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Bill Laskey
William Alan Laskey

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 190 lb.
School Kent State University

Debut April 23, 1982
  vs. LAD 0.7 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 13, 1988
Born December 20, 1957 in Toledo, OH

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 24 SFG NL  13  12  32  31   7   1   0  0  189.3  186   74   66  14   43   88   2   2   781   2   2  3.14  3.57  114 1.210
 1983 25 SFG NL  13  10  25  25   1   0   0  0  148.3  151   75   69  18   45   81   3   0   627   4   1  4.19  3.56   85 1.321
 1984 26 SFG NL   9  14  35  34   2   0   0  0  207.7  222  112  100  20   50   71   6   5   883   6   1  4.33  3.52   81 1.310
 1985 27 TOT NL   5  16  30  26   0   0   3  0  148.3  165   91   81  19   53   60   2   3   656   1   1  4.91  3.45   70 1.470
         SFG NL   5  11  19  19   0   0   0  0  114.0  110   55   45  10   39   42   0   2   485   0   1  3.55  3.45   97 1.307
         MON NL   0   5  11   7   0   0   3  0   34.3   55   36   36   9   14   18   2   1   171   1   0  9.44  3.42   36 2.010
 1986 28 SFG NL   1   1  20   0   0   0   7  1   27.3   28   14   13   5   13    8   0   0   117   1   0  4.28  3.54   83 1.500
 1988 30 CLE AL   1   0  17   0   0   0   6  1   24.3   32   16   14   0    6   17   0   0   110   0   3  5.18  4.09   79 1.562
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .442  42  53 159 116  10   1  16  2  745.3  784  382  343  76  210  325  13  10  3174  14   8  4.14  3.55   86 1.334
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  13  39  28   2   0   3  0  184.0  193   94   84  18   51   80   3   2   784   3   1  4.14  3.55   86 1.334
 Career High     13  16  35  34   7   1   7  1  207.7  222  112  100  20   53   88   6   5   883   6   3  3.14  3.57  114 1.210

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1982 24 SFG NL  32   62    1    8   0  0   0    4   0  1   2  34  .129  .156  .129  -19    8   4   0   0   0   1
 1983 25 SFG NL  26   47    5    5   0  0   0    1   0  1   7  21  .106  .236  .106   -0    5   1   0   0   1   0
 1984 26 SFG NL  35   63    3    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  26  .063  .119  .063  -46    4   4   0   0   0   1
 1985 27 TOT NL  30   37    2    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   3  16  .135  .220  .135    4    5   8   0   0   1   0
         SFG NL  19   30    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  12  .133  .235  .133    8    4   5   0   0   1   0
         MON NL  11    7    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .143  .143  .143  -18    1   3   0   0   0   0
 1986 28 SFG NL  20    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      143  210   11   22   0  0   0    7   0  2  16  98  .105  .175  .105  -19   22  17   0   0   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        238   12   25   0  0   0    8   0  2  18 111  .105  .175  .105  -19   25  19   0   0   2   2
 Career High     35   63    5    8   0  0   0    4   0  1   7  34                           8   8   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1982 24 SFG NL   68   60    1   0.4    94| .129  .264| .156  .327| .129  .384| .285  .711| -19  .016 -10.0  -1.1   0%
 1983 25 SFG NL   56   44    2   1.2    94| .106  .260| .236  .328| .106  .385| .342  .712|  -0  .093  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1984 26 SFG NL   71   64    1   0.4    91| .063  .260| .119  .324| .063  .378| .182  .702| -46  .015 -12.3  -1.3   0%
 1985 27 TOT NL   49   40    2   1.4    91| .135  .254| .220  .321| .135  .379| .355  .700|   4  .111  -4.6  -0.5   0%
         SFG NL   39   31    2   1.7    91| .133  .254| .235  .321| .133  .379| .368  .700|   8  .166  -3.6  -0.4   0%
         MON NL   10    9    0   0.0    91| .143  .254| .143  .321| .143  .379| .286  .700| -18  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1986 28 SFG NL    1    1    0   0.0    93| .000  .256| .000  .325| .000  .385| .000  .710|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       245  209    6   0.8    92| .105  .260| .175  .325| .105  .381| .280  .707| -19  .043 -33.5  -3.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 24 SFG NL P 32 17 30 2 2 .959 .951 1.47 0.70 2.23 1.96 31 189.3 1983 25 SFG NL P 25 11 16 1 0 .964 .951 1.08 0.68 1.64 1.92 26 148.3 1984 26 SFG NL P 35 12 23 0 0 1.000 .954 1.00 0.67 1.52 1.88 34 207.7 1985 27 TOT NL P 30 12 26 2 1 .950 .955 1.27 0.68 2.31 1.92 26 148.3 SFG NL P 19 8 19 2 1 .931 .954 1.42 0.68 2.13 1.92 19 114.0 MON NL P 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 .957 1.00 0.68 2.89 1.92 7 34.3 1986 28 SFG NL P 20 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 0.45 0.66 2.97 1.95 0 27.3 1988 30 CLE AL P 17 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.67 1.48 1.78 0 24.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 24 SFG NL P 32 17 30 2 2 .959 .951 1.47 0.70 2.23 1.96 31 189.3 1983 25 SFG NL P 25 11 16 1 0 .964 .951 1.08 0.68 1.64 1.92 26 148.3 1984 26 SFG NL P 35 12 23 0 0 1.000 .954 1.00 0.67 1.52 1.88 34 207.7 1985 27 TOT NL P 30 12 26 2 1 .950 .955 1.27 0.68 2.31 1.92 26 148.3 SFG NL P 19 8 19 2 1 .931 .954 1.42 0.68 2.13 1.92 19 114.0 MON NL P 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 .957 1.00 0.68 2.89 1.92 7 34.3 1986 28 SFG NL P 20 3 6 1 1 .900 .957 0.45 0.66 2.97 1.95 0 27.3 1988 30 CLE AL P 17 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.24 0.67 1.48 1.78 0 24.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 159 55 105 6 4 .964 .953 1.01 0.68 1.93 1.91 117 745.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 159 55 105 6 4 .964 .953 1.01 0.68 1.93 1.91 117 745
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Bases on Balls/9IP
1982 NL-2.04-8
1984 NL-2.17-6

Games Started
1984 NL-34-3

Home Runs Allow.
1984 NL-20-7

Hits Allowed
1984 NL-222-8

Losses
1984 NL-14-8
1985 NL-16-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1984 NL-100-3

Hit Batsmen
1984 NL-6-4

Adjusted ERA+
1982 NL-114-10

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1826) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1327) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 11, 1977: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 8th round of the 1977 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign.

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

December 11, 1981: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Rich Gale to the San Francisco Giants for Jerry Martin.

August 1, 1985: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Scot Thompson to the Montreal Expos for Dan Driessen.

October 24, 1985: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the San Francisco Giants for George Riley and Alonzo Powell.

November 10, 1986: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

February 4, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

January 1, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

August 21, 1988: Released by the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985San Francisco Giants$355,000
Career (may be incomplete)$355,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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