Mike LaCoss
Michael James LaCoss
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 30, 1956 in Glendale, CA
High School: Mt. Whitney (Visalia, CA)
Drafted
by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1978
Final Game: July 2, 1991
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1978 22 CIN NL 17 36 30 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .067 .067 .100 .167 -54 3 0 0 6 0 0 1
1979 23 CIN NL 35 78 70 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 .129 .164 .143 .307 -15 10 2 0 5 0 0 1 AS
1980 24 CIN NL 34 63 55 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 .091 .123 .109 .232 -35 6 0 1 6 0 0 1
1981 25 CIN NL 20 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 7 0 0 1
1982 26 HOU NL 41 28 24 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .250 .280 .292 .572 67 7 0 0 3 0 0 1
1983 27 HOU NL 38 40 35 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .086 .111 .086 .197 -43 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1984 28 HOU NL 39 38 31 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .129 .125 .161 .286 -17 5 1 0 6 1 0 1
1986 30 SFG NL 37 69 61 8 14 2 0 2 9 0 0 3 24 .230 .266 .361 .626 75 22 0 0 5 0 0 1
1987 31 SFG NL 39 57 50 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 16 .060 .113 .060 .173 -51 3 1 1 4 0 0 1
1988 32 SFG NL 19 39 33 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 13 .242 .286 .273 .558 65 9 0 0 4 0 0 1
1989 33 SFG NL 45 48 41 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 16 .073 .156 .122 .278 -18 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
1990 34 SFG NL 13 31 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .043 .043 .087 .130 -64 2 0 0 8 0 0 1
1991 35 SFG NL 18 10 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .222 .300 .222 .522 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 395 563 481 30 60 11 0 2 19 0 0 18 194 .125 .159 .160 .319 -10 77 5 2 61 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 231 197 12 25 5 0 1 8 0 0 7 80 .125 .159 .160 .319 -10 32 2 1 25 0 0
SFG (6 yrs) 171 254 217 18 31 6 0 2 15 0 0 12 85 .143 .191 .198 .389 10 43 2 1 24 0 0
CIN (4 yrs) 106 203 174 8 16 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 73 .092 .117 .109 .227 -37 19 2 1 24 0 0
HOU (3 yrs) 118 106 90 4 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 36 .144 .161 .167 .328 -5 15 1 0 13 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 22 CIN NL 36 34 0 0.0 95 .154 .067 .262 .067 .330 .100 .385 .167 .715 -54 .000 -6.2 -0.7 .107 .033 .033
1979 23 CIN NL 78 68 2 0.8 100 .200 .129 .270 .164 .336 .143 .401 .307 .737 -15 .041 -11.4 -1.2 .206 .057 .014
1980 24 CIN NL 63 56 1 0.5 96 .156 .091 .268 .123 .330 .109 .389 .232 .719 -35 .018 -10.1 -1.1 .160 .036 .018
1981 25 CIN NL 26 26 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .265 .000 .330 .000 .379 .000 .710 -100 .000 -5.1 -0.5 .000 .000 .000
1982 26 HOU NL 28 21 2 2.6 88 .375 .250 .256 .280 .318 .292 .372 .572 .690 67 .288 -1.0 -0.1 .444 .083 .042
1983 27 HOU NL 40 36 1 0.8 91 .130 .086 .255 .111 .322 .086 .378 .197 .700 -43 .040 -6.6 -0.7 .125 .029 .000
1984 28 HOU NL 38 35 1 0.8 87 .250 .129 .254 .125 .317 .161 .369 .286 .686 -17 .043 -4.6 -0.5 .179 .032 .032
1986 30 SFG NL 69 52 6 3.1 93 .343 .230 .256 .266 .325 .361 .385 .626 .710 75 .355 -2.3 -0.2 .532 .180 .131 .0
1987 31 SFG NL 57 52 1 0.5 102 .088 .060 .264 .113 .333 .060 .412 .173 .745 -51 .017 -10.9 -1.1 .125 .040 .000
1988 32 SFG NL 39 29 3 2.8 86 .400 .242 .252 .286 .315 .273 .369 .558 .684 65 .342 -1.5 -0.2 .440 .091 .030
1989 33 SFG NL 48 42 1 0.6 88 .120 .073 .250 .156 .317 .122 .373 .278 .690 -18 .033 -6.3 -0.7 .231 .146 .049
1990 34 SFG NL 31 30 0 0.0 95 .077 .043 .260 .043 .325 .087 .390 .130 .715 -64 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .091 .043 .043
1991 35 SFG NL 10 7 1 3.8 90 .667 .222 .253 .300 .320 .222 .379 .522 .699 52 .460 -0.6 -0.1 .429 .111 .000
14 Seasons 563 488 19 1.0 94 .203 .125 .260 .159 .326 .160 .386 .319 .712 -10 .071 -71.7 -7.4 .228 .073 .035 .0
162 Game Avg. 231 200 8 1.0 94 .203 .125 .260 .159 .326 .160 .386 .319 .712 -10 .071 -71.7 -7.4 .228 .073 .035
SFG (6 yrs) 254 212 12 1.5 93 .223 .143 .256 .191 .324 .198 .387 .389 .710 10 .129 -26.6 -2.7 .298 .111 .055 .0
CIN (4 yrs) 203 184 3 0.4 97 .158 .092 .267 .117 .333 .109 .392 .227 .725 -37 .015 -32.9 -3.4 .150 .040 .017
HOU (3 yrs) 106 92 4 1.2 89 .236 .144 .255 .161 .319 .167 .373 .328 .692 -5 .088 -12.2 -1.3 .218 .044 .022

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 23 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 31 SFG NL NLCS STL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL WS OAK L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 CIN NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 22 CIN NL 36 0.0% 47.2% 0.0% 2.8% 50% 1.8 30.0 1.00 36%
1979 23 CIN NL 78 0.0% 32.1% 3.9% 1.3% 11% 8.33 2.8 1.69 58%
1980 24 CIN NL 63 0.0% 36.5% 1.6% 1.6% 20% 23.00 2.4 55.0 1.13 51%
1981 25 CIN NL 26 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 0.0% 2.4 2.60 42%
1982 26 HOU NL 28 0.0% 28.6% 3.6% 3.6% 17% 8.00 3.0 0.56 57%
1983 27 HOU NL 40 0.0% 30.0% 2.5% 0.0% 0% 12.00 2.9 35.0 1.88 58%
1984 28 HOU NL 38 0.0% 42.1% 0.0% 2.6% 25% 1.9 31.0 2.17 42%
1986 30 SFG NL 69 2.9% 34.8% 4.4% 5.8% 29% 8.00 2.5 30.5 6.8 1.50 51%
1987 31 SFG NL 57 0.0% 28.1% 3.5% 0.0% 0% 8.00 3.1 16.7 0.80 60%
1988 32 SFG NL 39 0.0% 33.3% 5.1% 2.6% 13% 6.50 2.5 16.5 0.58 1.57 51% 21% 0.0% 50%
1989 33 SFG NL 48 0.0% 33.3% 8.3% 4.2% 67% 4.00 2.6 41.0 1.27 1.50 52% 4% 0.0% 55%
1990 34 SFG NL 31 0.0% 32.3% 0.0% 3.2% 100% 2.3 0.57 1.38 42% 10% 0.0% 57%
1991 35 SFG NL 10 0.0% 60.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 6.00 1.5 30% 0%
14 Seasons 563 0.4% 34.5% 3.2% 2.3% 22% 10.78 2.5 240.5 25.3 0.93 1.37 51% 11% 0.0% 53%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 22 CIN NL 0 0 150% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1979 23 CIN NL 1 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 33% 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1980 24 CIN NL 1 0 29% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 25 CIN NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 HOU NL 0 0 29% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1983 27 HOU NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1984 28 HOU NL 0 0 25% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 30 SFG NL 3 0 40% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 38% 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1987 31 SFG NL 1 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 32 SFG NL 0 0 30% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 1 0 14% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 34 SFG NL 0 0 200% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1991 35 SFG NL 0 0 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 7 0 36% 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 5 19% 23 21 2 5 3 2 8 5 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 22 CIN NL 36 31% 2 1 0 0 0 2.31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 6 0 0% 5 3 60% 20 1 5% 0 0 0 0 0
1979 23 CIN NL 78 44% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 13 2 15% 15 1 7% 52 0 0% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 0
1980 24 CIN NL 63 32% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 13 0 0% 16 3 19% 41 1 2% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1981 25 CIN NL 26 19% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 9 0 0% 10 1 10% 22 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1982 26 HOU NL 28 54% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 14 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1983 27 HOU NL 40 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 9 0 0% 10 2 20% 25 1 4% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1984 28 HOU NL 38 34% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 12 1 8% 11 2 18% 28 1 4% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1986 30 SFG NL 69 23% 14 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 6 5 83% 12 0 0% 8 2 25% 43 7 16% 6 3 50% 5 3 60% 0
1987 31 SFG NL 57 23% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 11 1 9% 17 4 24% 41 3 7% 8 2 25% 6 1 17% 0
1988 32 SFG NL 39 23% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 8 0 0% 7 2 29% 17 2 12% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 48 31% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 1 14% 8 2 25% 38 2 5% 4 2 50% 2 1 50% 0
1990 34 SFG NL 31 58% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 80% 15 0 0% 15 5 33% 27 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1991 35 SFG NL 10 10% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 563 32% 60 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.31 2 0 16 1 1 1 1 0 78 61 78% 120 5 4% 128 27 21% 370 18 5% 36 8 22% 30 8 27% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 32 SFG NL 39 143 3.67 99 70% 26% 20% 29% 24% 74% 0% 51% 73% 50% 8% 3 0 13% 5 1 5% 2 1 46% 0 1 0
1989 33 SFG NL 47 189 4.02 123 65% 28% 25% 24% 22% 72% 0% 47% 64% 32% 0% 0 0 9% 4 1 6% 3 2 50% 1 0 1
1990 34 SFG NL 21 59 2.81 45 76% 18% 22% 27% 33% 82% 0% 63% 73% 57% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 17% 10 0 0
1991 35 SFG NL 10 39 3.90 26 67% 38% 38% 12% 12% 62% 0% 41% 38% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 117 430 3.68 293 68% 27% 24% 25% 24% 73% 0% 50% 67% 43% 3% 3 0 8% 9 2 4% 5 3 41% 11 1 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 22 17 36 30 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .067 .067 .100 .167 -54 3 0 0 6 0 0
1979 23 52 114 100 6 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 42 .110 .136 .130 .266 -26 13 2 0 11 0 0
1980 24 86 177 155 8 16 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 65 .103 .131 .123 .254 -29 19 2 1 17 0 0
1981 25 106 203 174 8 16 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 73 .092 .117 .109 .227 -37 19 2 1 24 0 0
1982 26 147 231 198 10 22 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 81 .111 .137 .131 .269 -25 26 2 1 27 0 0
1983 27 185 271 233 11 25 4 0 0 3 0 0 6 93 .107 .133 .124 .258 -27 29 2 1 31 0 0
1984 28 224 309 264 12 29 5 0 0 4 0 0 6 109 .110 .132 .129 .261 -26 34 3 1 37 1 0
1985 29 224 309 264 12 29 5 0 0 4 0 0 6 109 .110 .132 .129 .261 -26 34 3 1 37 1 0
1986 30 261 378 325 20 43 7 0 2 13 0 0 9 133 .132 .158 .172 .330 -7 56 3 1 42 1 0
1987 31 300 435 375 22 46 7 0 2 16 0 0 11 149 .123 .152 .157 .309 -13 59 4 2 46 1 0
1988 32 319 474 408 25 54 8 0 2 18 0 0 13 162 .132 .163 .167 .329 -7 68 4 2 50 1 0
1989 33 364 522 449 26 57 10 0 2 19 0 0 17 178 .127 .162 .163 .325 -8 73 5 2 53 1 0
1990 34 377 553 472 28 58 11 0 2 19 0 0 17 188 .123 .157 .159 .315 -11 75 5 2 61 1 0
1991 35 395 563 481 30 60 11 0 2 19 0 0 18 194 .125 .159 .160 .319 -10 77 5 2 61 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 22 17 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
1979 23 35 74 71 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 3 25 .141 .176 .155 .331 2 35
1980 24 34 58 56 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 23 .107 .138 .125 .263 1 34
1981 25 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20
1982 26 41 27 26 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 .308 .333 .346 .679 3 41
1983 27 38 39 37 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 12 .135 .179 .135 .315 1 38
1984 28 39 32 31 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 39
1986 30 37 66 63 9 16 2 0 2 10 0 3 24 .254 .288 .381 .669 7 37
1987 31 39 59 53 4 6 0 0 0 6 0 4 16 .113 .203 .113 .317 1 39
1988 32 19 37 35 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 2 13 .286 .324 .314 .639 4 19
1989 33 45 45 41 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 4 16 .073 .156 .122 .278 1 45
1990 34 13 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
1991 35 18 12 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .300 .417 .300 .717 1 18
13 Seasons 405 531 505 32 67 8 0 2 24 0 22 198 .133 .173 .160 .334 22 395
162 Game Avg. 162 212 202 13 27 3 0 1 10 0 9 79 .133 .173 .160 .334 9 395

* 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

All-Star Games
1979 *

                                         

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