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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,2-5	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	9 (5)	Apr 28	DET		SLB	L,6-9	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	11 (1)	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12	May 1	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	13	May 3	DET		BOS	T,14-14	GS	63	13.0	6	3	2	11	1
6	14	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
7	15	May 5	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
8	16	May 6	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	13.0	1	1	0	2	1
9	17	May 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
10	18	May 8	DET		NYY	L,0-12	CG	48	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
11	19	May 9	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	20	May 10	DET		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
13	21	May 11	DET		WSH	L,1-11	CG	45	9.0	1	3	1	5	2
14	22	May 12	DET		WSH	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	23	May 13	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	7	1	9	1
16	24	May 14	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	GS	0	7.0	2	3	0	5	1
17	25	May 15 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS	0	6.0	5	3	1	9	2
18	26	May 15 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
19	32 (5)	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	GF	21	4.2	0	2	0	2	0
20	33	May 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	61 (27)	Jun 22	DET	@	BOS	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
22	62	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	63	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	64	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	W,9-3	GS	0	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	65	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	66	Jun 26 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
27	69 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	26	4.2	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	86 (16)	Jul 17 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	GF	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
29	95 (8)	Jul 27 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	102 (6)	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,10-2	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	1
31	104 (1)	Aug 4	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	12	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	106 (1)	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	112 (5)	Aug 14 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
34	113	Aug 14 (2)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
35	114	Aug 15	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	3	4	0	7	0
36	115	Aug 16	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	118 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	GF	0	3.0	2	1	1	4	1
38	120 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,1-5	GF	0	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
39	121	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
40	122	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	123	Aug 23	DET		NYY	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
42	124	Aug 24	DET		NYY	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	125	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	126	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
45	127	Aug 27	DET		WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
46	128	Aug 28	DET		PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
47	129	Aug 29	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
48	130	Aug 30	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
49	131	Aug 31	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	10	0	14	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	132	Sep 1	DET		BOS	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	133	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
52	134	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
53	135	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
54	136	Sep 5 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	137	Sep 5 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	138	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CLE	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
57	139	Sep 8 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
58	140	Sep 10	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
59	141	Sep 11	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	142	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	2
61	143	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
62	144	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
63	145	Sep 17	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	146	Sep 18 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	147	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	148	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
67	149	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	150	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
69	151	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	152	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	153	Sep 30	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
72	154	Oct 1	DET		CLE	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
73	155	Oct 2	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
							75gm		556.0	113	167	10	290	37