Rafael Lopez

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 200lb (175cm, 90kg)

Born: October 2, 1987 in Philadelphia, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the 2011 MLB June Amateur Draft from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).

High School: Summit Christian HS (Wellington, FL)

School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Debut: September 2, 2014 (Age 26-335d, 20,753rd in major league history)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 20, 2018 (Age 30-291d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

Full Name: Rafael Manuel Lopez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

174

.184

RBI

OBP

.270

SLG

.322

OPS

.592

OPS+

Summary of 7 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 3 go ahead

2 Tms
TOR	4
SDP	3

Platoon
vs RHP	7

Home/Road
Home	5
Away	2

Outs
1	4
0	2
2	1

6 Opps
BOS	2
KCR	1
LAD	1
TBR	1
ATL	1
STL	1

6 Pitchers
Rick Porcello	2
Josh Fields	1
Julio Teheran	1
Miles Mikolas	1
Kelvin Herrera	1
Austin Pruitt	1

5 Parks
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Petco Pk (SAN)	2
Es Monterrey (MNT)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1

Where Hit
9	4
8	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
6	2
5	2
1	1
3	1
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	5
1--	1
-2-	1

9 RBI
RISP	1
0 on	5
1 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
2	1
3	1
4	1
6	2
7	1
9	1

1-3	2
4-6	3
7-end	2

RelScore
+3	2
Tied	2
-1	1
-2	1
-4..	1

Ahead	2
Tied	2
Behind	3

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	1
0-0	1
3-1	1
3-2	1
2-2	1
2-0	1
1-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	7

OrderPos
9th	2
8th	2
7th	1
5th	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	2
Low Lev	4

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-08-23	TOR	@	TBR	Austin Pruitt	ahead 3-0	t 2	1	---	6,(2-2) SBCBFX	1	9	2	0.068	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2017-08-30	TOR		BOS	Rick Porcello	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	5,(1-2) CCBFX	1	8	2	0.111	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	2017-09-04	TOR	@	BOS	Rick Porcello	ahead 5-2	t 6	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	9	2	0.079	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Barney Scores
4	4	4	1	2017-09-20	TOR		KCR	Kelvin Herrera	behind 4-15	b 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	2018-05-05	SDP		LAD	Josh Fields	behind 3-4	b 6	1	1--	5,(3-1) BF1BB+1X	2	5	2	0.351	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); C. Villanueva Scores
6	6	2	1	2018-05-10	SDP		STL	Miles Mikolas	behind 0-2	b 7	2	---	6,(3-2) FBCBBX	1	6	2	0.125	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	3	1	2018-06-04	SDP		ATL	Julio Teheran	tied 2-2	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.137	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)