 3618.2 795 22 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 .970
Total SS 5 0 1 4 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Drummondville (Provincial) to Philadelphia Athletics with Joe Taylor for $1500 (1952).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Ralph Terry to New York Yankees in exchange for Johnny Kucks, Tom Sturdivant and Jerry Lumpe (May 26, 1959).
  • Released by New York Yankees (October 19, 1966).

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