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Lopat was born in [[New York, New York]]. His first Major League game was on [[April 30]], [[1944]], wearing number [[48 (uniform 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 (ballplayer)|Fred Bradley]]. He wore number [[30 (uniform 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 (uniform number)|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, Virginia|Richmond]] for the Yankees in the late 1950s, and in [[1960 in sports|1960]] served one season as the Yanks' pitching [[coach]] before holding the same post with the [[Minnesota Twins]] in [[1961 in sports|1961]] and the [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City Athletics]] in [[1962 in sports|1962]]. In [[1963 in sports|1963]] Lopat was tapped to manage the Athletics and continued in this role until [[June 11]], [[1964 in sports|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, California|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=== {| border="1" bordercolor="#dcdcdc" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="player-profile-stats" |- class="player-profile-stats-header" !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 |- class="player-profile-stats-total" |Total | | |340 |318 |166 |112 |3.21 |859 |1008 |869 |164 |27 |3 |2439.1 |2464 |179 |650 |5 |16 |43 |} ===Fielding Stats=== {| border="1" bordercolor="#dcdcdc" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="player-profile-stats" |- class="player-profile-stats-header" !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 |- class="player-profile-stats-total" |Total | | |P |340 |0 |0 |100 |468 |19 |30 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |.968 |} ===Batting Stats=== {| border="1" bordercolor="#dcdcdc" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="player-profile-stats" |- class="player-profile-stats-header" !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 |- class="player-profile-stats-total" |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). * Released by Baltimore Orioles (October 10, 1955). == External links == *[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=lopated01 Baseball Almanac] *[http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Lopat_Ed.stm Baseball Library] *[http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/pp/lopateddie/ The Baseball Page] ==Trivia== ==See also== {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopat, Eddie}} Templates used on the current version of this page: Template:Player Profile Rating Box (view source) Return to Ed Lopat. 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