Charley Lau

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: April 12, 1933 in Romulus, MI us

Died: March 18, 1984 in Key Colony Beach, FL

Buried: Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville, MD

High School: Romulus HS (Romulus, MI)

Debut: September 12, 1956 (Age 23-153d, 11,387th in major league history)
vs. WSH 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1967 (Age 34-170d)
vs. STL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: Charles Richard Lau

Pronunciation: \LOW (rhymes with now)\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

1170

298

.255

105

RBI

140

OBP

.318

SLG

.365

OPS

.683

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 15 (2)	BAL		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	14 (9)	Apr 27	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-14	GF	20	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
3	15	Apr 28	BAL	@	KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	22 (6)	May 6	BAL	@	LAA	L,7-15	CG	51	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	23	May 9	BAL		KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
6	24	May 10	BAL		KCA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	25	May 11	BAL		WSA	L,1-12	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	29 (3)	May 16	BAL		LAA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
9	32 (2)	May 19	BAL	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	33	May 20 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
11	36 (2)	May 22	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-1	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	37	May 24	BAL		DET	L,4-5	CG	46	11.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
13	38	May 25	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	39	May 26	BAL	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	41 (1)	May 28	BAL	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
16	43 (1)	May 30 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	46 (2)	Jun 1	BAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	44	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
18	48 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
19	49	Jun 3	BAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	50	Jun 5	BAL		WSA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	51	Jun 6	BAL		WSA	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
22	52	Jun 7	BAL		WSA	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	53	Jun 8	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	54	Jun 9	BAL	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
25	57 (2)	Jun 11	BAL	@	NYY	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
26	60 (2)	Jun 14	BAL	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	63 (2)	Jun 17	BAL	@	WSA	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
28	65 (1)	Jun 21	BAL		NYY	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
29	66	Jun 22 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	78 (11)	Jul 2	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
31	87 (8)	Jul 13	BAL		CLE	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
32	88	Jul 14	BAL		CLE	W,4-3	CG	53	14.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
33	90 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
34	93 (2)	Jul 19	BAL	@	KCA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
35	95 (1)	Jul 21	BAL	@	MIN	L,6-7	GS	37	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	99 (3)	Jul 24 (2)	BAL	@	LAA	L,5-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
37	102 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	BAL		KCA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	112 (9)	Aug 7	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-4	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
39	113	Aug 8 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
40	114	Aug 8 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	115	Aug 11 (1)	BAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
42	116	Aug 11 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	118 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	BAL	@	DET	L,10-13	CG	47	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	119	Aug 14 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
45	121 (1)	Aug 17	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
46	123 (1)	Aug 19	BAL		CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	129 (5)	Aug 25 (2)	BAL		NYY	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	140 (10)	Sep 3 (2)	BAL		DET	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
49	144 (3)	Sep 8	BAL		LAA	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
50	145	Sep 9	BAL		LAA	W,4-3	GF	15	5.0	3	2	0	5	0	PH C
51	150 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	BAL	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	151	Sep 16	BAL	@	KCA	L,5-12	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	153 (1)	Sep 19	BAL	@	LAA	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	154	Sep 21	BAL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	157 (2)	Sep 24	BAL		KCA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	159 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							56gm		389.1	269	15	1	285	1