Alex
Lopez
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 230
 
Born: November 9, 1952 in Dominican Republic
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 20 BRK FL     0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
1974 21 CHI JL     0 1 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1975 22 SLC FL     0 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9
1976 23 SLC FL     3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 10 10 10
1977 24 SLC FL     3 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1978 25 LV FL $ 300,000   3 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 10 10 10
1979 26 LV FL $ 300,000   3 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 10 10
1980 27 LV FL $ 300,000   8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 28 LV FL $ 3,885,714 82 17 17 17 14 14 14 18 18 18
1982 29 LV FL $ 5,890,001 82 17 17 17 15 15 15 19 19 19
1983 30 LV FL $ 5,890,001 82 17 17 17 16 16 16 20 20 20
1984 31 VAL JL $ 6,890,000 82 16 16 16 16 16 16 20 20 20
1985 32 VAL JL $ 6,890,000 82 17 16 17 17 16 17 20 20 20
1986 33 VAL JL $ 6,890,000 82 16 16 16 17 17 17 19 19 19
1987 34 VAL JL $ 6,890,000 77 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17
1988 35 HAK FL $ 8,000,000 77 14 14 14 16 16 16 17 17 17
1989 36 HAK FL $ 8,000,000 77 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16
1990 37 HAK FL $ 8,000,000 71 13 13 13 15 14 15 15 15 15
1991 38 LBC FL $ 8,000,000 61 10 10 10 14 14 14 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,885,714 61 10 10 10 14 14 14 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000 82 17 17 17 17 17 17 20 20 20
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 20 BRK FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1974 21 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1975 22 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 23 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 24 SLC FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 25 LV FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 26 LV FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 27 LV FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 28 LV FL $ 3,885,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 29 LV FL $ 5,890,001   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 30 LV FL $ 5,890,001   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1984 31 VAL JL $ 6,890,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1985 32 VAL JL $ 6,890,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1986 33 VAL JL $ 6,890,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1987 34 VAL JL $ 6,890,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1988 35 HAK FL $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1989 36 HAK FL $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1990 37 HAK FL $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1991 38 LBC FL $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,885,714   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 20 A   10 17 .370 31 31 1 1 0 197.7 218 108 13 66 157 4.92 .281 .337 .402 .738  
1974 21 A   4 15 .211 25 25 2 0 0 162.0 196 80 16 46 147 4.44 .297 .343 .434 .777  
1975 22 AA   1 3 .250 9 9 0 0 0 41.0 65 33 8 23 65 7.24 .349 .421 .527 .948  
    A   4 4 .500 12 12 1 1 0 75.0 69 28 1 18 126 3.36 .235 .279 .289 .568  
1976 23 AA   9 8 .529 24 24 2 2 0 167.0 131 55 12 45 245 2.96 .212 .266 .345 .611  
1977 24 AAA   8 7 .533 24 24 0 0 0 166.7 164 53 11 40 199 2.86 .255 .299 .379 .678  
1978 25 LV FL 6 5 .545 19 19 3 0 0 148.0 134 56 14 50 163 3.41 .239 .300 .358 .659 8.0
    AAA   7 4 .636 12 12 0 0 0 84.0 68 28 8 20 117 3.00 .217 .263 .341 .604  
1979 26 LV FL 13 14 .481 32 32 10 2 0 231.0 206 94 17 73 259 3.66 .236 .296 .361 .657 9.9
1980 27 LV FL 16 11 .593 34 34 3 2 0 231.3 219 83 9 50 227 3.23 .250 .290 .345 .635 16.9
1981 28 LV FL 10 17 .370 35 35 2 2 0 224.3 221 99 10 66 162 3.97 .253 .306 .369 .675 9.9
1982 29 LV FL 13 14 .481 35 34 3 3 0 230.3 208 83 7 74 157 3.24 .239 .300 .327 .627 17.2
1983 30 LV FL 13 11 .542 34 34 0 0 0 206.0 219 86 4 65 142 3.76 .267 .326 .352 .677 12.7
1984 31 LV FL 0 1 .000 6 6 0 0 0 39.0 34 13 1 16 26 3.00 .233 .309 .301 .610 2.6
  VAL JL 3 1 .750 7 7 1 1 0 44.0 28 10 0 7 42 2.05 .181 .220 .213 .432 4.7
  TOT   3 2 .600 13 13 1 1 0 83.0 62 23 1 23 68 2.49 .206 .264 .256 .520 7.2
1985 32 VAL JL 15 7 .682 35 35 2 0 0 238.3 189 62 2 49 181 2.34 .217 .260 .268 .528 23.1
1986 33 VAL JL 21 11 .656 36 36 0 0 0 239.0 235 96 13 75 210 3.62 .256 .314 .373 .687 18.3
1987 34 VAL JL 14 11 .560 38 38 2 2 0 239.3 233 93 13 44 198 3.50 .255 .292 .370 .662 19.7
1988 35 VAL JL 6 5 .545 24 24 2 2 0 156.3 143 50 5 25 130 2.88 .239 .270 .331 .601 11.1
  HAK FL 2 3 .400 9 9 1 1 0 60.7 54 20 2 11 44 2.97 .235 .272 .322 .593 4.4
  TOT   8 8 .500 33 33 3 3 0 217.0 197 70 7 36 174 2.90 .238 .271 .329 .599 15.6
    AAA   1 0 1.000 2 1 0 0 0 8.7 10 5 1 0 9 5.20 .278 .278 .417 .694  
1989 36 HAK FL 12 11 .522 33 33 2 0 0 216.0 201 91 18 60 158 3.79 .248 .299 .384 .683 13.6
1990 37 HAK FL 12 12 .500 33 33 2 1 0 191.3 209 117 24 54 135 5.50 .276 .324 .448 .772 2.7
1991 38 VAN JL 1 7 .125 19 9 0 0 1 53.0 75 39 6 15 41 6.62 .333 .370 .507 .877 0.0
  LBC FL 2 1 .667 4 2 0 0 0 19.0 23 10 2 6 11 4.74 .303 .349 .447 .797 1.0
  TOT   3 8 .273 23 11 0 0 1 72.0 98 49 8 21 52 6.13 .326 .365 .492 .857 1.0
14 Years Sim 159 142 .528 433 420 33 16 1 2767.0 2631 1102 147 740 2286 3.58 .249 .299 .357 .656 175.8
3 Years AAA 16 11 .593 38 37 0 0 0 259.3 242 86 20 60 325 2.98 .244 .287 .368 .655  
2 Years AA 10 11 .476 33 33 2 2 0 208.0 196 88 20 68 310 3.81 .244 .303 .387 .690  
3 Years A 18 36 .333 68 68 4 2 0 434.7 483 216 30 130 430 4.47 .279 .330 .395 .724  
8 Years Minors 44 58 .431 139 138 6 4 0 902.0 921 390 70 258 1065 3.89 .261 .312 .386 .697  
Season Average 11 10 .524 30 30 2 1 0 197.6 187 78 10 52 163 3.58 .249 .299 .357 .656  
Career Highs 21 17 .682 38 38 10 3 1 239.3 235 117 24 75 259 6.13 .326 .365 .492 .857  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1201 486 62 357 1104   .244 .295 .343 .638
vs LH   1430 616 85 383 1182   .253 .300 .369 .669
Home 87 77 .530 223 217 20 11 1 1480.3 1336 552 85 408 1197 3.36 .238 .290 .339 .629
Away 72 65 .526 210 203 13 5 0 1286.6 1295 550 62 332 1089 3.85 .261 .307 .378 .685
Mar/Apr 23 24 .489 72 72 3 1 0 448.3 457 189 21 136 360 3.79 .265 .318 .369 .688
May 29 29 .500 86 77 8 4 1 520.3 469 200 25 136 430 3.46 .239 .289 .349 .638
June 23 20 .535 67 64 5 3 0 423.0 416 181 25 107 336 3.85 .254 .300 .361 .661
July 28 28 .500 73 72 8 4 0 473.6 448 182 26 129 364 3.46 .247 .297 .359 .657
August 28 23 .549 68 68 5 2 0 432.6 428 197 30 124 385 4.10 .256 .308 .382 .690
Sep/Oct 28 18 .609 67 67 4 2 0 469.0 413 153 20 108 411 2.94 .234 .278 .324 .601
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1978 25 LV FL 19 48 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .063 .100 .063 .163 -1.8 0.0
1979 26 LV FL 32 75 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 .027 .027 .027 .053 -5.3 0.0
1980 27 LV FL 34 75 1 8 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 33 .107 .107 .187 .293 -0.4 0.0
1981 28 LV FL 35 65 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 25 .062 .076 .108 .183 -2.7 0.0
1982 29 LV FL 35 68 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 30 .044 .097 .059 .156 -3.0 0.0
1983 30 LV FL 34 64 5 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 27 .047 .075 .078 .153 -2.8 0.0
1984 31 LV FL 6 12 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.3 0.0
  VAL JL 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .133 .000 .133 -0.9 0.0
  TOT   13 25 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 .040 .111 .080 .191 -1.2 0.0
1985 32 VAL JL 35 82 0 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 29 .061 .061 .098 .159 -4.3 0.0
1986 33 VAL JL 36 77 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 28 .052 .110 .078 .188 -2.5 0.0
1987 34 VAL JL 38 63 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 23 .063 .157 .063 .221 -1.6 0.0
1988 35 VAL JL 24 47 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .021 .041 .043 .083 -3.3 0.0
  HAK FL 9 17 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 .059 .059 .176 .235 -0.7 0.0
  TOT   33 64 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 23 .031 .045 .078 .124 -4.0 0.0
1989 36 HAK FL 33 76 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 .039 .039 .053 .092 -5.5 0.0
1990 37 HAK FL 33 64 0 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 24 .063 .063 .109 .172 -3.3 0.0
1991 38 VAN JL 19 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0
  LBC FL 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
  TOT   23 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 433 865 23 47 19 3 0 28 1 0 24 336 .054 .080 .083 .163 -39.5 0.0
162 Game Average 323 8 17 7 1 0 10 0 0 8 125 .054 .080 .083 .163 -14.8  
Career Highs 38 82 5 8 4 1 0 4 1 0 7 33 .107 .157 .187 .293 -0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   576 13 29 9 3 0 22 0 0 13 227 .050 .071 .076 .147 -30.0
vs LH   289 10 18 10 0 0 6 1 0 11 109 .062 .097 .097 .194 -10.9
Home 223 441 15 31 13 1 0 12 0 0 12 169 .070 .095 .104 .199 -16.4
Away 210 424 8 16 6 2 0 16 1 0 12 167 .038 .064 .061 .125 -24.5
RISP   221 0 12 4 0 0 24 0 0 6 84 .054 .079 .072 .151 -11.1
Close/Late   36 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 .028 .054 .028 .082 -2.5
Mar/Apr 72 141 2 9 4 1 0 6 0 0 4 58 .064 .089 .106 .195 -5.4
May 86 161 5 11 3 1 0 7 1 0 8 56 .068 .112 .099 .212 -4.8
June 66 130 5 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 51 .046 .075 .069 .144 -6.9
July 73 146 3 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 53 .027 .041 .048 .088 -10.3
August 68 140 6 8 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 50 .057 .083 .093 .176 -6.2
Sep/Oct 67 147 2 9 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 68 .061 .073 .082 .155 -7.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1978 25 LV FL P 19 19 148.0 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.09    
1979 26 LV FL P 32 32 231.0 12 30 1 2 .977 1.64    
1980 27 LV FL P 34 34 231.3 6 43 4 1 .925 1.91    
1981 28 LV FL P 35 35 224.3 17 22 3 1 .929 1.56    
1982 29 LV FL P 35 34 230.3 10 33 0 2 1.000 1.68    
1983 30 LV FL P 34 34 206.0 18 34 1 2 .981 2.27    
1984 31 LV FL P 6 6 39.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.85    
  VAL JL P 7 7 44.0 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.84    
  TOT   P 13 13 83.0 6 11 0 2 1.000 1.84    
1985 32 VAL JL P 35 35 238.3 23 28 4 0 .927 1.93    
1986 33 VAL JL P 36 36 239.0 9 36 1 2 .978 1.69    
1987 34 VAL JL P 38 38 239.3 16 35 3 6 .944 1.92    
1988 35 VAL JL P 24 24 156.3 10 21 1 1 .969 1.78    
  HAK FL P 9 9 60.7 4 8 1 1 .923 1.78    
  TOT   P 33 33 217.0 14 29 2 2 .956 1.78    
1989 36 HAK FL P 33 33 216.0 12 41 0 0 1.000 2.21    
1990 37 HAK FL P 33 33 191.3 8 17 1 1 .962 1.18    
1991 38 VAN JL P 19 9 53.0 3 7 1 0 .909 1.70    
  LBC FL P 4 2 19.0 1 3 1 0 .800 1.89    
Career Totals   433 420 2767.0 159 383 22 22 .961 1.76    
Career Highs   38 38 239.3 23 43 4 6 1.000 2.27    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1985 32 VAL JL 3 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 27.3 28 10 2 7 19 3.29 .267 .313 .390 .703
1986 33 VAL JL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 18.7 22 10 0 5 21 4.82 .286 .329 .325 .654
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 1 .800 7 7 0 0 0 46.0 50 20 2 12 40 3.91 .275 .320 .363 .682
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 32 VAL JL 4 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1986 33 VAL JL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1985-4-2.34
1986-10-3.62
1987-10-3.50
Wins
1980-9-16
1985-7-15
1986-1-21
1987-10-14
CAR-31-159
Losses
1981-2-17
1982-3-14
CAR-19-142
Winning Pct
1985-9-.682
1986-10-.656
Games Started
1986-7-36
1987-1-38
CAR-19-420
Complete Games
1980-7-3
1981-9-2
1982-5-3
1985-10-2
1987-4-2
1988-4-2
1989-5-2
1990-6-2
Shutouts
1979-10-2
1980-2-2
1981-3-2
1982-2-3
1984-7-1
1987-2-2
1988-5-1
1990-3-1
CAR-10-16
Innings Pitched
1982-8-230.3
1985-8-238.3
1986-6-239.0
1987-7-239.3
CAR-20-2767.0
Hits Allowed
1981-9-221
1983-10-219
1986-7-235
1987-6-233
CAR-21-2631
Strikeouts
1979-10-259
1980-10-227
1986-6-210
1987-9-198
CAR-30-2286
Walks Allowed
1982-7-74
CAR-40-740
Walks per 9IP
1987-8-1.7
Hits per 9IP
1985-4-7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP
1979-4-10.1
WHiP
1985-6-1.00
OAVG
1985-4-.217
OOBP
1985-5-.260
OSLG
1980-7-.345
1985-1-.268
CAR-39-.357
OOPS
1980-9-.635
1985-3-.528
1987-10-.662
CAR-33-.656
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 94    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Drafted in 33rd round, 778th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1973
Injured on 6/29/1973 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Traded from Brooklyn to Chicago on 1/31/1974 (Going to BRK: 2B D. Mellor, P B. Madisson, P J. Schmatzhagen. Going to CHI: P H. Bergeron, 2B R. Baudoin, LF F. Resendiz, P A. Lopez, P G. Caputo)
Traded from Chicago to Salt Lake City on 4/21/1975 (Going to CHI: P A. Harrison. Going to SLC: P A. Lopez)
Injured on 5/13/1975 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Salt Lake City to Marquette on 4/21/1978 (Going to SLC: P H. Salazar. Going to MRQ: P A. Lopez)
Traded from Marquette to Las Vegas on 6/21/1978 (Going to MRQ: P B. Rutherford, CF K. Neberjall, CF R. Gauthreaux. Going to LV: P J. Abbey, CF R. Washington, P A. Lopez, RF B. Veltman, P B. Lyght)
Earned first career win on 7/5/1978
Struck out 16 batters against Calgary on 7/5/1978
Had first career hit on 8/1/1978, off Jose Ramos (DM)
Injured on 9/26/1979 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Struck out 16 batters against Des Moines on 4/20/1980