Mike LaCoss

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 185lb (196cm, 83kg)

Born: May 30, 1956 in Glendale, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount Whitney HS (Visalia, CA).

High School: Mount Whitney HS (Visalia, CA)

Debut: July 18, 1978 (Age 22-049d, 14,064th in major league history)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 2, 1991 (Age 35-033d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Michael James LaCoss

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.3

103

ERA

4.02

415

243

1739.2

783

WHIP

1.443

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Team Record in Appearances: 22-13 / in Starts: 22-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 2

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	17	4	Apr 8	CIN		SFG	W,7-6	GS-1		99	0.2	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	7.23	8	1	2	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.47	-0.386	1.81	-0.29%	-4.88	1t start tie	1t --3 2 out d5
2	18	6	Apr 10	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-6	6-7		1	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.86	3.16	7	4	0	0	0	2		1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.011	.64	-0.01%	0.03	6b 1-- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d3
3	19	11	Apr 15(2)	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-5	GS-5		4	4.2	4	5	2	2	3	0	0	3.86	2.87	20	10	1	0	0	4	43			0	1	0	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.498	1.51	-0.41%	-3.11	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d2
4	20	15	Apr 21	CIN	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(1-0)	5	8.0	3	1	1	3	2	1	0	2.40	4.00	30	11	11	0	1	3	71			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.464	1.92	0.43%	2.83	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a1
5	21	19	Apr 27	CIN		STL	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	9	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.00	3.45	27	4	7	0	1	9	45			0	0	0	25	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.11	-0.091	1.54	-0.08%	-0.16	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	22	23	May 2	CIN		CHC	W,4-1	GS-8	W(2-0)	4	7.2	3	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.51	3.43	27	13	6	0	0	3	68			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.287	1.47	0.23%	2.31	1t start tie	8t 1-3 2 out a3
7	23	28	May 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-7	GS-6	W(3-0)	5	5.2	9	4	3	2	4	0	0	2.88	3.26	26	4	7	3	2	9	39			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.097	1.68	0.10%	-1.35	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a4
8	24	30	May 10 susp	CIN	@	CHC	L,8-9	14-17		1	4.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.58	3.20	14	7	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.18	0.562	4.24	0.66%	2.07	14b --- 0 out tie	17b 3 out tie
9	25	33	May 13	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-7	W(4-0)	2	6.2	7	3	2	3	1	1	0	2.60	3.58	29	7	11	3	2	7	48			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.131	1.72	0.16%	1.02	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a4
10	26	37	May 18	CIN		LAD	W,7-6	GS-8		4	7.1	7	5	5	3	4	2	0	3.10	3.97	30	15	1	0	0	7	45			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.080	2.51	0.13%	-0.71	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
11	27	41	May 23	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.64	3.74	30	14	11	2	1	1	83			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.261	1.35	0.45%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
12	28	46	May 28	CIN	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-11		4	10.2	9	1	1	4	3	1	0	2.38	3.86	45	12	18	5	3	8	71			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.82	0.420	4.43	0.61%	3.90	1b start tie	11b 1-- 2 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	29	51	Jun 2	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	GS-8	W(6-0)	4	7.1	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	2.38	3.77	30	13	7	0	2	8	54			1	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.169	2.34	0.21%	1.29	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a2
14	30	57	Jun 8	CIN		MON	W,3-2	CG	W(7-0)	5	9.0	7	2	1	4	3	1	0	2.24	3.88	38	15	9	2	3	7	66			3	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	1	1	1.59	0.454	3.23	0.56%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	31	62	Jun 13	CIN	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS-5	W(8-0)	4	5.0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.22	3.89	18	10	3	1	2	1	59			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.131	2.20	0.17%	1.23	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
16	32	67	Jun 19	CIN	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-6	L(8-1)	5	5.1	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	2.37	3.87	24	6	7	2	0	8	37			0	2	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.92	-0.157	2.07	-0.21%	-1.74	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out d2
17	33	73	Jun 25(2)	CIN	@	HOU	L,0-4	GS-7	L(8-2)	5	6.0	5	2	2	6	1	0	0	2.41	3.95	30	15	3	1	0	5	49			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.197	4.39	0.37%	1.69	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	34	79	Jul 1(1)	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(8-3)	5	7.0	4	2	2	4	2	2	0	2.42	4.18	27	11	7	1	0	3	59			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.055	1.54	0.06%	1.05	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
19	35	84	Jul 6	CIN		PIT	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.33	4.05	30	14	7	1	0	7	66			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	0.281	1.41	0.14%	2.79	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
20	36	90	Jul 11	CIN		STL	W,6-1	CG	W(9-3)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.24	3.93	34	14	11	3	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.20	0.388	1.56	0.30%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	37	93	Jul 14	CIN		CHC	L,0-1	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.22	3.92	3	1	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	0.048	4.10	0.05%	0.82	8t 1-3 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
22	38	97	Jul 21	CIN	@	STL	L,3-12	GS-3	L(9-4)	6	2.1	8	8	8	3	0	0	0	2.73	3.97	18	6	1	0	0	8	6			2	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.416	2.41	-0.58%	-6.07	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d6
23	39	104	Jul 27	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-0	GS-7	W(10-4)	5	7.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.59	3.87	28	10	8	1	2	5	70			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.29	0.477	2.98	0.66%	3.52	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	40	110	Aug 1	CIN		LAD	W,10-5	GS-7	W(11-4)	4	6.0	11	5	5	3	3	1	0	2.79	3.93	31	11	3	0	1	11	30			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	.41	0.004	1.07	0.01%	-2.53	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a4
25	41	114	Aug 6	CIN		ATL	W,3-1	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.69	3.86	33	16	8	1	0	4	76			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	0.448	2.62	0.59%	3.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
26	42	120	Aug 12(2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS-7	L(12-5)	5	6.2	12	5	5	2	3	0	0	2.86	3.81	33	8	8	0	0	12	31			0	0	0	29	1	2	1	1	2	0	1.40	-0.338	3.45	-0.50%	-1.40	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 2 out tie
27	43	124	Aug 18	CIN		NYM	W,4-3	CG	W(13-5)	5	9.0	5	3	3	3	4	2	0	2.86	3.92	34	13	9	0	2	5	66			0	1	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.095	3.31	0.16%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
28	44	128	Aug 22	CIN		MON	W,7-2	CG	W(14-5)	3	9.0	8	2	2	4	2	1	0	2.82	3.97	35	11	10	2	3	8	61			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	4	0	0	.81	0.177	2.80	0.37%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
29	45	132	Aug 27	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	2	2	2	5	2	0	0	2.81	3.99	26	13	4	2	0	2	62			0	1	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.052	3.31	0.12%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	46	137	Sep 2	CIN	@	MON	L,1-13	GS-1	L(14-6)	5	0.0	7	6	6	0	0	0	0	3.10	3.99	7	0	1	1	0	6	12			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.385	4.45	-0.97%	-5.83	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d4
31	47	142	Sep 7	CIN		LAD	L,5-6	GS-5		4	5.0	5	5	4	5	2	1	1	3.21	4.10	25	8	5	0	0	4	36			1	0	0	18	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.01	-0.304	4.68	-0.84%	-2.63	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
32	48	146	Sep 12	CIN		HOU	W,7-4	GS-5		4	4.2	9	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.32	4.07	22	6	5	1	1	9	30			1	1	0	19	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.071	10.81	-0.45%	-1.98	1t start tie	5t --3 2 out a2
33	49	150	Sep 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS-1	L(14-7)	4	0.1	5	5	5	1	0	0	0	3.54	4.08	7	0	1	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.26	-0.391	4.90	-0.91%	-5.46	1b start tie	1b --3 1 out d5
34	50	155	Sep 22	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS-7	L(14-8)	4	7.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.55	4.03	30	9	8	1	1	8	50			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.08	-0.126	11.46	-0.80%	0.09	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d2
35	51	160	Sep 29	CIN		ATL	L,0-2	GS-3		6	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.50	4.03	12	4	2	1	0	2	56			0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.151	.00	0.00%	1.42	1t start tie	3t 3 out tie
							22-13		W-L:14-8	4.1	205.2	202	92	80	79	73	13	2	3.50	4.03	868	1.55		7%	5%	194	50	3	33%	16	13	0	769	26	9	8	22	6	10	1.14	2.255	3.04	0.47%	5.90

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