Mickey Lolich
Michael Stephen Lolich
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: September 12, 1940 in Portland, OR
High School: Lincoln (Portland, OR)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 12, 1963
Final Game: September 23, 1979
Relatives: Cousin of Ron Lolich
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 DET AL 22 P 33 18 144.1 29 4 22 3 1 .897 1.62 0.79 .959 1.99 0.79
1964 DET AL 23 P 44 33 232.0 38 7 28 3 0 .921 1.36 0.80 .958 1.90 0.72
1965 DET AL 24 P 43 37 243.2 43 11 27 5 2 .884 1.40 0.88 .953 2.04 0.75
1966 DET AL 25 P 40 33 203.2 28 4 21 3 1 .893 1.10 0.63 .954 1.99 0.75
1967 DET AL 26 P 31 30 204.0 35 10 22 3 1 .914 1.41 1.03 .960 1.96 0.74 MVP-23
1968 DET AL 27 P 39 32 220.0 34 5 26 3 0 .912 1.27 0.79 .959 1.89 0.73
1969 DET AL 28 P 37 36 280.2 50 5 41 4 1 .920 1.48 1.24 .952 1.88 0.69 AS
1970 DET AL 29 P 40 39 272.2 57 9 46 2 1 .965 1.82 1.38 .951 1.86 0.67
1971 DET AL 30 P 45 45 376.0 50 9 40 1 2 .980 1.17 1.09 .958 1.98 0.77 AS,CYA-2,MVP-5
1972 DET AL 31 P 41 41 327.1 38 4 32 2 2 .947 0.99 0.88 .950 1.86 0.75 AS,CYA-3,MVP-10
1973 DET AL 32 P 42 42 308.2 52 11 40 1 3 .981 1.49 1.21 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 DET AL 33 P 41 41 308.0 40 9 29 2 1 .950 1.11 0.93 .948 1.81 0.83
1975 DET AL 34 P 32 32 240.2 34 2 32 0 0 1.000 1.27 1.06 .935 1.87 0.85
1976 NYM NL 35 P 31 30 192.2 42 9 27 6 1 .857 1.68 1.16 .955 1.88 0.72
1978 SDP NL 37 P 20 2 34.2 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.82 0.35 .943 1.92 0.72
1979 SDP NL 38 P 27 5 49.1 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.33 .944 1.81 0.66
16 Seasons P 586 496 3638.1 586 100 448 38 16 .935 1.36 0.94 .953 1.91 0.75
16 Seasons TOT 586 496 3638.1 586 100 448 38 16 .935 1.36 0.94 .888 1.91 0.75

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
1963 DET AL 22 33 18 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 DET AL 23 44 33 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 DET AL 24 43 37 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 DET AL 25 40 33 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 DET AL 26 32 30 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 DET AL 27 41 32 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1969 DET AL 28 38 36 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 DET AL 29 42 39 42 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1971 DET AL 30 45 45 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 DET AL 31 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 DET AL 32 42 0 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 DET AL 33 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 DET AL 34 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYM NL 35 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SDP NL 37 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 38 27 5 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 592 381 477 592 586 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1963 DET AL 22 645 75% 21% 21 95% 0 4 0 2 21 16 1 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1964 DET AL 23 962 73% 22% 34 79% 0 8 0 7 27 24 3 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1965 DET AL 24 1044 70% 21% 21 95% 0 11 0 11 24 18 2 5 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1966 DET AL 25 923 72% 20% 18 89% 0 3 0 3 19 12 4 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1967 DET AL 26 842 72% 25% 27 85% 0 10 1 7 25 19 2 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 9 100%
1968 DET AL 27 925 70% 23% 28 89% 2 5 0 5 28 21 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 88%
1969 DET AL 28 1225 67% 20% 36 83% 0 5 0 5 41 26 1 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 10 90%
1970 DET AL 29 1230 72% 23% 35 89% 0 9 1 6 45 25 2 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 7 100%
1971 DET AL 30 1572 74% 21% 44 93% 0 9 3 5 40 33 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 13 92%
1972 DET AL 31 1343 75% 24% 35 86% 0 4 1 3 33 24 3 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 9 67%
1973 DET AL 32 1341 78% 24% 36 94% 0 11 4 6 40 27 3 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 7 86%
1974 DET AL 33 1325 79% 22% 26 96% 3 8 1 7 30 20 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 6 100%
1975 DET AL 34 1056 81% 28% 29 100% 0 2 1 1 31 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1976 NYM NL 35 828 79% 29% 26 77% 1 10 1 8 26 16 1 6 0 3 3 4 1 1 1 0 9 67%
1978 SDP NL 37 148 83% 27% 5 100% 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1979 SDP NL 38 230 82% 23% 7 100% 0 0 0 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
16 Seasons 15639 74% 23% 428 89% 6 100 13 77 444 318 31 38 2 19 17 21 16 11 13 3 106 90%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 86%

* 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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