Bo McLaughlin
Michael Duane McLaughlin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 23, 1953 in Oakland, CA
High School: Amelia (Batavia, OH)
School: Lipscomb University
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1976
Final Game: July 9, 1982
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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
1976 22 HOU NL 4 5 .444 2.85 17 11 3 4 2 1 79.0 71 31 25 6 17 1 32 2 0 2 315 112 1.114 8.1 0.7 1.9 3.6 1.88
1977 23 HOU NL 4 7 .364 4.25 46 6 29 0 0 5 84.2 81 44 40 6 34 6 59 6 1 3 359 84 1.358 8.6 0.6 3.6 6.3 1.74
1978 24 HOU NL 0 1 .000 5.01 12 1 5 0 0 2 23.1 30 17 13 2 16 2 10 2 1 3 116 66 1.971 11.6 0.8 6.2 3.9 0.63
1979 25 TOT NL 2 3 .400 5.05 49 1 15 0 0 0 66.0 85 48 37 4 20 6 57 2 0 2 306 78 1.591 11.6 0.5 2.7 7.8 2.85
1979 25 HOU NL 1 2 .333 5.51 12 0 3 0 0 0 16.1 22 15 10 2 4 0 12 0 0 1 76 64 1.592 12.1 1.1 2.2 6.6 3.00
1979 25 ATL NL 1 1 .500 4.89 37 1 12 0 0 0 49.2 63 33 27 2 16 6 45 2 0 1 230 83 1.591 11.4 0.4 2.9 8.2 2.81
1981 27 OAK AL 0 0 11.57 11 0 4 0 0 1 11.2 17 15 15 1 9 0 3 1 0 2 61 30 2.229 13.1 0.8 6.9 2.3 0.33
1982 28 OAK AL 0 4 .000 4.84 21 2 6 1 0 0 48.1 51 31 26 3 27 1 27 1 0 2 223 80 1.614 9.5 0.6 5.0 5.0 1.00
6 Seasons 10 20 .333 4.49 156 21 62 5 2 9 313.0 335 186 156 22 123 16 188 14 2 14 1380 80 1.463 9.6 0.6 3.5 5.4 1.53
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .333 4.49 60 8 24 2 1 3 120 129 71 60 8 47 6 72 5 1 5 530 80 1.463 9.6 0.6 3.5 5.4 1.53
HOU (4 yrs) 9 15 .375 3.90 87 18 40 4 2 8 203.1 204 107 88 16 71 9 113 10 2 9 866 87 1.352 9.0 0.7 3.1 5.0 1.59
OAK (2 yrs) 0 4 .000 6.15 32 2 10 1 0 1 60.0 68 46 41 4 36 1 30 2 0 4 284 62 1.733 10.2 0.6 5.4 4.5 0.83
ATL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.89 37 1 12 0 0 0 49.2 63 33 27 2 16 6 45 2 0 1 230 83 1.591 11.4 0.4 2.9 8.2 2.81
NL (4 yrs) 10 16 .385 4.09 124 19 52 4 2 8 253.0 267 140 115 18 87 15 158 12 2 10 1096 86 1.399 9.5 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.82
AL (2 yrs) 0 4 .000 6.15 32 2 10 1 0 1 60.0 68 46 41 4 36 1 30 2 0 4 284 62 1.733 10.2 0.6 5.4 4.5 0.83

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
1976 22 HOU NL 17 315 291 31 71 10 2 6 9 6 17 32 .244 .288 .354 .641 .254 103 5 2 2 3 1
1977 23 HOU NL 46 359 312 44 81 14 3 6 9 5 34 59 .260 .341 .381 .722 .300 119 9 6 4 3 6
1978 24 HOU NL 12 116 96 17 30 3 3 2 7 2 16 10 .313 .417 .469 .886 .329 45 1 2 1 1 2
1979 25 ATL NL 37 230 208 33 63 7 3 2 8 2 16 45 .303 .357 .394 .751 .377 82 2 2 3 1 6
1979 25 HOU NL 12 76 70 15 22 5 1 2 2 0 4 12 .314 .347 .500 .847 .351 35 0 0 1 1 0
1979 25 TOT NL 49 306 278 48 85 12 4 4 10 2 20 57 .306 .354 .421 .775 .370 117 2 2 4 2 6
1981 27 OAK AL 11 61 51 15 17 4 0 1 1 1 9 3 .333 .443 .471 .913 .340 24 0 1 0 0 0
1982 28 OAK AL 21 223 191 31 51 14 2 3 2 3 27 27 .267 .359 .408 .767 .296 78 6 1 3 1 1
6 Seasons 156 1380 1219 186 335 57 14 22 38 19 123 188 .275 .346 .399 .744 .307 486 23 14 14 10 16
162 Game Avg. 60 530 468 71 129 22 5 8 15 7 47 72 .275 .346 .399 .744 .307 187 9 5 5 4 6
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
1976 22 HOU NL 17 11 4 5 2 0 1 6 5 .545 0 1 4 2 6 55% 54 81 24 2 1 1 5 2.5 2.0 6.4
1977 23 HOU NL 46 6 1 3 2 0 1 1 5 .167 1 1 0 0 2 33% 42 62 18 10 3 2 1 3.5 3.5 4.3
1978 24 HOU NL 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 34 34 7 1 0 0 4.0 3.0 5.3
1979 25 TOT NL 49 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 14 3 0 1 2.0 3.6 4.3
1979 25 ATL NL 37 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 27 27 9 1 0 1 2.0 3.6 4.3
1982 28 OAK AL 21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0% 46 50 42 15 4 1 1 3.0 3.0 7.8
5 Seasons 133 21 5 12 4 0 2 7 14 .333 1 2 5 2 8 38% 48 81 18 43 10 4 8 2.9 2.6 5.8
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
1976 22 HOU NL 17 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 3 30% 9 1.168 1 2 3 1 0 5 4 2 3 2 3 2 4.2
1977 23 HOU NL 46 40 29 3 4 7 5 2 71% 7 0 19 5 26% 9 0.957 15 6 18 10 7 23 10 30 15 8 15 11 4.4
1978 24 HOU NL 12 11 5 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0% 7 0.938 3 1 6 2 2 7 2 9 6 2 7 4 4.9
1979 25 TOT NL 49 48 15 2 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 32 9 28% 0.765 7 11 30 8 3 37 16 32 17 11 18 15 3.9
1979 25 HOU NL 12 12 3 1 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 0 0% 6 1.495 4 4 4 2 3 7 3 9 5 3 5 4 4.1
1979 25 ATL NL 37 36 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 26 9 35% 8 0.524 3 7 26 6 0 30 13 23 12 8 13 11 3.8
1981 27 OAK AL 11 11 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 12 1 8% 8 0.473 3 0 7 1 2 8 7 4 3 3 5 0 3.2
1982 28 OAK AL 21 19 6 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 26 9 35% 5 0.744 6 3 10 2 2 15 12 7 12 5 14 2 5.2
6 Seasons 156 135 62 5 8 12 9 3 75% 15 2 102 27 26% 0.905 35 23 74 24 16 95 51 84 56 31 62 34 4.2

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%
1976 22 HOU NL 315 45% 1.9% 10.2% 5.4% 5.7% 25% 1.08 81% 52 5 10%
1977 23 HOU NL 359 37% 1.7% 16.4% 9.5% 6.4% 28% 1.20 70% 65 9 14%
1978 24 HOU NL 116 34% 1.7% 8.6% 13.8% 6.9% 27% 1.11 73% 24 1 4%
1979 25 TOT NL 306 38% 1.3% 18.6% 6.5% 6.5% 24% 0.93 72% 63 2 3%
1979 25 HOU NL 76 38% 2.6% 15.8% 5.3% 10.5% 36% 0.64 75% 14 0 0%
1979 25 ATL NL 230 38% 0.9% 19.6% 7.0% 5.2% 19% 1.06 70% 49 2 4%
1981 27 OAK AL 61 41% 1.6% 4.9% 14.8% 8.2% 29% 0.67 77% 10 0 0%
1982 28 OAK AL 223 33% 1.4% 12.1% 12.1% 8.5% 37% 1.09 73% 45 6 13%
6 Seasons 1380 38% 1.6% 13.6% 8.9% 6.7% 28% 1.06 74% 259 23 9%
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
1976 22 HOU NL 315 71 6 0 5 5 1 2 4 15 8 3 53% 4 2 1 102 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1977 23 HOU NL 359 81 6 0 5 4 2 2 4 20 14 2 70% 3 3 1 139 9 5 64% 9 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 0
1978 24 HOU NL 116 30 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 10 4 2 40% 2 3 0 47 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
1979 25 TOT NL 306 85 4 0 15 3 1 2 2 21 10 4 48% 6 2 0 124 10 2 83% 9 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 25 HOU NL 76 22 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 5 3 0 60% 2 1 0 29 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 25 ATL NL 230 63 2 0 13 2 0 1 1 16 7 4 44% 4 1 0 95 8 2 80% 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0
1981 27 OAK AL 61 17 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 67% 1 2 0 26 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982 28 OAK AL 223 51 3 1 15 2 1 2 1 21 14 4 67% 6 2 1 89 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6 Seasons 1380 335 22 1 45 15 7 8 14 90 52 15 58% 22 14 3 527 38 19 67% 37 16 1 2 0 1 3 2 35 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+
1976 22 4 5 .444 2.85 17 11 3 4 2 1 79.0 71 31 25 6 17 1 32 2 0 2 315 112 1.114 8.1 0.7 1.9 3.6 1.88 112
1977 23 8 12 .400 3.57 63 17 32 4 2 6 163.2 152 75 65 12 51 7 91 8 1 5 674 95 1.240 8.4 0.7 2.8 5.0 1.78 95
1978 24 8 13 .381 3.75 75 18 37 4 2 8 187.0 182 92 78 14 67 9 101 10 2 8 790 90 1.332 8.8 0.7 3.2 4.9 1.51 90
1979 25 10 16 .385 4.09 124 19 52 4 2 8 253.0 267 140 115 18 87 15 158 12 2 10 1096 86 1.399 9.5 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.82 86
1980 26 10 16 .385 4.09 124 19 52 4 2 8 253.0 267 140 115 18 87 15 158 12 2 10 1096 86 1.399 9.5 0.6 3.1 5.6 1.82 86
1981 27 10 16 .385 4.42 135 19 56 4 2 9 264.2 284 155 130 19 96 15 161 13 2 12 1157 80 1.436 9.7 0.6 3.3 5.5 1.68 80
1982 28 10 20 .333 4.49 156 21 62 5 2 9 313.0 335 186 156 22 123 16 188 14 2 14 1380 80 1.463 9.6 0.6 3.5 5.4 1.53 80

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
1976 22 4 4 .500 3.75 72.0 78 33 30 7 19 29 2 1.347 9.8 2.4 3.6 1.53 0.9 17
1977 23 3 5 .375 5.08 78.0 84 49 44 6 35 54 6 1.526 9.7 4.0 6.2 1.54 0.7 46
1978 24 1 1 .500 6.43 21.0 33 17 15 2 18 9 2 2.429 14.1 7.7 3.9 0.50 0.9 12
1979 25 3 4 .429 5.05 66.0 85 41 37 4 20 57 2 1.591 11.6 2.7 7.8 2.85 0.5 49
1981 27 0 1 .000 17.40 15.0 29 32 29 2 15 4 2 2.933 17.4 9.0 2.4 0.27 1.2 11
1982 28 2 3 .400 5.67 46.0 54 32 29 3 29 26 1 1.804 10.6 5.7 5.1 0.90 0.6 21
6 Seasons 13 18 .419 5.56 298.0 363 204 184 24 136 179 15 1.674 11.0 5.4 1.32 0.7 156

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 NL  6 (8th)

                                         

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