Art López | |
Position: | Outfielder |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Left |
Birth Date: | 8 May 1937 |
Birth Place: | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | April 12 |
Debutteam: | New York Yankees |
Debut2league: | NPB |
Debut2date: | April 6 |
Debut2year: | 1968 |
Debut2team: | Tokyo Orions |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 29 |
Finalteam: | New York Yankees |
Final2league: | NPB |
Final2date: | October 22 |
Final2year: | 1973 |
Final2team: | Yakult Atoms |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .143 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 0 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 0 |
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Arturo López Rodríguez (born May 8, 1937) is a former professional baseball player. He played one season in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees in 1965. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball from 1968 until 1973, becoming the first Puerto Rican to do so.[1]
During his lone major league season, López played in 38 games in his one-year career. Lopez had seven hits in 49 at-bats, a .143 batting average. His greater success came in Japan's NPB, where he played for six seasons. In those seasons he batted .290 with 116 home runs. He was an All-Star in 1968, and played in the Japan Series in 1970 for the Lotte Orions.[2]