Bob Lacey
Robert Joseph Lacey Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 25, 1953 in Fredericksburg, VA
High School: Palo Verde (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1977
Final Game: September 26, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1977 23 OAK AL 6 8 .429 3.03 64 0 29 0 0 7 121.2 100 46 41 13 43 11 69 0 1 4 492 132 1.175 7.4 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.60
1978 24 OAK AL 8 9 .471 3.01 74 0 25 0 0 5 119.2 126 52 40 10 35 13 60 1 0 3 514 121 1.345 9.5 0.8 2.6 4.5 1.71
1979 25 OAK AL 1 5 .167 5.85 42 0 20 0 0 4 47.2 66 34 31 7 24 8 33 1 0 4 230 69 1.888 12.5 1.3 4.5 6.2 1.38
1980 26 OAK AL 3 2 .600 2.94 47 1 31 1 1 6 79.2 68 29 26 7 21 5 45 1 0 5 322 128 1.117 7.7 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.14
1981 27 TOT AL 0 0 7.66 15 0 8 0 0 0 22.1 37 21 19 6 3 0 11 0 0 1 107 48 1.791 14.9 2.4 1.2 4.4 3.67
1981 27 CLE AL 0 0 7.59 14 0 7 0 0 0 21.1 36 20 18 5 3 0 11 0 0 1 103 48 1.828 15.2 2.1 1.3 4.6 3.67
1981 27 TEX AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 38 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
1983 29 CAL AL 1 2 .333 5.19 8 0 4 0 0 0 8.2 12 5 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 35 78 1.385 12.5 1.0 0.0 7.3
1984 30 SFG NL 1 3 .250 3.88 34 1 14 0 0 0 51.0 55 26 22 5 13 4 26 0 3 3 216 91 1.333 9.7 0.9 2.3 4.6 2.00
7 Seasons 20 29 .408 3.67 284 2 131 1 1 22 450.2 464 213 184 49 139 41 251 3 4 20 1916 103 1.338 9.3 1.0 2.8 5.0 1.81
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .408 3.67 68 0 31 0 0 5 107 110 51 44 12 33 10 60 1 1 5 456 103 1.338 9.3 1.0 2.8 5.0 1.81
OAK (4 yrs) 18 24 .429 3.37 227 1 105 1 1 22 368.2 360 161 138 37 123 37 207 3 1 16 1558 114 1.310 8.8 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.68
SFG (1 yr) 1 3 .250 3.88 34 1 14 0 0 0 51.0 55 26 22 5 13 4 26 0 3 3 216 91 1.333 9.7 0.9 2.3 4.6 2.00
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 38 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.0
CAL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.19 8 0 4 0 0 0 8.2 12 5 5 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 35 78 1.385 12.5 1.0 0.0 7.3
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 7.59 14 0 7 0 0 0 21.1 36 20 18 5 3 0 11 0 0 1 103 48 1.828 15.2 2.1 1.3 4.6 3.67
AL (6 yrs) 19 26 .422 3.65 250 1 117 1 1 22 399.2 409 187 162 44 126 37 225 3 1 17 1700 105 1.339 9.2 1.0 2.8 5.1 1.79
NL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 3.88 34 1 14 0 0 0 51.0 55 26 22 5 13 4 26 0 3 3 216 91 1.333 9.7 0.9 2.3 4.6 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 23 OAK AL 64 492 428 46 100 14 3 13 7 7 43 69 .234 .301 .371 .673 .249 159 14 0 17 4 11
1978 24 OAK AL 74 515 466 52 126 17 2 10 5 2 35 60 .270 .320 .380 .700 .290 177 11 1 9 4 13
1979 25 OAK AL 42 230 202 34 66 6 3 7 6 1 24 33 .327 .397 .490 .887 .360 99 5 1 1 2 8
1980 26 OAK AL 47 322 291 29 68 16 1 7 1 1 21 45 .234 .284 .368 .652 .251 107 7 1 5 4 5
1981 27 TOT AL 15 107 101 21 37 4 1 6 0 1 3 11 .366 .374 .604 .978 .356 61 2 0 0 3 0
1981 27 CLE AL 14 103 97 20 36 4 1 5 0 1 3 11 .371 .379 .588 .966 .369 57 2 0 0 3 0
1981 27 TEX AL 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1983 29 CAL AL 8 35 35 5 12 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 .343 .343 .486 .829 .407 17 1 0 0 0 0
1984 30 SFG NL 34 216 199 26 55 8 3 5 6 3 13 26 .276 .318 .422 .740 .294 84 5 0 2 2 4
7 Seasons 284 1917 1722 213 464 65 14 49 26 15 139 251 .269 .322 .409 .731 .288 704 45 3 34 19 41
162 Game Avg. 68 456 409 51 110 15 3 12 6 4 33 60 .269 .322 .409 .731 .288 167 11 1 8 5 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1980 26 OAK AL 47 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 1 1 1 100% 77 77 77 16 5 1 0 4.0 4.0 9.0
1984 30 SFG NL 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 12 3 0 0 3.0 4.5 2.0
2 Seasons 81 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 1 1 50% 52 77 27 28 8 1 0 3.5 4.1 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1977 23 OAK AL 64 64 29 6 8 11 7 4 64% 19 8 87 22 25% 7 1.341 33 19 12 21 11 32 50 14 50 8 52 24 5.7
1978 24 OAK AL 74 74 25 8 9 12 5 7 42% 24 12 104 27 26% 7 1.316 37 17 20 26 14 34 65 9 42 23 50 21 4.9
1979 25 OAK AL 42 42 20 1 5 9 4 5 44% 15 4 52 19 37% 8 1.280 18 9 12 16 5 21 30 12 14 18 18 16 3.4
1980 26 OAK AL 47 46 31 2 2 12 6 6 50% 16 4 67 21 31% 8 1.365 20 5 18 23 4 19 37 9 25 15 27 10 4.6
1981 27 TOT AL 15 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 50% 0.324 1 5 8 1 0 14 11 4 9 4 10 1 4.5
1981 27 CLE AL 14 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 10 50% 8 0.337 1 5 8 0 0 14 11 3 9 4 10 1 4.6
1981 27 TEX AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1983 29 CAL AL 8 8 4 1 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 14 6 43% 9 2.014 5 1 2 3 3 2 7 1 4 4 4 1 3.3
1984 30 SFG NL 34 33 14 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 19 7 37% 8 0.773 6 6 19 4 4 25 15 18 16 8 18 12 4.5
7 Seasons 284 282 131 19 28 47 22 25 47% 79 30 363 112 31% 1.223 120 62 91 94 41 147 215 67 160 80 179 85 4.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1977 23 OAK AL 492 63% 2.6% 14.0% 8.7% 6.1% 30% 1.65 71% 109 14 13%
1978 24 OAK AL 515 63% 1.9% 11.7% 6.8% 5.6% 23% 1.43 78% 112 11 10%
1979 25 OAK AL 230 68% 3.0% 14.4% 10.4% 7.0% 24% 1.44 71% 54 5 9%
1980 26 OAK AL 322 64% 2.2% 14.0% 6.5% 7.5% 35% 0.99 75% 71 7 10%
1981 27 TOT AL 107 64% 5.6% 10.3% 2.8% 10.3% 30% 1.08 81% 29 2 7%
1981 27 CLE AL 103 63% 4.9% 10.7% 2.9% 9.7% 28% 1.13 82% 29 2 7%
1981 27 TEX AL 4 75% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 0.50 75% 0 0
1983 29 CAL AL 35 66% 2.9% 20.0% 0.0% 5.7% 17% 1.43 77% 9 1 11%
1984 30 SFG NL 216 70% 2.3% 12.0% 6.0% 7.4% 29% 1.28 79% 37 5 14%
7 Seasons 1917 65% 2.6% 13.1% 7.3% 6.7% 28% 1.35 75% 421 45 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1977 23 OAK AL 492 100 13 0 22 11 2 8 5 37 15 8 41% 8 4 0 202 7 7 50% 5 5 2 1 0 1 6 5 12 0
1978 24 OAK AL 515 126 10 0 18 7 3 4 6 40 16 5 40% 11 3 1 237 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 11 0
1979 25 OAK AL 230 66 7 1 13 7 0 3 4 22 11 3 50% 6 4 1 109 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1980 26 OAK AL 322 68 7 0 10 6 1 1 6 23 15 2 65% 5 5 1 135 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1981 27 TOT AL 107 37 6 0 3 6 0 3 3 14 9 2 64% 3 1 0 48 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1981 27 CLE AL 103 36 5 0 3 5 0 2 3 14 9 2 64% 3 1 0 48 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1981 27 TEX AL 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 29 CAL AL 35 12 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 2 2 40% 0 0 0 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 30 SFG NL 216 55 5 1 7 3 2 3 2 19 9 4 47% 4 3 0 81 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
7 Seasons 1917 464 49 2 77 41 8 23 26 160 77 26 48% 37 20 3 826 26 15 63% 21 12 5 2 0 1 12 5 60 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1977 23 6 8 .429 3.03 64 0 29 0 0 7 121.2 100 46 41 13 43 11 69 0 1 4 492 132 1.175 7.4 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.60 132
1978 24 14 17 .452 3.02 138 0 54 0 0 12 241.1 226 98 81 23 78 24 129 1 1 7 1006 126 1.260 8.4 0.9 2.9 4.8 1.65 126
1979 25 15 22 .405 3.49 180 0 74 0 0 16 289.0 292 132 112 30 102 32 162 2 1 11 1236 110 1.363 9.1 0.9 3.2 5.0 1.59 110
1980 26 18 24 .429 3.37 227 1 105 1 1 22 368.2 360 161 138 37 123 37 207 3 1 16 1558 114 1.310 8.8 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.68 114
1981 27 18 24 .429 3.61 242 1 113 1 1 22 391.0 397 182 157 43 126 37 218 3 1 17 1665 106 1.338 9.1 1.0 2.9 5.0 1.73 106
1982 28 18 24 .429 3.61 242 1 113 1 1 22 391.0 397 182 157 43 126 37 218 3 1 17 1665 106 1.338 9.1 1.0 2.9 5.0 1.73 106
1983 29 19 26 .422 3.65 250 1 117 1 1 22 399.2 409 187 162 44 126 37 225 3 1 17 1700 105 1.339 9.2 1.0 2.8 5.1 1.79 105
1984 30 20 29 .408 3.67 284 2 131 1 1 22 450.2 464 213 184 49 139 41 251 3 4 20 1916 103 1.338 9.3 1.0 2.8 5.0 1.81 103

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1977 23 7 5 .583 3.47 114.0 104 49 44 14 45 65 0 1.307 8.2 3.6 5.1 1.44 1.1 64
1978 24 6 6 .500 3.78 112.0 138 52 47 11 38 56 1 1.571 11.1 3.1 4.5 1.47 0.9 74
1979 25 1 4 .200 6.26 46.0 68 36 32 7 25 32 1 2.022 13.3 4.9 6.3 1.28 1.4 42
1980 26 4 4 .500 3.60 75.0 73 33 30 8 23 42 1 1.280 8.8 2.8 5.0 1.83 1.0 47
1981 27 0 3 .000 9.28 32.0 61 37 33 10 5 16 0 2.063 17.2 1.4 4.5 3.20 2.8 15
1983 29 0 1 .000 3.75 12.0 0 6 5 0 0 10 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 7.5 0.0 8
1984 30 2 3 .400 4.69 48.0 58 28 25 5 14 24 0 1.500 10.9 2.6 4.5 1.71 0.9 34
7 Seasons 20 26 .435 4.43 439.0 502 241 216 55 150 245 3 1.485 10.3 5.0 1.63 1.1 284

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1977 AL--64--6th
1978 AL--74--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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