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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
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 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
1978 22 CIN NL 4 8 .333 4.50 16 15 0 2 1 0 96.0 104 56 48 5 46 9 31 1 1 2 420 80 1.563 9.8 0.5 4.3 2.9 0.67
1979 23 CIN NL 14 8 .636 3.50 35 32 0 6 1 0 205.2 202 92 80 13 79 8 73 2 3 3 868 108 1.366 8.8 0.6 3.5 3.2 0.92 AS
1980 24 CIN NL 10 12 .455 4.62 34 29 1 4 2 0 169.1 207 101 87 9 68 8 59 1 2 3 762 78 1.624 11.0 0.5 3.6 3.1 0.87
1981 25 CIN NL 4 7 .364 6.12 20 13 3 1 1 1 78.0 102 55 53 7 30 4 22 1 0 1 354 58 1.692 11.8 0.8 3.5 2.5 0.73
1982 26 HOU NL 6 6 .500 2.90 41 8 11 0 0 0 115.0 107 41 37 3 54 6 51 4 1 5 488 115 1.400 8.4 0.2 4.2 4.0 0.94
1983 27 HOU NL 5 7 .417 4.43 38 17 6 2 0 1 138.0 142 81 68 10 56 11 53 2 1 9 590 76 1.435 9.3 0.7 3.7 3.5 0.95
1984 28 HOU NL 7 5 .583 4.02 39 18 6 2 1 3 132.0 132 64 59 3 55 5 86 0 1 9 565 82 1.417 9.0 0.2 3.8 5.9 1.56
1985 29 KCR AL 1 1 .500 5.09 21 0 7 0 0 1 40.2 49 25 23 2 29 6 26 0 0 2 193 82 1.918 10.8 0.4 6.4 5.8 0.90
1986 30 SFG NL 10 13 .435 3.57 37 31 1 4 1 0 204.1 179 99 81 14 70 8 86 6 5 5 842 99 1.219 7.9 0.6 3.1 3.8 1.23
1987 31 SFG NL 13 10 .565 3.68 39 26 4 2 1 0 171.0 184 78 70 16 63 12 79 2 1 6 728 105 1.444 9.7 0.8 3.3 4.2 1.25
1988 32 SFG NL 7 7 .500 3.62 19 19 0 1 1 0 114.1 99 55 46 5 47 3 70 1 2 6 477 91 1.277 7.8 0.4 3.7 5.5 1.49
1989 33 SFG NL 10 10 .500 3.17 45 18 16 1 0 6 150.1 143 62 53 3 65 4 78 7 5 1 647 106 1.384 8.6 0.2 3.9 4.7 1.20
1990 34 SFG NL 6 4 .600 3.94 13 12 0 1 0 0 77.2 75 37 34 5 39 2 39 0 1 1 337 93 1.468 8.7 0.6 4.5 4.5 1.00
1991 35 SFG NL 1 5 .167 7.23 18 5 6 0 0 0 47.1 61 39 38 4 24 0 30 2 0 2 225 50 1.796 11.6 0.8 4.6 5.7 1.25
14 Seasons 98 103 .488 4.02 415 243 61 26 9 12 1739.2 1786 885 777 99 725 86 783 29 23 55 7496 88 1.443 9.2 0.5 3.8 4.1 1.08
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .488 4.02 43 25 6 3 1 1 180 185 91 80 10 75 9 81 3 2 6 775 88 1.443 9.2 0.5 3.8 4.1 1.08
SFG (6 yrs) 47 49 .490 3.79 171 111 27 9 3 6 765.0 741 370 322 47 308 29 382 18 14 21 3256 94 1.371 8.7 0.6 3.6 4.5 1.24
CIN (4 yrs) 32 35 .478 4.39 105 89 4 13 5 1 549.0 615 304 268 34 223 29 185 5 6 9 2404 83 1.526 10.1 0.6 3.7 3.0 0.83
HOU (3 yrs) 18 18 .500 3.83 118 43 23 4 1 4 385.0 381 186 164 16 165 22 190 6 3 23 1643 87 1.418 8.9 0.4 3.9 4.4 1.15
KCR (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.09 21 0 7 0 0 1 40.2 49 25 23 2 29 6 26 0 0 2 193 82 1.918 10.8 0.4 6.4 5.8 0.90
NL (13 yrs) 97 102 .487 3.99 394 243 54 26 9 11 1699.0 1737 860 754 97 696 80 757 29 23 53 7303 89 1.432 9.2 0.5 3.7 4.0 1.09
AL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 5.09 21 0 7 0 0 1 40.2 49 25 23 2 29 6 26 0 0 2 193 82 1.918 10.8 0.4 6.4 5.8 0.90

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 23 CIN NL NLCS L PIT 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.000 5.4 0.0 21.6 0.0 0.00
1987 31 SFG NL NLCS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 13 1.200 2.7 0.0 8.1 5.4 0.67
1989 33 SFG NL NLCS W CHC 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 2.333 21.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1989 33 SFG NL WS L OAK 0 0 6.23 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 20 1.615 8.3 0.0 6.2 4.2 0.67
3 Seasons (4 Series) 0 1 .000 5.84 6 2 2 0 0 0 12.1 13 8 8 0 10 2 6 0 0 1 61 1.865 9.5 0.0 7.3 4.4 0.60
3 NLCS 0 1 .000 5.62 4 2 1 0 0 0 8.0 9 5 5 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 41 2.000 10.1 0.0 7.9 4.5 0.57
1 WS 0 0 6.23 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 4 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 20 1.615 8.3 0.0 6.2 4.2 0.67
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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

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
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 2 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) 6 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 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 CIN NL 22 P 16 15 96.0 21 8 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.97 1.31 .948 1.91 0.72
1979 CIN NL 23 P 35 32 205.2 51 15 34 2 4 .961 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.29 1.26 .952 1.91 0.69
1981 CIN NL 25 P 20 13 78.0 21 6 14 1 0 .952 0.0 0.0 2.31 1.00 .957 1.97 0.68
1982 HOU NL 26 P 41 8 115.0 26 7 16 3 3 .885 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.15 0.87 .948 1.92 0.68
1984 HOU NL 28 P 39 18 132.0 31 9 20 2 2 .935 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.99 0.43 .956 1.86 0.70
1986 SFG NL 30 P 37 31 204.1 54 19 34 1 2 .981 0.0 0.0 2.33 1.43 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 SFG NL 31 P 39 26 171.0 60 15 43 2 4 .967 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.31 2.21 .952 1.96 0.69
1989 SFG NL 33 P 45 18 150.1 36 12 20 4 1 .889 0.0 0.0 1.92 0.71 .950 1.87 0.63
1990 SFG NL 34 P 13 12 77.2 14 5 8 1 1 .929 0.0 0.0 1.51 1.00 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 SFG NL 35 P 18 5 47.1 10 4 5 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 1.71 0.50 .960 1.86 0.59
14 Seasons P 415 243 1739.2 454 126 308 20 24 .956 0.0 0.0 2.25 1.05 .953 1.90 0.66
14 Seasons TOT 415 243 1739.2 454 126 308 20 24 .956 0.0 0.0 2.25 1.05 .909 1.90 0.66

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1979 *

Wins s c a p y
1987 NL--13--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1979 NL--.636--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 NL--.569--6th
1980 NL--.478--9th

Losses s c a p y
1986 NL--13--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 NL--9--7th
1984 NL--9--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1986 NL--6--6th
1989 NL--7--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (2064), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1779), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  8. Denny Galehouse (949)
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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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.

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