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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 25	KCA		WSA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
2	7	Apr 26	KCA		WSA	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	8	Apr 28	KCA		DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (2)	May 1	KCA		MIN	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	12	May 2	KCA		MIN	L,3-7	CG	44	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	14 (1)	May 3 (2)	KCA		MIN	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
7	15	May 4	KCA		LAA	W,7-4	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	16	May 5	KCA		LAA	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
9	18 (1)	May 6 (2)	KCA	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS	38	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
10	19	May 8	KCA	@	MIN	W,6-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
11	20	May 9	KCA	@	MIN	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	21	May 10	KCA	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	22	May 11	KCA	@	LAA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	23	May 12	KCA	@	LAA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	24	May 13 (1)	KCA	@	LAA	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
16	26 (1)	May 15	KCA	@	NYY	W,11-0	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	27	May 16	KCA	@	NYY	L,6-10	GS	37	7.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
18	28	May 17 (1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,9-11	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	29	May 17 (2)	KCA	@	NYY	L,0-8	GS	27	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
20	30	May 19	KCA	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
21	31	May 20	KCA	@	BAL	L,3-8	GS	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	32	May 21	KCA	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	47	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	33	May 22	KCA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
24	34	May 23	KCA	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	35	May 24 (1)	KCA	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	36	May 24 (2)	KCA	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	10	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
27	38 (1)	May 28	KCA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
28	39	May 29	KCA		NYY	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	40	May 30	KCA		NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
30	41	May 31	KCA		NYY	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	42	Jun 1	KCA		BAL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
32	43	Jun 2	KCA		BAL	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	47 (3)	Jun 7 (1)	KCA		BOS	L,5-9	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
34	50 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	KCA	@	WSA	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
35	52 (1)	Jun 10	KCA	@	WSA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
				Player went from Kansas City Athletics to Baltimore Orioles
36	58	Jun 16 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	59	Jun 17	BAL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
38	65 (5)	Jun 23	BAL		NYY	W,9-8	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
39	69 (3)	Jun 27	BAL	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	73 (3)	Jul 1	BAL		LAA	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
41	74	Jul 2	BAL		LAA	L,6-10	GF	8	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
42	75	Jul 3	BAL		KCA	W,4-0	GS	19	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	76	Jul 4	BAL		KCA	T,6-6	GS	24	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	78 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	83 (4)	Jul 12 (2)	BAL	@	DET	L,3-4	GF	8	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
46	84	Jul 13	BAL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	87 (2)	Jul 16	BAL	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	88	Jul 17	BAL		DET	W,5-0	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	91 (2)	Jul 19	BAL		DET	W,5-4	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
50	92	Jul 21 (1)	BAL		CLE	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	93	Jul 21 (2)	BAL		CLE	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
52	94	Jul 22	BAL		CLE	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	96 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
54	98 (1)	Jul 25	BAL		WSA	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
55	101 (2)	Jul 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	109 (7)	Aug 5	BAL	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	110	Aug 7	BAL	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	113 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	114	Aug 11	BAL		BOS	W,8-7	GS	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	116 (1)	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
61	117	Aug 14	BAL		NYY	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
62	118	Aug 15	BAL		NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
63	124 (5)	Aug 22	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	125	Aug 23 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	127 (1)	Aug 25	BAL		CLE	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
66	130 (2)	Aug 28 (2)	BAL		CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
67	132 (1)	Aug 30	BAL		CHW	L,0-3	GS	24	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	135 (2)	Sep 3	BAL	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	136	Sep 4	BAL	@	LAA	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	138 (1)	Sep 6	BAL	@	LAA	W,2-0	GS	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
71	139	Sep 7 (1)	BAL	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	141 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	BAL	@	WSA	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	145 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	BAL		KCA	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
74	147 (1)	Sep 13	BAL		KCA	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	154 (6)	Sep 22	BAL	@	DET	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
76	155	Sep 23	BAL	@	DET	L,3-10	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
77	156	Sep 25	BAL	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	157	Sep 26	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	158	Sep 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	159	Sep 30 (1)	BAL		WSA	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
81	162 (2)	Oct 2	BAL		DET	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
82	163	Oct 3	BAL		DET	W,7-6	GS	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
							82gm		611.0	422	25	4	451	2