What years did Davey Lopes play?

Davey Lopes played in Major League Baseball from 1972 to 1987.

Was Davey Lopes a pitcher?

No. Davey Lopes was a position player (Second Baseman).

How many home runs did Davey Lopes hit?

Davey Lopes hit 155 career home runs with 1671 hits.

What was Davey Lopes's career batting average?

Davey Lopes batted .263 over his career, with 1,671 hits in 6,354 at bats.

How many RBI did Davey Lopes have?

Davey Lopes drove in 614 runs in his career.

Is Davey Lopes in the Hall of Fame?

No. Davey Lopes has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Davey Lopes

Second Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1972-1987)

Davey Lopes was a second baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 1972 to 1987 for 4 teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 16 seasons. In 1,812 career games, he hit .263 with 1,671 hits, 155 home runs, and 614 RBI. Davey Lopes was a 4-time All-Star and a Gold Glove. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 7,106.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .263

HR 155

RBI 614

H 1,671

OPS .737

PIV 7,106

Position: Second Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 170 lb
Born: 5/3/1945 in East Providence, RI, USA
MLB Debut: 1972-09-22
Last Game: 1987-10-04
Awards: 4× All-Star · Gold Glove

Full name: David Earl Lopes

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Career Batting Statistics

Davey Lopes — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,812	6,354	1,023	1,671	232	50	155	614	557	833	852	.263	.349	.388	.737	7,106

Career AVG .263 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .349 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — +7.5% above league average.

Career SLG .388 vs. league average .384 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .737 vs. league average .709 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Davey Lopes Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1972	LAN	NL	11	42	6	9	4	0	0	1	4	7	6	.214	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	LAN	NL	142	535	77	147	13	5	6	37	36	62	77	.275	.256 (+7%)	.325 (+8%)	.378 (-7%)	.703 (avg)	157.5
1974	LAN	NL	145	530	95	141	26	3	10	35	59	66	71	.266	.256 (+4%)	.324 (+8%)	.369 (+4%)	.693 (+6%)	718.9
1975	LAN	NL	155	618	108	162	24	6	8	41	77	91	93	.262	.257 (+2%)	.327 (+9%)	.374 (-4%)	.701 (+2%)	547.8
1976	LAN	NL	117	427	72	103	17	7	4	20	63	56	49	.241	.255 (-6%)	.320 (+4%)	.360 (-5%)	.681 (-1%)	49.2
1977	LAN	NL	134	502	85	142	19	5	11	53	47	73	69	.283	.264 (+7%)	.329 (+13%)	.401 (+1%)	.730 (+7%)	874.6
1978	LAN	NL	151	587	93	163	25	4	17	58	45	71	70	.278	.257 (+8%)	.323 (+10%)	.378 (+11%)	.702 (+11%)	1353.8
1979	LAN	NL	153	582	109	154	20	6	28	73	44	97	88	.265	.265 (avg)	.329 (+13%)	.397 (+17%)	.727 (+15%)	2042.7
1980	LAN	NL	141	553	79	139	15	3	10	49	23	58	71	.251	.264 (-5%)	.326 (-2%)	.387 (-11%)	.714 (-7%)	-515.3
1981	LAN	NL	58	214	35	44	2	0	5	17	20	22	35	.206	.255 (-20%)	.320 (-10%)	.368 (-23%)	.688 (-17%)	-485.8
1982	OAK	AL	128	450	58	109	19	3	11	42	28	40	51	.242	.261 (-7%)	.324 (-6%)	.388 (-5%)	.712 (-5%)	-400.6
1983	OAK	AL	147	494	64	137	13	4	17	67	22	51	61	.277	.260 (+6%)	.324 (+5%)	.389 (+9%)	.714 (+7%)	675.7
1984	OAK	AL	72	230	32	59	11	1	9	36	12	31	36	.257	.259 (-1%)	.322 (+6%)	.384 (+12%)	.707 (+9%)	409.0
1984	CHN	NL	16	17	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	6	5	.235	—	—	—	—	409.0
1985	CHN	NL	99	275	52	78	11	0	11	44	47	46	37	.284	.257 (+10%)	.323 (+18%)	.390 (+13%)	.714 (+16%)	952.3
1986	CHN	NL	59	157	38	47	8	2	6	22	17	31	16	.299	.257 (+16%)	.325 (+29%)	.395 (+24%)	.720 (+26%)	846.4
1986	HOU	NL	37	98	11	23	2	1	1	13	8	12	9	.235	.257 (-9%)	.325 (-3%)	.395 (-23%)	.720 (-14%)	846.4
1987	HOU	NL	47	43	4	10	2	0	1	6	2	13	8	.233	—	—	—	—	78.2
Career · 18 seasons			1,812	6,354	1,023	1,671	232	50	155	614	557	833	852	.263	—	—	—	—	8,560

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Davey Lopes — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
50	181	29	43	3	3	6	22	25	23	.238

Playoff Batting by Year

Davey Lopes — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1986	NLCS	HOU	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
1984	NLCS	CHN	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	NLCS	LAN	5	18	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.278
1981	NWDIV	LAN	5	20	1	4	1	0	0	0	3	7	.200
1981	WS	LAN	6	22	6	5	1	0	0	2	4	3	.227
1978	NLCS	LAN	4	18	3	7	1	1	2	5	0	1	.389
1978	WS	LAN	6	26	7	8	0	0	3	7	2	1	.308
1977	NLCS	LAN	4	17	2	4	0	0	0	3	2	0	.235
1977	WS	LAN	6	24	3	4	0	1	1	2	4	3	.167
1974	NLCS	LAN	4	15	4	4	0	1	0	3	5	1	.267
1974	WS	LAN	5	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	.111

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Davey Lopes — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	901	3099	531	828	81	298	.267
Away	910	3251	492	843	74	316	.259

Last 10 Games — Batting

Davey Lopes — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	RBI	BB
1987-10-04	HOU	CIN	L	1	0	0
1987-10-02	HOU	CIN	L	1	0	0
1987-09-30	HOU	ATL	L	0	0	1
1987-09-27	HOU	CIN	L	1	0	0
1987-09-25	HOU	CIN	L	1	0	0
1987-09-22	HOU	ATL	L	1	1	0
1987-09-20	HOU	SDP	W	0	0	1
1987-09-19	HOU	SDP	L	1	0	0
1987-09-16	HOU	SFG	L	1	0	0
1987-09-09	HOU	SFG	W	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Davey Lopes — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	1418	1378	3142	3829	162	811
3B	52	44	28	82	8	6
OF	239	185	379	14	6	4
SS	16	0	9	6	1	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Davey Lopes — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1972	LAN	2B	11	11	27	27	2	5
1973	LAN	2B	135	133	319	379	11	90
1973	LAN	3B	1	0	0	1	0	0
1973	LAN	OF	5	0	3	0	0	0
1973	LAN	SS	2	0	1	0	0	0
1974	LAN	2B	143	133	309	360	24	71
1975	LAN	2B	137	135	307	377	15	58
1975	LAN	OF	24	20	45	3	0	1
1975	LAN	SS	14	0	8	6	1	1
1976	LAN	2B	100	99	218	266	18	56
1976	LAN	OF	19	14	36	2	1	0
1977	LAN	2B	130	129	287	380	14	74
1978	LAN	2B	147	143	337	424	20	88
1978	LAN	OF	2	2	3	0	0	0
1979	LAN	2B	152	152	341	384	14	82
1980	LAN	2B	140	139	304	416	15	85
1981	LAN	2B	55	54	129	161	2	30
1982	OAK	2B	125	125	289	338	15	82
1982	OAK	OF	6	2	6	0	0	0
1983	OAK	2B	123	109	254	278	9	81
1983	OAK	3B	5	5	5	9	0	2
1983	OAK	OF	7	6	8	0	0	0
1984	OAK	2B	17	15	20	35	3	8
1984	OAK	3B	5	4	1	8	0	0
1984	OAK	OF	42	39	78	4	3	2
1984	CHN	2B	2	1	0	2	0	0
1984	CHN	OF	9	2	6	0	0	0
1985	CHN	2B	1	0	1	2	0	1
1985	CHN	3B	4	2	1	2	0	0
1985	CHN	OF	79	65	113	2	1	0
1986	CHN	3B	32	29	20	54	8	3
1986	CHN	OF	22	12	31	0	0	0
1986	HOU	3B	5	4	1	8	0	1
1986	HOU	OF	19	18	44	3	0	1
1987	HOU	OF	5	5	6	0	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Davey Lopes Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Second Base	1418
Third Base	51
Shortstop	16
Left Field	88
Center Field	99
Right Field	66
Designated Hitter	21

Awards & Honors

Davey Lopes — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1979	TSN All-Star	2B
1978	Gold Glove	2B
1978	TSN All-Star	2B
1974	Player of the Week	Week of 1974-08-23

Salary History

Davey Lopes — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1987	HOU	NL	$550,000
1986	CHN	NL	$490,000
1985	CHN	NL	$490,000
Total Career Earnings			$1,530,000

College History

Davey Lopes — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Iowa Wesleyan College	Mount Pleasant	IA	1965, 1966
Washburn University	Topeka	KS	1967

Award Voting History

Davey Lopes — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1978	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	12.0	336	0
1973	Rookie of the Year	NL	6th	1.0	24	1

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Davey Lopes: the record in brief

Davey Lopes's major league career runs from a debut on September 22, 1972 to a final game on October 4, 1987. The team column moves through the Los Angeles Dodgers (1972 to 1981), the Oakland Athletics (1982 through 1984), the Chicago Cubs (1984 through 1986), and the Houston Astros (1986 to 1987). Lopes played primarily as a second baseman and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on May 3, 1945, in East Providence, RI, USA and a listed size of 5 feet, 9 inches and 170 pounds. The given name on file is David Earl Lopes.

Lopes's career batting table shows 1,812 games, 6,354 at bats and 1,671 hits, a .263 average; the totals also include 155 homers, 614 runs batted in, and 557 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .349 clip and slugging .388, Lopes finished with a .737 OPS. The .263 career average is close to the .259 the league hit across the same seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions about Davey Lopes

What years did Davey Lopes play?: Davey Lopes played in Major League Baseball from 1972 to 1987.
Was Davey Lopes a pitcher?: No. Davey Lopes was a position player (Second Baseman).
How many home runs did Davey Lopes hit?: Davey Lopes hit 155 career home runs with 1671 hits.
What was Davey Lopes's career batting average?: Davey Lopes batted .263 over his career, with 1,671 hits in 6,354 at bats.
How many RBI did Davey Lopes have?: Davey Lopes drove in 614 runs in his career.
Is Davey Lopes in the Hall of Fame?: No. Davey Lopes has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.