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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 CIN NL 22 P 16 15 96.0 21 8 13 0 0 1.000 1.97 1.31 .948 1.91 0.72
1979 CIN NL 23 P 35 32 205.2 51 15 34 2 4 .961 2.14 1.40 .951 1.80 0.66 AS
1980 CIN NL 24 P 34 29 169.1 46 9 34 3 4 .935 2.29 1.26 .952 1.91 0.69
1981 CIN NL 25 P 20 13 78.0 21 6 14 1 0 .952 2.31 1.00 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 HOU NL 26 P 41 8 115.0 26 7 16 3 3 .885 1.80 0.56 .954 1.96 0.70
1983 HOU NL 27 P 38 17 138.0 33 6 27 0 1 1.000 2.15 0.87 .948 1.92 0.68
1984 HOU NL 28 P 39 18 132.0 31 9 20 2 2 .935 1.98 0.74 .955 1.88 0.67
1985 KCR AL 29 P 21 0 40.2 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.99 0.43 .956 1.86 0.70
1986 SFG NL 30 P 37 31 204.1 54 19 34 1 2 .981 2.33 1.43 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 SFG NL 31 P 39 26 171.0 60 15 43 2 4 .967 3.05 1.49 .955 1.91 0.62
1988 SFG NL 32 P 19 19 114.1 42 10 32 0 1 1.000 3.31 2.21 .952 1.96 0.69
1989 SFG NL 33 P 45 18 150.1 36 12 20 4 1 .889 1.92 0.71 .950 1.87 0.63
1990 SFG NL 34 P 13 12 77.2 14 5 8 1 1 .929 1.51 1.00 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 SFG NL 35 P 18 5 47.1 10 4 5 1 0 .900 1.71 0.50 .960 1.86 0.59
14 Seasons P 415 243 1739.2 454 126 308 20 24 .956 2.25 1.05 .953 1.90 0.66
14 Seasons TOT 415 243 1739.2 454 126 308 20 24 .956 2.25 1.05 .909 1.90 0.66

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 CIN NL 22 17 15 17 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1979 CIN NL 23 35 32 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CIN NL 24 34 29 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CIN NL 25 20 13 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 HOU NL 26 41 8 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 HOU NL 27 38 17 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 HOU NL 28 39 18 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 KCR AL 29 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SFG NL 30 37 31 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SFG NL 31 39 26 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SFG NL 32 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 33 45 18 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SFG NL 34 13 12 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SFG NL 35 18 5 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 416 243 395 415 415 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1978 CIN NL 22 442 82% 33% 18 83% 0 8 0 5 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1979 CIN NL 23 903 83% 33% 39 95% 1 15 1 11 34 25 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 3 3 1 6 100%
1980 CIN NL 24 808 84% 31% 41 88% 1 9 2 6 33 22 8 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 3 0 8 100%
1981 CIN NL 25 361 85% 34% 15 100% 0 6 0 5 15 15 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1982 HOU NL 26 514 79% 33% 20 90% 0 7 0 4 16 13 2 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 3 0 3 67%
1983 HOU NL 27 627 82% 34% 29 97% 0 6 0 4 27 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 100%
1984 HOU NL 28 608 77% 32% 28 93% 1 9 2 6 24 18 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 0
1985 KCR AL 29 197 72% 28% 8 100% 0 1 0 1 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
1986 SFG NL 30 888 82% 38% 40 98% 2 19 2 13 36 28 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 10 100%
1987 SFG NL 31 757 81% 33% 51 86% 2 13 3 9 44 32 3 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 2 3 8 88%
1988 SFG NL 32 501 76% 40% 34 91% 2 10 1 9 32 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1989 SFG NL 33 669 78% 38% 26 81% 1 12 1 10 19 17 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 67%
1990 SFG NL 34 352 78% 34% 11 73% 1 5 2 3 8 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 67%
1991 SFG NL 35 234 76% 38% 6 83% 0 4 0 4 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
14 Seasons 7861 80% 34% 366 90% 11 124 14 90 314 247 25 20 1 12 7 9 24 12 18 6 62 90%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 88%

* 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.

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