Javier Lopez Pitcher

     
 

Born: July 11, 1977
San Juan, PR
Height: 6-4
Weight: 220
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Drafted: 4th round, 1998 by Az
How Acquired: Acquired from CWS for David Riske
(June 2006)
College: Virginia
High School: Robinson (VA)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Signed with Pittsburgh (December 2009)

Scouting Report
: Situational lefty with a sidearm delivery.  Lopez has a high 80s fastball and an above-average slider.   Good splits against lefties. 

Links
Fire Brand Q&A (April 2009)
 

 
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs cg sh sv ip h r er hr bb so k/bb
  1998 South Bend Midw A Ari 21 2 4 0.333 6.55 16 9 0   0 44.0 60 36 32   30 31 1.03
  1999 South Bend Midw A Ari 22 4 6 0.400 6.00 20 20 0 0 0 99.0 122 74 66 9 43 70 1.63
  2000 High Desert Calif A Ari 23 4 8 0.333 5.22 30 21 0 0 2 136.1 152 87 79 14 57 98 1.72
  2001 Lancaster Calif A Ari 24 1 3 0.250 2.63 17 0 0 0 1 24.0 30 9 7 2 5 18 3.60
  2001 El Paso Tex AA Ari 24 1 0 1.000 7.43 22 1 0 0 0 40.0 64 39 33 6 14 21 1.50
  2002 Vero Beach FSL A La 25 0 0 --- 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 4 2 0 3 0 0.00
  2002 El Paso Tex AA Ari 25 2 2 0.500 2.72 61 0 0 0 6 46.1 34 16 14 3 15 47 3.13
  2003 Colorado MLB MLB Col 26 4 1 0.800 3.70 75 0 0 0 1 58.1 58 25 24 5 12 40 3.33
  2004 Colorado Springs PCL AAA Col 27 0 1 0.000 4.00 8 0 0 0 0 9.0 10 4 4 2 2 9 4.50
  2004 Colorado MLB MLB Col 27 1 2 0.333 7.52 64 0 0 0 0 40.2 45 34 34 1 26 20 0.77
  2005 Tucson PCL AAA Ari 28 0 1 0.000 2.22 27 0 0 0 2 24.1 17 7 6 0 12 16 1.33
  2005 Colorado MLB MLB Col 28 0 0 --- 22.50 3 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 5 0 0 1 ---
  2005 Arizona MLB MLB Ari 28 1 1 0.500 9.42 29 0 0 0 2 14.1 19 15 15 2 11 11 1.00
  2006 Charlotte IL AAA CWS 29 2 1 0.667 0.55 26 0 0 0 12 33.0 28 2 2 1 6 26 4.33
  2006 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 29 0 0 --- 4.86 13 0 0 0 4 16.2 20 10 9 1 8 12 1.50
  2006 Boston AL MLB Bos 29 1 0 1.000 2.70 27 0 0 0 1 16.2 13 10 5 1 10 11 1.10
  2007 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 30 2 1 0.667 3.78 17 0 0 0 0 16.2 19 7 7 0 8 15 1.88
  2007 Boston AL MLB Bos 30 2 1 0.667 3.10 61 0 0 0 0 40.2 36 16 14 2 18 26 1.44
2008 Boston AL MLB Bos 31 2 0 1.000 2.43 70 0 0 0 0 59.1 53 18 16 4 27 38 1.41
2008 Puerto Rico --- WBC --- 31 0 0 --- 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 0 3 ---
2009 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 32 1 1 0.500 3.18 38 0 0 0 0 39.2 35 15 14 2 13 23 1.77
2009 Boston AL MLB Bos 32 0 2 0.000 9.26 14 0 0 0 0 11.2 20 13 12 1 9 5 0.56
2010 Pittsburgh NL MLB Pit 33 2 2 0.500 2.79 50 0 0 0 0 38.2 39 14 12 2 18 22 1.22
2010 San Francisco NL MLB SF 33 2 0 1.000 1.42 27 0 0 0 0 19.2 11 3 3 0 2 16 8.00
  2011 San Francisco NL MLB SF 34 5 2 0.714 2,72 70 0 0 0 1 53.0 42 16 16 0 26 40 1.54
  2012 San Francisco NL MLB SF 35 3 0 1.000 2.50 70 0 0 0 7 36.0 37 13 10 1 14 28 2.00
  2013 San Francisco NL MLB SF 36 4 2 0.667 1.83 69 0 0 0 1 39.1 30 10 8 1 12 37 3.08
  2014 San Francisco NL MLB SF 37 1 1 0.500 3.11 65 0 0 0 0 37.2 31 14 13 2 19 22 1.16
  2015 San Francisco NL MLB SF 38 1 0 1.000 1.60 77 0 0 0 0 39.1 19 8 7 1 16 26 1.63
  2016 San Francisco NL MLB SF 38 1 3 0.250 4.05 68 0 0 0 1 26.2 24 13 12 3 15 15 1.00
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: -
First Pro Contract:
June 6, 1998 by Mac Seibert (Az)
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: June 1998 (South Bend)
Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut:
April 1, 2003 (Col)
 
 

 
   
     
 
 
 
     
 
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