Edmund Walter "Eddie" Lopat (originally Lopatynski) (June 21, 1918 - June 15, 1992) was a Major League Baseballpitcher. Lopat was born in New York, New York. His first Major League game was on April 30, 1944, wearing number 48 for the Chicago White Sox.
He was traded to the New York Yankees on February 24, 1948 for Aaron Robinson, Bill Wight, and Fred Bradley. He wore number 30 on the Yankees. From 1948 to 1954 he was the third of the "Big Three" of the Yankees' pitching staff, together with Allie Reynolds and Vic Raschi. Since Reynolds and Raschi were fastball pitchers, Lopat's slower "junk" pitches frustrated enemy batters. He pitched in the All-Star Game in 1951 for the American League. In 1953 he led the AL in both earned-run average and won/lost percentage. On July 30, 1955 he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim McDonald and cash, finishing out the season and retiring from Major League Baseball. On the Orioles his uniform number was 15. Over his stellar 12-year AL career, Lopat won 166 games, losing 112 (.597) with an ERA of 3.21.
Lopat managed at AAA Richmond for the Yankees in the late 1950s, and in 1960 served one season as the Yanks' pitching coach before holding the same post with the Minnesota Twins in 1961 and the Kansas City Athletics in 1962. In 1963 Lopat was tapped to manage the Athletics and continued in this role until June 11, 1964. His major league managerial record was only 90-124 (.421). Lopat stayed on as a senior front office aide to tempestuous team owner Charlie Finley until the club moved to Oakland after the 1967 season.
He was sometimes known as "The Junk Man," but better-known as "Steady Eddie." He died in Darien, Connecticut. Eddie won 5 world series during his illustrious career.
Statistics
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1944
CHI
A
27
25
11
10
3.26
75
96
76
13
1
0
210
217
12
59
0
2
2
1945
CHI
A
26
24
10
13
4.11
74
101
91
17
1
1
199.1
226
8
56
0
3
6
1946
CHI
A
29
29
13
13
2.73
89
80
70
20
2
0
231
216
18
48
0
1
1
1947
CHI
A
31
31
16
13
2.81
109
88
79
22
3
0
252.2
241
17
73
0
0
2
1948
NY
A
33
31
17
11
3.65
83
106
92
13
3
0
226.2
246
16
66
0
3
2
1949
NY
A
31
30
15
10
3.26
70
93
78
14
4
1
215.1
222
19
69
0
4
5
1950
NY
A
35
32
18
8
3.47
72
110
91
15
3
1
236.1
244
19
65
0
0
4
1951
NY
A
31
31
21
9
2.91
93
86
76
20
4
0
234.2
209
12
71
0
0
3
1952
NY
A
20
19
10
5
2.53
56
47
42
10
2
0
149.1
127
11
53
0
1
4
1953
NY
A
25
24
16
4
2.42
50
58
48
9
3
0
178.1
169
13
32
0
1
4
1954
NY
A
26
23
12
4
3.55
54
74
67
7
0
0
170
189
14
33
0
0
6
1955
NY
A
16
12
4
8
3.74
24
45
36
3
1
0
86.2
101
12
16
3
0
1
1955
BAL
A
10
7
3
4
4.22
10
24
23
1
0
0
49
57
8
9
2
1
3
1955
TOT
A
26
19
7
12
3.91
34
69
59
4
1
0
135.2
158
20
25
5
1
4
Total
340
318
166
112
3.21
859
1008
869
164
27
3
2439.1
2464
179
650
5
16
43
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1944
CHI
A
P
27
0
0
9
44
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1945
CHI
A
P
26
0
0
15
32
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.959
1946
CHI
A
P
29
0
0
8
48
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1947
CHI
A
P
31
0
0
12
36
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1948
NY
A
P
33
0
0
6
50
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.949
1949
NY
A
P
31
0
0
7
42
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
.961
1950
NY
A
P
35
0
0
10
47
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
.966
1951
NY
A
P
31
0
0
9
50
3
4
0
0
0
0
0
.952
1952
NY
A
P
20
0
0
6
30
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1953
NY
A
P
25
0
0
8
38
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.958
1954
NY
A
P
26
0
0
3
28
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1955
NY
A
P
16
0
0
3
11
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.933
1955
BAL
A
P
10
0
0
4
12
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1955
TOT
A
P
26
0
0
7
23
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.968
Total
P
340
0
0
100
468
19
30
0
0
0
0
0
.968
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1944
CHI
A
30
81
8
25
0
6
.309
.349
.346
1
1
5
5
0
1
0
0
1
1945
CHI
A
32
82
13
24
1
13
.293
.310
.378
4
0
2
9
0
1
0
0
3
1946
CHI
A
30
87
10
22
0
10
.253
.316
.299
2
1
8
7
0
2
0
0
2
1947
CHI
A
35
96
5
19
0
11
.198
.230
.229
3
0
4
6
0
4
0
0
2
1948
NY
A
34
81
6
14
0
10
.173
.247
.173
0
0
8
6
0
4
0
0
6
1949
NY
A
31
76
9
20
1
4
.263
.325
.408
8
0
7
8
0
1
0
0
4
1950
NY
A
36
82
14
19
0
7
.232
.364
.329
2
3
17
9
0
5
0
0
0
1951
NY
A
31
84
7
15
3
9
.179
.242
.298
1
0
7
10
0
4
0
0
5
1952
NY
A
20
52
7
9
0
4
.173
.218
.212
2
0
3
5
0
2
0
0
2
1953
NY
A
26
63
5
12
0
1
.190
.250
.238
3
0
5
13
0
5
0
0
2
1954
NY
A
26
57
2
1
0
2
.018
.095
.018
0
0
5
6
0
4
0
0
1
1955
NY
A
16
29
0
4
0
0
.138
.138
.138
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
2
1955
BAL
A
10
17
1
3
0
0
.176
.263
.176
0
0
2
5
0
1
0
0
0
1955
TOT
A
26
46
1
7
0
0
.152
.188
.152
0
0
2
8
0
1
0
0
2
Total
357
887
87
187
5
77
.211
.271
.268
26
5
73
92
0
34
0
0
30
Transactions
Traded by Chicago White Sox to New York Yankees in exchange for Bill Wight, Fred Bradley and Aaron Robinson (February 24, 1948).
Traded by New York Yankees to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim McDonald (July 30, 1955).
