Jack Lazorko

Jack Thomas Lazorko

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: March 30, 1956 in Hoboken, NJ
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 11th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1984
Teams (by GP): Angels/Mariners/Brewers/Tigers 1984-1988

Final Game: September 27, 1988
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Standard Pitching

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
1978	22	HOU-min	A,Rk	3	1	.750	2.61	16	0		0	0	1	31.0	28	10	9	1	12	0	8	0	0	2			1.290	8.1	0.3	3.5	2.3	0.67	DYB,AST · FLOR,GULF
1979	23	TEX-HOU-min	A	6	4	.600	3.82	40	0					66.0	71	34	28	2	24								1.439	9.7	0.3	3.3			AVL,DYB · WCRS,FLOR
1980	24	TEX-min	AA	6	5	.545	3.73	55	0		0	0	12	82.0	78	50	34	7	53	12	47	5	0	2			1.598	8.6	0.8	5.8	5.2	0.89	TUL · TL
1981	25	TEX-min	AA,AAA	5	8	.385	3.26	55	0	43	0	0	12	80.0	68	35	29	6	31	8	45	7	0	4			1.238	7.6	0.7	3.5	5.1	1.45	TUL,WCH · TL,AA
1982	26	TEX-min	AAA,AA	3	4	.429	4.55	38	4	15	1	1	3	83.0	90	47	42	9	30	5	72	5	0	3			1.446	9.8	1.0	3.3	7.8	2.40	DEN,TUL · AA,TL
1983	27	MIL-min	AA	7	1	.875	5.94	46	0	31	0	0	9	80.1	102	62	53	8	34	4	55	3	0	5			1.693	11.4	0.9	3.8	6.2	1.62	ELP · TL
1984	28	MIL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.76	28	1	21	1	0	6	52.2	43	24	22	6	15	4	35	1	0	3			1.101	7.3	1.0	2.6	6.0	2.33	VAN · PCL
1984	28	MIL	AL	0	1	.000	4.31	15	1	3	0	0	1	39.2	37	19	19	7	22	2	24	1	0	0	175	91	1.487	8.4	1.6	5.0	5.4	1.09
1985	29	SEA-SFG-min	AAA	5	5	.500	2.06	44	0	30	0	0	8	74.1	56	20	17	5	21	7	52	6	0	3			1.036	6.8	0.6	2.5	6.3	2.48	CGY,PHX · PCL
1985	29	SEA	AL	0	0		3.54	15	0	4	0	0	1	20.1	23	10	8	1	8	1	7	3	0	0	92	120	1.525	10.2	0.4	3.5	3.1	0.88
1986	30	DET-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.20	29	18	8	7	2	1	154.2	146	63	55	12	72	7	119	7	0	3			1.409	8.5	0.7	4.2	6.9	1.65	NVL · AA
1986	30	DET	AL	0	0		4.05	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	8	3	3	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	31	108	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75
1987	31	ANA-min	AAA	8	1	.889	3.50	10	10	0	4	1	0	69.1	63	32	27	3	32	1	35	2	0	1			1.370	8.2	0.4	4.2	4.5	1.09	EDM · PCL
1987	31	CAL	AL	5	6	.455	4.59	26	11	5	2	0	0	117.2	108	68	60	20	44	5	55	2	1	3	487	95	1.292	8.3	1.5	3.4	4.2	1.25
1988	32	ANA-min	AAA	11	8	.579	3.87	21	21	0	10	3	0	149.0	156	72	64	12	33	2	59	7	5	2			1.268	9.4	0.7	2.0	3.6	1.79	EDM · PCL
1988	32	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	3.35	10	3	1	0	0	0	37.2	37	15	14	5	16	0	19	1	1	0	165	116	1.407	8.8	1.2	3.8	4.5	1.19
1989	33	ANA-min	AAA	8	5	.615	5.23	21	21	0	3	1	0	129.0	158	84	75	16	35	2	79	6	1	2			1.496	11.0	1.1	2.4	5.5	2.26	EDM · PCL
1990	34	SEA-min	AAA	4	8	.333	5.18	31	13	4	1	0	2	114.2	129	74	66	14	43	3	79	9	2	2			1.500	10.1	1.1	3.4	6.2	1.84	CGY · PCL
1993	37	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	13		1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	6.8	2.00	NFK · IL
5 Yrs				5	8	.385	4.22	69	15	15	2	0	2	222.0	213	115	104	33	94	9	108	7	2	3	950	99	1.383	8.6	1.3	3.8	4.4	1.15
162 Game Avg.				4	6	.385	4.22	56	12	12	2	0	2	180	172	93	84	27	76	7	87	6	2	2	769	99	1.383	8.6	1.3	3.8	4.4	1.15

CAL (2 yrs)				5	7	.417	4.29	36	14	6	2	0	0	155.1	145	83	74	25	60	5	74	3	2	3	652	99	1.320	8.4	1.4	3.5	4.3	1.23
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		3.54	15	0	4	0	0	1	20.1	23	10	8	1	8	1	7	3	0	0	92	120	1.525	10.2	0.4	3.5	3.1	0.88
DET (1 yr)				0	0		4.05	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	8	3	3	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	31	108	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75
MIL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.31	15	1	3	0	0	1	39.2	37	19	19	7	22	2	24	1	0	0	175	91	1.487	8.4	1.6	5.0	5.4	1.09

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1984	28	MIL	AL	39.2	15	1	19	4.31	4.61	-0.20	-0.30	97.7	4.41	1	0.1	1.3	-0.0	0.4	5	.504	.500	$
1985	29	SEA	AL	20.1	15	0	10	4.43	4.77	-0.19	-0.37	100.6	4.62	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.503	.500	$
1986	30	DET	AL	6.2	3	0	3	4.05	4.69	0.42	-0.37	98.7	3.85	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.0	1	.495	.500	$
1987	31	CAL	AL	117.2	26	11	68	5.20	4.85	0.23	-0.05	97.9	4.47	-10	-0.9	.6	-0.0	0.0	4	.465	.494	$
1988	32	CAL	AL	37.2	10	3	15	3.58	4.10	-0.16	-0.14	95.7	3.94	1	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.4	5	.516	.501	$97,000
5 Seasons				222.0	69	15	115	4.66	4.67	0.06	-0.15	97.8	4.37	-7	-0.7	.9	-0.2	1.0	17	.490	.499	$97,000

CAL (2 yrs)				155.1	36	14	83	4.81	4.67	0.14	-0.07	97.4	4.34	-8	-0.8	.7	-0.1	0.4	9	.479	.498	$97,000
SEA (1 yr)				20.1	15	0	10	4.43	4.77	-0.19	-0.37	100.6	4.62	0	0.0	.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.503	.500	$
DET (1 yr)				6.2	3	0	3	4.05	4.69	0.42	-0.37	98.7	3.85	-0	-0.0	.2	-0.0	0.0	1	.495	.500	$
MIL (1 yr)				39.2	15	1	19	4.31	4.61	-0.20	-0.30	97.7	4.41	1	0.1	1.3	-0.0	0.4	5	.504	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1984	28	MIL	AL	15	175	151	19	37	9	1	7	4	1	22	24	.245	.343	.457	.800	.248	69	3	1	0	1	2	1
1985	29	SEA	AL	15	92	79	10	23	3	1	1	1	1	8	7	.291	.378	.392	.770	.310	31	6	3	2	0	1	5
1986	30	DET	AL	3	31	27	3	8	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	.296	.387	.370	.757	.333	10	2	0	0	0	1	1
1987	31	CAL	AL	26	487	435	68	108	17	3	20	6	10	44	55	.248	.318	.439	.757	.242	191	10	2	2	3	5	3
1988	32	CAL	AL	10	165	145	15	37	3	0	5	1	1	16	19	.255	.331	.379	.711	.262	55	1	1	2	1	0	1
5 Yrs				69	950	837	115	213	34	5	33	12	13	94	108	.254	.333	.425	.758	.257	356	22	7	6	5	9	11
162 Game Avg.				56	769	678	93	172	28	4	27	10	11	76	87	.254	.333	.425	.758	.257	288	18	6	5	4	7	9
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.393	.717	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1984	28	MIL	AL	-0.8	-0.1	179	-0.9	1.4	-2.3	.54	-0.4	-1.3	-5.6	-0.6	0.54	-2.5	3	5	6
1985	29	SEA	AL	1.1	0.1	94	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	.63	-0.5	-0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.63	-3.5	3	3	9
1986	30	DET	AL	0.4	0.0	31	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.18	-0.2	-0.4	-0.9	-0.1	0.18	-1.2	0	0	3
1987	31	CAL	AL	-3.9	-0.4	508	0.6	7.2	-6.7	.76	0.2	0.5	-4.2	-0.4	0.76	2.9	0	6	9
1988	32	CAL	AL	2.6	0.3	169	0.4	2.2	-1.8	.77	0.0	0.5	2.8	0.3	0.77	0.6	2	0	5
5 Yrs				-0.6	-0.0	981	-0.5	11.7	-12.2	.69	-0.8	0.1	-12.1	-1.2	0.69	-3.6	8	14	32

Starting Pitching*

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
1984	28	MIL	AL	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	46.0	46	46	10	3	0	1	3.0	5.4	5.3

1987	31	CAL	AL	26	11	3	5	3	1	1	5	6	.455	2	0	2	0	5	45%	49.0	68	22	16	4	1	3	4.7	5.2	6.5
1988	32	CAL	AL	10	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	1	33%	40.3	59	28	11	2	0	3	4.7	5.1	5.0	81	1	2	0	0	97
3 Yrs				51	15	3	6	6	1	1	6	9	.400	2	0	2	0	6	40%	47	68	22	37	9	1	7	4.6	5.2	6.1	81	1	2	0	0	97
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-3					4.4	4.4	6.2	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1984	28	MIL	AL	15	14	3	0	1	1	1	100%	1	18	10	56%	5	.544	3	5	6	2	1	11	9	5	11	3	12	1	7.4
1985	29	SEA	AL	15	15	4	0	0	1	1	100%	1	16	9	56%	7	.630	3	3	9	2	1	12	7	8	6	4	7	3	4.1
1986	30	DET	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	2	2	100%	6	.184	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	1	6.7
1987	31	CAL	AL	26	15	5	2	1	0	0		0	11	4	36%	6	.757	0	6	9	1	0	14	7	8	14	0	14	1	9.3
1988	32	CAL	AL	10	7	1	0	0	0	0		0	11	1	9%	3	.766	2	0	5	0	1	6	7	0	7	0	7	0	9.7	43
5 Yrs				69	54	15	2	2	2	2	100%	2	58	26	45%		.688	8	14	32	5	3	46	32	22	41	7	43	6	7.2	43

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1984	28	MIL	AL	175	55%	4.0%	13.7%	12.6%	9.7%	46%		1.41	69%				26	3	12%
1985	29	SEA	AL	92	57%	1.1%	7.6%	8.7%	5.4%	22%		2.40	77%				31	6	19%
1986	30	DET	AL	31	65%	0.0%	9.7%	12.9%	6.5%	25%		2.40	77%				9	2	22%
1987	31	CAL	AL	487	55%	4.1%	11.3%	9.0%	8.2%	37%		0.89	75%				84	10	12%
1988	32	CAL	AL	165	45%	3.0%	11.5%	9.7%	4.9%	22%	0.98	1.58	74%	22%	11.1%	29%	27	1	4%
5 Yrs				950	54%	3.5%	11.4%	9.9%	7.6%	34%	0.98	1.20	74%	22%	11.1%	29%	177	22	12%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.7%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	0.80	1.07	73%	20%	8.2%	41%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	32	CAL	AL	166	547	3.30	336	62%	25%	13%	24%	38%	75%	0%	46%	83%	55%	5%	8	2	11%	18	11	1	21%	2	6	-1	1	0
1 Yr				166	547	3.30	336	62%	25%	13%	24%	38%	75%	0%	46%	83%	55%	5%	8	2	11%	18	11	1	21%	2	6	-1	1	0
MLB Averages						3.58		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	76%	2%	47%	81%	57%	5%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1984	28	MIL	AL	175	37			7	1	5	3	4	3	4	6	3	0	50%	1	0	0	63	4	1	80%	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1985	29	SEA	AL	92	23			1	0	10	1	0	1	0	11	7	1	64%	5	0	0	37	1	1	50%	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	30	DET	AL	31	8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	1	0	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	31	CAL	AL	487	108			20	0	11	8	12	18	2	20	12	1	60%	3	3	0	157	6	10	38%	6	6	0	3	0	1	2	1	11	0
1988	32	CAL	AL	165	37	4	0	5	0	4	1	4	3	2	6	4	0	67%	1	0	0	59	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5 Yrs				950	213	4	0	33	1	30	13	20	25	8	45	27	2	60%	11	3	0	333	12	13	48%	9	9	3	3	0	1	2	1	15	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1984	28	0	1	.000	4.31	15	1	3	0	1	39.2	37	19	19	7	22	2	24	1	0	0	175	91	1.487	8.4	1.6	5.0	5.4	1.09	91
1985	29	0	1	.000	4.05	30	1	7	0	2	60.0	60	29	27	8	30	3	31	4	0	0	267	100	1.500	9.0	1.2	4.5	4.7	1.03	100
1986	30	0	1	.000	4.05	33	1	9	0	2	66.2	68	32	30	8	34	4	34	4	0	0	298	100	1.530	9.2	1.1	4.6	4.6	1.00	100
1987	31	5	7	.417	4.39	59	12	14	2	2	184.1	176	100	90	28	78	9	89	6	1	3	785	97	1.378	8.6	1.4	3.8	4.3	1.14	97
1988	32	5	8	.385	4.22	69	15	15	2	2	222.0	213	115	104	33	94	9	108	7	2	3	950	99	1.383	8.6	1.3	3.8	4.4	1.15	99

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1984	28	2	2	.500	5.11	37.0	39	23	21	7	23	23	1	1.676	9.5	5.6	5.6	1.00	1.7	15
1985	29	1	1	.500	3.79	19.0	23	9	8	1	8	7	3	1.632	10.9	3.8	3.3	0.88	0.5	15
1986	30	0	0		4.50	6.0	8	3	3	0	4	3	0	2.000	12.0	6.0	4.5	0.75	0.0	3
1987	31	5	7	.417	4.86	111.0	108	67	60	20	44	52	2	1.369	8.8	3.6	4.2	1.18	1.6	26
1988	32	2	2	.500	4.00	36.0	39	18	16	5	17	18	1	1.556	9.8	4.3	4.5	1.06	1.3	10
5 Yrs		10	12	.455	4.65	209.0	217	120	108	33	96	103	7	1.498	9.3		4.4	1.07	1.4	69

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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