Al López

Catcher

1928—1947

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
NR

Player Detail

Alfonso Ramon
GIVEN NAME
Lopez
SURNAME
August 20, 1908, in Tampa, FL
BORN
October 30, 2005, in Tampa, FL, USA
DIED
1928—1947
Playing Career
Played from 19-38
PLAYING AGE
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cleveland Indians
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Brooklyn Dodgers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#8 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 165
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 27, 1928
Major League Debut
September 16, 1947
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Al López?

Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager, Lopez spent 19 seasons as a catcher in the National League. He would have won several Gold Gloves had their been such an award in his time.

30

HITTING

30

POWER

30

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1950
1547
51
652
.261
2 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
14.8
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.663
.695
95.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.261
.326
.337

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.254
.317
.332

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Al López Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Lopez
537
140
56
19
4
5
59
50
49
4
181
192
.261
.326
.337
663
AVG C
542
144
55
24
4
8
47
46
3
199
194
.265
.327
.368
.695

Al López Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
139
NR
NR
70
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
85
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Al López PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
17.7
11.9
9.2
6.1
1.47
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Al López
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
173.5
90.4
UNK
43.1
14.4
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Al López
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C