Eddie Lake Stats

Eddie Lake was born on Saturday, March 18, 1916, in Antioch, California. Lake was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 26, 1939, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Eddie Lake baseball stats page.

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Eddie Lake

Eddie Lake Autograph on a 2011 Beantown Heroes

Eddie Lake Autograph on a 2011 Beantown Heroes
 

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Birth Name:   Edward Erving Lake
Nickname:   Eddie, Inky or Sparky
Born On:   03-18-1916  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Antioch, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   06-07-1995 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Castro Valley, California
Cemetery:   Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, California
High School:   Castlemont High School (Oakland, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-07   Player Weight Chart Weight:   160
First Game:   09-26-1939 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-30-1950
Draft:   Not Applicable
Eddie Lake

Eddie Lake Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1944 28 Red Sox 6 0 5 0 0 .000 4.19 0 0 0 19.1 87 20 9 13 2 11 - 7 1 3 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1 Year 6 0 5 0 0 .000 4.19 0 0 0 19.1 87 20 9 13 2 11 - 7 1 3 0 -
Eddie Lake

Eddie Lake Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1939 23 Cardinals 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 - 0 0 .250 .400 .250
1940 24 Cardinals 32 66 12 14 3 0 2 0 7 12 - 17 1 - 1 2 .212 .342 .348
1941 25 Cardinals 45 76 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 15 - 22 1 - 0 2 .105 .253 .132
1943 27 Red Sox 75 216 26 43 10 0 3 0 16 47 - 35 5 - 1 4 .199 .345 .287
1944 28 Red Sox 57 126 21 26 5 0 0 0 8 23 - 22 4 - 0 1 .206 .329 .246
1945 29 Red Sox 133 473 81 132 27 1 11 0 51 106 - 37 6 - 1 9 .279 .412 .410
1946 30 Tigers 155 587 105 149 24 1 8 0 31 103 - 69 9 - 4 8 .254 .369 .339
1947 31 Tigers 158 602 96 127 19 6 12 0 46 120 - 54 9 - 1 14 .211 .343 .322
1948 32 Tigers 64 198 51 52 6 0 2 0 18 57 - 20 9 - 0 4 .263 .427 .323
1949 33 Tigers 94 240 38 47 9 1 1 0 15 61 - 33 6 - 0 5 .196 .359 .254
1950 34 Tigers 20 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 0 - 0 0 .000 .125 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 835 2,595 442 599 105 9 39 0 193 546 - 312 50 - 8 49 .231 .366 .323
Eddie Lake

Eddie Lake Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1939 Cardinals SS 2 1 24 7 3.5 6 3 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 6.75
1940 Cardinals 2B 17 16 315 69 4.1 66 30 36 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .957 5.66
1940 Cardinals SS 6 0 - 8 1.3 8 5 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1941 Cardinals 2B 5 2 51 14 2.8 11 5 6 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .786 5.82
1941 Cardinals 3B 15 14 309 60 4.0 57 20 37 3 6 n/a n/a n/a .950 4.98
1941 Cardinals SS 15 0 - 31 2.1 28 15 13 3 4 n/a n/a n/a .903 0.00
1943 Red Sox SS 63 61 1,569 336 5.3 323 128 195 13 43 n/a n/a n/a .961 5.56
1944 Red Sox 2B 3 2 48 10 3.3 10 0 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 5.63
1944 Red Sox 3B 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1944 Red Sox P 6 0 58 7 1.2 6 0 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.79
1944 Red Sox SS 41 32 786 165 4.0 153 53 100 12 28 n/a n/a n/a .927 5.26
1945 Red Sox 2B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1945 Red Sox SS 130 128 3,327 764 5.9 724 265 459 40 112 n/a n/a n/a .948 5.88
1946 Tigers SS 155 155 4,173 658 4.2 623 232 391 35 85 n/a n/a n/a .947 4.03
1947 Tigers SS 158 158 456 752 4.8 709 268 441 43 94 n/a n/a n/a .943 41.98
1948 Tigers 2B 45 45 1,128 249 5.5 242 110 132 7 31 n/a n/a n/a .972 5.79
1948 Tigers 3B 17 13 348 28 1.6 27 12 15 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.09
1949 Tigers 2B 19 10 318 58 3.1 56 25 31 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .966 4.75
1949 Tigers 3B 18 16 393 39 2.2 39 17 22 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.68
1949 Tigers SS 38 36 882 193 5.1 185 71 114 8 28 n/a n/a n/a .959 5.66
1950 Tigers 3B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1950 Tigers SS 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
SS Totals 609 571 11,220 2,914 4.8 2,759 1,040 1,719 155 395 n/a n/a n/a .947 6.64
2B Totals 90 75 1,860 400 4.4 385 170 215 15 43 n/a n/a n/a .963 5.59
3B Totals 52 44 1,080 129 2.5 125 50 75 4 9 n/a n/a n/a .969 3.13
P Totals 6 0 58 7 1.2 6 0 6 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 2.79
11 Years 757 690 14,218 3,450 4.6 3,275 1,260 2,015 175 447 n/a n/a n/a .949 6.22
Eddie Lake

Eddie Lake Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1939 Cardinals 0 - - 0 1 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1940 Cardinals 1 - - 7 3 n/a 33.0 3.9 9.4 - - -
1941 Cardinals 3 - - 6 5 n/a 0.0 3.5 0.0 - - -
1943 Red Sox 3 6 .333 2 11 n/a 72.0 6.2 13.5 - - -
1944 Red Sox 5 2 .714 1 6 n/a 0.0 5.7 15.8 0.64 3.26 5.12
1945 Red Sox 9 7 .563 1 2 n/a 43.0 12.8 9.3 - - -
1946 Tigers 15 9 .625 0 0 n/a 73.4 8.5 18.9 - - -
1947 Tigers 11 10 .524 0 0 n/a 50.2 11.1 13.1 - - -
1948 Tigers 3 3 .500 0 3 n/a 99.0 9.9 11.0 - - -
1949 Tigers 2 8 .200 17 5 n/a 240.0 7.3 16.0 - - -
1950 Tigers 0 0 .000 9 9 n/a 0.0 2.3 7.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 52 45 .536 43 45 n/a 66.5 8.3 13.4 0.64 3.26 5.12
Eddie Lake

Eddie Lake Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1939 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -
1940 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -
1941 St. Louis Cardinals 1 Undetermined - -
1943 Boston Red Sox 7 Undetermined - -
1944 Boston Red Sox 7 Undetermined - -
1945 Boston Red Sox 7 Undetermined n/a -
1946 Detroit Tigers 7 Undetermined - -
1947 Detroit Tigers 7 Undetermined - -
1948 Detroit Tigers 7 Undetermined - -
1949 Detroit Tigers 7 Undetermined - -
1950 Detroit Tigers 7 Undetermined - -


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