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Eddie Lopat

Eddie Lopat, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1992)

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Born
June 21, 1918
Died
June 15, 1992
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1918

About Eddie Lopat

Edmund Walter Lopat was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, coach, manager, front office executive, and scout. He was sometimes known as "the Junk Man", but better known as "Steady Eddie", a nickname later given to Eddie Murray. He was born in New York City. Lopat’s 1943 won—loss record improved considerably over the previous few years, with a 19–10 record, and he had a 3.05 ERA. In 1939, he led the East Texas League with a 2.11 earned run average (ERA), to go along with a 16–9 record, pitching for the Chicago White Sox affiliated Longview Cannibals.

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Eddie Lopat timeline

  1. In 1939, he led the East Texas League with a 2.11 earned run average (ERA), to go along with a 16–9 record, pitching for the Chicago White Sox affiliated Longview Cannibals.
  2. Lopat’s 1943 won—loss record improved considerably over the previous few years, with a 19–10 record, and he had a 3.05 ERA.

The world when Eddie Lopat was born

Eddie Lopat was born in 1918. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1918

  • Best-selling book"The U.P. Trail" – Zane Grey

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentWorld Series played in September due to WWI
  • Top headlineWorld War I ends — Spanish Flu pandemic begins
  • Technology milestoneFirst regular airmail service
  • World population~1.78B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population102.0M

1918 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Eddie Lopat's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19182026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population102.0M341 million

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