Mike
Lavalliere
 
Nickname: Spanky
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 18, 1960 in Usa, NC, CHARLOTTE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1984 23 NYA AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1985 24 NYA AL     7 7 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 8 9 9 8 9 9
1986 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 5 8 9 9 8 9 9
1987 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 5 6 5 8 9 9 8 9 9
1988 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 9 10 10 9 9 9
1989 28 NYA AL $ 1,621,429   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 8 9 9
1990 29 NYA AL $ 1,700,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,700,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1984 23 AAA   137 526 48 136 28 3 3 67 3 0 80 36 .259 .356 .340 .697 68.9  
1985 24 AAA   137 483 73 141 16 0 14 80 0 3 95 49 .292 .408 .412 .820 85.7  
1986 25 NYA AL 92 219 25 53 9 2 1 17 3 0 29 11 .242 .329 .315 .644 22.6 2.6
1987 26 NYA AL 122 393 47 102 26 0 6 48 2 0 55 19 .260 .349 .372 .720 52.3 9.3
1988 27 NYA AL 146 510 61 126 34 1 10 69 0 0 61 27 .247 .326 .376 .703 60.1 8.6
1989 28 NYA AL 138 452 42 113 20 0 7 55 0 2 72 34 .250 .353 .341 .694 56.4 8.1
1990 29 NYA AL 116 351 44 94 21 0 5 38 0 0 56 33 .268 .369 .370 .739 48.7 8.5
5 Years Sim 614 1925 219 488 110 3 29 227 5 2 273 124 .254 .346 .359 .704 240.0 37.1
2 Years AAA 274 1009 121 277 44 3 17 147 3 3 175 85 .275 .382 .375 .756 154.6  
162 Game Average 507 57 128 29 0 7 59 1 0 72 32 .254 .346 .359 .704 63.3  
Career Highs 146 510 61 126 34 2 10 69 3 2 72 34 .268 .369 .376 .739 60.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1482 164 396 89 2 24 175 5 2 213 92 .267 .359 .379 .738 209.6
vs LH   443 55 92 21 1 5 52 0 0 60 32 .208 .300 .293 .593 42.6
Home 308 942 114 254 67 1 16 129 4 1 135 62 .270 .361 .394 .755 137.6
Away 306 983 105 234 43 2 13 98 1 1 138 62 .238 .330 .326 .656 114.6
RISP   473 0 121 31 1 7 184 0 0 89 41 .256 .366 .370 .736 70.9
Pinch Hitting   66 5 18 2 1 0 11 2 0 5 5 .273 .311 .333 .644 7.4
Close/Late   251 22 78 17 2 4 38 0 0 38 17 .311 .399 .442 .841 43.9
Mar/Apr 100 309 27 82 17 1 3 29 1 1 44 20 .265 .354 .356 .710 41.1
May 115 377 40 96 18 0 6 36 1 0 52 26 .255 .343 .350 .693 48.5
June 110 346 36 84 21 0 5 44 2 1 42 22 .243 .325 .347 .672 40.5
July 103 312 51 87 18 1 4 44 1 0 56 16 .279 .388 .381 .769 49.4
August 113 357 45 80 22 0 7 46 0 0 45 21 .224 .314 .345 .658 40.1
Sep/Oct 73 224 20 59 14 1 4 28 0 0 34 19 .263 .360 .388 .749 32.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1986 25 NYA AL C 22 19 167.7 99 1 0 1 1.000 5.37 11 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 17 13 123.0 7 24 1 3 .969 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 12 7 75.0 86 9 2 9 .979 11.40 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1987 26 NYA AL C 112 110 947.7 648 41 7 0 .990 6.54 94 26 .277 0 3.8
    3B 3 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 27 NYA AL C 136 132 1202.3 805 46 11 1 .987 6.37 105 26 .248 0 4.7
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 28 NYA AL C 128 126 1127.3 786 49 5 1 .994 6.67 99 29 .293 6 6.4
    3B 6 0 13.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1990 29 NYA AL C 107 102 902.7 669 38 2 1 .997 7.05 97 27 .278 4 4.6
    3B 4 0 11.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 505 489 4347.6 3007 175 25 4 .992 6.59 406 108 .266 10 20.1
  3B 31 13 160.3 9 33 1 3 .977 2.36 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  1B 15 7 81.0 94 9 2 9 .981 11.44 0 0 .000 0 0.2
Career Totals   551 509 4589.0 3110 217 28 16 .992 6.52 406 108 .266 10 20.7
Career Highs   137 132 1205.3 805 54 11 13 .997 7.03 105 29 .293 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1988 27 NYA AL 9 29 8 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 .310 .412 .483 .895
Career Post-Season Batting 9 29 8 9 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 .310 .412 .483 .895
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1984
Injured on 8/5/1984 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/6/1986, off Orel Hershiser (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 6/14/1986, off Tommy Boggs (BAL)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Philadelphia on 9/5/1987
Injured on 9/15/1987 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 4-5 weeks
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,700,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/18/1990 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/6/1990 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks