Arturo López Rodríguez (born May 8, 1937) is a former professional

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player. He played one season in

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as an

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for the

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in 1965. He also played in

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from 1968 until 1973, becoming the first Puerto Rican to do so. During his lone major league season, López played in 38 games in his one-year career. Lopez had seven hits in 49 at-bats, a .143 batting average. His greater success came in Japan's NPB, where he played for six seasons. In those seasons he batted .290 with 116 home runs. He was an All-Star in 1968, and played in the

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in 1970 for the Lotte Orions.NPB foreign batting stats, K-L
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