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Charlie
Lau		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: April 12, 1933 in Usa, MI, ROMULUS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Gold Glove 1962    1964    1966   
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
1956 23 MON NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7
1957 24 MON NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 7
1958 25 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1959 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1960 27 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8
1961 28 MON NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 8
1962 29 MON NL $ 2,635,714   8 8 7 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 6 6 8 9 8
1963 30 MON NL $ 3,057,143   8 8 7 2 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1964 31 MON NL $ 3,392,857   7 7 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1965 32 BSN NL $ 4,200,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7
1966 33 BSN NL $ 4,200,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
1967 34 BSN NL $ 4,200,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4
1968 35 BSN NL $ 4,200,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,200,000   8 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8 6 6 6 8 9 8
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
1956 23 AA   137 515 68 125 17 3 13 57 7 8 75 66 .243 .339 .363 .702 66.8  
1957 24 AAA   111 463 72 124 18 3 14 50 10 3 41 59 .268 .327 .410 .738 63.0  
    AA   26 101 21 32 10 0 3 12 1 0 18 11 .317 .420 .505 .925 20.7  
1958 25 MON NL 65 149 18 38 8 1 3 21 0 0 11 17 .255 .307 .383 .689 17.3 2.0
1959 26 MON NL 75 199 29 64 17 1 6 26 0 0 28 28 .322 .402 .508 .909 38.0 7.8
1960 27 MON NL 83 245 37 57 12 1 8 36 0 0 21 24 .233 .291 .388 .679 26.7 3.1
    AAA   30 96 11 28 8 0 1 9 3 0 14 15 .292 .382 .406 .788 15.5  
1961 28 MON NL 120 346 46 106 21 6 4 40 0 0 35 35 .306 .371 .436 .807 53.3 12.0
1962 29 MON NL 121 373 54 114 20 5 6 50 0 0 31 33 .306 .360 .434 .795 55.0 12.7
1963 30 MON NL 137 434 62 136 26 2 3 44 2 4 46 31 .313 .378 .403 .781 60.4 12.8
1964 31 MON NL 124 401 39 100 26 3 3 43 4 0 35 34 .249 .311 .352 .662 43.3 6.4
1965 32 MON NL 70 236 15 59 8 0 1 35 1 2 16 9 .250 .294 .297 .591 18.0 1.1
  BSN NL 41 126 18 43 10 0 1 18 0 1 13 12 .341 .400 .444 .844 19.4 4.5
  TOT   111 362 33 102 18 0 2 53 1 3 29 21 .282 .332 .348 .680 37.4 5.6
1966 33 BSN NL 136 424 51 118 20 5 7 48 2 2 42 60 .278 .344 .399 .743 55.4 11.7
1967 34 BSN NL 70 238 28 69 13 1 3 25 0 0 19 45 .290 .342 .391 .733 29.9 5.9
1968 35 AAA   125 418 35 96 3 1 4 29 4 2 32 101 .230 .284 .270 .555 33.0  
10 Years Sim 1042 3171 397 904 181 25 45 386 9 9 297 328 .285 .346 .401 .746 416.6 79.9
3 Years AAA 266 977 118 248 29 4 19 88 17 5 87 175 .254 .315 .350 .665 111.5  
2 Years AA 163 616 89 157 27 3 16 69 8 8 93 77 .255 .352 .386 .738 87.5  
5 Years Minors 429 1593 207 405 56 7 35 157 25 13 180 252 .254 .330 .364 .694 199.0  
162 Game Average 492 61 140 28 3 6 60 1 1 46 50 .285 .346 .401 .746 64.8  
Career Highs 137 434 62 136 26 6 8 53 4 4 46 60 .322 .402 .508 .909 60.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2673 327 766 153 20 39 329 7 8 259 258 .287 .349 .403 .752 367.8
vs LH   498 70 138 28 5 6 57 2 1 38 70 .277 .327 .390 .717 61.9
Home 524 1582 186 473 95 14 27 208 1 4 143 158 .299 .357 .428 .785 231.4
Away 518 1589 211 431 86 11 18 178 8 5 154 170 .271 .335 .373 .708 198.3
RISP   816 0 231 49 7 8 313 0 0 87 90 .283 .347 .390 .736 111.0
Pinch Hitting   136 21 40 7 0 2 30 1 0 14 12 .294 .358 .390 .747 19.1
Close/Late   486 41 125 20 4 2 60 0 0 48 47 .257 .323 .327 .650 52.6
Mar/Apr 178 541 66 151 29 4 7 59 1 1 46 56 .279 .337 .386 .723 68.7
May 204 622 70 187 32 7 8 85 3 1 64 61 .301 .362 .413 .775 92.1
June 184 587 60 146 28 5 5 67 1 1 48 67 .249 .305 .339 .644 60.4
July 158 452 60 126 31 0 4 55 2 1 46 43 .279 .345 .374 .719 58.0
August 162 501 73 148 29 3 11 60 2 3 48 59 .295 .356 .431 .787 74.2
Sep/Oct 156 468 68 146 32 6 10 60 0 2 45 42 .312 .374 .470 .844 76.4
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
1958 25 MON NL C 29 25 227.0 158 11 1 0 .994 6.70 8 2 .250 0 1.5
    3B 20 11 103.0 8 18 2 4 .929 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 12 5 55.0 68 5 1 7 .986 11.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1959 26 MON NL C 50 49 434.0 419 13 0 0 1.000 8.96 15 5 .333 0 3.5
    1B 8 8 70.0 75 8 0 2 1.000 10.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 9 1 27.0 0 7 0 3 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1960 27 MON NL C 73 67 615.3 524 23 1 0 .998 8.00 21 8 .381 1 3.8
    3B 2 1 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 28 MON NL C 104 95 885.7 747 35 5 0 .994 7.95 31 9 .290 2 3.4
    3B 11 0 25.7 3 7 0 2 1.000 3.51 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 5.0 7 0 0 2 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 29 MON NL C 106 100 919.0 716 34 2 0 .997 7.34 33 12 .364 0 5.9
    1B 6 0 11.3 11 2 0 3 1.000 10.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 0 11.0 1 4 1 0 .833 4.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 30 MON NL C 115 110 984.3 743 38 4 0 .995 7.14 62 21 .339 0 5.3
    3B 7 0 11.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 1 9.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 14.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 31 MON NL C 112 107 957.7 726 46 4 1 .995 7.26 62 24 .387 0 6.5
    3B 1 1 9.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 7.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 6.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 16.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 32 MON NL C 63 59 562.0 419 29 3 1 .993 7.17 43 18 .419 1 3.4
    1B 1 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BSN NL C 37 35 309.3 230 16 2 0 .992 7.16 24 10 .417 0 1.6
    1B 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 100 94 871.3 649 45 5 1 .993 7.17 67 28 .418 1 5.0
      1B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1966 33 BSN NL C 115 103 937.7 727 52 2 0 .997 7.48 75 28 .373 2 7.0
    3B 3 0 14.0 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 34 BSN NL C 62 60 535.7 432 28 1 0 .998 7.73 35 13 .371 1 4.5
    3B 2 0 6.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 866 810 7367.6 5841 325 25 2 .996 7.53 409 150 .367 7 46.5
  3B 59 14 216.3 15 55 3 12 .959 2.91 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  1B 36 14 163.3 188 17 1 14 .995 11.30 0 0 .000 0 0.4
Career Totals   961 838 7747.3 6044 397 29 28 .996 7.48 409 150 .367 7 47.6
Career Highs   123 111 1005.0 757 58 5 11 1.000 8.85 75 28 .418 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
1958 25 MON NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1959 26 MON NL 8 18 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .222 .364 .333 .697
1960 27 MON NL 6 15 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .133 .188 .200 .388
1961 28 MON NL 9 29 7 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 4 .241 .290 .379 .670
1962 29 MON NL 5 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .059 .158 .059 .217
1963 30 MON NL 14 50 9 17 3 1 1 6 0 0 4 5 .340 .389 .500 .889
Career Post-Season Batting 44 130 17 32 8 2 1 11 0 0 14 17 .246 .319 .362 .681
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.
Batting Average
1963-7-.302*
 On-Base Pct
1963-7-.365*
 Doubles
1963-10-26
 Triples
1961-3-6
1962-10-5
1966-10-5
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Don Slaught (939)
  4. John Ellis (934)
  5. Matt Batts (934)
  6. Clint Courtney (931)
  7. Frankie Hayes (930)
  8. Johnny Pramesa (926)
  9. Mike Scioscia (925)
  10. Jody Davis (924)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Injured on 6/8/1956 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 4/8/1958, off Bill Monbouquette (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1958, off Russ Meyer (PIT)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/12/1961
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,635,714 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,057,143 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,392,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1964
Traded from Montreal to Boston (N) on 7/31/1965 (Going to BSN: C Charlie Lau, 2B Jim Davenport. Going to MON: CF Mickey Mantle)
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Washington on 5/16/1966
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1966
Injured on 7/4/1967 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
 
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