Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Stan Lopata, 87, legendary Phillies catcher of the 1950s
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RIP, Stan Lopata…
Read More...Stanley Edward Lopata died Saturday from heart complications at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at age 87.
Stan played for the Phillies from 1948 to 1958, accumulating a .257 batting average with 25 triples, 116 home runs and 395 RBI in 822 games.
His biggest year was 1956 when he had 33 doubles, seven triples, 32 homers, 95 RBI and a .267 batting average. He was selected to the National League All-Star team in 1955 and 1956.
Among Phillies catchers, he ...
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1. Dag Nabbit has the talking pillow posted on November 26, 2012 at 09:01 AM # hit 0 | hit 0His SABR bio is pretty interesting.
My pleasure.
At one point he was struck on the head, after which he thought he was Eartha Kitt.
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