Mike LaCoss | Major Leaguer 1978-1991

Full Name: Michael James Lacoss
Born: May 30,1956 in Glendale, California
Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Mount Whitney (Visalia,CA)
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Drafted: Selected by Cincinnati Reds in 3rd Round (71st overall) of 1974 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Apr 6,1982] - Claimed on waivers by Astros from Reds. [Nov 8,1984] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 19,1985] - Signed as Free Agent by Royals. [Nov 6,1985] - Released by Royals. [Feb 3,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants. [Nov 12,1986] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 9,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants. [Nov 9,1987] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 24,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants. [Jul 3,1991] - Released by Giants.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1974	Billings	Pio	18	Cin	Rk	6	5	2.79	13						87.0	81	40	27		38	58			8.38	---	3.93	6.00	1.37	--
1975	Tampa	FSL	19	Cin	A+	4	7	2.86	23						151.0	131	61	48		41	72			7.81	---	2.44	4.29	1.14	--
1976	Three Rvrs	East	20	Cin	AA	12	10	2.94	25						162.0	148	66	53		53	80			8.22	---	2.94	4.44	1.24	--
1977	Indy	Amer	21	Cin	AAA	11	13	3.87	27						186.0	181	93	80		65	104			8.76	---	3.15	5.03	1.32	--
1978	Indy	Amer	22	Cin	AAA	11	5	3.46	19	19	10	3		0	130.0	129	62	50	6	49	67	5		8.93	0.42	3.39	4.64	1.37	--
	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	4	8	4.50	16	15	2	1	0	0	96.0	104	56	48	5	46	31	2	1	9.75	0.47	4.31	2.91	1.56	59%
1979	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	14	8	3.50	35	32	6	1	0	0	205.2	202	92	80	13	79	73	3	3	8.84	0.57	3.46	3.19	1.37	62%
1980	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	10	12	4.62	34	29	4	2	1	0	169.1	207	101	87	9	68	59	3	2	11.00	0.48	3.61	3.14	1.62	59%
1981	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	4	7	6.12	20	13	1	1	3	1	78.0	102	55	53	7	30	22	1	0	11.77	0.81	3.46	2.54	1.69	59%
1982	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	6	6	2.90	41	8	0	0	11	0	115.0	107	41	37	3	54	51	5	1	8.37	0.23	4.23	3.99	1.40	62%
1983	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	5	7	4.43	38	17	2	0	6	1	138.0	142	81	68	10	56	53	9	1	9.26	0.65	3.65	3.46	1.43	66%
1984	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	7	5	4.02	39	18	2	1	6	3	132.0	132	64	59	3	55	86	9	1	9.00	0.20	3.75	5.86	1.42	63%
1985	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	1	1	5.09	21	0	0	0	7	1	40.2	49	25	23	2	29	26	2	0	10.85	0.44	6.42	5.76	1.92	76%
1986	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	10	13	3.57	37	31	4	1	1	0	204.1	179	99	81	14	70	86	5	5	7.88	0.62	3.08	3.79	1.22	59%
1987	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	13	10	3.68	39	26	2	1	4	0	171.0	184	78	70	16	63	79	6	1	9.68	0.84	3.32	4.16	1.44	65%
1988	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	7	7	3.62	19	19	1	1	0	0	114.1	99	55	46	5	47	70	6	2	7.79	0.39	3.70	5.51	1.28	58%
1989	SF Giants	NL	33	Sf	MLB	10	10	3.17	45	18	1	0	16	6	150.1	143	62	53	3	65	78	1	5	8.56	0.18	3.89	4.67	1.38	56%
1990	San Jose	Calif	34	Sf	A+	1	0	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	1	0	6	0		7.50	1.50	0.00	9.00	0.83	--
	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	6	4	3.94	13	12	1	0	0	0	77.2	75	37	34	5	39	39	1	1	8.69	0.58	4.52	4.52	1.47	55%
1991	SF Giants	NL	35	Sf	MLB	1	5	7.23	18	5	0	0	6	0	47.1	61	39	38	4	24	30	2	0	11.60	0.76	4.56	5.70	1.80	59%
1992	Indy	Amer	36	Mtl	AAA	0	3	7.30	7	1	0	0	1	0	12.1	17	11	10	2	5	7	0		12.41	1.46	3.65	5.11	1.78	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						98	103	4.02	415	243	26	9	61	12	1,739.2	1786	885	777	99	725	783	55	23	9.24	0.51	3.75	4.05	1.44	61%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)						45	43	3.30	115						734.1	692	334	269		251	394			8.48	---	3.08	4.83	1.28	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1978	Indy	Amer	22	Cin	AAA	p		19	22	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	7	0		1	0		.227	.320	.227	547	--
	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	p	9	17	30	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	6	0	0	.067	.067	.100	167	54%
1979	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	p	9	35	70	3	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	25	0	0	5	0	2	.129	.164	.143	307	56%
1980	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	p	9	34	55	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	23	1	0	6	0	0	.091	.123	.109	232	59%
1981	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	p	9	20	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	40%
1982	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	p	9	41	24	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	3	0	0	.250	.280	.292	572	41%
1983	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	p	9	38	35	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	12	0	0	4	0	0	.086	.111	.086	197	62%
1984	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	p	9	39	31	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	6	1	1	.129	.125	.161	286	39%
1985	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	p	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	p	9	37	61	8	14	2	0	2	9	0	0	3	24	0	0	5	0	0	.230	.266	.361	627	56%
1987	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	p	9	39	50	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	16	1	0	4	0	1	.060	.113	.060	173	46%
1988	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	p	9	19	33	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	0	0	4	0	0	.242	.286	.273	559	60%
1989	SF Giants	NL	33	Sf	MLB	p	9	45	41	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	0	0	3	0	1	.073	.156	.122	278	57%
1990	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	p	9	13	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	8	0	0	.043	.043	.087	130	50%
1991	SF Giants	NL	35	Sf	MLB	p	9	18	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.222	522	80%
1992	Indy	Amer	36	Mtl	AAA	p		7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		.000	.500	.000	500	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								416	481	30	60	11	0	2	19	0	0	18	194	2	0	61	1	5	.125	.159	.160	319	53%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								26	23	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	8	0		1	0		.217	.333	.217	550	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1979	Cincinnati	NL	23		Ch	0	1	10.84	1		0			0	1.2	1		2		4	0			5.42	---	21.69	0.00	3.01	--
1987	SF Giants	NL	31		Ch	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	3.1	1		0		3	2			2.70	---	8.11	5.41	1.20	--
1989	SF Giants	NL	33		Ch	0	0	9.00	1		0			0	3.0	7		3		0	2			21.00	---	0.00	6.00	2.33	--
	SF Giants	NL	33		Ws	0	0	6.24	2		0			0	4.1	4		3		3	2			8.31	---	6.24	4.16	1.62	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	1	5.84	6		0			0	12.1	13		8		10	6			9.49	---	7.30	4.38	1.86	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	SF Giants	NL	33	Sf	Ch	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	SF Giants	NL	33	Sf	Ws	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1978	Indy	Amer	22	Cin	AAA	P	19			16	39	3	58	3	-	-	-	.948	--
1978	Cincinnati	NL	22	Cin	MLB	P	16		96	8	13	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.97

1979	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	P	35		205.2	15	34	2	51	4	-	-	-	.961	2.14

1980	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	P	34		169.1	9	34	3	46	4	-	-	-	.935	2.29

1981	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	P	20		78	6	14	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	2.31

1982	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	P	41		115	7	16	3	26	3	-	-	-	.885	1.80

1983	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	P	38		138	6	27	0	33	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.15

1984	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	P	39		132	9	20	2	31	2	-	-	-	.935	1.98

1985	Omaha	Amer	29	Kc	AAA	P	4			0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1985	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	P	21		40.2	1	8	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.99

1986	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	P	37		204.1	19	34	1	54	2	-	-	-	.981	2.33

1987	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	P	39		171	15	43	2	60	4	-	-	-	.967	3.05

1988	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	P	19		114.1	10	32	0	42	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.31

1989	SF Giants	NL	33	Sf	MLB	P	45		150.1	12	20	4	36	1	-	-	-	.889	1.92

1990	San Jose	Calif	34	Sf	A+	P	1			0	0	1	1	0	-	-	-	.000	--
1990	SF Giants	NL	34	Sf	MLB	P	13		77.2	5	8	1	14	1	-	-	-	.929	1.51

1991	SF Giants	NL	35	Sf	MLB	P	18		47.1	4	5	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	1.71

1992	Indy	Amer	36	Mtl	AAA	P	7			0	4	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

[1979] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	*60,000		299,108	64
1986	225,000		325,466	46
1987	300,000		292,853	33
1988	500,000		325,305	25
1989	1,100,000	92	375,257	10
1990	1,150,000		426,358	12
1991	1,450,000		617,627	17

Career:	$4,785,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1979)

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