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Héctor López

Positions: Leftfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 182lb (180cm, 82kg)

Born: July 8, 1929 in Colon, Panama pa

Died: September 29, 2022 in Hudson, FL

Debut: May 12, 1955 (Age 25-308d, 11,253rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1966 (Age 37-084d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Héctor Headley López

Nicknames: The Panama Clipper or What a Pair of Hands

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

4644

1251

136

.269

623

RBI

591

OBP

.330

SLG

.415

OPS

.745

OPS+

103

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1965 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	Apr 30	NYY		BAL	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	14	May 1	NYY		BAL	W,9-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH RF
3	15	May 2 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
4	17 (1)	May 4	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	18	May 5	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	19	May 7 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	20	May 7 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	21	May 8	NYY	@	WSA	W,7-3	GS	26	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	22	May 9	NYY	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	23	May 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
11	28 (4)	May 15	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	29	May 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,5-7	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	34 (4)	May 21	NYY		WSA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	35	May 22	NYY		WSA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	37 (1)	May 23 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
16	38	May 24	NYY		CLE	W,15-5	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	48 (9)	Jun 6 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,6-1	GS	20	6.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
18	49	Jun 6 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	GS	11	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	1B
19	54 (4)	Jun 12	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-13	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
20	55	Jun 13	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	63 (7)	Jun 20 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	64	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		KCA	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
23	65	Jun 22 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	66	Jun 23	NYY		KCA	W,8-3	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	67	Jun 24	NYY		KCA	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	69 (1)	Jun 26	NYY		CAL	W,10-3	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	70	Jun 27	NYY		CAL	W,7-2	GS	16	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	71	Jun 28 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	72	Jun 28 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	73	Jun 29	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	74	Jun 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	75	Jul 1	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
33	76	Jul 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,16-2	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
34	77	Jul 3	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
35	78	Jul 4	NYY	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
36	79	Jul 5 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
37	81 (1)	Jul 6	NYY	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
38	82	Jul 7	NYY	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
39	83	Jul 8	NYY	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
40	84	Jul 9	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	85	Jul 10 (1)	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
42	86	Jul 10 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
43	87	Jul 11	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
44	89 (1)	Jul 16	NYY		WSA	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
45	91 (1)	Jul 18	NYY		WSA	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	94 (2)	Jul 21	NYY		CHW	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	3	1	1	5	0	RF
47	95	Jul 22	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	97 (1)	Jul 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
49	99 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-7	GF	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	100	Jul 27 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	107 (6)	Aug 1 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	109 (1)	Aug 4	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	110	Aug 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-0	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
54	111	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	112	Aug 7	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
56	114 (1)	Aug 10	NYY		MIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
57	116 (1)	Aug 12	NYY		MIN	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
58	117	Aug 13	NYY		KCA	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
59	121 (3)	Aug 17	NYY		CAL	W,6-1		20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	123 (1)	Aug 19	NYY		CAL	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	127 (3)	Aug 25	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	128	Aug 26	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
63	129	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	RF
64	130	Aug 28	NYY	@	KCA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	131	Aug 29	NYY	@	KCA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
66	132	Aug 30	NYY	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
67	133	Aug 31	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	134	Sep 1	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-7	CG	54	11.2	1	0	1	2	0	RF
69	135	Sep 2	NYY	@	CAL	W,8-1	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
70	138 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	141 (2)	Sep 6 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
72	142	Sep 7 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
73	145 (2)	Sep 10	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	157 (11)	Sep 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
75	158	Sep 26	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
76	160 (1)	Sep 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	161	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
							77gm		577.2	100	3	7	110	1