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Aurelio López

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: September 21, 1948 in Tecamachalco, Mexico mx

Died: September 22, 1992 in Matehuala, Mexico

Buried: Tecamachalco Cemetery, Tecamachalco, Puebla

Debut: September 1, 1974 (Age 25-345d, 13,537th in major league history)
vs. BAL 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: June 17, 1987 (Age 38-269d)
vs. CIN 0.2 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Aurelio Alejandro López

Nicknames: Señor Smoke

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.3

ERA

3.56

459

910.0

635

WHIP

1.266

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-18 / in Starts: 2-1

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 19

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	162	2	Apr 11	DET		TOR	W,6-2	8-GF		99	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	1.85	5	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.023	.28	0.01%	0.78	8t -2- 2 out a4	9t end a 4
2	163	4	Apr 14	DET	@	KCR	W,6-5	8-GF	W(1-0)	2	1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	4.48	6	1	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	0.267	2.10	0.10%	0.85	8b 12- 2 out tie	9b end a 1
3	164	6	Apr 16	DET	@	TOR	W,2-0	8-GF	S(1)	1	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	2.85	5	0	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.128	1.50	0.07%	0.71	8b 1-- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
4	165	8	Apr 18	DET	@	TOR	W,4-3	6-GF	S(2)	1	3.1	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.45	2.33	17	6	1	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.163	1.39	0.09%	-0.33	6b 1-- 2 out a3	9b end a 1
5	166	12	Apr 22	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.12	2.48	7	2	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.33	-0.089	.29	-0.05%	-2.15	7b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 5
6	167	15	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,4-5	7-GF	BS(1)	3	2.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.38	2.34	10	2	4	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.40	-0.232	.85	-0.08%	-0.53	7t 123 1 out a2	9t end d 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	168	22	May 3	DET	@	SEA	W,8-5	9-GF		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	2.35	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.016	.14	0.00%	0.25	9b --- 1 out a3	9b end a 3
8	169	25	May 7	DET	@	OAK	L,3-5	7-8		3	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.70	3.20	5	1	1	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	-0.053	.19	-0.01%	-0.24	7b 1-- 0 out d1	8b 1-- 1 out d2
9	170	28	May 10	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	8-GF(8)	BL(1-1)	2	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.29	4.14	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.634	.59	-0.17%	-1.79	8b 1-- 2 out a1	8b end d 1
10	171	33	May 17	DET		CAL	L,1-7	7-GF		6	3.0	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	2.70	3.68	10	1	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.006	.03	0.00%	0.40	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
11	172	34	May 18	DET		TEX	L,5-13	6-6		0	0.1	1	4	4	1	0	0	2	4.76	4.19	5	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.209	.57	-0.05%	-2.69	6t 1-- 0 out d1	6t 123 1 out d3
12	173	38	May 23	DET		BAL	L,2-9	7-GF		4	2.1	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	5.12	4.46	11	2	3	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.59	7t 1-3 2 out d6	9t end d 7
13	174	42	May 26	DET	@	MIL	L,3-7	1-GF(8)		2	7.2	6	2	2	3	5	0	0	4.33	3.90	32	6	12	0	3	6		2	2	0	0	0	28	2	0	1	0	1	0	.11	-0.091	.05	-0.03%	0.14	1b 1-3 1 out d3	8b end d 6
14	175	47	May 31	DET	@	BAL	W,5-4	2-7	W(2-1)	4	5.1	5	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.90	3.62	24	3	5	1	0	5		3	1	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.032	.38	0.01%	1.69	2b 123 0 out d2	7b 12- 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	176	49	Jun 2	DET		MIL	L,2-5	3-GF		1	7.0	2	1	1	0	4	1	0	3.43	3.57	23	10	7	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.196	.22	0.06%	2.65	3t 1-- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
16	177	55	Jun 9	DET	@	TEX	W,5-0	GS-7	W(3-1)	6	6.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.98	3.37	22	7	3	0	0	3	67			0	1	0	19	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.17	0.195	.49	0.05%	1.60	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	178	59	Aug 11	DET		TOR	L,4-6	7-GF		62	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.79	3.30	10	2	5	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.059	.45	0.05%	1.40	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 2
18	179	61	Aug 13	DET		NYY	L,0-3	6-6		1	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.79	3.30	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.112	1.14	-0.07%	-1.66	6t 1-- 1 out d2	6t 1-3 1 out d3
19	180	64	Aug 16	DET		NYY	W,5-4	6-GF	W(4-1)	2	4.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.58	3.29	16	4	6	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.060	.30	0.04%	1.87	6t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
20	181	68	Aug 21	DET		TEX	W,7-4	GS-5	W(5-1)	4	5.0	7	3	3	0	2	1	0	2.83	3.38	22	6	7	0	0	7	43			1	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.023	2.10	-0.02%	-0.66	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
21	182	73	Aug 26	DET		KCR	L,1-6	GS-5	L(5-2)	4	4.1	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	3.36	3.57	20	6	5	2	0	5	31			1	1	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.146	1.57	-0.18%	-1.54	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
22	183	75	Aug 28	DET	@	MIN	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.55	8	0	5	1	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.011	.11	-0.01%	-0.85	7b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	184	84	Sep 6	DET	@	TEX	W,4-3	8-GF	S(3)	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.31	3.49	6	2	3	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	0.403	7.67	0.60%	1.22	8b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
24	185	87	Sep 9	DET		BOS	L,5-6	11-GF(11)		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.29	3.53	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.059	3.95	-0.10%	-0.25	11t 123 2 out d1	11t end d 2
25	186	89	Sep 12	DET		CLE	W,11-9	3-7		2	4.0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.36	3.53	15	2	8	0	2	2		3	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	.52	-0.021	1.58	-0.04%	0.53	3t 123 1 out d4	7t 12- 1 out d3
26	187	91	Sep 14	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	6-GF(8)		1	2.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.38	3.50	10	3	7	1	1	0		3	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.003	1.35	0.01%	0.72	6b 123 2 out d2	8b end d 3
27	188	94	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,1-6	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.65	3.65	9	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.030	.96	-0.07%	-2.04	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
28	189	104	Sep 28	DET		BAL	L,3-7	3-7		10	3.2	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.82	3.86	17	4	6	0	3	3		0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.104	4.21	-0.29%	-1.28	3t --- 2 out d1	7t --- 1 out d4
29	190	106	Oct 1	DET		BAL	L,4-5	5-8		2	4.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.64	3.79	15	6	5	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.26	0.046	.09	0.01%	1.87	5t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
							11-18		W-L:5-2,Sv:3,BSv:2	2.8	81.2	70	34	33	31	53	8	2	3.64	3.79	338	0.72		5%	6%	65	47	33	42%	7	4	0	300	18	1	2	5	4	1	.76	-0.219	1.05	-0.10%	0.06

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