What years did Marcelino Lopez play?

Marcelino Lopez played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1972.

Was Marcelino Lopez a pitcher?

Yes. Marcelino Lopez pitched in the major leagues, recording 31 wins and 426 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Marcelino Lopez hit?

Marcelino Lopez hit 1 career home runs with 31 hits.

What was Marcelino Lopez's career batting average?

Marcelino Lopez batted .171 over his career, with 31 hits in 181 at bats.

How many RBI did Marcelino Lopez have?

Marcelino Lopez drove in 6 runs in his career.

What was Marcelino Lopez's career ERA?

Marcelino Lopez finished with a 3.62 career ERA, going 31-40 with 426 strikeouts.

Marcelino Lopez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1963-1972)

Marcelino Lopez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1972 for 5 teams, including the Philadelphia Phillies, a span of 10 seasons. Across 171 career appearances, he went 31-40 with a 3.62 ERA and 426 strikeouts.

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 October 12, 2026

W–L 31–40

ERA 3.62

WHIP 1.39

SO 426

Pitcher PIV -47.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / L
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 195 lb
Born: 9/23/1943 in Havana, La Habana, Cuba
Died: 11/29/2001 in Hialeah, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1963-04-14
Last Game: 1972-09-24

Full name: Marcelino Pons Lopez

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Career Pitching Statistics

Marcelino Lopez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
31	40	171	93	14	3	2	653.0	591	263	44	317	426	3.62	-47.0

Career ERA 3.62 vs. league average 3.51 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Marcelino 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
1963	PHI	NL	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	6.0	8	4	7	2	6.00	—	0.0
1965	CAL	AL	14	13	35	32	8	1	1	215.1	185	70	82	122	2.93	3.50 (+16%)	1080.2
1966	CAL	AL	7	14	37	32	6	2	1	199.0	188	87	68	132	3.93	3.52 (-12%)	-869.2
1967	CAL	AL	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	9.0	11	9	9	6	9.00	3.30 (-172%)	0.0
1967	BAL	AL	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	17.2	15	5	10	15	2.55	3.30 (+23%)	12.7
1969	BAL	AL	5	3	27	4	0	0	0	69.1	65	34	34	57	4.41	3.61 (-22%)	1104.6
1970	BAL	AL	1	1	25	3	0	0	0	60.2	47	14	37	49	2.08	3.89 (+47%)	928.4
1971	ML4	AL	2	7	31	11	0	0	0	67.2	64	35	60	42	4.66	3.47 (-34%)	-2303.6
1972	CLE	AL	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	8.1	8	5	10	1	5.40	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			31	40	171	93	14	3	2	653.0	591	263	317	426	3.62	—	-47

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

Marcelino Lopez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
215	181	26	31	4	0	1	6	1	12	80	.171	.222	.210	.432	-596

Career AVG .171 vs. league average .247 across their career seasons — 30.8% below league average.

Career OBP .222 vs. league average .314 across their career seasons — 29.4% below league average.

Career SLG .210 vs. league average .369 across their career seasons — 43.1% below league average.

Career OPS .432 vs. league average .683 across their career seasons — 36.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Marcelino Lopez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1963	PHI	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	CAL	AL	52	69	10	14	2	1	2	1	2	23	.203	.245 (-17%)	.310 (-29%)	.371 (-26%)	.682 (-27%)	-300.6
1966	CAL	AL	55	58	10	11	2	0	2	0	3	27	.190	.248 (-24%)	.309 (-26%)	.376 (-40%)	.685 (-34%)	-295.0
1967	CAL	AL	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	BAL	AL	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	BAL	AL	27	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	.214	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	BAL	AL	25	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	11	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	ML4	AL	34	17	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	CLE	AL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 9 seasons			215	181	26	31	4	1	6	1	12	80	.171	—	—	—	—	-596

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

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

Playoff Batting by Year

Marcelino Lopez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1970	WS	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1969	ALCS	BAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Marcelino Lopez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	2	0	0	0.2	1	0	2	0	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Marcelino Lopez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1970	WS	BAL	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00
1969	ALCS	BAL	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	1	0	2	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Marcelino Lopez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	104	87	12	18	0	3	.207
Away	111	94	14	13	1	3	.138

Pitching — Home / Away

Marcelino Lopez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	82	341.0	287	121	146	238	3.19
Away	89	312.0	304	142	171	189	4.10

Last 10 Games — Batting

Marcelino Lopez — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1972-09-24	CLE	NYY	L	0	0
1972-09-16	CLE	BOS	L	0	0
1972-09-10	CLE	BOS	L	1	1
1972-09-05	CLE	DET	L	0	0
1971-09-25	MIL	OAK	W	0	0
1971-09-10	MIL	LAA	L	0	0
1971-09-06	MIL	KCR	L	2	1
1971-08-20	MIL	DET	L	0	0
1971-08-04	MIL	OAK	L	2	2
1971-07-30	MIL	TEX	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Marcelino Lopez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1972-09-24	CLE	NYY	—	3.0	2	1	1	2	1	0
1972-09-16	CLE	BOS	—	1.2	3	2	2	2	0	0
1972-09-10	CLE	BOS	—	3.2	2	1	1	4	0	0
1972-09-05	CLE	DET	—	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	0
1971-09-10	MIL	LAA	—	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0
1971-09-06	MIL	KCR	—	4.0	4	3	3	3	1	0
1971-08-04	MIL	OAK	L	4.2	8	5	1	3	1	2
1971-07-30	MIL	TEX	L	1.1	3	3	3	4	1	1
1971-07-25	MIL	NYY	L	1.0	2	5	4	2	0	0
1971-07-20	MIL	TEX	L	1.1	2	3	3	4	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Marcelino Lopez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	171	93	39	124	12	9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Marcelino Lopez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1963	PHI	P	4	2	1	2	0	0
1965	CAL	P	35	32	12	57	2	4
1966	CAL	P	37	32	17	40	2	1
1967	CAL	P	4	3	0	0	1	0
1967	BAL	P	4	4	0	1	1	0
1969	BAL	P	27	4	2	4	1	1
1970	BAL	P	25	3	2	6	4	1
1971	ML4	P	31	11	5	13	1	2
1972	CLE	P	4	2	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Marcelino Lopez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	171

Awards & Honors

Marcelino Lopez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1965	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Award Voting History

Marcelino Lopez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1965	Rookie of the Year	AL	2nd	8.0	20	8

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Marcelino Lopez: the record in brief

The profile opens with Marcelino Lopez's first major league game on April 14, 1963; the last one listed came on September 24, 1972. Club by club, the record runs the Philadelphia Phillies (1963), the California Angels (1965 through 1967), the Baltimore Orioles (1967 through 1970), the Milwaukee Brewers (1971), and the Cleveland Indians (1972). Lopez played primarily as a pitcher and batted right-handed and threw left-handed. The bio adds a birth date on September 23, 1943, in Havana, La Habana, Cuba and a listed size of 6'3" and 195 pounds. The bio records the death on November 29, 2001, in Hialeah, FL, USA. Lopez's full given name, per the bio, is Marcelino Pons Lopez.

Lopez pitched in 171 games, starting 93, and finished with a 31-40 record and 3.62 ERA. Also on Lopez's record: 426 strikeouts and 14 complete games. Lopez's 3.62 ERA was close to the 3.51 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 14, in 1965. The strikeout high was 132 in 1966.

Frequently Asked Questions about Marcelino Lopez

What years did Marcelino Lopez play?: Marcelino Lopez played in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1972.
Was Marcelino Lopez a pitcher?: Yes. Marcelino Lopez pitched in the major leagues, recording 31 wins and 426 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Marcelino Lopez hit?: Marcelino Lopez hit 1 career home runs with 31 hits.
What was Marcelino Lopez's career batting average?: Marcelino Lopez batted .171 over his career, with 31 hits in 181 at bats.
How many RBI did Marcelino Lopez have?: Marcelino Lopez drove in 6 runs in his career.
What was Marcelino Lopez's career ERA?: Marcelino Lopez finished with a 3.62 career ERA, going 31-40 with 426 strikeouts.