Stan Lopata

Stanley Edward Lopata (September 12, 1925 – June 15, 2013) was an American professional baseball player. Lopata played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for parts of 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Braves.Batting Splits, Pitcher Matchups, Daily batting logs at Retrosheet and daily batting gamelogs at Baseball-Reference.com. A two-time all-star, he was the first National League catcher to wear glasses.

Lopata was born on September 12, 1925 in Delray, Michigan. He studied at Southwestern High School. Lopata died on June 15, 2013 from heart failure in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aged 87.

References

Other websites
 Stan Lopata at the Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project

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