Charley Lau
Charles Richard Lau
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 12, 1933 in Romulus, MI
High School: Romulus (Romulus, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1956
Final Game: September 29, 1967
Died: March 18, 1984 in Key Colony Beach, FL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1956 DET AL 23 C 3 3 23.0 17 17 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.65 5.67 .988 5.91 5.03 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 25 C 27 19 186.2 132 120 10 2 3 .985 1.0 6.4 1 6.27 4.81 .990 6.01 5.34 2 8 4 11 73%
1959 DET AL 26 C 2 1 11.0 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.82 6.00 .992 6.05 5.30 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 27 C 16 13 123.2 105 94 11 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.64 6.56 .986 6.58 5.41 4 7 5 6 55%
1961 TOT MLB 28 C 42 37 336.2 222 204 13 5 4 .977 0.0 0.0 0 5.80 5.17 .987 6.33 5.28 2 4 15 6 29%
1961 MLN NL 28 C 25 24 217.2 125 114 7 4 2 .968 1.0 5.5 1 5.00 4.84 .986 6.39 5.17 1 2 9 5 36%
1961 BAL AL 28 C 17 13 119.0 97 90 6 1 2 .990 -1.0 -10.1 -1 7.26 5.65 .989 6.21 5.44 1 2 6 1 14%
1962 BAL AL 29 C 56 40 389.1 285 269 15 1 1 .996 -6.0 -18.5 -6 6.57 5.07 .989 6.30 5.57 11 9 30 5 14%
1963 TOT AL 30 C 58 57 493.2 333 306 20 7 3 .979 -3.0 -7.3 -3 5.94 5.62 .989 6.64 5.78 5 11 30 9 23%
1963 BAL AL 30 C 8 8 66.0 55 48 5 2 1 .964 0.0 0.0 0 7.23 6.63 .989 6.64 5.78 0 1 2 1 33%
1963 KCA AL 30 C 50 49 427.2 278 258 15 5 2 .982 -3.0 -8.4 -3 5.75 5.46 .989 6.64 5.78 5 10 28 8 22%
1964 TOT AL 31 C 82 74 611.0 451 422 25 4 2 .991 -4.0 -7.9 -4 6.58 5.45 .990 7.07 6.07 6 20 37 8 18%
1964 KCA AL 31 C 35 32 262.1 193 179 12 2 0 .990 -2.0 -9.1 -2 6.55 5.46 .990 7.07 6.07 1 10 21 4 16%
1964 BAL AL 31 C 47 42 348.2 258 243 13 2 2 .992 -2.0 -6.9 -2 6.61 5.45 .990 7.07 6.07 5 10 16 4 20%
1965 BAL AL 32 C 35 32 262.0 176 165 9 2 1 .989 2.0 9.2 2 5.98 4.97 .988 6.96 5.67 1 5 8 4 33%
9 Seasons C 321 276 2437.0 1733 1608 104 21 17 .988 -10.0 -4.9 -10 6.32 5.33 .989 6.62 5.67 31 64 129 49 28%
11 Seasons TOT 321 276 2437.0 1733 1608 104 21 17 .988 -10.0 -4.9 -10 6.32 5.33 .977 6.62 5.67 31 64 129 49 28%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1956 DET AL 23 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 25 30 19 30 30 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1959 DET AL 26 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 MLN NL 27 21 13 21 21 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1961 MLN NL 28 28 24 28 28 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1961 BAL AL 28 17 13 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 29 81 40 81 81 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
1963 KCA AL 30 62 49 62 62 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1963 BAL AL 30 29 8 29 29 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1964 BAL AL 31 62 42 62 62 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1964 KCA AL 31 43 32 43 43 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1965 BAL AL 32 68 32 68 68 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
1966 BAL AL 33 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1967 ATL NL 34 52 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0
1967 BAL AL 34 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
11 Seasons 527 276 527 527 0 321 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1956 DET AL 23 104 4.30 4.30 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 25 829 4.00 4.63 14 93% 0 0 120 13 0 3 103 11 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0%
1959 DET AL 26 60 13.09 13.91 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
1960 MLN NL 27 568 3.57 4.51 8 100% 0 0 94 5 1 2 86 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 100%
1961 MLN NL 28 945 4.13 4.71 15 80% 0 0 115 11 0 1 103 7 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 28 513 3.33 3.86 11 100% 0 0 90 7 0 0 83 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1962 BAL AL 29 1773 4.51 5.18 19 100% 0 0 275 12 1 10 252 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1963 KCA AL 30 1872 3.43 4.10 28 96% 0 0 255 23 1 6 224 18 2 0 0 4 4 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
1963 BAL AL 30 306 5.59 6.14 9 78% 0 0 47 3 0 3 41 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 100%
1964 BAL AL 31 1457 3.20 3.46 20 90% 0 0 242 13 3 5 221 15 5 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 100%
1964 KCA AL 31 1227 5.76 6.11 22 91% 0 1 177 17 2 2 156 12 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 BAL AL 32 1108 3.02 3.61 18 94% 0 0 166 13 2 6 145 12 2 0 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
9 Seasons 10762 4.00 4.55 164 93% 0 1 1609 117 11 38 1441 113 24 0 0 26 19 1 10 8 1 16 0 4 4 10 90%
MLB Averages 3.71 4.21 95% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1956 DET AL 23 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 25 2 8 324 4 11 10 73% 1 8 1 1 2 2 0 0 17 13 2.27 1.03
1959 DET AL 26 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 27 4 7 215 5 6 6 55% 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 23 7 0.66 0.90
1961 MLN NL 28 1 2 332 9 5 5 36% 8 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 5 1.22 0.73
1961 BAL AL 28 1 2 189 6 1 1 14% 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 2 1.49 0.72
1962 BAL AL 29 11 9 647 30 5 5 14% 27 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 62 5 1.24 1.36
1963 KCA AL 30 4 10 662 28 8 8 22% 27 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 54 11 1.14 1.27
1963 BAL AL 30 0 1 129 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0.97 1.47
1964 BAL AL 31 5 10 500 16 4 3 20% 16 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 41 3 1.52 1.40
1964 KCA AL 31 1 10 442 21 4 4 16% 18 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 42 7 1.10 0.92
1965 BAL AL 32 1 5 417 8 4 4 33% 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 7 0.66 1.66
9 Seasons 30 64 3919 129 49 47 28% 117 43 8 2 4 4 5 0 287 62 1.21 1.13
MLB Averages 39% 1.22 1.20

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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