Stan Lopata

Full Name: Stanley Edward Lopata	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/210	First Game: September 19, 1948
Birthdate: September 12, 1925	Final Game: June 12, 1960
Birthplace: Delray, Michigan	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Stan Lopata (Stanley Edward Lopata) was born on September 12, 1925 in Delray, Michigan. He made his Major League debut on September 19, 1948 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1949, his rookie year, he hit .271 with 8 home runs and 27 RBI. Lopata played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 13 year career.

Most people believe that Stan Lopata's best season was 1956, when he slugged 32 home runs and knocked in 95 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1948	PHI	N	6	15	2	2	0	2	.133	.133	.200	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1949	PHI	N	83	240	31	65	8	27	.271	.330	.425	9	2	21	44	0	0	1	0	7
1950	PHI	N	58	129	10	27	1	11	.209	.325	.279	2	2	22	25	0	0	1	0	4
1951	PHI	N	3	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	PHI	N	57	179	25	49	4	27	.274	.395	.402	9	1	36	33	0	2	1	0	5
1953	PHI	N	81	234	34	56	8	31	.239	.321	.419	12	3	28	39	0	4	3	0	0
1954	PHI	N	86	259	42	75	14	42	.290	.369	.544	14	5	33	37	1	2	1	3	9
1955	PHI	N	99	303	49	82	22	58	.271	.388	.538	9	3	58	62	2	0	4	6	11
1956	PHI	N	146	535	96	143	32	95	.267	.353	.535	33	7	75	93	1	4	5	10	17
1957	PHI	N	116	388	50	92	18	67	.237	.331	.433	18	2	56	81	1	0	2	7	10
1958	PHI	N	86	258	36	64	9	33	.248	.391	.388	9	0	60	63	2	0	0	9	15
1959	MIL	N	25	48	0	5	0	4	.104	.157	.104	0	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	1
1960	MIL	N	7	8	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total			853	2601	375	661	116	397	.254	.351	.452	116	25	393	497	7	12	18	35	79

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1948	PHI	N	C	4	0	0	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1949	PHI	N	C	58	0	0	236	19	7	2	5	0	0	0	.973
1950	PHI	N	C	51	0	0	176	13	5	3	1	0	0	0	.974
1951	PHI	N	C	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	PHI	N	C	55	0	0	274	21	4	6	1	0	0	0	.987
1953	PHI	N	C	80	0	0	344	27	5	2	4	0	0	0	.987
1954	PHI	N	C	75	66	599.2	336	26	4	1	4	12	7	1	.989
1954	PHI	N	1B	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1955	PHI	N	C	66	0	0	332	37	2	9	9	0	0	0	.995
1955	PHI	N	1B	24	0	0	148	13	1	7	0	0	0	0	.994
1956	PHI	N	1B	39	0	0	300	16	5	31	0	0	0	0	.984
1956	PHI	N	C	102	0	0	573	24	11	10	1	0	0	0	.982
1957	PHI	N	C	108	104	904.1	634	36	8	9	8	53	18	1	.988
1958	PHI	N	C	80	75	657.1	418	28	6	6	11	25	10	1	.987
1959	MIL	N	C	10	7	65.1	43	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	1.000
1959	MIL	N	1B	3	2	18	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1960	MIL	N	C	4	2	16	17	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.944
Total			1B	67	2	19	454	30	6	38	0	0	0	0	.988
Total			C	694	254	2242.2	3406	232	53	50	46	96	35	3	.986

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1946).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Johnny O'Brien and Ted Kazanski to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Gene Conley, Joe Koppe and Harry Hanebrink (March 31, 1959).
Released by Milwaukee Braves (October 26, 1959).
Signed by Milwaukee Braves (February 9, 1960).
Released by Milwaukee Braves (October 14, 1960).

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