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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

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