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Mike LaCoss
Michael James LaCoss

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

Debut July 18, 1978
  vs. MON 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER
Final Game July 2, 1991
Born May 30, 1956 in Glendale, CA

Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 22 CIN NL   4   8  16  15   2   1   0  0   96.0  104   56   48   5   46   31   1   2   420   9   1  4.50  3.58   80 1.563
 1979 23 CIN NL  14   8  35  32   6   1   0  0  205.7  202   92   80  13   79   73   2   3   868   8   3  3.50  3.78  108 1.366 AS
 1980 24 CIN NL  10  12  34  29   4   2   1  0  169.3  207  101   87   9   68   59   1   3   762   8   2  4.62  3.61   78 1.624
 1981 25 CIN NL   4   7  20  13   1   1   3  1   78.0  102   55   53   7   30   22   1   1   354   4   0  6.12  3.56   58 1.692
 1982 26 HOU NL   6   6  41   8   0   0  11  0  115.0  107   41   37   3   54   51   4   5   488   6   1  2.90  3.32  115 1.400
 1983 27 HOU NL   5   7  38  17   2   0   6  1  138.0  142   81   68  10   56   53   2   9   590  11   1  4.43  3.38   76 1.435
 1984 28 HOU NL   7   5  39  18   2   1   6  3  132.0  132   64   59   3   55   86   0   9   565   5   1  4.02  3.31   82 1.417
 1985 29 KCR AL   1   1  21   0   0   0   7  1   40.7   49   25   23   2   29   26   0   2   193   6   0  5.09  4.15   82 1.918
 1986 30 SFG NL  10  13  37  31   4   1   1  0  204.3  179   99   81  14   70   86   6   5   842   8   5  3.57  3.54   99 1.219
 1987 31 SFG NL  13  10  39  26   2   1   4  0  171.0  184   78   70  16   63   79   2   6   728  12   1  3.68  3.88  105 1.444
 1988 32 SFG NL   7   7  19  19   1   1   0  0  114.3   99   55   46   5   47   70   1   6   477   3   2  3.62  3.28   91 1.277
 1989 33 SFG NL  10  10  45  18   1   0  16  6  150.3  143   62   53   3   65   78   7   1   647   4   5  3.17  3.36  106 1.384
 1990 34 SFG NL   6   4  13  12   1   0   0  0   77.7   75   37   34   5   39   39   0   1   337   2   1  3.94  3.65   93 1.468
 1991 35 SFG NL   1   5  18   5   0   0   6  0   47.3   61   39   38   4   24   30   2   2   225   0   0  7.23  3.58   50 1.796
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .488  98 103 415 243  26   9  61 12 1739.7 1786  885  777  99  725  783  29  55  7496  86  23  4.02  3.55   88 1.443
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  10  42  25   2   0   6  1  179.7  184   91   80  10   74   80   2   5   774   8   2  4.02  3.55   88 1.443
 Career High     14  13  45  32   6   2  16  6  205.7  207  101   87  16   79   86   7   9   868  12   5  2.90  4.15  115 1.219

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 22 CIN NL  17   30    3    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  17  .067  .067  .100  -54    3   6   0   0   0   0
 1979 23 CIN NL  35   70    3    9   1  0   0    0   0  0   3  25  .129  .164  .143  -15   10   5   0   0   0   2 AS
 1980 24 CIN NL  34   55    2    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  23  .091  .123  .109  -35    6   6   0   0   1   0
 1981 25 CIN NL  20   19    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   7   0   0   0   0
 1982 26 HOU NL  41   24    2    6   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   8  .250  .280  .292   67    7   3   0   0   0   0
 1983 27 HOU NL  38   35    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1  12  .086  .111  .086  -43    3   4   0   0   0   0
 1984 28 HOU NL  39   31    1    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   0  16  .129  .125  .161  -17    5   6   1   0   0   1
 1986 30 SFG NL  37   61    8   14   2  0   2    9   0  0   3  24  .230  .266  .361   75   22   5   0   0   0   0
 1987 31 SFG NL  39   50    2    3   0  0   0    3   0  0   2  16  .060  .113  .060  -51    3   4   0   0   1   1
 1988 32 SFG NL  19   33    3    8   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  13  .242  .286  .273   65    9   4   0   0   0   0
 1989 33 SFG NL  45   41    1    3   2  0   0    1   0  0   4  16  .073  .156  .122  -18    5   3   0   0   0   1
 1990 34 SFG NL  13   23    2    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .043  .043  .087  -64    2   8   0   0   0   0
 1991 35 SFG NL  18    9    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .222  .300  .222   52    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     416  481   30   60  11  0   2   19   0  0  18 194  .125  .159  .160  -10   77  61   1   0   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        187   12   23   4  0   1    7   0  0   7  76  .125  .159  .160  -10   30  24   0   0   1   2
 Career High     45   70    8   14   2  0   2    9   0  0   4  25                          22   8   1   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 22 CIN NL   36   34    0   0.0    95| .067  .262| .067  .330| .100  .385| .167  .715| -54  .000  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1979 23 CIN NL   78   68    2   0.8   100| .129  .270| .164  .336| .143  .401| .307  .737| -15  .041 -11.4  -1.2   0%
 1980 24 CIN NL   63   56    1   0.5    96| .091  .268| .123  .330| .109  .389| .232  .719| -35  .018 -10.1  -1.1   0%
 1981 25 CIN NL   26   26    0   0.0    93| .000  .265| .000  .330| .000  .379| .000  .710|-100  .000  -5.1  -0.5   0%
 1982 26 HOU NL   28   21    2   2.6    88| .250  .256| .280  .318| .292  .372| .572  .690|  67  .288  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1983 27 HOU NL   40   36    1   0.8    91| .086  .255| .111  .322| .086  .378| .197  .700| -43  .040  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1984 28 HOU NL   38   35    1   0.8    87| .129  .254| .125  .317| .161  .369| .286  .686| -17  .043  -4.6  -0.5   0%
 1986 30 SFG NL   69   52    6   3.1    93| .230  .256| .266  .325| .361  .385| .627  .710|  75  .355  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1987 31 SFG NL   57   52    1   0.5   102| .060  .264| .113  .333| .060  .412| .173  .745| -51  .017 -10.9  -1.1   0%
 1988 32 SFG NL   39   29    3   2.8    86| .242  .252| .286  .315| .273  .369| .559  .684|  65  .342  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1989 33 SFG NL   48   42    1   0.6    88| .073  .250| .156  .317| .122  .373| .278  .690| -18  .033  -6.3  -0.7   0%
 1990 34 SFG NL   31   30    0   0.0    95| .043  .260| .043  .325| .087  .390| .130  .715| -64  .000  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1991 35 SFG NL   10    7    1   3.8    90| .222  .253| .300  .320| .222  .379| .522  .699|  52  .460  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      563  488   19   1.0    94| .125  .260| .159  .326| .160  .386| .319  .712| -10  .071 -71.7  -7.6   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 22 CIN NL P 16 8 13 0 0 1.000 .950 1.31 0.72 1.97 1.91 15 96.0 1979 23 CIN NL P 35 15 34 2 4 .961 .951 1.40 0.66 2.14 1.80 32 205.7 AS 1980 24 CIN NL P 34 9 34 3 4 .935 .951 1.26 0.69 2.29 1.91 29 169.3 1981 25 CIN NL P 20 6 14 1 0 .952 .957 1.00 0.68 2.31 1.97 13 78.0 1982 26 HOU NL P 41 7 16 3 3 .885 .950 0.56 0.70 1.80 1.96 8 115.0 1983 27 HOU NL P 38 6 27 0 1 1.000 .951 0.87 0.68 2.15 1.92 17 138.0 1984 28 HOU NL P 39 9 20 2 2 .935 .954 0.74 0.67 1.98 1.88 18 132.0 1985 29 KCR AL P 21 1 8 0 1 1.000 .957 0.43 0.70 1.99 1.86 0 40.7 1986 30 SFG NL P 37 19 34 1 2 .981 .955 1.43 0.66 2.33 1.94 31 204.3 1987 31 SFG NL P 39 15 43 2 4 .967 .956 1.49 0.62 3.05 1.91 26 171.0 1988 32 SFG NL P 19 10 32 0 1 1.000 .955 2.21 0.69 3.31 1.96 19 114.3 1989 33 SFG NL P 45 12 20 4 1 .889 .947 0.71 0.63 1.92 1.87 18 150.3 1990 34 SFG NL P 13 5 8 1 1 .929 .956 1.00 0.58 1.51 1.80 12 77.7 1991 35 SFG NL P 18 4 5 1 0 .900 .957 0.50 0.59 1.71 1.86 5 47.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 22 CIN NL P 16 8 13 0 0 1.000 .950 1.31 0.72 1.97 1.91 15 96.0 1979 23 CIN NL P 35 15 34 2 4 .961 .951 1.40 0.66 2.14 1.80 32 205.7 1980 24 CIN NL P 34 9 34 3 4 .935 .951 1.26 0.69 2.29 1.91 29 169.3 1981 25 CIN NL P 20 6 14 1 0 .952 .957 1.00 0.68 2.31 1.97 13 78.0 1982 26 HOU NL P 41 7 16 3 3 .885 .950 0.56 0.70 1.80 1.96 8 115.0 1983 27 HOU NL P 38 6 27 0 1 1.000 .951 0.87 0.68 2.15 1.92 17 138.0 1984 28 HOU NL P 39 9 20 2 2 .935 .954 0.74 0.67 1.98 1.88 18 132.0 1985 29 KCR AL P 21 1 8 0 1 1.000 .957 0.43 0.70 1.99 1.86 0 40.7 1986 30 SFG NL P 37 19 34 1 2 .981 .955 1.43 0.66 2.33 1.94 31 204.3 1987 31 SFG NL P 39 15 43 2 4 .967 .956 1.49 0.62 3.05 1.91 26 171.0 1988 32 SFG NL P 19 10 32 0 1 1.000 .955 2.21 0.69 3.31 1.96 19 114.3 1989 33 SFG NL P 45 12 20 4 1 .889 .947 0.71 0.63 1.92 1.87 18 150.3 1990 34 SFG NL P 13 5 8 1 1 .929 .956 1.00 0.58 1.51 1.80 12 77.7 1991 35 SFG NL P 18 4 5 1 0 .900 .957 0.50 0.59 1.71 1.86 5 47.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 415 126 308 20 24 .956 .953 1.05 0.66 2.25 1.90 243 1739.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 415 126 308 20 24 .956 .953 1.05 0.66 2.24 1.90 243 1740
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1979   NLCS  CIN PIT     L   1   1  10.80  0  1  0  0   1.2   1   2   4   0 
 1987   NLCS  SFG STL     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3.1   1   0   3   2 
 1989   NLCS  SFG CHC     W   1   1   9.00  0  0  0  0   3     7   3   0   2 
        WS    SFG OAK     L   2   0   6.23  0  0  0  0   4.1   4   3   3   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2   4   2   5.62  0  1  0  0   8     9   5   7   4 
  4 Postseason Ser      1-3   6   2   5.84  0  1  0  0  12.1  13   8  10   6 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   NLCS  CIN PIT     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1987   NLCS  SFG STL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1989   NLCS  SFG CHC     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    SFG OAK     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2   4   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3   6   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1979   CIN NL      0  0  0   1.1   1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1979   CIN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1979 *

Wins
1987 NL-13-9

Losses
1986 NL-13-6

Wild Pitches
1983 NL-9-7
1984 NL-9-9

Hit Batsmen
1986 NL-6-6
1989 NL-7-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1934) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1774) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1212) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft.

April 6, 1982: Selected off waivers by the Houston Astros from the Cincinnati Reds.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

February 19, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 6, 1985: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

February 3, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

July 3, 1991: Released by the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986San Francisco Giants$225,000
1987San Francisco Giants$300,000
1988San Francisco Giants$500,000
1989San Francisco Giants$1,100,000
1990San Francisco Giants$1,150,000
1991San Francisco Giants$1,450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,725,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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