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Bill Laskey

William Alan Laskey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 20, 1957 in Toledo, OH
High School: Woodward HS (Toledo, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1982
Teams (by GP): Giants/Indians/Expos 1982-1988

Final Game: August 13, 1988
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Standard Batting

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	20	KCR-min	AA,Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			JCK,ROY · SOUL,GULF
1979	21	KCR-min	AA,A	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			JCK,FTM · SOUL,FLOR
1980	22	KCR-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			OMA · AA
1981	23	KCR-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1982	24	SFG-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1982	24	SFG	NL	32	68	62	1	8	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	34	.129	.156	.129	.285	-19	8	1	0	4	0	0	1
1983	25	SFG	NL	26	56	47	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	21	.106	.236	.106	.343	-0	5	0	1	1	0	0	1
1984	26	SFG	NL	35	71	63	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	26	.063	.119	.063	.183	-46	4	1	0	4	0	0	1
1985	27	TOT	NL	30	49	37	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	16	.135	.220	.135	.355	4	5	0	1	8	0	0	1
1985	27	SFG	NL	19	39	30	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.133	.235	.133	.369	8	4	0	1	5	0	0	1
1985	27	MON	NL	11	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-18	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
1986	28	SFG-min	AAA	14	19	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.063	.063	.063	.125		1		0	3	0	0		PHX · PCL
1986	28	SFG	NL	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1987	29	DET-min	AAA	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1988	30	CLE-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
1988	30	CLE	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	31	KCR-min	AAA	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1990	32	ATL-min	AAA	49	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.200	.000	.200		0		0	1	0	0		RMD · IL
1991	33	TEX-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
6 Yrs				160	245	210	11	22	0	0	0	7	0	2	16	98	.105	.175	.105	.280	-19	22	2	2	17	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	248	213	11	22	0	0	0	7	0	2	16	99	.105	.175	.105	.280	-19	22	2	2	17	0	0

SFG (5 yrs)				132	235	203	10	21	0	0	0	6	0	2	16	94	.103	.176	.103	.280	-19	21	2	2	14	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				11	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-18	1	0	0	3	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				143	245	210	11	22	0	0	0	7	0	2	16	98	.105	.175	.105	.280	-19	22	2	2	17	0	0
AL (1 yr)				17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1982	24	SFG	NL	32	68	-9	-1	-0	0	8	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-1	$	1
1983	25	SFG	NL	26	56	-6	-1	0	0	7	-0	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1984	26	SFG	NL	35	71	-12	-0	0	0	8	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.488	.497	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1985	27	SFG	NL	19	39	-4	0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$355,000	1
1985	27	MON	NL	11	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1986	28	SFG	NL	20	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1

1988	30	CLE	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
6 Seasons				160	245	-33	-2	1	0	28	-6	-0.7	8	1	-0.7	.496	.499	-0.7	0.1	1	$355,000

SFG (5 yrs)				132	235	-32	-2	0	0	27	-6	-0.6	7	1	-0.7	.495	.499	-0.7	0.1	1	$355,000
CLE (1 yr)				17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
MON (1 yr)				11	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1982	24	SFG	NL	68	60	1	0.4	94	.286	.129	.264	.156	.327	.129	.384	.285	.712	-19	.016	-10.0	-1.0	.161	.016	.000
1983	25	SFG	NL	56	44	2	1.2	94	.192	.106	.260	.236	.328	.106	.385	.343	.713	-0	.093	-6.3	-0.6	.279	.128	.000
1984	26	SFG	NL	71	64	1	0.4	91	.108	.063	.260	.119	.324	.063	.378	.183	.702	-46	.015	-12.3	-1.3	.133	.063	.000
1985	27	TOT	NL	49	40	2	1.4	91	.238	.135	.254	.220	.321	.135	.379	.355	.700	4	.111	-4.6	-0.5	.281	.081	.000
1985	27	SFG	NL	39	31	2	1.7	91	.222	.133	.254	.235	.321	.133	.379	.369	.700	8	.166	-3.6	-0.4	.308	.100	.000
1985	27	MON	NL	10	9	0	0.0	91	.333	.143	.254	.143	.321	.143	.379	.286	.700	-18	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
1986	28	SFG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	93		.000	.256	.000	.325	.000	.385	.000	.710	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				245	209	6	0.8	93	.196	.105	.260	.175	.325	.105	.382	.280	.707	-19	.043	-33.5	-3.5	.198	.067	.000
162 Game Avg.				248	212	6	0.8	93	.196	.105	.260	.175	.325	.105	.382	.280	.707	-19	.043	-33.5	-3.5	.198	.067	.000

SFG (5 yrs)				235	200	6	0.8	93	.193	.103	.260	.176	.326	.103	.382	.280	.707	-19	.047	-32.4	-3.4	.199	.069	.000
MON (1 yr)				10	9	0	0.0	91	.333	.143	.254	.143	.321	.143	.379	.286	.700	-18	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

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
1982	24	SFG	NL	68	0.0%	50.0%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	17.00	1.8		15.5		1.67	41%
1983	25	SFG	NL	56	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.2		47.0		3.40	46%
1984	26	SFG	NL	71	0.0%	36.6%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	6.50	2.4				3.50	52%
1985	27	TOT	NL	49	0.0%	32.7%	6.1%	0.0%	0%	5.33	2.3		18.5		3.80	43%
1985	27	SFG	NL	39	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.5		30.0		2.80	46%
1985	27	MON	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8		7.0			30%
1986	28	SFG	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
6 Yrs				245	0.0%	40.0%	6.5%	0.0%	0%	6.13	2.1		30.0		2.93	46%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.3%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.69	6.2	40.2	8.3	0.80	1.07	74%	20%	8.2%	41%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1982	24	SFG	NL	-10.0	-1.0	69	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	.94	-1.0	0.0	-11.7	-1.2	1.01	-10.7	0
1983	25	SFG	NL	-6.3	-0.6	58	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.76	-0.7	0.2	-5.2	-0.6	0.90	-6.6	0
1984	26	SFG	NL	-12.3	-1.3	71	-1.3	0.3	-1.6	1.05	-1.2	-0.0	-12.6	-1.4	0.92	-12.4	0
1985	27	TOT	NL	-4.6	-0.5	51	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.01	-0.5	-0.0	-4.8	-0.5	0.88	-4.8	0
1985	27	SFG	NL	-3.6	-0.4	41	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.97	-0.4	-0.0	-4.0	-0.4	0.83	-3.7	0
1985	27	MON	NL	-1.1	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.18	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.09	-1.1	0
1986	28	SFG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.46	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.2	0

1988	30	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0
6 Yrs				-33.5	-3.5	250	-3.2	1.6	-4.7	.94	-3.5	0.1	-34.4	-3.7	0.93	-34.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	24	SFG	NL	1	10%	19	1	0%	1	1	1	0	0	25%	2	2	1	1	1	0	1
1983	25	SFG	NL	0	39%	16	1	0%	1	1	1	1	1	25%	2	2	0	0	2	0	1
1984	26	SFG	NL	1	38%	12	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1985	27	TOT	NL	0	22%	13	0		0	0	0	0	2	50%	2	2	0	0	2	0	2
1985	27	SFG	NL	0	13%	12	0		0	0	0	0	2	33%	2	2	0	0	1	0	1
1985	27	MON	NL	0	100%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1986	28	SFG	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2	28%	60	2	0%	2	2	2	1	3	29%	7	7	1	1	6	1	4

Situational Hitting*

						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
1982	24	SFG	NL	68	37%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	12	1	8%	19	4	21%	48	5	10%	7	2	29%	2	1	50%	0
1983	25	SFG	NL	56	39%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	5	1	20%	30	1	3%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1984	26	SFG	NL	71	35%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	9	1	11%	12	4	33%	39	0	0%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1985	27	TOT	NL	49	39%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	100%	8	0	0%	10	7	70%	23	2	9%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
1985	27	SFG	NL	39	41%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	5	0	0%	6	4	67%	15	1	7%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1985	27	MON	NL	10	30%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	4	3	75%	8	1	13%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1986	28	SFG	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				245	37%	22			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	17	17	100%	34	2	6%	46	16	35%	140	8	6%	12	3	25%	8	4	50%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1982	24	32	68	62	1	8	4	1	2	34	.129	.156	.129	.285	-19	8	1	0	4
1983	25	58	124	109	6	13	5	2	9	55	.119	.193	.119	.313	-10	13	1	1	5
1984	26	93	195	172	9	17	5	2	13	81	.099	.167	.099	.266	-23	17	2	1	9
1985	27	123	244	209	11	22	7	2	16	97	.105	.176	.105	.281	-18	22	2	2	17
1986	28	143	245	210	11	22	7	2	16	98	.105	.175	.105	.280	-19	22	2	2	17
1987	29	143	245	210	11	22	7	2	16	98	.105	.175	.105	.280	-19	22	2	2	17
1988	30	160	245	210	11	22	7	2	16	98	.105	.175	.105	.280	-19	22	2	2	17

Neutralized Batting

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

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1982	24	32	67	61	1	7	3	2	34	.115	.143	.115	.258	1	32
1983	25	26	56	47	5	5	1	7	21	.106	.236	.106	.343	1	26
1984	26	35	75	65	6	6	0	6	26	.092	.169	.092	.261	1	35
1985	27	30	49	37	2	5	2	3	16	.135	.220	.135	.355	1	30
1986	28	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20
5 Yrs		143	248	211	14	23	6	18	98	.109	.186	.109	.295	4	143
162 Game Avg.		162	281	239	16	26	7	20	111	.109	.186	.109	.295	5	143

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