Bill Laskey
William Alan Laskey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 20, 1957 in Toledo, OH
School: Kent State University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1982
Final Game: August 13, 1988
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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
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 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
6 Seasons 143 245 210 11 22 0 0 0 7 0 2 16 98 .105 .175 .105 .280 -19 22 2 2 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 278 238 12 25 0 0 0 8 0 2 18 111 .105 .175 .105 .280 -19 25 2 2 19 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
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

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1982 24 SFG NL 68 60 1 0.4 94 .286 .129 .264 .156 .327 .129 .384 .285 .711 -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 .712 -0 .093 -6.2 -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 Seasons 245 209 6 0.8 92 .196 .105 .260 .175 .325 .105 .381 .280 .707 -19 .043 -33.5 -3.5 .198 .067 .000
162 Game Avg. 278 237 7 0.8 92 .196 .105 .260 .175 .325 .105 .381 .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*

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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 Seasons 245 0.0% 40.0% 6.5% 0.0% 0% 6.13 2.1 30.0 2.93 46%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1982 24 SFG NL 1 0 10% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1983 25 SFG NL 0 0 39% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1984 26 SFG NL 1 0 38% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1985 27 TOT NL 0 0 22% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1985 27 SFG NL 0 0 13% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1985 27 MON NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2 0 28% 60 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 3 29% 7 7 0 1 1 0 6 1 4
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 9 1 11% 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 2 2 100% 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% 6 0 0% 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% 1 1 100% 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% 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 Seasons 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% 18 4 22% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 24 32 68 62 1 8 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 34 .129 .156 .129 .285 -19 8 1 0 4 0 0
1983 25 58 124 109 6 13 0 0 0 5 0 2 9 55 .119 .193 .119 .313 -10 13 1 1 5 0 0
1984 26 93 195 172 9 17 0 0 0 5 0 2 13 81 .099 .167 .099 .266 -23 17 2 1 9 0 0
1985 27 123 244 209 11 22 0 0 0 7 0 2 16 97 .105 .176 .105 .281 -18 22 2 2 17 0 0
1986 28 143 245 210 11 22 0 0 0 7 0 2 16 98 .105 .175 .105 .280 -19 22 2 2 17 0 0
1987 29 143 245 210 11 22 0 0 0 7 0 2 16 98 .105 .175 .105 .280 -19 22 2 2 17 0 0
1988 30 143 245 210 11 22 0 0 0 7 0 2 16 98 .105 .175 .105 .280 -19 22 2 2 17 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 24 32 63 61 1 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 34 .115 .143 .115 .258 1 32
1983 25 26 60 49 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 10 21 .143 .300 .143 .443 2 26
1984 26 35 71 65 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 26 .092 .169 .092 .261 1 35
1985 27 30 44 39 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 4 16 .179 .273 .179 .452 2 30
1986 28 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 20
5 Seasons 143 239 215 13 27 0 0 0 6 0 22 98 .126 .213 .126 .339 6 143
162 Game Avg. 162 271 244 15 31 0 0 0 7 0 25 111 .126 .213 .126 .339 7 143

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