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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	KCA	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	3B
2	2	Apr 16	KCA	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 17	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	2	1	0	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 18	KCA		CHW	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
5	5	Apr 20	KCA		CHW	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 21	KCA		CLE	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	3B
7	7	Apr 22	KCA		CLE	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 23	KCA		DET	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
9	9	Apr 24	KCA		DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	3B
10	10	Apr 25	KCA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	46	11.1	1	2	0	3	1	3B
11	11	Apr 26	KCA	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
12	12	Apr 30	KCA	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	KCA	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	44	8.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B
14	14	May 2	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
15	15	May 4 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
16	16	May 4 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	T,2-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
17	17	May 9	KCA	@	DET	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
18	18	May 10	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
19	19	May 11	KCA	@	DET	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	20	May 12	KCA		CHW	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
21	21	May 13	KCA		CHW	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
22	22	May 14	KCA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 15	KCA		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
24	24	May 16	KCA		DET	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	1	3B
25	25	May 17	KCA		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 18	KCA		DET	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
27	27	May 20	KCA		WSH	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
28	28	May 21	KCA		WSH	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
29	29	May 22	KCA		BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	30	May 23	KCA		BOS	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
31	31	May 24	KCA		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	32	May 25	KCA		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
33	33	May 26	KCA		BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 27	KCA		NYY	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
35	35	May 28	KCA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	36	May 30 (1)	KCA		CLE	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
37	37	May 30 (2)	KCA		CLE	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	38	May 31	KCA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	KCA		CLE	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
40	40	Jun 3 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
41	41	Jun 3 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	L,9-10	CG	42	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
42	42	Jun 4	KCA	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	43	Jun 5	KCA	@	WSH	W,2-0	GS	49	13.0	2	6	0	8	2	3B 2B
44	44	Jun 6 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
45	45	Jun 6 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
46	46	Jun 7	KCA	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	47	Jun 8 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
48	48	Jun 8 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
49	49	Jun 11 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-10	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
50	50	Jun 11 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	36	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	3B 2B
51	51	Jun 12 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	52	Jun 12 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	53	11.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
53	53	Jun 13	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	5	6	0	11	3	2B
54	54	Jun 14	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-7	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
55	55	Jun 15 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	W,17-6	CG	37	9.0	6	3	1	10	1	2B
56	56	Jun 15 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
57	57	Jun 17	KCA		BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	2B
58	58	Jun 18	KCA		BAL	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
59	59	Jun 19	KCA		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
60	60	Jun 20	KCA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
61	61	Jun 21	KCA		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	1
62	62	Jun 22	KCA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
63	63	Jun 23	KCA		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1	2B
64	64	Jun 24	KCA		WSH	T,2-2	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
65	65	Jun 25	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
66	66	Jun 26	KCA		WSH	W,8-6	CG	49	12.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
67	67	Jun 27	KCA		NYY	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
68	68	Jun 28	KCA		NYY	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
69	69	Jun 29	KCA		NYY	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	2B
70	70	Jun 30	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	2	3	1	6	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	71	Jul 1	KCA	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
72	72	Jul 2	KCA	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	1	8	1	2B
73	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	75	Jul 4 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
75	76	Jul 5	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	77	Jul 6	KCA	@	CLE	L,5-8	GS	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B 2B
77	78	Jul 10 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	3	1	7	2	2B
78	79	Jul 10 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
79	80	Jul 13 (1)	KCA	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	2B
80	81	Jul 13 (2)	KCA	@	WSH	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B SS
81	82	Jul 14	KCA	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
82	83	Jul 15	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
83	88 (4)	Jul 20 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
84	89	Jul 20 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	90	Jul 22	KCA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	6	0	10	2	2B
86	91	Jul 23	KCA		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
87	92	Jul 25	KCA		BAL	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
88	93	Jul 26	KCA		BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
89	94	Jul 27	KCA		BAL	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	8	1	12	3	2B
90	95	Jul 28	KCA		NYY	L,7-14	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
91	96	Jul 29	KCA		NYY	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
92	97	Jul 30	KCA		NYY	W,2-0	CG	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
93	98	Jul 31	KCA		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	99	Aug 1	KCA		WSH	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
95	100	Aug 2	KCA		WSH	L,3-6	GF	14	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
96	102 (1)	Aug 3 (2)	KCA		WSH	L,3-4	GF	31	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	PH 2B
97	103	Aug 5	KCA		CHW	L,4-5	GF	16	5.0	2	3	0	5	1	PH 2B
98	104	Aug 6	KCA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	2B
99	105	Aug 8	KCA	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
100	106	Aug 9	KCA	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	107	Aug 10 (1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,2-11	GS	35	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
102	108	Aug 10 (2)	KCA	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
103	109	Aug 11	KCA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
104	110	Aug 12	KCA	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
105	111	Aug 13 (1)	KCA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	47	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
106	112	Aug 13 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	6	0	9	3	2B
107	113	Aug 14	KCA	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
108	114	Aug 15	KCA		DET	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
109	115	Aug 16	KCA		DET	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
110	116	Aug 17	KCA		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
111	117	Aug 18	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
112	118	Aug 19 (1)	KCA	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
113	119	Aug 19 (2)	KCA	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	1	8	0	2B
114	120	Aug 20	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	2B
115	121	Aug 21	KCA	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	3	2B
116	122	Aug 22	KCA	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
117	123	Aug 23	KCA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
118	124	Aug 24 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-14	GS	39	7.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
119	125	Aug 24 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	10.1	2	2	0	4	1	2B
120	126	Aug 26	KCA	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
121	127	Aug 27	KCA	@	NYY	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	2B
122	128	Aug 29	KCA		CLE	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
123	129	Aug 30	KCA		CLE	L,6-8	CG	60	14.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
124	130	Aug 31	KCA		CLE	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	131	Sep 1 (1)	KCA		DET	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
126	132	Sep 1 (2)	KCA		DET	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
127	133	Sep 2	KCA		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
128	134	Sep 3	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
129	135	Sep 4	KCA	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
130	136	Sep 5	KCA	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
131	137	Sep 6	KCA	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
132	138	Sep 7	KCA	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
133	139	Sep 9	KCA		BAL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
134	140	Sep 10	KCA		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
135	141	Sep 11	KCA		BAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
136	142	Sep 12	KCA		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
137	143	Sep 13	KCA		WSH	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	2B
138	144	Sep 14 (1)	KCA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
139	145	Sep 14 (2)	KCA		NYY	L,7-12	CG	65	14.0	6	3	1	10	1	2B
140	146	Sep 17 (1)	KCA		BOS	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
141	147	Sep 17 (2)	KCA		BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
142	148	Sep 18	KCA		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
143	149	Sep 19	KCA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
144	150	Sep 20	KCA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	2B
145	151	Sep 21	KCA		CHW	L,1-2	GS	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	2B 3B
146	152	Sep 23	KCA		CLE	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	1
147	153	Sep 24	KCA		CLE	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
148	154	Sep 26	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
							153gm		1301.1	309	377	21	707	86