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| Name | Team | Age |
| Lightning Hopkins | Retired (1966, Age 34) | Died (2004, Age 72) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 9 (1955) |
RP | R/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Mel Ott League | 0 | 1 years (13 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 7/10/1932 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Vs | G | IP | SO | BB | H | WHIP |
| 1958 | LHB | 11 | 8.0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1.88 |
| 1958 | RHB | 9 | 10.1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1.74 |
| 1960 | LHB | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.50 |
| 1960 | RHB | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 |
| 1964 | LHB | 14 | 4.2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3.86 |
| 1964 | RHB | 16 | 12.0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1.17 |
| 2069 | AHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2069 | HHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2069 | LHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2069 | RHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | AHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | HHB | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Total | LHB | 26 | 13.1 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2.55 |
| Total | RHB | 26 | 22.2 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 1.46 |
| Total | 68 | 85.2 | 61 | 51 | 111 | 1.89 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1966-11-01 | Lightning Hopkins has retired from the Baltimore Birds |
| 1965-04-01 | The Baltimore Knockers have promoted Mike Telemaco to the major league team. The Baltimore Knockers have promoted Pat Hernandez to the major league team. The Baltimore Knockers have designated Lightning Hopkins for assignment. The Baltimore Knockers have designated David Brinker for assignment. |
| 1964-07-25 | The Baltimore Knockers have promoted Lightning Hopkins to the major league team. |
| 1963-06-10 | The Baltimore Knockers have acquired Lightning Hopkins from the waiver wire. |
| 1963-04-12 | The Milwaukee Six-Pack have waived Lightning Hopkins. |
| 1962-04-05 | The Milwaukee Six-Pack have acquired Lightning Hopkins from the waiver wire. |
| 1962-04-01 | The Chicago Templars have waived Lightning Hopkins. |
| 1961-04-25 | The Chicago Templars have acquired Lightning Hopkins from the waiver wire. |
| 1961-04-18 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have waived Lightning Hopkins. |
| 1960-06-22 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Steely Dan to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Lightning Hopkins to the minors. |
| 1960-06-20 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Lightning Hopkins to the major league team. |
| 1958-07-22 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Norm Goodwin to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Lightning Hopkins to the minors. |
| 1958-06-26 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Lightning Hopkins to the major league team. |
| 1958-06-17 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Lightning Hopkins to the minors. |
| 1958-06-06 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Lightning Hopkins to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Alex Miller to the minors. |
| 1957-07-04 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Lightning Hopkins to the minors. |
| 1957-06-19 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Lightning Hopkins to the major league team. |
| 1956-09-26 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Mudcat Grant to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Ceasar Maniago to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Paul Bathe to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Fabian Spiezio to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Bob Little to the minors. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Ray Reagan to the minors. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Lightning Hopkins to the minors. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Alex Miller to the minors. |
| 1956-09-25 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Alex Miller to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Bob Little to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Lightning Hopkins to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Mudcat Grant to the minors. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Ceasar Maniago to the minors. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Fabian Spiezio to the minors. |
| 1956-06-03 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Alex Miller to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Lightning Hopkins to the minors. |
| 1956-05-09 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Lightning Hopkins to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Alex Miller to the minors. |
| 1956-05-02 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have promoted Alex Miller to the major league team. The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have sent Lightning Hopkins to the minors. |
| 1956-03-05 | The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have renamed George Hand to Lightning Hopkins. |