Career Statistics
In a 13 year career, Lopata played in 853 games, accumulating 661 hits in 2,601 at bats for a .254 career batting average along with 116 home runs, 397 runs batted in and a .351 on base percentage. He ended his career with a .986 fielding percentage as a catcher.
In 1988, Stan Lopata was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Nine years later, on June 12, 1997, he was also inducted into the Polish National Sports Hall of Fame.
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