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Mike LaCoss
Michael James LaCoss

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut July 18, 1978
Final Game July 2, 1991
Born May 30, 1956 in Glendale, CA (age 67)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1978 22 CIN NL   1   2  .333   6   3   0   0   0   0   19.0   18    80    7    6   0    7   0   1    8   0  0  2.84  
 1979 23 CIN NL  13   7  .650  30  29   5   0   0   3  196.0  200   835   82   71  14   57   0   1   80   0  1  3.26  
 1980 24 CIN NL   2   5  .286  24  12   0   4   0   0   74.0  100   335   47   43   5   25   0   1   27   4  3  5.23  
         BOA AL   4   4  .500  12   9   2   1   0   0   56.2   64   250   36   32   2   16   0   3   21   2  0  5.08  
         TOT      6   9  .400  36  21   2   5   0   0  130.2  164   585   83   75   7   41   0   4   48   6  3  5.17 
 1981 25 BOA AL   7   6  .538  18  18   1   0   0   0  115.1  148   526   71   67  14   38   0   6   39   2  0  5.23  
 1982 26 KCA AL  10   4  .714  35   8   1  13   0   0   97.0  105   430   50   46   5   43   0   3   45   4  1  4.27  
 1983 27 KCA AL   7   7  .500  17  16   2   1   0   0  102.2  120   459   73   65  13   47   1   4   32  14  1  5.70  
 1984 28 KCA AL   2   5  .286  46   1   0  22   5   0   83.2   82   367   39   33   5   37   4   1   56  10  0  3.55  
 1985 29 KCA AL   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0    1.1    1     6    1    1   0    2   0   0    1   0  0  6.75  
 1986 30 DEA AL  11  15  .423  49  25  10  11   1   1  211.1  180   879   95   84  19   83   2   3   87   3  5  3.58  
 1987 31 DEA AL   8   7  .533  84   2   0  34   1   0  176.1  210   778  107   97  25   52   4   6   84   7  1  4.95  
 1988 32 DEA AL   6   7  .462  22  15   1   1   0   1  105.2   91   443   42   41   6   42   1   4   70   6  1  3.49  
 1989 33 DEA AL  12  10  .545  32  28   1   1   0   0  164.0  179   735   86   75   5   70   3   6   84   1  8  4.12  
 1990 34 DEA AL   5   4  .556  17  12   0   0   0   0   82.2   99   390   72   61  10   49   3   3   49   0  2  6.64  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 13 Seasons      88  83  .515 393 178  23  89   7   5 1485.2 1597  6513  808  722 123  568  18  42  683  53 23  4.37
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With DEA      42  43  .494 204  82  12  47   2   2  740.0  759  3225  402  358  65  296  13  22  374  17 17  4.35
   With CIN      16  14  .533  60  44   5   4   0   3  289.0  318  1250  136  120  19   89   0   3  115   4  4  3.74
   With KCA      19  16  .543  99  25   3  37   5   0  284.2  308  1262  163  145  23  129   5   8  134  28  2  4.58
   With BOA      11  10  .524  30  27   3   1   0   0  172.0  212   776  107   99  16   54   0   9   60   4  0  5.18
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      98 103  .488 415 243  26  61  12   9 1741.2 1786  7496  885  777  99  725  86  29  783  55 23  4.02
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1978 22 CIN NL  53    7   3.3   0  1.33    5   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    1    2  .333 -111   
 1979 23 CIN NL  46   88   4.0   0  5.38   62   4   0  .065   2    7    5  .714   17    8  .680  -30   
 1980 24 CIN NL  41   49   6.1   0  3.83   20   1   0  .050   3    6    3  .500    9    7  .562  -15   
         BOA AL  53   31   4.8   0  4.11    0   0   0  .000   1    2    1  .500    8    1  .889  -74   
         TOT          80   5.5   0         20   1   0  .050   4    8    4  .500   17    8  .680
 1981 25 BOA AL  54   83   6.6   0  6.06    0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    2    0 1.000  -32   
 1982 26 KCA AL  53   50   4.6   2  7.00    0   0   0  .000   2    3    1  .333    6    3  .667   44   
 1983 27 KCA AL  60   68   6.0   0  5.19    0   0   0  .000   0    3    3 1.000    5    4  .556   62   
 1984 28 KCA AL  43   37   4.0  10  0.00    0   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    7    2  .778  -26   
 1985 29 KCA AL  33    1  11.3   0          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  123   
 1986 30 DEA AL  45   82   3.5   1  3.64    0   0   0  .000   2   10    8  .800    4    6  .400   -9   
 1987 31 DEA AL  42  118   6.1   5  3.00    0   0   0  .000   1    3    2  .667   17    6  .739   28   
 1988 32 DEA AL  46   44   3.8   0  4.20    0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    6    4  .600    1   
 1989 33 DEA AL  52   85   4.6   0  3.86    0   0   0  .000   6   10    6  .600   11    5  .688   48   
 1990 34 DEA AL  48   59   6.3   0  5.67    0   0   0  .000   0    4    3  .750   12    2  .857  104   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 13 Seasons          806   4.8  18         87   5   0  .057  18   52   35  .673  105   50  .677    7   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.8 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1979 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    2 33.75   0-0   0  0   1.1   7   5   1   0
      WS    CIN BOA   L    1  9.00   0-1   0  1   3.0   5   3   1   1
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1978  CIN   88-74   Alan Boodman
 1979  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1980  CIN   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1980  BOA   84-78   Mike Tomeo
 1981  BOA   87-75   Mike Tomeo
 1982  KCA   75-87   Thomas Toney
 1983  KCA   77-85   Thomas Toney
 1984  KCA   66-96   Thomas Toney
 1985  KCA   88-74   Thomas Toney
 1986  DEA   82-80   Dennis Van Langen
 1987  DEA   65-97   Dennis Van Langen
 1988  DEA   68-94   Rob Tomlinson
 1989  DEA   63-99   Rob Tomlinson, Clint Benjamin, Mike Mashanic
 1990  DEA   78-84   Mike Mashanic

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