Davey Lopes, four-time All-Star and one of MLB's greatest base stealers, dead at 80

Davey Lopes, a four-time MLB All-Star known for swiping bags portion connected the basepaths, has died. He was 80.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who Lopes played astir of his 16-year vocation with, released a connection connected Wednesday confirming his death.

"The Dodgers mourn the nonaccomplishment of Davey Lopes, who passed distant contiguous astatine property 80. Lopes was a subordinate of the team’s record-setting infield of the 1970s and 1980s and 1 of the finest basal stealers successful MLB history.

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Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers takes batting signifier astatine Dodger Stadium successful Los Angeles, California, circa 1978. (Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

"Our condolences spell retired to his household and friends."

Lopes secured 1 World Series during his years successful Los Angeles, arsenic helium was portion of the 1981 squad that won it all. It was besides the 4th consecutive play Lopes made the All-Star squad for the National League.

He besides played for the Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros pursuing his clip with the Dodgers, and doing truthful up until 42 years aged earlier getting into coaching.

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Lopes was a precocious bloomer successful presumption of debut age, playing his archetypal crippled for the Dodgers astatine 27 successful 1972. And close aft retirement, Lopes remained successful MLB, serving arsenic seat manager for the Texas Rangers from 1989-91.

From there, helium would bounce astir to the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres successful assorted roles until helium landed arsenic a manager for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Lopes held that station from 2000-02, going 144-195 successful those 3 seasons earlier being axed. He went backmost to the Padres to service arsenic their archetypal basal manager earlier holding the aforesaid presumption with the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies.

Davey Lopes of the Washington Nationals stands successful the dugout earlier crippled 3 of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers astatine Dodger Stadium successful Los Angeles, Calif., connected Oct. 10, 2016. (Patrick McDermott/Washington Nationals/Getty Images)

Lopes yet retired from coaching successful 2017, marking 45 consecutive years, astir half-a-century, that helium was making an interaction connected America’s pastime.

But possibly his biggest interaction was being a portion of a Dodgers' infield that has gone down successful past arsenic 1 of the top four-man squads to play the game. While Lopes was playing 2nd base, helium was accompanied by archetypal baseman Steve Garvey, 3rd baseman Ron Cey and shortstop Bill Russell.

In Lopes’ 1,139 games astatine 2nd basal for the Dodgers, helium played 833 with the different three, which is an MLB record, per the Elias Sports Bureau. The adjacent closest is 623 games, acceptable by the Cubs successful the 1960s.

Lopes was besides a velocity demon connected the basepaths, tallying 557 stolen bases, which puts him 26th all-time. He led the league portion with the Dodgers successful back-to-back seasons successful 1975 (77) and 1976 (63).

In 1975, Lopes acceptable an MLB grounds with 38 consecutive stolen bases without getting caught, which was since breached by Vince Coleman successful 1988.

Davey Lopes bats during batting signifier earlier a Major League Baseball crippled astatine Dodger Stadium successful Los Angeles, California, circa 1980. Lopes played for the Dodgers from 1972 to 1981. (Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

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In the field, Lopes collected a Gold Glove Award successful 1978, portion providing coagulated antiaircraft enactment for whichever squad helium played for passim his career.

Lopes slashed .263/.349/.388 with a .737 OPS for his career, collecting 1,671 hits, 232 doubles, 155 location runs and 614 RBI successful 1,812 games.

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