Rene
Lachemann
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: May 4, 1945 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1971    1973   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 20 MON NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4
1966 21 MON NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4
1967 22 MON NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1968 23 MON NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1969 24 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4
1970 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4 3 2 3 6 5 5
1971 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5
1972 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 5 5
1973 28 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1974 29 MON NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5
1975 30 MON NL $ 635,714   5 5 6 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1976 31 OAK AL $ 645,714   5 5 6 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1977 32 OAK AL $ 570,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1978 33 CLN NL $ 570,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5
1979 34 LAD NL $ 3,600,000   5 5 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
1980 35 LAD NL $ 3,600,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4
1981 36 LAD NL     5 5 5 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,600,000   6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5
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
1965 20 AA   54 217 15 45 4 0 5 16 0 3 15 51 .207 .259 .295 .554 15.7  
    A   83 337 46 90 11 2 24 58 3 1 26 61 .267 .320 .525 .845 56.4  
1966 21 AA   137 560 69 156 22 4 29 90 9 5 36 120 .279 .322 .488 .810 85.7  
1967 22 AA   82 340 30 78 15 0 11 38 3 1 19 75 .229 .270 .371 .641 34.2  
    A   55 226 30 68 11 1 12 32 2 1 20 40 .301 .358 .518 .875 39.9  
1968 23 AAA   29 115 17 36 1 0 9 20 1 1 7 18 .313 .352 .557 .909 21.3  
    AA   81 320 29 83 13 1 12 46 3 3 17 62 .259 .297 .419 .715 38.8  
1969 24 MON NL 17 56 1 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 15 .214 .241 .286 .527 3.1 0.0
    AAA   106 397 46 104 12 2 15 57 2 4 16 88 .262 .291 .416 .706 46.2  
1970 25 MON NL 9 21 2 5 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 4 .238 .273 .429 .701 2.8 0.5
    AAA   53 216 20 62 10 3 4 26 3 3 13 58 .287 .328 .417 .744 27.8  
1971 26 MON NL 22 42 5 11 3 0 1 6 0 0 2 9 .262 .289 .405 .694 5.4 0.6
    AAA   26 108 22 41 9 0 7 26 4 1 11 10 .380 .437 .657 1.094 26.8  
1972 27 MON NL 72 217 31 53 8 0 7 28 0 2 17 45 .244 .302 .378 .680 23.6 3.1
    AAA   2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1  
1973 28 MON NL 52 131 21 31 3 0 6 21 0 0 5 30 .237 .268 .397 .665 13.5 1.7
1974 29 MON NL 57 185 25 44 10 0 7 26 1 1 12 40 .238 .285 .405 .690 22.4 3.1
1975 30 MON NL 48 124 14 26 1 0 6 18 0 1 9 34 .210 .263 .363 .626 11.1 0.4
1976 31 OAK AL 132 437 44 100 14 0 14 63 2 1 46 100 .229 .303 .357 .660 48.8 5.7
1977 32 OAK AL 147 500 56 114 23 1 14 50 1 1 34 94 .228 .276 .362 .638 48.0 4.0
1978 33 OAK AL 71 242 31 63 7 2 9 28 2 0 17 51 .260 .309 .417 .727 29.9 5.8
  CLN NL 29 61 10 13 2 1 2 14 0 0 9 13 .213 .314 .377 .691 7.3 0.9
  TOT   100 303 41 76 9 3 11 42 2 0 26 64 .251 .310 .409 .719 37.2 6.6
1979 34 LAD NL 80 251 24 47 9 2 2 27 0 0 19 54 .187 .243 .263 .506 13.6 0.0
1980 35 LAD NL 97 275 25 62 7 1 9 32 2 1 22 74 .225 .284 .356 .641 28.7 3.4
1981 36 LAD NL 155 543 51 126 17 1 19 60 0 1 41 113 .232 .286 .372 .658 53.5 8.9
13 Years Sim 988 3085 340 707 106 8 98 377 9 8 236 676 .229 .284 .364 .648 311.7 38.1
5 Years AAA 216 843 105 244 32 5 35 129 10 9 47 176 .289 .327 .464 .791 122.0  
4 Years AA 354 1437 143 362 54 5 57 190 15 12 87 308 .252 .295 .415 .710 174.4  
2 Years A 138 563 76 158 22 3 36 90 5 2 46 101 .281 .335 .522 .857 96.3  
11 Years Minors 708 2843 324 764 108 13 128 409 30 23 180 585 .269 .312 .451 .763 392.8  
162 Game Average 505 55 115 17 1 16 61 1 1 38 110 .229 .284 .364 .648 51.1  
Career Highs 155 543 56 126 23 3 19 63 2 2 46 113 .262 .310 .429 .719 53.5  
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   1809 189 415 62 5 58 220 3 6 117 404 .229 .277 .365 .642 182.9
vs LH   1276 151 292 44 3 40 157 6 2 119 272 .229 .295 .362 .657 141.3
Home 488 1519 163 358 54 2 43 159 4 4 111 330 .236 .290 .359 .649 158.1
Away 500 1566 177 349 52 6 55 218 5 4 125 346 .223 .279 .369 .648 166.2
RISP   783 0 177 19 2 29 269 0 0 61 187 .226 .279 .367 .646 83.6
Pinch Hitting   79 12 24 1 0 5 19 0 0 9 16 .304 .378 .506 .884 14.7
Close/Late   435 49 105 14 2 14 56 0 0 29 90 .241 .291 .379 .671 48.0
Mar/Apr 147 434 52 97 12 1 14 52 1 1 46 88 .224 .300 .353 .652 48.0
May 167 526 66 112 16 1 22 71 1 2 48 114 .213 .278 .373 .651 56.9
June 159 488 57 115 18 3 17 59 2 1 35 124 .236 .288 .389 .678 55.2
July 164 559 66 144 19 1 13 79 2 2 31 114 .258 .297 .365 .662 59.4
August 186 574 52 119 24 2 19 60 2 1 40 127 .207 .260 .355 .615 53.7
Sep/Oct 162 504 47 120 17 0 13 56 1 1 36 109 .238 .287 .349 .636 51.2
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
1969 24 MON NL C 11 11 92.7 59 4 1 0 .984 6.12 4 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 6 6 50.0 3 6 1 3 .900 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1970 25 MON NL C 5 4 37.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 6.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 26 MON NL C 13 10 91.3 55 3 2 0 .967 5.72 6 2 .333 0 0.1
    3B 6 1 19.3 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.19 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1972 27 MON NL C 53 51 463.0 299 15 2 1 .994 6.10 21 6 .286 0 2.0
    1B 5 3 30.0 36 2 1 1 .974 11.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 9 1 29.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1973 28 MON NL C 33 29 267.3 175 20 4 0 .980 6.56 28 11 .393 0 0.5
    3B 6 0 23.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 5 0 12.0 19 1 0 4 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1974 29 MON NL C 32 28 263.0 173 10 1 0 .995 6.26 13 6 .462 0 0.7
    3B 10 9 78.7 11 23 0 4 1.000 3.89 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 4 3 26.0 26 1 0 2 1.000 9.35 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 30 MON NL C 26 22 197.0 131 9 1 0 .993 6.40 19 7 .368 0 1.1
    1B 15 7 75.3 76 5 0 10 1.000 9.68 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 4 4 33.7 3 7 1 2 .909 2.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1976 31 OAK AL 3B 46 40 358.7 15 102 2 10 .983 2.94 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 13 12 107.3 80 5 2 0 .977 7.13 12 3 .250 0 0.8
    1B 3 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 32 OAK AL 3B 85 78 705.3 46 172 7 14 .969 2.78 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    C 54 52 468.3 272 19 4 2 .986 5.59 44 13 .295 0 3.0
1978 33 OAK AL 3B 55 48 470.0 25 125 5 9 .968 2.87 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    C 11 10 100.9 42 4 2 0 .958 4.10 12 3 .250 0 0.5
    1B 2 0 5.8 8 0 0 1 1.000 12.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CLN NL 3B 22 19 124.6 7 33 1 3 .976 2.89 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 4 4 26.8 11 1 0 0 1.000 4.03 3 1 .333 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 77 67 594.6 32 158 6 12 .969 2.88   2.6
      C 15 14 127.7 53 5 2 0 .967 4.09 15 4 .267 0 0.6
      1B 3 0 7.3 10 0 0 1 1.000 12.33   0.0
1979 34 LAD NL C 66 58 534.0 287 22 4 0 .987 5.21 45 17 .378 2 3.5
    3B 4 2 23.7 2 4 0 2 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 0 19.3 29 1 0 2 1.000 13.97 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 35 LAD NL C 63 60 525.7 280 17 7 0 .977 5.09 47 11 .234 0 2.2
    1B 15 11 89.7 113 9 1 15 .992 12.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 14 4 55.3 5 10 1 0 .938 2.44 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 2.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 36 LAD NL 3B 141 139 1222.0 86 335 19 33 .957 3.10 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    C 3 2 18.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 7.00 4 1 .250 0 0.1
    1B 5 0 12.7 18 0 0 3 1.000 12.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 410 351 3195.6 208 835 37 80 .966 2.94 0 0 .000 0 9.6
  C 387 353 3192.3 1902 130 30 3 .985 5.73 258 81 .314 2 15.0
  1B 59 24 275.3 331 19 2 38 .994 11.44 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  RF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 6.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 5.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 2 0 5.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   862 729 6684.5 2445 990 69 122 .980 4.62 258 81 .314 2 25.3
Career Highs   153 142 1269.3 398 340 19 37 1.000 6.79 47 17 .462 2  
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
1971 26 MON NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1972 27 MON NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1973 28 MON NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333
1975 30 MON NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1978 33 CLN NL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167
1979 34 LAD NL 7 19 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 5 .105 .190 .211 .401
Career Post-Season Batting 17 30 3 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 11 .100 .206 .167 .373
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1981-6-155
Strikeouts
1981-8-113
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 55th overall pick, by Montreal in 1965
Injured on 8/9/1965 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/6/1968 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Had first career hit on 8/7/1969, off Jim Kaat (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 9/26/1969, off Jim Merritt (NYG)
Injured on 5/18/1970 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1971
Injured on 6/25/1973 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1973
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $635,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $645,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 3/3/1976 (Going to MON: P Frank Riccelli, P Mickey Lolich. Going to OAK: P Fritz Peterson, P John Hiller, C Rene Lachemann, LF Jerry Martin)
6/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $570,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/26/1976 with a Broken Foot, out for 6-7 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Philadelphia on 4/16/1978
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1978 (Going to OAK: C Frank Fernandez, P Manny Sarmiento. Going to CLN: P Steve Carlton, DH Rick Monday, C Rene Lachemann)
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/7/1979 to a 4-year deal worth $3,600,000 per year
Injured on 4/9/1979 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Miami on 5/3/1981
Released by Los Angeles on 10/29/1981