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Tim Laker
Timothy John Laker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 27, 1969 in Encino, CA
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1992
Final Game: June 18, 2006
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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
1992 22 MON NL 28 48 46 8 10 3 0 0 4 1 1 2 14 .217 .250 .283 .533 52 13 1 0 0 0 0 2
1993 23 MON NL 43 93 86 3 17 2 1 0 7 2 0 2 16 .198 .222 .244 .466 23 21 2 1 3 1 0 2
1995 25 MON NL 64 158 141 17 33 8 1 3 20 0 1 14 38 .234 .306 .369 .675 75 52 5 1 1 1 4 2
1997 27 BAL AL 7 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .000 .118 .000 .118 -65 0 0 0 1 1 0 /2
1998 28 TOT MLB 17 32 29 3 10 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 4 .345 .375 .483 .858 122 14 1 0 0 1 0 /32D
1998 28 TBD AL 3 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2D
1998 28 PIT NL 14 26 24 2 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .375 .385 .542 .926 139 13 1 0 0 1 0 /32
1999 29 PIT NL 6 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2001 31 CLE AL 16 40 33 5 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 6 8 .182 .308 .273 .580 56 9 1 0 1 0 0 2/1
2003 33 CLE AL 52 176 162 17 39 11 0 3 21 2 2 9 38 .241 .281 .364 .645 72 59 4 0 5 0 1 2/D
2004 34 CLE AL 43 128 117 12 25 2 0 3 17 0 0 7 28 .214 .262 .308 .570 52 36 5 1 2 1 1 2/1
2005 35 TBD AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2006 36 CLE AL 4 13 13 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .308 .308 .385 .692 78 5 0 0 0 0 0 /2
11 Seasons 281 716 651 66 147 28 2 11 79 5 5 44 162 .226 .276 .326 .602 59 212 19 3 13 5 6
162 Game Avg. 162 413 375 38 85 16 1 6 46 3 3 25 93 .226 .276 .326 .602 59 122 11 2 7 3 3
CLE (4 yrs) 115 357 325 35 74 14 0 7 45 2 2 22 78 .228 .278 .335 .613 63 109 10 1 8 1 2
MON (3 yrs) 135 299 273 28 60 13 2 3 31 3 2 18 68 .220 .271 .315 .586 55 86 8 2 4 2 4
TBD (2 yrs) 4 7 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 23 1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 20 35 33 2 12 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .364 .371 .485 .856 120 16 1 0 0 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 7 18 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .000 .118 .000 .118 -65 0 0 0 1 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 126 382 345 36 75 14 0 7 46 2 3 25 89 .217 .271 .319 .590 57 110 10 1 9 2 2
NL (5 yrs) 155 334 306 30 72 14 2 4 33 3 2 19 73 .235 .282 .333 .615 62 102 9 2 4 3 4

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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
2001 31 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
2004 34 CLE AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 68 68 0 0 0 68 0 34 0 0 0 306 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 4.5 0.50

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1992 MON NL 22 C 28 11 127.1 111 102 8 1 1 .991 -2.0 -18.8 -2 7.77 3.93 .991 6.67 5.68 4 3 13 2 13%
1993 MON NL 23 C 43 26 230.1 156 136 18 2 2 .987 -7.0 -36.5 -7 6.02 3.58 .989 6.74 5.75 9 15 28 6 18%
1995 MON NL 25 C 61 42 378.1 299 265 27 7 1 .977 -4.0 -12.7 -4 6.95 4.79 .989 7.40 6.34 4 20 41 14 25%
1997 BAL AL 27 C 7 4 39.0 29 28 0 1 0 .966 -1.0 -30.8 -1 6.46 4.00 .990 7.15 6.09 0 0 6 1 14%
1998 TOT MLB 28 C 3 1 12.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -100.0 -1 5.25 2.33 .986 7.20 6.27 2 1 0 0
1998 TBD AL 28 C 2 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.00 2.50 .980 7.10 6.15 1 0 0 0
1998 TBD AL 28 DH 1
1998 PIT NL 28 1B 4 4 28.0 34 33 1 0 4 1.000 -0.2 -8.6 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 10.93 8.50 .994 9.45 8.00
1998 PIT NL 28 C 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -400.0 -1 6.00 2.00 1.000 7.50 6.50 1 1 0 0
1999 PIT NL 29 C 2 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 4.50 .989 7.40 6.15 0 0 1 0 0%
2001 CLE AL 31 C 14 8 84.1 83 76 6 1 2 .988 -2.0 -28.5 -2 8.75 5.86 .990 7.17 6.12 0 3 15 2 12%
2001 CLE AL 31 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.50
2003 CLE AL 33 C 50 42 401.2 289 265 19 5 6 .983 -1.0 -3.0 -1 6.36 5.68 .991 6.79 5.88 4 16 23 11 32%
2003 CLE AL 33 DH 2
2004 CLE AL 34 C 41 31 298.2 258 233 21 4 0 .984 -1.0 -4.0 -1 7.65 6.20 .992 7.12 6.19 5 4 22 7 24%
2004 CLE AL 34 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.40
2005 TBD AL 35 C 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 6.75 6.00 0 0 0 0
2006 CLE AL 36 C 4 4 33.0 25 24 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -36.4 -1 6.82 6.25 .992 7.09 6.32 0 1 9 1 10%
11 Seasons C 254 170 1615.2 1267 1146 100 21 13 .983 -20.0 -14.9 -20 6.94 4.91 .991 7.02 6.03 28 63 158 44 22%
1 Season 1B 4 4 28.0 34 33 1 0 4 1.000 -0.2 -8.6 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 10.93 8.50 .994 9.45 8.00
2 Seasons DH 3
2 Seasons P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.45
11 Seasons TOT 260 174 1645.2 1301 1179 101 21 17 .984 -20.2 -14.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 -20 7.00 4.92 .974 7.05 6.02 28 63 158 44 22%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3938), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 49th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1988.

March 25, 1997: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Montreal Expos.

October 17, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

November 18, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

June 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

July 9, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December 18, 1998: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

January 11, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March 26, 1999: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Pittsburgh Pirates for . The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Jason Ryan (June 1, 2001) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

October 14, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

March 1, 2002: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

March 5, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 7, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 5, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

June 23, 2006: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1993Montreal Expos$113,500
1995Montreal Expos$121,000
1996Montreal Expos$121,000
2003Cleveland Indians$400,000
2004Cleveland Indians$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,205,500
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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