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Mike LaValliere
Michael Eugene LaValliere (Spanky)
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 18, 1960 in Charlotte, NC
Schools: University of Massachusetts Lowell
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1984
Final Game: September 22, 1995
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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
1984 23 PHI NL 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -33 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1985 24 STL NL 12 44 34 2 5 1 0 0 6 0 0 7 3 .147 .273 .176 .449 29 6 2 0 0 3 0 2
1986 25 STL NL 110 350 303 18 71 10 2 3 30 0 1 36 37 .234 .318 .310 .628 75 94 7 1 10 0 5 2
1987 26 PIT NL 121 390 340 33 102 19 0 1 36 0 0 43 32 .300 .377 .365 .742 98 124 4 1 3 3 9 *2 GG
1988 27 PIT NL 120 409 352 24 92 18 0 2 47 3 2 50 34 .261 .353 .330 .682 100 116 8 2 1 4 10 *2
1989 28 PIT NL 68 223 190 15 60 10 0 2 23 0 2 29 24 .316 .406 .400 .806 136 76 4 0 4 0 7 2
1990 29 PIT NL 96 330 279 27 72 15 0 3 31 0 3 44 20 .258 .362 .344 .706 100 96 6 2 4 1 8 2
1991 30 PIT NL 108 377 336 25 97 11 2 3 41 2 1 33 27 .289 .351 .360 .711 102 121 10 2 1 5 4 2
1992 31 PIT NL 95 343 293 22 75 13 1 2 29 0 3 44 21 .256 .350 .328 .677 95 96 8 1 0 5 14 2/5
1993 32 TOT 38 115 102 6 26 2 0 0 8 0 1 4 14 .255 .278 .275 .552 51 28 1 0 7 2 0 2
1993 32 PIT NL 1 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1993 32 CHW AL 37 110 97 6 25 2 0 0 8 0 1 4 14 .258 .282 .278 .560 53 27 1 0 7 2 0 2
1994 33 CHW AL 59 172 139 6 39 4 0 1 24 0 2 20 15 .281 .368 .331 .699 84 46 4 1 9 3 0 2
1995 34 CHW AL 46 109 98 7 24 6 0 1 19 0 0 9 15 .245 .303 .337 .639 70 33 3 0 0 2 0 2
12 Seasons 879 2871 2473 185 663 109 5 18 294 5 15 321 244 .268 .351 .338 .689 93 836 57 10 39 28 57
162 Game Avg. 162 529 456 34 122 20 1 3 54 1 3 59 45 .268 .351 .338 .689 93 154 11 2 7 5 11
PIT (7 yrs) 609 2077 1795 146 499 86 3 13 207 5 11 243 158 .278 .363 .351 .714 102 630 40 8 13 18 52
CHW (3 yrs) 142 391 334 19 88 12 0 2 51 0 3 33 44 .263 .325 .317 .643 71 106 8 1 16 7 0
STL (2 yrs) 122 394 337 20 76 11 2 3 36 0 1 43 40 .226 .313 .297 .609 70 100 9 1 10 3 5
PHI (1 yr) 6 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .222 .000 .222 -33 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 737 2480 2139 166 575 97 5 16 243 5 12 288 200 .269 .355 .341 .696 97 730 49 9 23 21 57
AL (3 yrs) 142 391 334 19 88 12 0 2 51 0 3 33 44 .263 .325 .317 .643 71 106 8 1 16 7 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1990 29 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 3 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 2 0 0 0 1
1991 30 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 8 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 2 0 0 0 0 0
1992 31 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 3 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 0 0 0
1993 32 CHW AL ALCS TOR L 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (4 Series) 11 31 25 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .200 .355 .200 .555 5 2 0 0 0 1
3 NLCS 9 27 22 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 .182 .333 .182 .515 4 2 0 0 0 1
1 ALCS 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1984 PHI NL 23 C 6 2 25.0 22 20 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 48.0 1 7.92 3.67 .986 6.52 5.68 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 STL NL 24 C 12 11 96.0 53 48 5 0 3 1.000 1.0 12.5 1 4.97 4.42 .987 6.42 5.45 0 1 5 2 29%
1986 STL NL 25 C 108 93 829.1 521 468 47 6 8 .988 7.0 10.1 7 5.59 4.77 .985 6.93 5.88 1 23 49 34 41%
1987 PIT NL 26 C 112 99 864.1 659 584 70 5 11 .992 15.0 20.8 15 6.81 5.84 .987 6.94 5.91 2 29 68 56 45% GG
1988 PIT NL 27 C 114 105 937.2 628 565 55 8 6 .987 6.0 7.7 6 5.95 5.44 .987 6.56 5.58 4 35 88 48 35%
1989 PIT NL 28 C 65 59 522.2 333 306 24 3 3 .991 -7.0 -16.1 -7 5.68 5.08 .986 6.67 5.56 4 19 65 14 18%
1990 PIT NL 29 C 95 87 751.0 519 478 36 5 6 .990 5.0 8.0 5 6.16 5.41 .987 6.65 5.44 3 21 68 36 35%
1991 PIT NL 30 C 105 100 852.2 612 565 46 1 4 .998 -1.0 -1.4 -1 6.45 5.82 .988 6.78 5.59 5 27 90 39 30%
1992 PIT NL 31 C 92 87 767.0 486 421 62 3 6 .994 6.0 9.4 6 5.67 5.25 .991 6.67 5.68 4 26 71 44 38%
1992 PIT NL 31 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
1993 TOT 32 C 38 30 268.2 204 176 28 0 2 1.000 7.0 31.3 7 6.83 5.37 .991 6.57 5.47 5 15 9 24 73%
1993 PIT NL 32 C 1 1 9.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -133.3 -1 12.00 12.00 .992 6.70 5.80 1 1 1 0 0%
1993 CHW AL 32 C 37 29 259.2 192 164 28 0 2 1.000 8.0 37.0 8 6.65 5.19 .991 6.56 5.46 4 14 8 24 75%
1994 CHW AL 33 C 57 44 383.1 329 305 21 3 3 .991 1.0 3.1 1 7.65 5.72 .991 6.79 5.73 5 7 39 16 29%
1995 CHW AL 34 C 46 30 268.0 223 202 20 1 1 .996 5.0 22.4 5 7.46 4.83 .990 6.74 5.64 1 13 14 16 53%
12 Seasons C 850 747 6565.2 4589 4138 416 35 53 .992 46.0 8.4 46 6.24 5.36 .988 6.74 5.66 34 216 566 330 37%
1 Season 3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 9.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.30
12 Seasons TOT 851 747 6566.2 4590 4138 417 35 53 .992 46.1 8.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 46 6.24 5.35 .980 6.74 5.66 34 216 566 330 37%

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Gold Gloves
1987-NL-C

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1986 NL--10--10th
1994 AL--9--6th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 NL--14--6th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1108), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Hank Gowdy (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Hank Gowdy (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

July 12, 1981: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 3, 1984: Sent to the St. Louis Cardinals by the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.

December 13, 1984: Returned by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.

December 23, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

April 1, 1987: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Mike Dunne and Andy Van Slyke to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tony Pena.

October 31, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 3, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 11, 1993: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 23, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

October 13, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986St. Louis Cardinals$70,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$120,000
1988Pittsburgh Pirates$215,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$482,500
1990Pittsburgh Pirates$575,000
1991Pittsburgh Pirates$1,035,000
1992Pittsburgh Pirates$1,850,000
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$2,350,000
1994Pittsburgh Pirates$2,100,000
Chicago White Sox$109,000
1995Chicago White Sox$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$9,656,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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