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Mike LaCoss Stats

Mike LaCoss was born on Wednesday, May 30, 1956, in Glendale, California. LaCoss was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 18, 1978, with the Cincinnati Reds. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mike LaCoss baseball stats page.

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Mike LaCoss

Mike LaCoss Autograph on a 1982 Topps (#61T)

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Birth Name:	Michael James LaCoss
Nickname:	Buffy or Mike
Born On:	05-30-1956
Born In:	Glendale, California
Zodiac:	Gemini
Died On:	Still Living
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Height:	6-04
Weight:	190
First Game:	07-18-1978 (Age 22)
Last Game:	07-02-1991
Draft:	1974 : 3rd Round (71st)

Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss Pitching Stats
Year	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
1978	Reds	16	15	0	4	8	.333	4.50	2	1	0	96.0	420	104	48	56	5	46	9	31	2	1	1	-
1979	Reds	35	32	0	14	8	.636	3.50	6	1	0	205.2	868	202	80	92	13	79	8	73	3	2	3	-
1980	Reds	34	29	1	10	12	.455	4.62	4	2	0	169.1	762	207	87	101	9	68	8	59	3	1	2	-
1981	Reds	20	13	3	4	7	.364	6.12	1	1	1	78.0	354	102	53	55	7	30	4	22	1	1	0	-
1982	Astros	41	8	11	6	6	.500	2.90	0	0	0	115.0	488	107	37	41	3	54	6	51	5	4	1	-
1983	Astros	38	17	6	5	7	.417	4.43	2	0	1	138.0	590	142	68	81	10	56	11	53	9	2	1	-
1984	Astros	39	18	6	7	5	.583	4.02	2	1	3	132.0	565	132	59	64	3	55	5	86	9	0	1	-
1985	Royals	21	0	7	1	1	.500	5.09	0	0	1	40.2	193	49	23	25	2	29	6	26	2	0	0	-
1986	Giants	37	31	1	10	13	.435	3.57	4	1	0	204.1	842	179	81	99	14	70	8	86	5	6	5	-
1987	Giants	39	26	4	13	10	.565	3.68	2	1	0	171.0	728	184	70	78	16	63	12	79	6	2	1	-
1988	Giants	19	19	0	7	7	.500	3.62	1	1	0	114.1	477	99	46	55	5	47	3	70	6	1	2	-
1989	Giants	45	18	16	10	10	.500	3.17	1	0	6	150.1	647	143	53	62	3	65	4	78	1	7	5	-
1990	Giants	13	12	0	6	4	.600	3.94	1	0	0	77.2	337	75	34	37	5	39	2	39	1	0	1	-
1991	Giants	18	5	6	1	5	.167	7.23	0	0	0	47.1	225	61	38	39	4	24	0	30	2	2	0	-
Career		G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	HLD
14 Years		415	243	61	98	103	.488	4.02	26	9	12	1,739.2	7,496	1,786	777	885	99	725	86	783	55	29	23	-

Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss Hitting Stats
Yr	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1978	Reds	17	30	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	6	0	0	0	.067	.067	.100
1979	Reds	35	70	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	25	5	0	0	2	.129	.164	.143
1980	Reds	34	55	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	6	0	1	0	.091	.123	.109
1981	Reds	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1982	Astros	41	24	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	3	0	0	0	.250	.280	.292
1983	Astros	38	35	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	12	4	0	0	0	.086	.111	.086
1984	Astros	39	31	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	6	1	0	1	.129	.125	.161
1985	Royals	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1986	Giants	37	61	8	14	2	0	2	0	9	3	0	24	5	0	0	0	.230	.266	.361
1987	Giants	39	50	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	16	4	0	1	1	.060	.113	.060
1988	Giants	19	33	3	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	13	4	0	0	0	.242	.286	.273
1989	Giants	45	41	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	16	3	0	0	1	.073	.156	.122
1990	Giants	13	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	0	0	0	.043	.043	.087
1991	Giants	18	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222
Career		G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GS	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
14 Years		416	481	30	60	11	0	2	0	19	18	0	194	61	1	2	5	.125	.159	.160

Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
1978 Reds	P	16	15	288	21	1.3	21	8	13	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.97	-
1979 Reds	P	35	32	617	51	1.5	49	15	34	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.961	2.14	-
1980 Reds	P	34	29	508	46	1.4	43	9	34	3	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.935	2.29	-
1981 Reds	P	20	13	234	21	1.1	20	6	14	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.952	2.31	-
1982 Astros	P	41	8	345	26	0.6	23	7	16	3	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.885	1.80	-
1983 Astros	P	38	17	414	33	0.9	33	6	27	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.15	-
1984 Astros	P	39	18	396	31	0.8	29	9	20	2	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.935	1.98	-
1985 Royals	P	21	0	122	9	0.4	9	1	8	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.99	-
1986 Giants	P	37	31	613	54	1.5	53	19	34	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.981	2.33	-
1987 Giants	P	39	26	513	60	1.5	58	15	43	2	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.967	3.05	-
1988 Giants	P	19	19	343	42	2.2	42	10	32	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.31	-
1989 Giants	P	45	18	451	36	0.8	32	12	20	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.889	1.92	-
1990 Giants	P	13	12	233	14	1.1	13	5	8	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	1.51	-
1991 Giants	P	18	5	142	10	0.6	9	4	5	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	1.71	-
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF	ZR
P Totals		415	243	5,219	454	1.1	434	126	308	20	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	2.25	--
14 Years		415	243	5,219	454	1.1	434	126	308	20	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	2.25	--

Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1978 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.8	30.0	0.67	2.91	4.31
1979 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.8	0.0	0.92	3.19	3.46
1980 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.4	55.0	0.87	3.14	3.61
1981 Reds	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.73	2.54	3.46
1982 Astros	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.94	3.99	4.23
1983 Astros	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.9	35.0	0.95	3.46	3.65
1984 Astros	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.9	31.0	1.56	5.86	3.75
1985 Royals	0	0	.000	-	-	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.90	5.75	6.42
1986 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	30.5	2.5	6.8	1.23	3.79	3.08
1987 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	3.1	16.7	1.25	4.16	3.32
1988 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.5	16.5	1.49	5.51	3.70
1989 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.6	41.0	1.20	4.67	3.89
1990 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	2.3	0.0	1.00	4.52	4.52
1991 Giants	0	0	.000	-	-	n/a	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.25	5.70	4.56
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
14 Years	0	0	.000	-	-	0	240.5	2.5	25.3	1.08	4.05	3.75

Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team [Click for Roster]	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1978 Cincinnati Reds	51	Undetermined	-	-
1979 Cincinnati Reds	51	Undetermined	Stats	-
1980 Cincinnati Reds	51	Undetermined	-	-
1981 Cincinnati Reds	51	Undetermined	-	-
1982 Houston Astros	51	Undetermined	-	-
1983 Houston Astros	51	Undetermined	-	-
1984 Houston Astros	51	Undetermined	-	-
1985 Kansas City Royals	30	Undetermined	-	-
1986 San Francisco Giants	29	$225,000.00	-	-
1987 San Francisco Giants	29	$300,000.00	-	-
1988 San Francisco Giants	29	$500,000.00	-	-
1989 San Francisco Giants	29	$1,100,000.00	-	Stats
1990 San Francisco Giants	29	$1,150,000.00	-	-
1991 San Francisco Giants	29	$1,450,000.00	-	-
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