Player Report for #31 Mike LaCoss

Player Demographics
	Name:	Mike LaCoss	Height:	6' 3"
	Nickname:		Weight:	197 lbs
	Date of Birth:	May 30, 1956	Bats:	R
	Drafted:	Drafted by the Kansas City Royals with the 15^th pick in the 3^rd round of the 1977 draft	Throws:	R
	Current Status:	Retired
	Links:	Development History

Honors and Awards
Award	Years	Times Won
All-Star	1984, 1986	2
Pitcher of the Month	6/82, 7/85, 4/88	3

Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HP	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERC	FIP	ERA+
1978 - KC	22	24	24	10	9	0	4.24	161.3	172	82	76	5	61	50	0	0	3	1	1.44	.289	2.6	3.87	4.12	87
1979 - KC	23	30	30	9	18	0	4.51	215.3	235	113	108	18	83	118	1	0	8	2	1.48	.302	3.2	4.42	4.35	99
1980 - KC	24	31	31	14	13	0	4.62	226.0	235	132	116	18	88	85	1	0	9	2	1.43	.278	2.5	4.12	4.65	90
1981 - KC	25	31	31	10	13	0	4.21	228.7	229	114	107	17	82	105	2	0	10	1	1.36	.279	3.6	3.79	4.32	106
1982 - KC	26	33	33	19	8	0	3.82	252.0	250	116	107	23	83	124	6	0	8	2	1.32	.272	3.9	3.75	4.39	118
1983 - KC	27	32	32	20	9	0	4.62	233.7	228	133	120	22	86	129	2	0	9	3	1.34	.270	3.5	3.77	4.42	100
1984 - KC (AS)	28	27	27	18	4	0	3.45	201.0	182	94	77	16	70	119	4	0	6	2	1.25	.261	3.8	3.25	4.10	126
1985 - KC	29	23	23	14	3	0	3.78	173.7	166	84	73	14	62	99	2	0	6	0	1.31	.274	3.2	3.58	4.18	114
1986 - KC (AS)	30	33	33	16	11	0	3.88	246.0	248	114	106	15	81	145	4	0	11	3	1.34	.294	6.0	3.65	3.80	115
1987 - PIT	31	33	33	14	11	0	3.80	244.0	228	108	103	14	90	149	1	0	9	2	1.30	.277	5.7	3.33	3.83	118
1988 - PIT	32	22	22	10	9	0	4.10	167.0	167	81	76	11	55	88	5	0	6	1	1.33	.283	3.6	3.66	3.99	118
1988 - WAS	32	10	10	6	2	0	3.49	80.0	80	32	31	6	19	36	1	0	3	1	1.24	.281	1.7	3.39	3.99	112
1988 - Tot	32	32	32	16	11	0	3.90	247.0	247	113	107	17	74	124	6	0	9	2	1.30	.283	5.2	3.57	3.99	116
1989 - WAS	33	33	33	18	8	0	3.57	229.7	218	105	91	12	73	102	1	0	7	0	1.27	.266	4.6	3.14	3.94	110
1990 - WAS	34	22	7	0	5	0	5.19	76.3	95	46	44	7	28	28	0	0	0	0	1.61	.312	0.4	5.23	4.76	76
1991 - WAS	35	9	9	2	4	0	7.44	52.0	68	47	43	12	25	6	0	0	0	0	1.79	.286	-0.9	7.44	7.41	55
w/ KC (2xAS)		264	264	130	88	0	4.13	1937.7	1945	982	890	148	696	974	22	0	70	16	1.36	.280	32.3	3.80	4.27	107
w/ PIT		55	55	24	20	0	3.92	411.0	395	189	179	25	145	237	6	0	15	3	1.31	.280	9.3	3.46	3.90	118
w/ WAS		74	59	26	19	0	4.29	438.0	461	230	209	37	145	172	2	0	10	1	1.38	.280	5.8	3.99	4.51	98
Per 162 games		35	33	16	11	0	4.13	245.8	247	124	113	19	87	122	3	0	8	2	1.36	.280	4.2	3.78	4.25	107
Totals		393	378	180	127	0	4.13	2786.7	2801	1401	1278	210	986	1383	30	0	95	20	1.36	.280	47.3	3.78	4.25	107

Expanded Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	BF	PI	R/9IP	H/9IP	K/9IP	BB/9IP	HR/9IP	K/BB	QS	QS%	CG%	GF	GB	FB	GB%	WP	BK	BS	SV%	SVO
1978 - KC	22	700	2502	4.57	9.60	2.79	3.40	0.28	0.82	11	45.8	12.5	0	226	179	55.8	2	1	0	0.0	0
1979 - KC	23	944	3409	4.72	9.82	4.93	3.47	0.75	1.42	14	46.7	26.7	0	252	245	50.7	7	0	0	0.0	0
1980 - KC	24	983	3566	5.26	9.36	3.38	3.50	0.72	0.97	14	45.2	29.0	0	292	265	52.4	4	6	0	0.0	0
1981 - KC	25	976	3496	4.49	9.01	4.13	3.23	0.67	1.28	14	45.2	32.3	0	239	307	43.8	3	2	0	0.0	0
1982 - KC	26	1082	3874	4.14	8.93	4.43	2.96	0.82	1.49	15	45.5	24.2	0	326	271	54.6	4	2	0	0.0	0
1983 - KC	27	1005	3650	5.12	8.78	4.97	3.31	0.85	1.50	18	56.2	28.1	0	291	253	53.5	10	0	0	0.0	0
1984 - KC (AS)	28	854	3220	4.21	8.15	5.33	3.13	0.72	1.70	16	59.3	22.2	0	244	218	52.8	4	3	0	0.0	0
1985 - KC	29	736	2684	4.35	8.60	5.13	3.21	0.73	1.60	13	56.5	26.1	0	214	181	54.2	4	1	0	0.0	0
1986 - KC (AS)	30	1045	3900	4.17	9.07	5.30	2.96	0.55	1.79	19	57.6	33.3	0	284	269	51.4	6	3	0	0.0	0
1987 - PIT	31	1029	3777	3.98	8.41	5.50	3.32	0.52	1.66	18	54.5	27.3	0	289	260	52.6	5	3	0	0.0	0
1988 - PIT	32	715	2673	4.37	9.00	4.74	2.96	0.59	1.60	11	50.0	27.3	0	216	170	56.0	2	2	0	0.0	0
1988 - WAS	32	328	1156	3.60	9.00	4.05	2.14	0.68	1.89	7	70.0	30.0	0	113	77	59.5	1	0	0	0.0	0
1988 - Tot	32	1043	3829	4.12	9.00	4.52	2.70	0.62	1.68	18	56.2	28.1	0	329	247	57.1	3	2	0	0.0	0
1989 - WAS	33	973	3535	4.11	8.54	4.00	2.86	0.47	1.40	22	66.7	21.2	0	317	246	56.3	9	1	0	0.0	0
1990 - WAS	34	348	1271	5.42	11.20	3.30	3.30	0.83	1.00	1	14.3	0.0	13	95	96	49.7	2	1	0	0.0	0
1991 - WAS	35	240	894	8.13	11.77	1.04	4.33	2.08	0.24	3	33.3	0.0	0	71	68	51.1	1	0	0	0.0	0
w/ KC (2xAS)		8325	30301	4.56	9.03	4.52	3.23	0.69	1.40	134	50.8	26.5	0	2368	2188	52.0	44	18	0	0.0	0
w/ PIT		1744	6450	4.14	8.65	5.19	3.18	0.55	1.63	29	52.7	27.3	0	505	430	54.0	7	5	0	0.0	0
w/ WAS		1889	6856	4.73	9.47	3.53	2.98	0.76	1.19	33	55.9	17.0	13	596	487	55.0	13	2	0	0.0	0
Per 162 games		1055	3846	4.52	9.05	4.47	3.18	0.68	1.40	17	51.8	25.1	1	306	274	52.8	6	2	0	0.0	0
Totals		11958	43607	4.52	9.05	4.47	3.18	0.68	1.40	196	51.8	25.1	13	3469	3105	52.8	64	25	0	0.0	0

Postseason Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HP	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	ERC	FIP
1980 - KC	24	3	3	2	1	0	8.35	18.3	28	17	17	5	9	4	0	0	1	0	2.02	.307	8.92	7.78
1981 - KC	25	1	1	1	0	0	3.00	9.0	3	3	3	1	5	5	0	0	1	0	0.89	.080	1.43	5.20
1982 - KC	26	2	2	1	0	0	1.69	16.0	12	3	3	0	5	13	0	0	1	0	1.06	.261	1.82	2.51
1983 - KC	27	5	0	1	1	0	9.82	7.3	11	8	8	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1.64	.333	5.69	4.29
1984 - KC	28	4	4	2	2	0	4.91	29.3	35	17	16	2	12	22	1	0	0	0	1.60	.344	5.12	3.81
1985 - KC	29	3	3	0	3	0	6.41	19.7	26	15	14	2	11	12	0	0	0	0	1.88	.338	6.44	4.98
1986 - KC	30	4	4	3	1	0	2.59	31.3	26	14	9	1	13	20	0	0	1	0	1.24	.250	2.68	3.58
1988 - WAS	32	1	1	0	1	0	4.50	8.0	4	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0.88	.120	1.64	5.45
1989 - WAS	33	2	2	0	2	0	9.00	11.0	19	16	11	0	8	4	0	0	0	0	2.45	.396	8.75	4.65
1990 - WAS	34	1	0	0	0	0	6.75	4.0	4	3	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	2.00	.267	5.19	5.70
w/ KC		22	17	10	8	0	4.81	131.0	141	77	70	12	56	80	1	0	4	0	1.50	.291	4.45	4.45
w/ WAS		4	3	0	3	0	7.04	23.0	27	23	18	1	15	7	0	0	1	0	1.83	.295	5.40	5.11
Per 162 games		38	30	15	16	0	5.14	227.7	248	148	130	19	105	129	1	0	7	0	1.55	.292	4.59	4.55
Totals		26	20	10	11	0	5.14	154.0	168	100	88	13	71	87	1	0	5	0	1.55	.292	4.59	4.55

Fielding Stats

Year/Team	Age	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	SBA	RTO	RTO%
1978 - KC	22	P	24	24	9	26	1	40	5	.875	161.3	1.95	0.1
1979 - KC	23	P	30	30	14	32	0	48	2	.958	215.3	1.92	-1.2
1980 - KC	24	P	31	31	16	36	1	56	4	.929	226.0	2.07	-1.2
1981 - KC	25	P	31	31	13	36	0	49	0	1.000	228.7	1.93	-0.4
1982 - KC	26	P	33	33	16	51	1	69	2	.971	252.0	2.39	0.0
1983 - KC	27	P	32	32	12	32	3	45	1	.978	233.7	1.69	-1.0
1984 - KC	28	P	27	27	10	25	0	39	4	.897	201.0	1.57	-1.8
1985 - KC	29	P	23	23	9	31	1	43	3	.930	173.7	2.07	-0.0
1986 - KC	30	P	33	33	9	39	3	50	2	.960	246.0	1.76	-1.0
1987 - PIT	31	P	32	32	6	30	1	40	4	.900	244.0	1.33	-2.2
1988 - PIT	32	P	22	22	12	37	1	52	3	.942	167.0	2.64	-1.6
1988 - WAS	32	P	10	10	3	15	0	18	0	1.000	80.0	2.02	-0.6
1988 - P Tot	32	P	32	32	15	52	1	70	3	.957	247.0	2.44	-2.2
1989 - WAS	33	P	32	32	23	31	0	57	3	.947	229.7	2.12	-1.3
1990 - WAS	34	P	22	7	2	11	0	13	0	1.000	76.3	1.53	-0.2
1991 - WAS	35	P	9	9	2	11	0	14	1	.929	52.0	2.25	-0.3
Pitcher			391	376	156	443	12	633	34	.946	2786.7	1.93	-12.8

Leaderboard Appearances

Year	GS	Rank
1982	33	3
1986	33	8
1987	33	4
1989	33	8

Year	W	Rank
1982	19	5
1983	20	2
1984	18	1
1986	16	6
1989	18	4

Year	L	Rank
1979	18	2

Year	Win%	Rank
1982	.704	4
1983	.690	4
1984	.818	1
1985	.824	1
1989	.692	2

Year	IP	Rank
1982	252.0	4
1983	233.2	9
1986	246.0	4
1987	244.0	4

Year	BF	Rank
1982	1082	2
1983	1005	7
1986	1045	2
1987	1029	4

Year	BB	Rank
1979	83	8
1980	88	4
1981	82	5
1982	83	6
1983	86	2
1987	90	7

Year	WP	Rank
1983	10	2
1989	9	7

Year	ERA	Rank
1984	3.45	3

Year	BABIP	Rank
1984	.261	10

Year	HR/9IP	Rank
1981	0.67	9
1984	0.72	6
1985	0.73	6
1986	0.55	2
1987	0.52	3
1988	0.59	7
1989	0.47	3

Year	H/9IP	Rank
1984	8.15	9

Year	VORP	Rank
1984	88.5	7
1986	79.5	3
1987	81.5	5
1988	85.2	7

Year	QS%	Rank
1984	59.3	9

Year	CG	Rank
1979	8	8
1980	9	5
1981	10	7
1983	9	5
1984	6	10
1986	11	2
1987	9	4

Year	CG%	Rank
1979	26.7	8
1980	29.0	5
1981	32.3	8
1983	28.1	6
1984	22.2	6
1986	33.3	2
1987	27.3	6
1988	27.3	4

Year	SHO	Rank
1979	2	5
1980	2	6
1982	2	5
1983	3	1
1984	2	3
1986	3	1
1987	2	4

Year	GB%	Rank
1982	54.6	6
1983	53.5	5
1985	54.2	6
1988	56.0	5
1989	56.3	3

Year	WAR	Rank
1982	3.99	10
1984	3.89	8
1986	6.06	2
1987	5.71	5

Career Metrics
Black Ink	8
Gray Ink	61
HOF Standards (pitching)	23

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Trades
Date	Traded By	With	Traded To	For
December 16th, 1986	Kansas City Royals	-	Pittsburgh Pirates	-
July 30th, 1988	Pittsburgh Pirates	P Mike Smithson P Terry Mulholland 2B Willie Randolph	Washington Senators	P Doug Drabek P Greg Swindell 3B Buddy Bell P Brad Havens P Jeff Byrd
July 31st, 1991	Washington Senators	P Jay Tibbs 3B Leo Hernandez	Atlanta Braves	P Dave Beard P Barry Cort P Todd Burns