Ed Lopat

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| '''Full Name:''' Edmund Walter Lopat
| '''Primary Position:''' P
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| '''Height/Weight:''' 5' 10"/185
| '''First Game:''' April 30, 1944
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| '''Birthdate:''' June 21, 1918
| '''Final Game:''' September 23, 1955
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| '''Birthplace:''' New York, New York
| '''MLB Experience:''' 12 years
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| '''Died:''' June 15, 1992
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| '''Deathplace:''' Darien, Connecticut
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| '''Bat/Throw:''' Left/Left
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==Biography==
'''Edmund Walter "Eddie" Lopat''' (originally '''Lopatynski''') ([[June 21]], [[1918]] - [[June 15]], [[1992]]) was a [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]].  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===
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|- 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===
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!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]

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