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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2x World Series

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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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYY		MIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 15	NYY		KCA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	NYY		KCA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 20 (1)	NYY		LAA	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 20 (2)	NYY		LAA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 21	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 22 (2)	NYY	@	BAL	T,5-5	CG	30	6.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	9	Apr 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 24	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 26	NYY	@	DET	W,13-11	CG	48	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
12	12	Apr 27	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 29	NYY		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	14	Apr 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	15	Apr 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	17	May 3	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
18	18	May 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
19	19	May 5	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 6	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	21	May 7	NYY	@	LAA	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	22	May 9	NYY	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	23	May 10	NYY	@	KCA	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	24	May 12	NYY		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	28 (3)	May 16	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
26	29	May 17	NYY		WSA	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	30	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
28	32 (1)	May 21 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
29	33	May 21 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	LF
30	34	May 22	NYY		BAL	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
31	35	May 24	NYY		BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	47 (11)	Jun 5 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	48	Jun 6	NYY		MIN	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	51 (2)	Jun 8 (2)	NYY		KCA	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
35	56 (4)	Jun 12	NYY		LAA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	63 (6)	Jun 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	75 (11)	Jul 2	NYY		WSA	W,13-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	80 (4)	Jul 7	NYY		BOS	W,14-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	85 (4)	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	87 (1)	Jul 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	91 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,2-12	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR LF
42	96 (4)	Jul 25 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
43	97	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	98	Jul 27	NYY		CHW	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
45	99	Jul 28	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	101 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	NYY		BAL	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	104 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	NYY		KCA	W,12-5	GF	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	109 (4)	Aug 6 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	2	3	0	LF
49	112 (2)	Aug 9	NYY		LAA	W,2-0	GF	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	114 (1)	Aug 11	NYY	@	WSA	W,12-5	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
51	117 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	NYY	@	WSA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	118	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
53	119	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	120	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
55	123 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-0	GF	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	127 (3)	Aug 24	NYY	@	LAA	L,4-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	128	Aug 25	NYY	@	KCA	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
58	133 (4)	Aug 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	138 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	NYY		WSA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
60	139	Sep 5	NYY		WSA	W,6-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	141 (1)	Sep 7	NYY		CLE	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	142	Sep 8	NYY		CLE	W,9-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR RF
63	146 (3)	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	25	5.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
64	148 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	153 (4)	Sep 19 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	156 (2)	Sep 21	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	158 (1)	Sep 24	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	159	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GF	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR RF
69	160	Sep 27	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
70	161	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	162	Sep 30	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
72	163	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	GF	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
							74gm		552.0	123	6	3	132	0