Jack Lazorko

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: March 30, 1956 in Hoboken, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 8th round of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL), the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (18th) of the 1976 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL), the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round (13th) of the 1976 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL), the New York Yankees in the 2nd round of the 1977 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) and the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

Schools: Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: June 4, 1984 (Age 28-066d, 14,903rd in major league history)
vs. BAL 4.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1988 (Age 32-181d)
vs. MIL 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Jack Thomas Lazorko

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.4

ERA

4.22

222.0

108

WHIP

1.383

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 33 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 7 go ahead

3 Tms
CAL	25
MIL	7
SEA	1

Platoon
vs LHB	20
vs RHB	13

Home/Road
Home	25
Away	8

Outs
0	14
1	12
2	7

12 Opps
TOR	5
KCR	4
MIN	4
CLE	3
DET	3
MIL	3
BOS	2
TEX	2
NYY	2
BAL	2
CHW	2
SEA	1

32 Batters
Kent Hrbek	2
Tony Fernández	1
Joe Orsulak	1
Jim Rice	1
Rick Leach	1
Eddie Murray	1
Danny Tartabull	1
Mike Felder	1
Joe Carter	1
Fred McGriff	1
Jesse Barfield	1
Pete O'Brien	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Harold Baines	1
Cory Snyder	1
Gene Larkin	1
Alvin Davis	1
Rance Mulliniks	1
Matt Nokes	1
Dave Clark	1
Pete Incaviglia	1
Dan Pasqua	1
Jamie Quirk	1
Steve Balboni	1
Glenn Braggs	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Tony Armas	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Rickey Henderson	1
George Brett	1

7 Parks
Angel Stad (ANA)	21
County Stad (MIL)	3
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
9	5
8	3
7	3
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	28
4	2
1	1
2	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	14
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	19
1--	5
-2-	3
12-	2
--3	2
123	1
1-3	1

52 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	19
1 on	10
2 on	3
3 on	1
Any on	14

Inning
1	7
2	4
3	2
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	1
8	5
9	2

1-3	13
4-6	12
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	3
+2	4
+1	4
Tied	7
-1	1
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	3

Ahead	16
Tied	7
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	28
2-1	2
0-0	1
3-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	7
LF	7
DH	6
RF	5
C	3
SS	2
2B	1
CF	1
3B	1

OrderPos
4th	8
3rd	7
1st	5
5th	4
6th	4
7th	2
9th	1
8th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	8
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1984-06-08	Jim Rice	BOS		MIL	ahead 7-3	b 4	1	-2-		2	3	7	5%	97%		Home Run; W. Boggs Scores
2	2	2	2	1984-06-08	Tony Armas	BOS		MIL	ahead 9-3	b 7	0	---		1	4	8	0%	100%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1984-08-22 (2)	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	4	3	11%	61%		Home Run
4	4	4	2	1984-08-22 (2)	Kent Hrbek	MIN	@	MIL	behind 1-3	t 4	1	--3		2	4	3	17%	47%		Home Run; D. Engle Scores
5	5	5	1	1984-08-27	Joe Carter	CLE	@	MIL	ahead 5-1	t 8	0	---		1	3	7	2%	98%		Home Run
6	6	6	1	1984-09-08	Eddie Murray	BAL		MIL	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---		1	4	3	27%	87%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1984-09-17	Lou Whitaker	DET		MIL	ahead 3-2	b 6	2	123		4	1	4	21%	97%		Home Run; B. Garbey Scores; D. Evans Scores; J. Grubb Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1985-09-26	Steve Balboni	KCR	@	SEA	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	1--		2	6	3	11%	92%		Home Run; F. White Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1987-05-20	Jesse Barfield	TOR	@	CAL	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---		1	5	9	9%	37%		Home Run
10	10	2	2	1987-05-20	Fred McGriff	TOR	@	CAL	behind 1-4	t 9	1	---		1	3	DH	2%	4%		Home Run
11	11	3	1	1987-05-25	Rickey Henderson	NYY	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	DH	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run
12	12	4	2	1987-05-25	Dan Pasqua	NYY	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---		1	6	7	9%	69%		Home Run
13	13	5	1	1987-05-30	Rick Leach	TOR		CAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-		3	3	7	16%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Fernández Scores; L. Moseby Scores
14	14	6	1	1987-06-04	Harold Baines	CHW	@	CAL	behind 0-2	t 4	0	1--		2	3	DH	18%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Royster Scores
15	15	7	1	1987-06-09	Cory Snyder	CLE	@	CAL	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---		1	7	9	11%	50%		Home Run
16	16	8	1	1987-06-15	Pete O'Brien	TEX	@	CAL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---		1	4	3	9%	65%		Home Run
17	17	9	2	1987-06-15	Pete Incaviglia	TEX	@	CAL	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1--		2	6	7	14%	80%		Home Run; L. Parrish Scores
18	18	10	1	1987-06-20	George Brett	KCR	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	--3		2	3	DH	12%	66%		Home Run; W. Wilson Scores
19	19	11	2	1987-06-20	Danny Tartabull	KCR	@	CAL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	1--		2	4	9	15%	84%		Home Run; G. Brett Scores
20	20	12	3	1987-06-20	Jamie Quirk	KCR	@	CAL	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---		1	9	2	6%	89%		Home Run
21	21	13	1	1987-07-05	Glenn Braggs	MIL	@	CAL	behind 0-2	t 5	2	---		1	7	9	11%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	14	2	1987-07-05	Mike Felder	MIL	@	CAL	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---		1	1	7	11%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	15	1	1987-07-10	Kirk Gibson	DET	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-		3	3	7	17%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Whitaker Scores; B. Madlock Scores
24	24	16	2	1987-07-10	Matt Nokes	DET	@	CAL	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	---		1	5	2	7%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	17	1	1987-08-03	Gary Gaetti	MIN	@	CAL	ahead 8-3	t 8	2	1-3		3	5	5	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Gagne Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
26	26	18	1	1987-08-06	Alvin Davis	SEA		CAL	ahead 8-3	b 6	2	-2-		2	4	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Moses Scores/unER; A. Davis Scores/unER
27	27	19	1	1987-09-21	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	CAL	ahead 4-3	t 9	0	---		1	5	2	9%	92%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	20	1	1987-10-03	Dave Clark	CLE	@	CAL	behind 3-11	t 8	1	-2-		2	4	DH	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Carter Scores
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1988-06-28	Gene Larkin	MIN	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	3	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
30	30	2	1	1988-07-04	Tony Fernández	TOR		CAL	behind 1-7	b 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	6	2%	6%		Home Run
31	31	3	2	1988-07-04	Rance Mulliniks	TOR		CAL	behind 2-7	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	2	DH	4%	10%		Home Run
32	32	4	1	1988-08-30	Joe Orsulak	BAL	@	CAL	ahead 4-2	t 4	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	9	9%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
33	33	5	1	1988-09-21	Gary Sheffield	MIL	@	CAL	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	6	5%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); B. Surhoff Scores