Davey Lopes Trades and Transactions

The Davey Lopes trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Davey Lopes has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I'm trying to get down to zero (his batting average) so I can start the season over." - Davey Lopes (1981)

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Dave Lopes Autograph on a 1976 Topps (#4)

Dave Lopes Autograph on a 1976 Topps (#4)
 

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Birth Name:   David Earl Lopes
Nickname:   Dave or Davey
Born On:   05-03-1945  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   East Providence, Rhode Island
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   LaSalle Academy (Providence, RI)
College:   Washburn University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-09   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   09-22-1972 (Age 27)
Last Game:   10-04-1987
Draft:   1968 : 2nd Round (26th)
Davey Lopes

Trades & Transactions

06-06-1967: Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 8th round — free-agent draft, did not sign.
01-27-1968: Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round — secondary phase (or secondary phase delayed) — free-agent draft.
02-08-1982: Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers to Oakland Athletics.
08-31-1984: Traded by Oakland Athletics to Chicago Cubs for Chuck Rainey.
07-21-1986: Traded by Chicago Cubs to Houston Astros for Frank DiPino.
11-12-1986: Granted free agency.
12-15-1986: Signed by Houston Astros.
11-12-1987: Released by Houston Astros.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Davey Lopes trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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