Héctor López Stats, Age, Position, Family, Wiki, Cause of Death

Héctor Headley López Swainson was a Panamanian professional baseball left fielder and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees from 1955 to 1966. He was also known for his hustle, his clutch hitting, and poor fielding.

López was the second Panamanian-born major league baseball player and continued to be one of the country’s most revered world champion athletes. He was an infielder for the Athletics, and later was often the third outfielder on the Roger Maris/Mickey Mantle Yankees of the early and mid-1960s.

The utility player divided his career almost equally between infield and outfield positions. After retiring from baseball, he went on to become a groundbreaking manager in minor league baseball as the first to break the baseball colour line as a black manager at the Triple-A level for the Buffalo Bisons and then served in various international managerial and coaching positions.

Héctor López Stats

In 1,450 games over 12 seasons, López posted a .269 batting average (1,251-for-4,644) with 623 runs, 193 doubles, 37 triples, 136 home runs, 591 RBI, 418 bases on balls, .330 on-base percentage, and .415 slugging percentage.

He finished his career with a collective fielding percentage playing primarily at left and right field and second and third base. In 15 World Series games, he hit .286 (8-for-28) with 4 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 7 RBI, and 2 walks.

Héctor López Age

93 years

Héctor López Position

Hector was a Panamanian professional baseball left fielder and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees from 1955 to 1966.

Héctor López Family

Born in Colón, Panama, López grew up in Colón and the neighbouring Panama Canal Zone. He held a part-time job at an American military base bowling alley. He was a high school track star whose father had been a pitcher for the Panama national baseball team.

As a high school athlete, he played semi-professional baseball for US$100 per month in Colón. After he graduated from high school, he signed to play with St. Hyacinthe Saints of the Class-C Provincial League, who also employed Clifford “Connie” Johnson.

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Héctor López Cause of Death

He passed away at the age of 93. The cause of death is currently unknown.