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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	1	3	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 18	DET		CLE	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
4	4	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
5	5	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 23	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
7	7	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
10	10	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 30	DET		BOS	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	May 3	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
15	15	May 4	DET		NYY	T,2-2	CG	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	16	May 6	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
17	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
18	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
19	19	May 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
20	20	May 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
21	21	May 13	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
22	22	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
23	23	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	60	14.0	2	4	0	6	2
24	24	May 16	DET	@	PHA	L,5-11	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
25	25	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	26	May 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	48	12.0	3	4	0	7	1
27	27	May 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	3	4	1	8	1
28	28	May 20	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	0	6	1	7	0
29	29	May 21	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
30	30	May 23	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	2
31	31	May 24	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	3	1	0	4	1
32	32	May 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
33	33	May 25 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 26	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
35	35	May 27	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
36	36	May 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
39	39	May 31	DET		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
42	42	Jun 4 (2)	DET		NYY	L,8-17	CG	53	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
43	43	Jun 5	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
44	44	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
45	45	Jun 9	DET		PHA	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
46	46	Jun 10	DET		PHA	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	47	Jun 11 (1)	DET		PHA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
48	48	Jun 11 (2)	DET		PHA	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
49	49	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	3
50	50	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
51	51	Jun 17	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
52	52	Jun 19	DET	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
53	53	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
54	54	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
55	55	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
57	57	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
58	58	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	59	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
60	60	Jun 27	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
61	61	Jun 28	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	62	Jun 29 (1)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
63	63	Jun 29 (2)	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	1	6	2
64	64	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
66	66	Jul 2	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
67	67	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	23	6.0	2	5	0	7	1
68	68	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
69	69	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	T,4-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
70	70	Jul 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
71	71	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	72	Jul 10	DET		BOS	T,2-2	CG	35	8.0	0	1	1	2	1
73	73	Jul 11 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	3
74	74	Jul 11 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	75	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
76	76	Jul 13 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
77	77	Jul 13 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
78	78	Jul 15	DET		WSH	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	79	Jul 16 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
80	80	Jul 16 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
81	81	Jul 17 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	6	4	1	11	2
82	82	Jul 17 (2)	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
83	83	Jul 18	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
84	84	Jul 19	DET		NYY	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
85	85	Jul 20 (1)	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	28	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
86	86	Jul 20 (2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11	CG	0	11.0	3	7	0	10	1
87	87	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
88	88	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
89	89	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
90	90	Jul 25	DET	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
91	91	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	W,13-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
92	92	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	93	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	94	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
95	95	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	96	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	7	2	11	2
97	97	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
98	98	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	W,10-3	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	2
99	99	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
100	100	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
101	101	Aug 6 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
102	102	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	103	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	5	2	11	3
104	104	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	0	1	2	3	0
105	105	Aug 11	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
106	106	Aug 12 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
107	107	Aug 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
108	108	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
109	109	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	110	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
111	111	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
112	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
113	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
114	114	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
115	115	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,13-14	CG	55	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	116	Aug 21 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
117	117	Aug 21 (2)	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
118	118	Aug 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
119	119	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
120	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
121	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
122	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
123	123	Aug 25	DET		PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	2	5	1
124	124	Aug 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
125	125	Aug 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	126	Aug 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
127	127	Aug 27 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
128	128	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,3-13	CG	0	9.0	2	3	2	7	1
129	129	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
130	130	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	1	5	1	7	1
131	131	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
132	132	Aug 31 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
133	133	Sep 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
134	134	Sep 1 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
135	135	Sep 4	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
136	136	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
137	137	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,0-3	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
138	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
139	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
140	140	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
141	141	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-11	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
142	142	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
143	143	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	2	8	2
144	144	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
145	145	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
146	146	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
147	147	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
148	148	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
149	149	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
150	150	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
151	151	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	T,5-5	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
152	152	Sep 22 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
153	153	Sep 22 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
154	154	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
155	155	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
156	156	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
157	157	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	0	3	0	3	1
158	158	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
							158gm		1387.0	268	441	43	752	94