Ned Garver described Lopat's pitching style, writing that he "changed speeds a lot and never really threw an exceptional fastball.

That year produced an American League pennant for the Yankees, but a defeat at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series.

Lopat was not rehired by Stengel's successor, Ralph Houk, but he stayed in the league as pitching coach of the Minnesota Twins in 1961 and the Kansas City Athletics in 1962.

Lopat remained with the Athletics as a senior front office aide to team owner Charlie Finley until the club moved to Oakland after the 1967 season.

In 1978, Eddie Lopat was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame [3] He died at his son's home in Darien, Connecticut, on June 15, 1992.