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+

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

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	May 3	BOS		WSH	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
2	14	May 5	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	46	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
3	15	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
4	16	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	3	3	2	8	1
5	21 (4)	May 14 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-9	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
6	24 (2)	May 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,8-12		0	2.1	0	2	1	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	41 (16)	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	44 (2)	Jun 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,5-1	GF	0		1	1	0	2	1
9	59 (14)	Jun 21	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	61 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	62	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,1-7	GF	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	73 (10)	Jul 5	BOS		DET	L,1-8	GF	0	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
13	77 (3)	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	79 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
15	82 (2)	Jul 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	83	Jul 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	84	Jul 18	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	36	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
18	85	Jul 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
19	86	Jul 20	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-7	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
20	87	Jul 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	91 (3)	Jul 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	96 (4)	Jul 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	100 (3)	Aug 4 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	109 (8)	Aug 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	GF	18	4.0	2	2	0	4	1
25	125 (15)	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
26	126	Aug 27 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
27	127	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
28	128	Aug 29 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
29	129	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
30	130	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	131	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
32	132	Sep 2	BOS		PHA	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
33	133	Sep 3	BOS		PHA	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	4
34	134	Sep 4 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
35	135	Sep 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
36	136	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,6-7	CG	54	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
37	137	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	138	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
39	139	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
40	140	Sep 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
41	141	Sep 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
42	142	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
43	143	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
44	144	Sep 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,10-11	CG	0	12.2	3	9	2	14	2
45	145	Sep 21	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
46	146	Sep 22 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	2
47	147	Sep 22 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
48	148	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
49	149	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	48	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	155 (5)	Oct 1 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	156	Oct 1 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
							51gm		346.0	54	117	13	184	29