Depending on the age of the baseball fan, you might know Davey Lopes either as a base-stealing phenom from the 1970s and 80s, or as a longtime coach for several major league teams. He’s been around the game seemingly forever, and he played for the Houston Astros for a brief time.
Lopes spent his best playing years with the Dodgers, breaking into the majors at age 27 in 1972. He quickly established himself as one of the game’s best base-stealing threats, notching three straight seasons of 59 or more steals from 1974-1976, including a career-best 77 in 1975.