Eddie Lake

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 159lb (170cm, 72kg)

Born: March 18, 1916 in Antioch, CA us

Died: June 7, 1995 in Castro Valley, CA

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA

High School: Castlemont HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: September 26, 1939 (Age 23-192d, 8,740th in major league history)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1950 (Age 34-196d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Edward Erving Lake

Nicknames: Sparky

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.4

2595

599

.231

445

RBI

193

OBP

.366

SLG

.323

OPS

.689

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-31 / in Starts: 30-28
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	26 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 264 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	146 (82-41-23) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 264 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	178 (91-57-28)

Most Driven In
J Lipon	6
Self	2
H Evers	2
S Vico	2
D Trout	2
F Hutchinson	1
H Wagner	1
D Wakefield	1

Most Driven In By
H Evers	15
G Kell	6
V Wertz	4
P Mullin	4
D Wakefield	3
S Vico	3
Self	2
D Trout	1

1948 Batting Game Log

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1948 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	659	11 (10)	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						PR
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	660	19 (7)	May 9 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	.41	0.032	1.01	0.05%	0.48	3B
3	661	20	May 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.700	.500	1.200	1	.78	0.098	1.73	0.13%	0.88	3B
4	662	21	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.500	.300	.800	1	.62	-0.064	1.06	-0.07%	-0.97	3B
5	663	22	May 12	DET	@	WSH	W,14-9	GS-8	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.231	.444	.231	.675	1	1.14	0.057	2.07	0.06%	0.56	3B
6	664	25 (2)	May 16	DET		SLB	L,2-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.444	.231	.675	7						3B
7	665	26	May 18	DET		BOS	W,10-7	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.474	.286	.759	7	1.04	0.029	1.77	0.03%	0.40	PR 3B
8	666	27	May 19	DET		BOS	W,4-1	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.474	.286	.759	2		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
9	667	29 (1)	May 21	DET		PHA	L,6-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.458	.278	.736	7	1.16	-0.014	2.92	-0.02%	0.31	3B
10	668	30	May 22	DET		PHA	W,6-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.429	.273	.701	7	1.24	-0.028	2.70	-0.04%	-0.28	3B
11	669	31	May 23	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.261	.452	.261	.712	7	1.52	-0.078	3.25	-0.10%	-1.01	3B
12	670	32	May 24	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.429	.231	.659	7	.55	-0.045	.96	-0.05%	-0.76	3B
13	671	33	May 25	DET		NYY	L,5-16	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.241	.436	.241	.677	7	.57	0.034	1.24	0.05%	-1.00	3B
14	672	34	May 26	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.226	.442	.226	.668	7	.62	0.011	1.19	0.01%	-0.14	3B
15	673	35	May 28	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.229	.426	.229	.654	7	1.13	-0.051	1.99	-0.05%	-0.40	3B
16	674	36	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.404	.205	.609	1	.80	-0.040	1.26	-0.04%	-0.80	3B
17	675	37	May 30	DET	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG(11)	6	6	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.244	.414	.267	.680	1						3B
18	676	39 (1)	May 31 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-9	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.414	.267	.680	3						3B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	677	41 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.414	.267	.680	3						3B
20	678	45 (3)	Jun 8	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.403	.265	.669	2	.92	0.001	1.14	0.00%	-0.15	2B
21	679	46	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.418	.296	.714	2	1.32	0.281	1.77	0.23%	1.94	2B
22	680	47	Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.403	.288	.691	2	.52	-0.059	.77	-0.05%	-0.72	2B
23	681	48	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG(10)	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.410	.274	.684	2	1.28	0.055	1.56	0.04%	0.66	2B
24	682	49	Jun 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.402	.273	.675	2	.55	0.007	.70	0.01%	-0.05	2B
25	683	50	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		1	0	1	0	.261	.407	.275	.682	2	.68	0.148	.90	0.12%	1.43	2B
26	684	51	Jun 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.282	.433	.324	.757	2	.66	0.163	1.01	0.15%	3.53	2B
27	685	52	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.426	.311	.736	2	.83	-0.058	1.89	-0.08%	-0.68	2B
28	686	53	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.404	.291	.695	2	1.47	-0.189	3.80	-0.29%	-1.17	2B
29	687	54	Jun 17	DET		PHA	L,2-5	GS-0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.259	.406	.296	.702	2						2B
30	688	55	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.390	.282	.673	2	.51	-0.051	1.23	-0.08%	-0.92	2B
31	689	56	Jun 20	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1			0	0	0	.250	.389	.295	.684	2						2B
32	690	57	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.389	.293	.683	2	1.23	0.100	2.12	0.10%	0.70	2B
33	691	61 (3)	Jun 27	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.245	.393	.287	.680	2	.74	-0.076	.91	-0.06%	-1.10	2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	692	67 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.393	.293	.686	2	.62	0.006	.25	0.00%	-0.20	2B
35	693	70 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.262	.397	.330	.727	2	.95	0.075	.39	0.02%	1.30	2B
36	694	72 (1)	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,6-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.389	.324	.713	2	.48	-0.042	.27	-0.01%	-0.62	2B
37	695	73	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,12-2	CG	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	.252	.385	.315	.701	2	.79	0.059	.49	0.02%	0.27	2B
38	696	78 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.381	.322	.703	2	1.03	-0.011	1.12	-0.01%	0.03	2B
39	697	82 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG(7)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.399	.322	.720	2	.35	0.052	.44	0.04%	2.05	2B
40	698	86 (3)	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.254	.405	.322	.727	2	.76	0.056	.35	0.02%	0.61	2B
41	699	87	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.412	.328	.740	2	1.03	0.114	.78	0.05%	0.72	2B
42	700	88	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.264	.410	.328	.738	2	.97	-0.024	.60	-0.01%	-0.31	2B
43	701	91 (2)	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,13-0	CG	6	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.420	.357	.776	1	.28	0.119	.11	0.03%	3.17	2B
44	702	92	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.416	.353	.769	1	.82	-0.024	.40	-0.01%	-0.21	2B
45	703	93	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,17-2	CG	6	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.268	.413	.348	.761	1	.29	-0.007	.08	0.00%	-0.19	2B
46	704	94	Jul 31	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.418	.348	.766	1	.76	0.092	.30	0.02%	0.76	2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	705	95	Aug 1	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.429	.354	.783	1	.99	0.139	.24	0.02%	1.14	2B
48	706	96	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.422	.345	.767	1	.64	-0.029	.09	0.00%	-0.61	2B
49	707	97	Aug 5	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.429	.358	.787	1	1.46	0.078	.14	0.01%	1.08	2B
50	708	98	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.429	.355	.783	1	1.38	-0.016	.04	0.00%	0.09	2B
51	709	99	Aug 7	DET		WSH	L,2-3	GS-8	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.282	.440	.359	.799	1	1.55	0.134	.07	0.00%	0.96	2B
52	710	100	Aug 8 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.436	.356	.793	1	1.07	-0.015	.04	0.00%	-0.18	2B
53	711	101	Aug 8 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.280	.433	.354	.786	1	.58	0.082	.02	0.00%	0.83	2B
54	712	102	Aug 9	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.274	.425	.345	.770	1	1.35	-0.055	.07	0.00%	-0.21	2B
55	713	103	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.269	.421	.339	.760	1	1.02	-0.011	.03	0.00%	-0.40	2B
56	714	104	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.418	.333	.752	1	1.22	-0.073	.04	0.00%	-0.51	2B
57	715	105	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.258	.411	.326	.737	1	1.57	-0.196	.04	0.00%	-1.96	2B
58	716	106	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,10-3	CG	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.260	.417	.326	.743	1	.46	0.061	.00	0.00%	1.01	2B
59	717	107	Aug 15	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	GS-0	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.259	.415	.324	.739	1						2B
60	718	108	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.420	.326	.746	1	1.08	0.111	.01	0.00%	2.29	2B
61	719	109	Aug 20	DET		SLB	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.420	.328	.748	1	1.29	-0.064	.02	0.00%	0.03	2B
62	720	110	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.423	.325	.748	1	.91	0.113	.00	0.00%	1.08	2B
63	721	111	Aug 22	DET		SLB	L,1-10	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.260	.425	.321	.746	1						2B
64	722	112	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	GS-4	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.427	.323	.751	1	.96	0.088	.01	0.00%	0.76	2B
							33-31		264	198	51	52	6	0	2	18	57	0	20	0	9		8	4	3	3	.263	.427	.323	.751		.89	1.075	.85	0.23%	13.52

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