Hector Lopez
1955–1966 · bats R / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees
1,450G
.269AVG
.330OBP
.415SLG
More career statistics
1,251H
136HR
591RBI
16SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 23 | 25 |
| Batting · Doubles | 193 | 192 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 696 | 701 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,177 | 5,178 |
| Batting · Runs | 623 | 624 |
| Batting · Walks | 418 | 419 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,450 | 5,177 | 4,644 | 623 | 1,251 | 193 | 37 | 136 | 591 | 418 | 696 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 44 | 1,926 | .269 | .330 | .415 | .745 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1957-06-15 to 1957-07-15
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game | 1958-06-26 | 1 in 321 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1956-07-27 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1962-09-09 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 744 | 2607 | 628 | 61 | 293 | 225 | 346 | .270 | .327 | .413 |
| Away | 706 | 2571 | 623 | 75 | 298 | 194 | 355 | .268 | .318 | .416 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 105 | 399 | 96 | 12 | 46 | 36 | 66 | .269 | .331 | .437 |
| May | 235 | 813 | 170 | 24 | 87 | 66 | 106 | .233 | .290 | .380 |
| June | 278 | 1016 | 271 | 24 | 123 | 85 | 136 | .298 | .350 | .441 |
| July | 309 | 1165 | 276 | 29 | 126 | 95 | 142 | .264 | .318 | .399 |
| August | 275 | 956 | 234 | 30 | 127 | 83 | 119 | .277 | .332 | .442 |
| September | 242 | 818 | 201 | 16 | 80 | 54 | 129 | .269 | .312 | .392 |
| October | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .636 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 210 | 748 | 173 | 16 | 86 | 60 | 115 | .256 | .311 | .379 |
| boston-red-sox | 184 | 659 | 153 | 10 | 67 | 44 | 93 | .253 | .299 | .361 |
| detroit-tigers | 183 | 622 | 153 | 22 | 78 | 44 | 98 | .274 | .317 | .440 |
| cleveland-guardians | 183 | 671 | 178 | 26 | 84 | 55 | 89 | .296 | .347 | .488 |
| baltimore-orioles | 176 | 612 | 118 | 12 | 45 | 50 | 76 | .215 | .275 | .323 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 117 | 481 | 149 | 20 | 78 | 44 | 50 | .353 | .401 | .559 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 99 | 369 | 96 | 5 | 36 | 35 | 43 | .293 | .355 | .415 |
| new-york-yankees | 86 | 361 | 79 | 6 | 25 | 32 | 35 | .248 | .307 | .367 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 |  Kansas City Athletics | 128 | 483 | 140 | 15 | 68 | 1 | .290 | – | – |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics | 151 | 561 | 153 | 18 | 70 | 4 | .273 | – | – |
| 1957 | Kansas City Athletics | 121 | 391 | 115 | 11 | 35 | 1 | .294 | – | – |
| 1958 | Kansas City Athletics | 151 | 564 | 147 | 17 | 73 | 2 | .261 | – | – |
| 1959 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 147 | 541 | 153 | 22 | 93 | 4 | .283 | – | – |
| 1960 |  New York Yankees | 131 | 408 | 116 | 9 | 42 | 1 | .284 | – | – |
| 1961 | New York Yankees | 93 | 244 | 54 | 3 | 22 | 1 | .221 | – | – |
| 1962 | New York Yankees | 106 | 335 | 92 | 6 | 47 | – | .275 | – | – |
| 1963 | New York Yankees | 130 | 432 | 108 | 14 | 52 | 1 | .250 | – | – |
| 1964 | New York Yankees | 127 | 285 | 74 | 10 | 34 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 1965 | New York Yankees | 111 | 283 | 74 | 7 | 39 | – | .261 | – | – |
| 1966 | New York Yankees | 54 | 117 | 25 | 4 | 16 | – | .214 | – | – |