Mike
Lacoss
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 30, 1956 in Usa, CA, GLENDALE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 22 DET AL   7 3 3 3 5 6 5 8 9 9
1979 23 DET AL $ 300,000 7 3 4 3 5 6 5 8 9 8
1980 24 DET AL $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 9 9 9
1981 25 DET AL $ 300,000 7 3 4 3 5 5 5 9 10 10
1982 26 DET AL $ 529,286 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 10 10
1983 27 DET AL $ 1,757,143 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 10 10
1984 28 KCR AL $ 1,757,143 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 10 10
1985 29 KCR AL $ 3,120,000 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 9 10 9
1986 30 KCR AL $ 3,000,000 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 9 8
1987 31 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 8 9 8
1988 32 CLN NL $ 3,000,000 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 9 9
1989 33 CLN NL   6 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 9 8
1990 34 PHN NL $ 440,000 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 3 3 3 4 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,120,000 7 4 4 4 5 6 5 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1978 22 AAA   5 9 .357 17 17 0 0 0 118.0 142 51 4 49 66 3.89 .298 .363 .373 .736  
    AA   6 5 .545 12 12 1 0 0 83.0 69 27 6 28 55 2.93 .223 .288 .320 .608  
1979 23 DET AL 2 4 .333 25 4 1 0 2 50.0 49 21 2 31 15 3.78 .259 .363 .328 .691 3.4
1980 24 DET AL 4 7 .364 52 10 0 0 8 110.0 120 53 4 65 37 4.34 .282 .373 .381 .754 4.8
1981 25 DET AL 1 0 1.000 20 0 0 0 2 28.0 27 7 0 10 8 2.25 .248 .308 .303 .611 3.1
1982 26 DET AL 14 10 .583 32 32 6 2 0 228.0 215 96 8 92 89 3.79 .255 .327 .355 .682 13.9
1983 27 DET AL 12 9 .571 35 25 3 0 0 200.7 186 89 7 75 90 3.99 .245 .313 .346 .659 10.3
1984 28 DET AL 3 6 .333 47 9 0 0 2 73.3 83 29 2 37 24 3.56 .287 .368 .370 .738 3.6
  KCR AL 5 2 .714 10 2 0 0 0 72.0 59 19 2 26 34 2.38 .226 .297 .303 .599 6.9
  TOT   8 8 .500 57 11 0 0 2 145.3 142 48 4 63 58 2.97 .258 .334 .338 .673 10.5
    AAA   0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.7 6 3 1 6 4 7.38 .353 .522 .647 1.169  
1985 29 KCR AL 15 13 .536 39 36 0 0 0 247.3 254 129 14 101 111 4.69 .266 .336 .369 .705 8.4
1986 30 KCR AL 10 6 .625 19 18 0 0 0 118.0 127 61 8 60 32 4.65 .276 .364 .393 .757 6.0
1987 31 BSN NL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 6.0 8 6 1 4 3 9.00 .320 .414 .520 .934 0.0
    AAA   3 3 .500 79 0 0 0 5 82.0 58 25 2 34 51 2.74 .200 .284 .279 .563  
1988 32 BSN NL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 14.7 23 11 0 10 4 6.75 .348 .434 .409 .843 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 23 0 0 0 0 27.3 23 4 1 6 13 1.32 .225 .269 .284 .553  
    AA   1 1 .500 21 0 0 0 0 22.7 18 5 1 7 12 1.99 .209 .269 .302 .571  
1989 33 CLN NL 0 2 .000 23 0 0 0 0 48.0 48 18 2 25 15 3.38 .261 .346 .353 .699 3.4
1990 34 PHN NL 6 10 .375 30 30 0 0 0 147.3 168 77 7 79 62 4.70 .291 .372 .388 .760 5.7
12 Years Sim 72 70 .507 341 168 10 2 14 1343.3 1367 616 57 615 524 4.13 .266 .343 .363 .706 69.4
4 Years AAA 8 13 .381 120 18 0 0 5 231.0 229 83 8 95 134 3.23 .258 .330 .337 .668  
2 Years AA 7 6 .538 33 12 1 0 0 105.7 87 32 7 35 67 2.73 .220 .284 .316 .600  
6 Years Minors 15 19 .441 153 30 1 0 5 336.7 316 115 15 130 201 3.07 .247 .316 .331 .647  
Season Average 6 5 .545 28 14 0 0 1 111.9 113 51 4 51 43 4.13 .266 .343 .363 .706  
Career Highs 15 13 1.000 57 36 6 2 8 247.3 254 129 14 101 111 9.00 .348 .434 .520 .934  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   592 276 26 220 287   .241 .303 .338 .641
vs LH   775 340 31 395 237   .288 .380 .386 .766
Home 37 38 .493 168 85 5 1 7 695.6 723 331 32 311 273 4.28 .271 .347 .369 .717
Away 35 32 .522 173 83 5 1 8 647.6 644 285 25 304 251 3.96 .260 .341 .356 .697
Mar/Apr 15 9 .625 61 24 3 0 0 223.0 235 85 10 107 90 3.43 .275 .355 .387 .742
May 13 15 .464 71 28 0 0 4 243.6 254 125 7 116 81 4.62 .270 .350 .357 .707
June 9 12 .429 52 28 2 0 3 209.6 233 118 9 101 82 5.07 .283 .361 .375 .736
July 10 9 .526 48 26 1 0 2 221.6 226 111 9 88 85 4.51 .267 .336 .372 .709
August 14 15 .483 52 34 2 0 2 239.3 215 92 11 96 100 3.46 .240 .314 .331 .645
Sep/Oct 11 10 .524 57 28 2 2 4 206.0 204 85 11 107 86 3.71 .261 .350 .359 .709
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 23 DET AL P 25 4 50.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.34    
1980 24 DET AL P 52 10 110.0 7 21 0 2 1.000 2.29    
1981 25 DET AL P 20 0 28.0 4 6 0 1 1.000 3.21    
1982 26 DET AL P 32 32 228.0 12 42 0 8 1.000 2.13    
1983 27 DET AL P 35 25 200.7 10 29 2 3 .951 1.75    
1984 28 DET AL P 47 9 73.3 5 15 1 2 .952 2.45    
  KCR AL P 10 2 72.0 5 15 0 1 1.000 2.50    
  TOT   P 57 11 145.3 10 30 1 3 .976 2.48    
1985 29 KCR AL P 39 36 247.3 17 37 4 2 .931 1.96    
1986 30 KCR AL P 19 18 118.0 5 18 1 0 .958 1.75    
1987 31 BSN NL P 2 2 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1988 32 BSN NL P 7 0 14.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.23    
1989 33 CLN NL P 23 0 48.0 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.63    
1990 34 PHN NL P 30 30 147.3 10 20 0 2 1.000 1.83    
Career Totals   341 168 1343.3 83 225 8 22 .975 2.06    
Career Highs   57 36 247.3 17 42 4 8 1.000 3.21    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1980 24 DET AL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 1 7.3 8 1 1 4 6 1.23 .286 .375 .429 .804
1981 25 DET AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 2 4 4.50 .400 .500 .800 1.300
1982 26 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .154 .154 .154 .308
1983 27 DET AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.3 11 8 0 4 1 9.82 .344 .417 .438 .854
1984 28 KCR AL 1 1 .500 4 4 0 0 0 24.7 25 13 1 16 6 4.74 .258 .363 .320 .682
1986 30 KCR AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 10 6 1 2 4 5.79 .270 .308 .351 .659
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 2 .500 18 6 0 0 1 54.7 60 29 4 28 21 4.78 .276 .359 .369 .728
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1986-9-.625
Games Started
1985-5-36
Shutouts
1982-4-2
Hits Allowed
1985-7-254
Walks Allowed
1982-8-92
1985-9-101
1990-8-79
OAVG
1983-9-.245
OSLG
1983-8-.346
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 49th overall pick, by Detroit in 1978
Earned first career win on 9/8/1979
Injured on 8/29/1980 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $529,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,757,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,757,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 7/1/1984 (Going to KCR: 2B Lou Whitaker, P Scott Sanderson, P Dick Ruthven, P Mike Lacoss. Going to DET: P Balor Moore, CF Tony Armas, 2B Bobby Grich, P Phil Hennigan)
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,120,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1985: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 10/19/1986 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 8-9 weeks
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 2/2/1987 (Going to BSN: P Mike Loynd, P Mike Lacoss, P Dick Ruthven, 3B Jeff Burroughs. Going to KCR: P Mike Chris)
Traded from Boston (N) to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1988 (Going to CLN: RF Dwight Evans, 3B Jeff Burroughs, P Mike Lacoss. Going to BSN: SS Rance Mulliniks, 2B Julio Cruz, P Andy Rincon)
Released by Cleveland (N) on 6/1/1989
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/25/1990 to a 4-year deal worth $440,000 per year