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 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
1982 24 SFG NL 13 12 .520 3.14 32 31 0 7 1 0 189.1 186 74 66 14 43 2 88 2 2 2 781 114 1.210 8.8 0.7 2.0 4.2 2.05
1983 25 SFG NL 13 10 .565 4.19 25 25 0 1 0 0 148.1 151 75 69 18 45 4 81 3 1 0 627 85 1.321 9.2 1.1 2.7 4.9 1.80
1984 26 SFG NL 9 14 .391 4.33 35 34 0 2 0 0 207.2 222 112 100 20 50 6 71 6 1 5 883 81 1.310 9.6 0.9 2.2 3.1 1.42
1985 27 TOT NL 5 16 .238 4.91 30 26 3 0 0 0 148.1 165 91 81 19 53 1 60 2 1 3 656 70 1.470 10.0 1.2 3.2 3.6 1.13
1985 27 SFG NL 5 11 .313 3.55 19 19 0 0 0 0 114.0 110 55 45 10 39 0 42 0 1 2 485 97 1.307 8.7 0.8 3.1 3.3 1.08
1985 27 MON NL 0 5 .000 9.44 11 7 3 0 0 0 34.1 55 36 36 9 14 1 18 2 0 1 171 36 2.010 14.4 2.4 3.7 4.7 1.29
1986 28 SFG NL 1 1 .500 4.28 20 0 7 0 0 1 27.1 28 14 13 5 13 1 8 0 0 0 117 83 1.500 9.2 1.6 4.3 2.6 0.62
1988 30 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 5.18 17 0 6 0 0 1 24.1 32 16 14 0 6 0 17 0 3 0 110 79 1.562 11.8 0.0 2.2 6.3 2.83
6 Seasons 42 53 .442 4.14 159 116 16 10 1 2 745.1 784 382 343 76 210 14 325 13 8 10 3174 86 1.334 9.5 0.9 2.5 3.9 1.55
162 Game Avg. 10 13 .442 4.14 39 29 4 2 0 0 184 194 94 85 19 52 3 80 3 2 2 785 86 1.334 9.5 0.9 2.5 3.9 1.55
SFG (5 yrs) 41 48 .461 3.84 131 109 7 10 1 1 686.2 697 330 293 67 190 13 290 11 5 9 2893 92 1.292 9.1 0.9 2.5 3.8 1.53
CLE (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.18 17 0 6 0 0 1 24.1 32 16 14 0 6 0 17 0 3 0 110 79 1.562 11.8 0.0 2.2 6.3 2.83
MON (1 yr) 0 5 .000 9.44 11 7 3 0 0 0 34.1 55 36 36 9 14 1 18 2 0 1 171 36 2.010 14.4 2.4 3.7 4.7 1.29
NL (5 yrs) 41 53 .436 4.11 142 116 10 10 1 1 721.0 752 366 329 76 204 14 308 13 5 10 3064 86 1.326 9.4 0.9 2.5 3.8 1.51
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.18 17 0 6 0 0 1 24.1 32 16 14 0 6 0 17 0 3 0 110 79 1.562 11.8 0.0 2.2 6.3 2.83

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1982 24 SFG NL 32 781 714 74 186 34 9 14 19 10 43 88 .261 .302 .392 .695 .279 280 13 2 17 5 2
1983 25 SFG NL 25 627 568 75 151 27 2 18 17 7 45 81 .266 .321 .415 .736 .281 236 8 3 7 4 4
1984 26 SFG NL 35 883 813 112 222 51 2 20 18 13 50 71 .273 .317 .415 .732 .277 337 13 6 6 8 6
1985 27 MON NL 11 171 152 36 55 9 1 9 5 1 14 18 .362 .420 .612 1.032 .365 93 3 2 2 1 1
1985 27 SFG NL 19 485 431 55 110 27 1 10 20 4 39 42 .255 .314 .392 .706 .261 169 11 0 11 4 0
1985 27 TOT NL 30 656 583 91 165 36 2 19 25 5 53 60 .283 .342 .449 .792 .287 262 14 2 13 5 1
1986 28 SFG NL 20 117 102 14 28 3 0 5 3 0 13 8 .275 .353 .451 .804 .256 46 5 0 1 1 1
1988 30 CLE AL 17 110 100 16 32 7 1 0 2 0 6 17 .320 .349 .410 .759 .372 41 0 0 1 3 0
6 Seasons 159 3174 2880 382 784 158 16 76 84 35 210 325 .272 .322 .417 .739 .283 1202 53 13 45 26 14
162 Game Avg. 39 785 712 94 194 39 4 19 21 9 52 80 .272 .322 .417 .739 .283 297 13 3 11 6 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 24 SFG NL 32 31 13 12 6 2 6 18 13 .581 3 1 7 1 21 68% 53 82 27 21 9 1 8 4.4 4.5 6.1
1983 25 SFG NL 25 25 13 10 2 3 4 14 12 .538 0 0 1 0 14 56% 50 74 12 17 6 2 12 4.5 4.8 5.7
1984 26 SFG NL 35 34 8 14 12 2 5 15 19 .441 4 8 2 0 19 56% 48 69 17 20 5 9 9 3.7 3.2 6.1
1985 27 TOT NL 30 26 5 16 5 3 7 8 18 .308 1 2 0 0 12 46% 45 69 16 24 8 1 13 3.1 3.0 5.6
1985 27 SFG NL 19 19 5 11 3 3 7 7 12 .368 0 1 0 0 11 58% 50 69 16 17 5 1 10 2.9 2.5 6.0
1985 27 MON NL 11 7 0 5 2 0 0 1 6 .143 1 1 0 0 1 14% 32 52 16 7 3 0 3 3.9 5.1 4.3
4 Seasons 122 116 39 52 25 10 22 55 62 .470 8 11 10 1 66 57% 49 82 12 82 28 13 42 3.9 3.8 5.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1982 24 SFG NL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1.029 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1984 26 SFG NL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.001 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1985 27 TOT NL 30 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.963 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 3.0
1985 27 MON NL 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.963 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 3.0
1986 28 SFG NL 20 20 7 1 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 15 4 27% 5 0.769 5 4 11 4 2 14 8 12 8 4 10 2 4.1
1988 30 CLE AL 17 17 6 1 0 1 1 0 100% 3 1 23 11 48% 8 0.416 4 3 9 3 2 12 12 5 9 6 9 1 4.3 21
5 Seasons 115 43 16 3 1 2 2 0 100% 6 3 39 15 38% 0.964 10 7 25 7 5 31 21 22 18 12 20 3 4.0 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 24 SFG NL 781 49% 1.8% 11.3% 5.5% 7.3% 31% 0.78 79% 134 13 10%
1983 25 SFG NL 627 51% 2.9% 12.9% 7.2% 7.5% 31% 0.73 75% 98 8 8%
1984 26 SFG NL 883 56% 2.3% 8.0% 5.7% 8.3% 33% 0.56 83% 137 13 9%
1985 27 TOT NL 656 52% 2.9% 9.2% 8.1% 8.7% 35% 1.17 78% 110 14 13%
1985 27 SFG NL 485 53% 2.1% 8.7% 8.0% 7.8% 35% 1.18 79% 73 11 15%
1985 27 MON NL 171 47% 5.3% 10.5% 8.2% 11.1% 35% 1.15 74% 37 3 8%
1986 28 SFG NL 117 54% 4.3% 6.8% 11.1% 6.8% 29% 1.55 77% 27 5 19%
1988 30 CLE AL 110 35% 0.0% 15.5% 5.5% 7.3% 25% 0.89 0.75 78% 22% 0.0% 44% 21 0 0%
6 Seasons 3174 52% 2.4% 10.2% 6.6% 7.9% 32% 0.89 0.78 79% 22% 0.0% 44% 527 53 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 30 CLE AL 110 361 3.28 248 69% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 0% 52% 80% 59% 3% 3 2 20% 22 12 2 6% 2 1 0 0 0
1 Season 110 361 3.28 248 69% 24% 15% 26% 35% 76% 0% 52% 80% 59% 3% 3 2 20% 22 12 2 6% 2 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1982 24 SFG NL 781 186 14 0 9 10 4 8 6 50 23 7 46% 9 2 1 281 19 10 66% 18 10 1 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
1983 25 SFG NL 627 151 18 0 6 8 10 7 11 18 12 4 67% 8 0 1 225 17 7 71% 16 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 8 0
1984 26 SFG NL 883 222 20 1 13 10 10 11 9 38 25 3 66% 13 5 2 323 18 13 58% 18 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1985 27 TOT NL 656 165 19 0 13 11 8 9 10 29 14 4 48% 11 3 1 233 25 5 83% 24 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1985 27 SFG NL 485 110 10 0 6 5 5 3 7 15 10 1 67% 10 2 0 169 20 4 83% 19 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1985 27 MON NL 171 55 9 0 7 6 3 6 3 14 4 3 29% 1 1 1 64 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 28 SFG NL 117 28 5 0 4 1 4 0 5 6 2 1 33% 0 0 1 47 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 30 CLE AL 110 32 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 14 8 3 57% 2 0 0 41 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 Seasons 3174 784 8 0 76 1 49 40 36 35 41 155 84 22 54% 43 10 6 1150 84 35 71% 81 34 2 1 1 0 3 0 60 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1982 24 13 12 .520 3.14 32 31 0 7 1 0 189.1 186 74 66 14 43 2 88 2 2 2 781 114 1.210 8.8 0.7 2.0 4.2 2.05 114
1983 25 26 22 .542 3.60 57 56 0 8 1 0 337.2 337 149 135 32 88 6 169 5 3 2 1408 99 1.259 9.0 0.9 2.3 4.5 1.92 99
1984 26 35 36 .493 3.88 92 90 0 10 1 0 545.1 559 261 235 52 138 12 240 11 4 7 2291 92 1.278 9.2 0.9 2.3 4.0 1.74 92
1985 27 40 52 .435 4.10 122 116 3 10 1 0 693.2 724 352 316 71 191 13 300 13 5 10 2947 86 1.319 9.4 0.9 2.5 3.9 1.57 86
1986 28 41 53 .436 4.11 142 116 10 10 1 1 721.0 752 366 329 76 204 14 308 13 5 10 3064 86 1.326 9.4 0.9 2.5 3.8 1.51 86
1987 29 41 53 .436 4.11 142 116 10 10 1 1 721.0 752 366 329 76 204 14 308 13 5 10 3064 86 1.326 9.4 0.9 2.5 3.8 1.51 86
1988 30 42 53 .442 4.14 159 116 16 10 1 2 745.1 784 382 343 76 210 14 325 13 8 10 3174 86 1.334 9.5 0.9 2.5 3.9 1.55 86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982 24 11 9 .550 3.60 180.0 194 80 72 15 45 84 2 1.328 9.7 2.3 4.2 1.87 0.8 32
1983 25 6 9 .400 4.92 139.0 159 84 76 19 47 76 3 1.482 10.3 3.0 4.9 1.62 1.2 25
1984 26 8 13 .381 5.10 196.0 235 123 111 21 53 67 6 1.469 10.8 2.4 3.1 1.26 1.0 35
1985 27 5 10 .333 5.91 140.0 178 102 92 20 57 57 2 1.679 11.4 3.7 3.7 1.00 1.3 30
1986 28 1 1 .500 5.25 24.0 30 16 14 5 14 7 0 1.833 11.3 5.3 2.6 0.50 1.9 20
1988 30 1 1 .500 5.62 24.0 33 17 15 0 6 17 0 1.625 12.4 2.3 6.4 2.83 0.0 17
6 Seasons 32 43 .427 4.86 703.0 829 422 380 80 222 308 13 1.495 10.6 3.9 1.39 1.0 159

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 NL  2.044 (8th)
1984 NL  2.167 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1984 NL  34 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  20 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 NL  222 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1984 NL  14 (8th)
1985 NL  16 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1984 NL  100 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL  6 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1982 NL  114 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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