Mike LaCoss

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 185lb (196cm, 83kg)

Born: May 30, 1956 in Glendale, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 3rd round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mount Whitney HS (Visalia, CA).

High School: Mount Whitney HS (Visalia, CA)

Debut: July 18, 1978 (Age 22-049d, 11,680th in MLB history)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 2, 1991 (Age 35-033d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Michael James LaCoss

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

W

L

103

ERA

4.02

G

415

GS

243

SV

IP

1739.2

SO

783

WHIP

1.443

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1974	18	CIN-min	Rk	6	5	.545	2.79	13	13		6	2	0	87.0	81	40	27	0	38	1	58	3	1	9				1.368	8.4	0.0	3.9	6.0	1.53	BIL PION
1975	19	CIN-min	A	7	10	.412	2.86	23	22		9	4	0	151.0	131	61	48	2	41	0	72	7	2	11				1.139	7.8	0.1	2.4	4.3	1.76	TAM FLOR
1976	20	CIN-min	AA	12	10	.545	2.94	25	25		9	2	0	162.0	148	66	53	9	53	1	80	10	0	1				1.241	8.2	0.5	2.9	4.4	1.51	TRV EL
1977	21	CIN-min	AAA	11	13	.458	3.87	27	27		8	1	0	186.0	181	93	80	15	65	0	104	4	0	4				1.323	8.8	0.7	3.1	5.0	1.60	INA AA
1978	22	CIN-min	AAA	11	5	.688	3.46	19	19		10	3	0	130.0	129	62	50	6	49	2	67	2	0	5				1.369	8.9	0.4	3.4	4.6	1.37	INA AA
1978	22	CIN	NL	4	8	.333	4.50	16	15	0	2	1	0	96.0	104	56	48	5	46	9	31	1	1	2	420	79	4.09	1.563	9.8	0.5	4.3	2.9	0.67
1979	23	CIN	NL	14	8	.636	3.50	35	32	0	6	1	0	205.2	202	92	80	13	79	8	73	2	3	3	868	108	4.03	1.366	8.8	0.6	3.5	3.2	0.92	AS
1980	24	CIN	NL	10	12	.455	4.62	34	29	1	4	2	0	169.1	207	101	87	9	68	8	59	1	2	3	762	78	3.97	1.624	11.0	0.5	3.6	3.1	0.87
1981	25	CIN	NL	4	7	.364	6.12	20	13	3	1	1	1	78.0	102	55	53	7	30	4	22	1	0	1	354	59	4.39	1.692	11.8	0.8	3.5	2.5	0.73
1982	26	HOU	NL	6	6	.500	2.90	41	8	11	0	0	0	115.0	107	41	37	3	54	6	51	4	1	5	488	115	3.68	1.400	8.4	0.2	4.2	4.0	0.94
1983	27	HOU	NL	5	7	.417	4.43	38	17	6	2	0	1	138.0	142	81	68	10	56	11	53	2	1	9	590	77	4.19	1.435	9.3	0.7	3.7	3.5	0.95
1984	28	HOU	NL	7	5	.583	4.02	39	18	6	2	1	3	132.0	132	64	59	3	55	5	86	0	1	9	565	82	3.01	1.417	9.0	0.2	3.8	5.9	1.56
1985	29	KCR-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.22	4	4	0	1	0	0	22.1	23	12	8	1	15	0	11	1	0	4				1.701	9.3	0.4	6.0	4.4	0.73	OMA AA
1985	29	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	5.09	21	0	7	0	0	1	40.2	49	25	23	2	29	6	26	0	0	2	193	81	4.19	1.918	10.8	0.4	6.4	5.8	0.90
1986	30	SFG	NL	10	13	.435	3.57	37	31	1	4	1	0	204.1	179	99	81	14	70	8	86	6	5	5	842	99	3.94	1.219	7.9	0.6	3.1	3.8	1.23
1987	31	SFG	NL	13	10	.565	3.68	39	26	4	2	1	0	171.0	184	78	70	16	63	12	79	2	1	6	728	106	4.30	1.444	9.7	0.8	3.3	4.2	1.25
1988	32	SFG	NL	7	7	.500	3.62	19	19	0	1	1	0	114.1	99	55	46	5	47	3	70	1	2	6	477	91	3.37	1.277	7.8	0.4	3.7	5.5	1.49
1989	33	SFG	NL	10	10	.500	3.17	45	18	16	1	0	6	150.1	143	62	53	3	65	4	78	7	5	1	647	106	3.42	1.384	8.6	0.2	3.9	4.7	1.20
1990	34	SFG-min	A+	1	0	1.000	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	0				0.833	7.5	1.5	0.0	9.0		SJO CALL
1990	34	SFG	NL	6	4	.600	3.94	13	12	0	1	0	0	77.2	75	37	34	5	39	2	39	0	1	1	337	93	4.15	1.468	8.7	0.6	4.5	4.5	1.00
1991	35	SFG	NL	1	5	.167	7.23	18	5	6	0	0	0	47.1	61	39	38	4	24	0	30	2	0	2	225	50	4.33	1.796	11.6	0.8	4.6	5.7	1.25
1992	36	MON-min	AAA	0	3	.000	7.30	7	1	1	0	0	0	12.1	17	11	10	2	5	0	7	0	0	0	58			1.784	12.4	1.5	3.6	5.1	1.40	INA AA
14 Yrs				98	103	.488	4.02	415	243	61	26	9	12	1739.2	1786	885	777	99	725	86	783	29	23	55	7496	89	3.89	1.443	9.2	0.5	3.8	4.1	1.08
162 Game Avg.				10	11	.488	4.02	43	25	6	3	1	1	180	185	91	80	10	75	9	81	3	2	6	775	89	3.89	1.443	9.2	0.5	3.8	4.1	1.08

SFG (6 yrs)				47	49	.490	3.79	171	111	27	9	3	6	765.0	741	370	322	47	308	29	382	18	14	21	3256	94	3.88	1.371	8.7	0.6	3.6	4.5	1.24
CIN (4 yrs)				32	35	.478	4.39	105	89	4	13	5	1	549.0	615	304	268	34	223	29	185	5	6	9	2404	83	4.07	1.526	10.1	0.6	3.7	3.0	0.83
HOU (3 yrs)				18	18	.500	3.83	118	43	23	4	1	4	385.0	381	186	164	16	165	22	190	6	3	23	1643	87	3.63	1.418	8.9	0.4	3.9	4.4	1.15
KCR (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.09	21	0	7	0	0	1	40.2	49	25	23	2	29	6	26	0	0	2	193	81	4.19	1.918	10.8	0.4	6.4	5.8	0.90

NL (13 yrs)				97	102	.487	3.99	394	243	54	26	9	11	1699.0	1737	860	754	97	696	80	757	29	23	53	7303	89	3.89	1.432	9.2	0.5	3.7	4.0	1.09
AL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.09	21	0	7	0	0	1	40.2	49	25	23	2	29	6	26	0	0	2	193	81	4.19	1.918	10.8	0.4	6.4	5.8	0.90