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Charlie Lau
Charles Richard Lau

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

MLB Debut September 12, 1956
Final Game September 29, 1967
Born April 12, 1933 in Romulus, MI
Died March 18, 1984 (age 50)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 25 KCA AL   11   30    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    7  .133  .188  .200  .388    51     6   0   0   0   0   0  
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 27 MLN NL    4    5    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .200  .333  .200  .533    76     1   0   0   0   0   0  
 1961 28 MLN NL   28   93   11   24   4   0   0    8   0   0   10   12  .258  .349  .301  .650    89    28   2   0   0   3   2  
 1962 29 MLN NL   62  193   22   60   9   1   5   21   0   0    6    8  .311  .335  .446  .781   109    86   0   0   0   1   5  
 1963 30 MLN NL   80  193   12   54   9   0   1   19   0   1   15   19  .280  .327  .342  .669    98    66   2   3   2   0   9  
 1964 31 SLN NL   27   38    2   11   3   0   0    1   0   0    5    5  .289  .386  .368  .755   102    14   0   0   1   1   1  
 1965 32 SLN NL   53  131   15   38   4   3   1   15   0   1   17   22  .290  .364  .389  .754   106    51   0   3   3   0   3  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  7 Seasons      265  683   63  192  31   4   7   67   0   2   56   74  .281  .337  .369  .706         252   4   6   6   5  20
 Per 600 PA           544   50  153  25   3   6   53   0   2   45   59                                 201   3   5   5   4  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With MLN      174  484   45  139  22   1   6   48   0   1   32   40  .287  .335  .374  .709         181   4   3   2   4  16
   With SLN       80  169   17   49   7   3   1   16   0   1   22   27  .290  .369  .385  .754          65   0   3   4   1   4
   With KCA       11   30    1    4   2   0   0    3   0   0    2    7  .133  .188  .200  .388           6   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      527 1170  105  298  63   9  16  140   3   1  109  150  .255  .318  .365  .683         427  15  12  24   5  28
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1958 25 KCA AL   6    1   1.3   2   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    9    6  .600  C    4(+1)e5  -126   
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 27 MLN NL   0    0   2.8   1   0   0  .000   1    1    1 1.000    1    0 1.000  C    4(+1)e8    36   
 1961 28 MLN NL   7   10   3.9   2   1   0  .500   5   11    7  .636    5    1  .833  C    4(+1)e16  115   
 1962 29 MLN NL   6   27   5.3  17   1   0  .059   1   23   18  .783   27   16  .628  C    4(+2)e1     0   
 1963 30 MLN NL   9   19   3.5  19   7   0  .368   9   28   21  .750   35   14  .714  C    4(+2)e8   -10   
 1964 31 SLN NL   7    5   5.4   8   1   0  .125   0    4    4 1.000   14    6  .700  C    3(+3)e5    33   
 1965 32 SLN NL  29   18   5.1  14   6   0  .429   4   23   18  .783   21    7  .750  C    4(+1)e4   -26   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  7 Seasons           83   4.3  63  16   0  .254  20   91   70  .769  112   50  .691                   4   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 0.0 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only) 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1958 25 KCA AL  C     11    65     7    0    0  1.000     9    79.2   8.13
 1959           [Did not play]
 1960 27 MLN NL  C      3     2     0    1    0   .667     1    10.0   1.80
 1961 28 MLN NL  C     25   121     8    5    1   .963    23   197.0   5.89
 1962 29 MLN NL  C     45   233    18    1    2   .996    41   362.0   6.24
 1963 30 MLN NL  C     59   257    24    9    1   .969    48   409.2   6.17
 1964 31 SLN NL  C     18    52     9    0    2  1.000     6    79.0   6.95
 1965 32 SLN NL  C     37   236    12    4    1   .984    31   278.2   8.01
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    198   966    78   20    7   .981   159  1416.0   6.64
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


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Managers 

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1958  KCA   71-83   Drew Kennedy
 1960  MLN   75-79   Jeff Tripodi
 1961  MLN   81-73   Jeff Tripodi
 1962  MLN   79-83   Jeff Tripodi
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