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Fred Lasher

Frederick Walter Lasher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 19, 1941 in Poughkeepsie, NY
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1963
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Twins/Angels 1963-1971

Final Game: July 1, 1971
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Standard Pitching

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
1960	18	MIN-min	D-	2	2	.500	7.31	7	6					32.0	31	33	26	1	28								1.844	8.7	0.3	7.9			WYV · APPY
1961	19	MIN-min	D	8	9	.471	4.04	36	13					127.0	97	65	57	13	80								1.394	6.9	0.9	5.7			FWB · ALFL
1962	20	MIN-min	C	8	5	.615	2.03	41	5		3	1		115.0	77	31	26	4	54	4	132	9	0	4			1.139	6.0	0.3	4.2	10.3	2.44	BMA · NORL
1963	21	MIN-min	AA	3	5	.375	2.84	32	0					57.0	39	24	18	6	27		72						1.158	6.2	0.9	4.3	11.4	2.67	CHR · SALL
1963	21	MIN	AL	0	0		4.76	11	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	12	10	6	1	11	1	10	0	1	0	58	79	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91

1964	22	MIN-min	A,AA,AAA	5	4	.556	4.55	45	4		0	0		95.0	99	50	48	9	50	0	33	1	0	0			1.568	9.4	0.9	4.7	3.1	0.66	BMA,CHR,ATA · NORL,SOUL,IL
1965	23	MIN-min	A	5	5	.500	1.94	42	0					65.0	45	16	14	2	30								1.154	6.2	0.3	4.2			WLS · CARL
1966	24	MIN-min	A	6	10	.375	2.15	44	0					92.0	60	32	22	3	45								1.141	5.9	0.3	4.4			WLS · CARL
1967	25	DET-min	AA,AAA	10	2	.833	0.64	44	0		0	0		70.0	43	11	5	0	17	3	67	1	0	0			0.857	5.5	0.0	2.2	8.6	3.94	MTG,TOL · SOUL,IL
1967	25	DET	AL	2	1	.667	3.90	17	0	12	0	0	9	30.0	25	14	13	1	11	1	28	1	0	1	126	85	1.200	7.5	0.3	3.3	8.4	2.55
1968	26	DET	AL	5	1	.833	3.33	34	0	14	0	0	5	48.2	37	19	18	5	22	7	32	0	0	2	200	91	1.212	6.8	0.9	4.1	5.9	1.45
1969	27	DET	AL	2	1	.667	3.07	32	0	5	0	0	0	44.0	34	16	15	5	22	1	26	2	0	0	181	123	1.273	7.0	1.0	4.5	5.3	1.18
1970	28	TOT	AL	2	10	.167	4.19	55	1	21	0	0	8	66.2	67	40	31	6	42	2	52	4	0	2	308	94	1.635	9.0	0.8	5.7	7.0	1.24
1970	28	DET	AL	1	3	.250	5.00	12	0	8	0	0	3	9.0	10	6	5	0	12	1	8	1	0	1	50	78	2.444	10.0	0.0	12.0	8.0	0.67
1970	28	CLE	AL	1	7	.125	4.06	43	1	13	0	0	5	57.2	57	34	26	6	30	1	44	3	0	1	258	97	1.509	8.9	0.9	4.7	6.9	1.47
1971	29	ANA-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.92	32	1		0	0	10	62.0	67	33	27	7	33	1	44	0	0	1			1.613	9.7	1.0	4.8	6.4	1.33	SLC · PCL
1971	29	CAL	AL	0	0		27.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	16	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
6 Yrs				11	13	.458	3.88	151	1	55	0	0	22	202.0	179	103	87	18	110	12	148	7	1	5	882	92	1.431	8.0	0.8	4.9	6.6	1.35
162 Game Avg.				5	6	.458	3.88	68	0	25	0	0	10	90	80	46	39	8	49	5	66	3	0	2	395	92	1.431	8.0	0.8	4.9	6.6	1.35

DET (4 yrs)				10	6	.625	3.49	95	0	39	0	0	17	131.2	106	55	51	11	67	10	94	4	0	4	557	98	1.314	7.2	0.8	4.6	6.4	1.40
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		4.76	11	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	12	10	6	1	11	1	10	0	1	0	58	79	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91
CAL (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	16	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
CLE (1 yr)				1	7	.125	4.06	43	1	13	0	0	5	57.2	57	34	26	6	30	1	44	3	0	1	258	97	1.509	8.9	0.9	4.7	6.9	1.47

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1963	21	MIN	AL	11.1	11	0	10	7.94	4.02	0.23	-0.17	99.9	3.62	-5	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.448	.496	$

1967	25	DET	AL	30.0	17	0	14	4.20	3.80	0.36	-0.15	103.3	3.40	-2	-0.3	2.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0	.484	.498	$
1968	26	DET	AL	48.2	34	0	19	3.51	3.33	0.38	-0.14	101.5	2.85	-3	-0.4	1.4	-0.2	-0.2	-0	.489	.498	$
1969	27	DET	AL	44.0	32	0	16	3.27	4.33	0.19	-0.18	103.8	4.11	4	0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.8	8	.516	.503	$
1970	28	DET	AL	9.0	12	0	6	6.00	4.31	-0.37	-0.18	102.6	4.62	-1	-0.1	2.9	-0.2	-0.2	-0	.488	.499	$
1970	28	CLE	AL	57.2	43	1	34	5.31	4.17	0.05	-0.17	106.1	4.20	-7	-0.7	1.6	-0.3	-0.5	-1	.483	.496	$17,750
1971	29	CAL	AL	1.1	2	0	4	27.00	3.56	0.19	-0.16	90.0	2.90	-4	-0.3	.1	0.2	-0.2	-3	.327	.498	$18,500
6 Seasons				202.0	151	1	103	4.59	3.94	0.20	-0.16	103.5	3.71	-18	-1.9	1.6	-0.8	-1.1	-2	.487	.498	$36,250

DET (4 yrs)				131.2	95	0	55	3.76	3.84	0.26	-0.16	102.8	3.52	-2	-0.3	1.6	-0.6	0.1	7	.497	.500	$
MIN (1 yr)				11.1	11	0	10	7.94	4.02	0.23	-0.17	99.9	3.62	-5	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.448	.496	$
CAL (1 yr)				1.1	2	0	4	27.00	3.56	0.19	-0.16	90.0	2.90	-4	-0.3	.1	0.2	-0.2	-3	.327	.498	$18,500
CLE (1 yr)				57.2	43	1	34	5.31	4.17	0.05	-0.17	106.1	4.20	-7	-0.7	1.6	-0.3	-0.5	-1	.483	.496	$17,750

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1968	26	DET	AL	WS	W	STL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5
1 WS							0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1963	21	MIN	AL	11	58	42	10	12	4	0	1	0	0	11	10	.286	.426	.452	.878	.344	19	0	0	4	1	1	3

1967	25	DET	AL	17	126	113	14	25	2	1	1	2	1	11	28	.221	.296	.283	.579	.286	32	2	1	1	0	1	2
1968	26	DET	AL	34	200	172	19	37	5	0	5	4	2	22	32	.215	.303	.331	.634	.235	57	4	0	5	1	7	2
1969	27	DET	AL	32	181	152	16	34	8	3	5	3	4	22	26	.224	.326	.414	.740	.236	63	2	2	3	2	1	2
1970	28	TOT	AL	55	307	252	40	67	9	0	6	9	2	42	52	.266	.372	.373	.745	.305	94	8	4	4	6	2	6
1970	28	CLE	AL	43	257	216	34	57	8	0	6	7	1	30	44	.264	.354	.384	.739	.298	83	7	3	4	5	1	5
1970	28	DET	AL	12	50	36	6	10	1	0	0	2	1	12	8	.278	.460	.306	.766	.345	11	1	1	0	1	1	1
1971	29	CAL	AL	2	9	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.667	.667	.833	1.500	.571	5	1	0	0	1	0	0
6 Yrs				151	881	737	103	179	29	4	18	18	9	110	148	.243	.342	.366	.709	.277	270	17	7	17	11	12	15
162 Game Avg.				68	394	330	46	80	13	2	8	8	4	49	66	.243	.342	.366	.709	.277	121	8	3	8	5	5	7
MLB Averages																.247	.313	.368	.681	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1963	21	MIN	AL	-2.6	-0.3	63	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	.79	-0.5	-0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.78	-5.2	3	1	6

1967	25	DET	AL	-1.6	-0.2	130	0.9	4.1	-3.2	1.95	0.3	0.1	3.2	0.4	1.95	3.4	11	3	3
1968	26	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	208	-0.2	4.4	-4.6	1.50	0.5	-0.6	-1.4	-0.2	1.50	0.7	13	11	9
1969	27	DET	AL	3.9	0.4	189	-0.2	2.8	-3.1	.90	-0.1	-0.1	3.4	0.4	0.90	-0.9	7	11	14
1970	28	TOT	AL	-4.0	-0.4	325	-3.6	6.3	-9.9	1.41	-1.1	-1.5	-18.7	-1.9	1.41	-12.0	29	8	15
1970	28	DET	AL	-1.2	-0.1	54	-0.9	1.9	-2.9	2.63	-0.4	0.1	-6.4	-0.6	2.63	-4.5	10	0	2
1970	28	CLE	AL	-2.8	-0.3	271	-2.7	4.4	-7.1	1.17	-0.7	-1.6	-12.3	-1.2	1.17	-7.4	19	8	13
1971	29	CAL	AL	-3.4	-0.3	9	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.05	-0.2	-0.3	-3.0	-0.3	0.05	-2.0	0	0	2
6 Yrs				-8.5	-0.9	924	-3.6	18.3	-21.9	1.35	-1.0	-1.6	-21.1	-2.1	1.35	-16.0	63	34	49

Starting Pitching*

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
1970	28	TOT	AL	55	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		34	34	23	8	1	0	2.0	0.0	1.0
1970	28	CLE	AL	43	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34.0	34	34	16	6	1	0	2.0	0.0	1.0
1 Yr				43	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34	34	34	16	6	1	0	2.0	0.0	1.0
MLB Averages													.500						56%	54	116	0					4.0	3.9	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1963	21	MIN	AL	11	11	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	11	3	27%	5	.789	3	1	6	0	2	9	6	5	2	3	4	2	3.1

1967	25	DET	AL	17	17	12	2	1	10	9	1	90%	12	2	17	3	18%	8	1.953	11	3	3	12	3	2	10	7	12	2	12	4	5.3
1968	26	DET	AL	34	34	14	5	1	7	5	2	71%	11	2	28	10	36%	8	1.499	13	11	9	12	8	14	15	19	16	13	16	5	4.3
1969	27	DET	AL	32	32	5	2	1	1	0	1	0%	4	3	33	12	36%	6	.900	7	11	14	4	4	24	18	14	15	12	18	5	4.1
1970	28	TOT	AL	55	54	21	2	9	13	8	5	62%	15	2	63	30	48%		1.411	29	8	15	17	14	23	29	25	18	23	20	14	3.6
1970	28	DET	AL	12	12	8	1	3	4	3	1	75%	4	0	21	10	48%	9	2.629	10	0	2	4	5	3	8	4	1	10	2	4	2.3
1970	28	CLE	AL	43	42	13	1	6	9	5	4	56%	11	2	42	20	48%	7	1.174	19	8	13	13	9	20	21	21	17	13	18	10	4.0
1971	29	CAL	AL	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.047	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	2.0
6 Yrs				151	150	55	11	12	31	22	9	71%	42	9	152	58	38%		1.349	63	34	49	45	31	74	78	72	63	54	70	30	4.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	21	MIN	AL	58	71%	1.7%	17.2%	19.0%	8.6%	42%	0.91	55%	13	0	0%

1967	25	DET	AL	126	52%	0.8%	22.2%	8.7%	3.2%	16%	1.40	67%	34	2	6%
1968	26	DET	AL	200	65%	2.5%	16.0%	11.0%	5.0%	27%	1.47	68%	33	4	12%
1969	27	DET	AL	181	64%	2.8%	14.4%	12.2%	8.8%	47%	1.56	68%	37	2	5%
1970	28	TOT	AL	309	64%	2.0%	16.9%	13.7%	4.9%	22%	1.22	65%	76	8	11%
1970	28	DET	AL	50	56%	0.0%	16.0%	24.0%	2.0%	10%	1.57	58%	16	1	6%
1970	28	CLE	AL	259	65%	2.3%	17.1%	11.7%	5.5%	25%	1.18	67%	60	7	12%
1971	29	CAL	AL	9	44%	0.0%	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	25%	1.00	78%	4	1	25%
6 Yrs				883	63%	2.0%	16.8%	12.5%	5.8%	29%	1.35	66%	197	17	9%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.4%	8.3%	6.1%	27%	1.10	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1963	21	MIN	AL	58	12			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	4	0	133%	3	0	2	36	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

1967	25	DET	AL	126	25			1	0	5	0	1	1	0	9	6	1	67%	2	1	0	54	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1968	26	DET	AL	200	37			5	0	7	2	3	2	3	14	6	2	43%	2	2	0	69	4	2	67%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1969	27	DET	AL	181	34			5	0	8	2	3	3	2	18	8	3	44%	2	0	0	65	3	4	43%	3	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0
1970	28	TOT	AL	307	67			6	0	29	4	2	4	2	29	21	2	72%	6	2	2	134	9	2	82%	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
1970	28	DET	AL	50	10			0	0	12	0	0	0	0	9	5	2	56%	1	1	0	19	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1970	28	CLE	AL	257	57			6	0	17	4	2	4	2	20	16	0	80%	5	1	2	115	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
1971	29	CAL	AL	9	4			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	0	0	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6 Yrs				881	179			18	0	51	9	9	10	8	75	47	8	63%	15	5	4	362	18	9	67%	17	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	28	2
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1963	21	0	0		4.76	11	0	2	0	11.1	12	10	6	1	11	1	10	0	1	0	58	79	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91	79
1964	22	0	0		4.76	11	0	2	0	11.1	12	10	6	1	11	1	10	0	1	0	58	79	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91	79
1965	23	0	0		4.76	11	0	2	0	11.1	12	10	6	1	11	1	10	0	1	0	58	79	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91	79
1966	24	0	0		4.76	11	0	2	0	11.1	12	10	6	1	11	1	10	0	1	0	58	79	2.029	9.5	0.8	8.7	7.9	0.91	79
1967	25	2	1	.667	4.14	28	0	14	9	41.1	37	24	19	2	22	2	38	1	1	1	184	83	1.427	8.1	0.4	4.8	8.3	1.73	83
1968	26	7	2	.778	3.70	62	0	28	14	90.0	74	43	37	7	44	9	70	1	1	3	384	87	1.311	7.4	0.7	4.4	7.0	1.59	87
1969	27	9	3	.750	3.49	94	0	33	14	134.0	108	59	52	12	66	10	96	3	1	3	565	97	1.299	7.3	0.8	4.4	6.4	1.45	97
1970	28	11	13	.458	3.72	149	1	54	22	200.2	175	99	83	18	108	12	148	7	1	5	873	96	1.410	7.8	0.8	4.8	6.6	1.37	96
1971	29	11	13	.458	3.88	151	1	55	22	202.0	179	103	87	18	110	12	148	7	1	5	882	92	1.431	8.0	0.8	4.9	6.6	1.35	92

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1963	21	0	1	.000	5.73	11.0	13	8	7	1	12	10	0	2.273	10.6	9.8	8.2	0.83	0.8	11

1967	25	1	2	.333	4.97	29.0	27	18	16	1	12	27	1	1.345	8.4	3.7	8.4	2.25	0.3	17
1968	26	2	2	.500	4.70	44.0	42	26	23	6	25	29	0	1.523	8.6	5.1	5.9	1.16	1.2	34
1969	27	2	2	.500	3.60	40.0	35	18	16	5	23	24	2	1.450	7.9	5.2	5.4	1.04	1.1	32
1970	28	3	4	.429	4.29	65.0	67	34	31	6	42	51	4	1.677	9.3	5.8	7.1	1.21	0.8	55
1971	29	0	0		45.00	1.0	4	6	5	0	2	0	0	6.000	36.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	2
6 Yrs		8	11	.421	4.64	190.0	188	110	98	19	116	141	7	1.600	8.9		6.7	1.22	0.9	151

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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