Javier Lopez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2003-2016)

Javier Lopez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2016 for 5 teams, including the Colorado Rockies, a span of 14 seasons. Across 839 career appearances, he went 30-17 with a 3.48 ERA and 358 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4023.0.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 30–17
ERA 3.48
WHIP 1.35
SO 358
Pitcher PIV 4023.0
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'4" / 220 lb
Born
7/11/1977 in San Juan, P.R.
MLB Debut
2003-04-01
Last Game
2016-09-29

Full name: Javier Alfonso Lopez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Javier Lopez — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
30 17 839 0 0 0 14 533.1 484 206 26 235 358 3.48 4023.0

Career ERA 3.48 vs. league average 4.18 across their career seasons — 16.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Javier Lopez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2003 COL NL 4 1 75 0 0 0 1 58.1 58 24 12 40 3.70 4.40 (+16%) 1184.3
2004 COL NL 1 2 64 0 0 0 0 40.2 45 34 26 20 7.52 4.46 (-69%) -61.0
2005 COL NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 0 1 22.50 — 0.0
2005 ARI NL 1 1 29 0 0 0 2 14.1 19 15 11 11 9.42 4.29 (-119%) -544.6
2006 BOS AL 1 0 27 0 0 0 1 16.2 13 5 10 11 2.70 4.53 (+40%) -100.0
2007 BOS AL 2 1 61 0 0 0 0 40.2 36 14 18 26 3.10 4.47 (+31%) 256.2
2008 BOS AL 2 0 70 0 0 0 0 59.1 53 16 27 38 2.43 4.32 (+44%) 195.2
2009 BOS AL 0 2 14 0 0 0 0 11.2 20 12 9 5 9.26 4.32 (-114%) -542.8
2010 PIT NL 2 2 50 0 0 0 0 38.2 39 12 18 22 2.79 4.08 (+32%) -82.6
2010 SFN NL 2 0 27 0 0 0 0 19.0 11 3 2 16 1.42 4.08 (+65%) 1129.8
2011 SFN NL 5 2 70 0 0 0 1 53.0 42 16 26 40 2.72 3.94 (+31%) 1051.4
2012 SFN NL 3 0 70 0 0 0 7 36.0 37 10 14 28 2.50 4.01 (+38%) 859.2
2013 SFN NL 4 2 69 0 0 0 1 39.1 30 8 12 37 1.83 3.87 (+53%) 1440.6
2014 SFN NL 1 1 65 0 0 0 0 37.2 31 13 19 22 3.11 3.74 (+17%) -552.1
2015 SFN NL 1 0 77 0 0 0 0 39.1 19 7 16 26 1.60 3.96 (+60%) 593.9
2016 SFN NL 1 3 68 0 0 0 1 26.2 24 12 15 15 4.05 4.19 (+3%) -804.4
Career · 16 seasons 30 17 839 0 0 0 14 533.1 484 206 235 358 3.48 — 4,023

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.

Career Batting Statistics

Javier Lopez — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
839 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .083 .083 .083 .167 0

Career AVG .083 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 67.9% below league average.

Career OBP .083 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 74.5% below league average.

Career SLG .083 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 79.8% below league average.

Career OPS .167 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — 77.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Javier Lopez 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
2003 COL NL 75 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .200 — — — — 0.0
2004 COL NL 64 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 COL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 ARI NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 BOS AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 BOS AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 BOS AL 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 BOS AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 PIT NL 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 SFN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 SFN NL 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 SFN NL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 SFN NL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 SFN NL 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 SFN NL 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 SFN NL 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 16 seasons 839 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .083 — — — — 0

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

Javier Lopez — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Javier Lopez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2016 NLDS1 SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 NLCS SFN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 NLDS1 SFN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2014 WS SFN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 NLCS SFN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2012 NLDS2 SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 NLCS SFN 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 NLDS2 SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2010 WS SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALCS BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALDS1 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 ALCS BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 ALDS1 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2007 WS BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Javier Lopez — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 1 33 0 0 18.0 16 7 7 15 3.50

Playoff Pitching by Year

Javier Lopez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2016 NLDS1 SFN 0 0 2 0 0 0.2 0 1 1 0 13.50
2014 NLCS SFN 0 0 3 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 2 0.00
2014 NLDS1 SFN 0 0 3 0 0 0.2 0 0 1 1 0.00
2014 WS SFN 0 0 3 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 1 0.00
2012 NLCS SFN 0 0 3 0 0 2.1 0 0 2 4 0.00
2012 NLDS2 SFN 0 0 2 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.00
2010 NLCS SFN 1 0 5 0 0 4.1 1 1 1 4 2.08
2010 NLDS2 SFN 0 0 2 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 2 0.00
2010 WS SFN 0 0 2 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0.00
2008 ALCS BOS 0 0 2 0 0 1.2 3 0 0 0 0.00
2008 ALDS1 BOS 0 1 1 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 1 9.00
2007 ALCS BOS 0 0 3 0 0 2.0 3 4 2 0 18.00
2007 ALDS1 BOS 0 0 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.00
2007 WS BOS 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Javier Lopez — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home43980101.125
Away40041000.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Javier Lopez — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home439287.2246981312173.07
Away400245.22381081041413.96

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Javier Lopez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2016-09-29 SFGCOL — 0.1000010
2016-09-24 SFGSDP — 0.1111000
2016-09-19 SFGLAD L 0.0111000
2016-09-18 SFGSTL — 0.2000000
2016-09-17 SFGSTL — 0.1000000
2016-09-14 SFGSDP — 0.1000000
2016-09-13 SFGSDP — 1.0000010
2016-09-09 SFGAZ — 0.0000100
2016-09-07 SFGCOL — 0.1000000
2016-09-06 SFGCOL W 0.1000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Javier Lopez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
P 839 0 60 134 10 11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Javier Lopez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2003 COL P 75 0 5 13 0 0
2004 COL P 64 0 6 17 1 2
2005 COL P 3 0 1 0 0 0
2005 ARI P 29 0 1 2 0 0
2006 BOS P 27 0 1 2 0 0
2007 BOS P 61 0 5 6 0 1
2008 BOS P 70 0 7 10 4 0
2009 BOS OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
2009 BOS P 14 0 2 2 1 0
2010 PIT P 50 0 3 13 2 1
2010 SFN P 27 0 1 9 0 0
2011 SFN P 70 0 3 17 1 2
2012 SFN P 70 0 5 8 0 0
2013 SFN P 69 0 5 9 0 1
2014 SFN P 65 0 10 7 1 0
2015 SFN P 77 0 4 12 0 2
2016 SFN P 68 0 1 7 0 2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Javier Lopez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 839
Right Field 1

Salary History

Javier Lopez — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2016 SFN NL $5,000,000
2015 SFN NL $4,000,000
2014 SFN NL $4,000,000
2013 SFN NL $4,250,000
2012 SFN NL $4,250,000
2011 SFN NL $2,375,000
2010 PIT NL $775,000
2009 BOS AL $1,350,000
2008 BOS AL $840,000
2007 BOS AL $402,500
2005 COL NL $321,000
2004 COL NL $317,500
2003 COL NL $300,000
Total Career Earnings $28,181,000

College History

Javier Lopez — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
University of Virginia Charlottesville VA 1996, 1997, 1998

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Javier Lopez (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Steve Kline
    34-39, 3.51 ERA
  2. 94
    Ray King
    20-23, 3.46 ERA
  3. 86
    Craig Breslow
    23-30, 3.45 ERA
  4. 83
    Scott Radinsky
    42-25, 3.44 ERA
  5. 83
    Rich Rodriguez
    31-22, 3.81 ERA
  6. 78
    Rob Murphy
    32-38, 3.64 ERA

Javier Lopez: the record in brief

Javier Lopez played a first major league game on April 1, 2003 and a last one on September 29, 2016. The season rows list, in order, the Colorado Rockies (2003 through 2005), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2005), the Boston Red Sox (2006 to 2009), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2010), and the San Francisco Giants (2010 through 2016). Lopez, a pitcher by primary position, both batted and threw left-handed. Height and weight on file: 6'4" and 220 pounds. The birth record reads July 11, 1977, in San Juan, P.R. Javier Lopez was the playing name; the full given name is Javier Alfonso.

Lopez pitched in 839 games, starting 0, and finished with a 30-17 record and 3.48 ERA. The totals include 358 strikeouts and 14 saves. Against a 4.18 league ERA for the same years, Lopez was 16.9% better. No season topped the 5 wins of 2011. In 2015, one of the busiest seasons, Lopez posted a 1.60 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.96.

Frequently Asked Questions about Javier Lopez

What years did Javier Lopez play?
Javier Lopez played in Major League Baseball from 2003 to 2016.
Was Javier Lopez a pitcher?
Yes. Javier Lopez pitched in the major leagues, recording 30 wins and 358 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Javier Lopez hit?
Javier Lopez hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Javier Lopez's career batting average?
Javier Lopez batted .083 over his career, with 1 hits in 12 at bats.
How many RBI did Javier Lopez have?
Javier Lopez drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was Javier Lopez's career ERA?
Javier Lopez finished with a 3.48 career ERA, going 30-17 with 358 strikeouts.