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Charlie Lau Charlie Lau

Full name: Charles Richard Lau Born: April 12, 1933, Romulus, Michigan Died March 18, 1984, Key Colony Beach, Florida Buried at Moreland Memorial Park, Parkville, Maryland First Game: September 12, 1956; Final Game: September 29, 1967 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 190 Charlie Lau Collectibles! Charlie Lau Memorabilia! Charlie Lau Cards! Charlie Lau Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1956 DET A                 3     9    1    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0           0    0   0  .222  .222  .222  -0.1 1956 DET A
1958 DET A                30    68    8   10   1   2   0    6   12   2   15   2   0   0           2    0   0  .147  .293  .221  -0.3 1958 DET A
1959 DET A                 2     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0           0    0   0  .167  .167  .167   0.0 1959 DET A
1960 MIL N Daily Splits   21    53    4   10   2   0   0    2    6   1   10   0   2   0   0   2i  0    0   0  .189  .271  .226  -0.1 1960 MIL N
1961 MIL N Daily Splits   28    82    3   17   5   0   0    5   14   3   11   1   3   2   0   3   1    1   1  .207  .323  .268  -0.4 1961 MIL N
1961 BAL A Daily Splits   17    47    3    8   0   0   1    4    1   1    3   0   1   0   0   0   1    0   0  .170  .188  .234  -0.3 1961 BAL A
1961 Total                45   129    6   25   5   0   1    9   15   4   14   1   4   2   0   3   2    1   1  .194  .279  .256  -0.7 1961 Total
1962 BAL A Daily Splits   81   197   21   58  11   2   6   37    7   1   11   1   1   2   0   3   3    1   0  .294  .319  .462   0.0 1962 BAL A
1963 BAL A Daily Splits   29    48    4    9   2   0   0    6    1   0    5   0   1   0   0   1   2    0   0  .188  .204  .229  -0.4 1963 BAL A
1963 KC  A Daily Splits   62   187   15   55  11   0   3   26   14   3   17   0   4   2   0   3i  7    1   0  .294  .340  .401  -0.8 1963 KC  A
1963 TOT A                91   235   19   64  13   0   3   32   15   3   22   0   5   2   0   4i  9    1   0  .272  .313  .366  -1.2 1963 TOT A
1964 KC  A Daily Splits   43   118   11   32   7   1   2    9   10   1   18   0   0   1   0   1   1    0   0  .271  .326  .398  -0.5 1964 KC  A
1964 BAL A Daily Splits   62   158   16   41  15   1   1   14   17   5   27   1   2   1   0   3   5    0   0  .259  .333  .386   0.1 1964 BAL A
1964 TOT A               105   276   27   73  22   2   3   23   27   6   45   1   2   2   0   4   6    0   0  .264  .330  .391  -0.4 1964 TOT A
1965 BAL A Daily Splits   68   132   15   39   5   2   2   18   17   5   18   0   1   2   0   3   5    0   0  .295  .371  .409   0.2 1965 BAL A
1966 BAL A Daily Splits   18    12    1    6   2   1   0    5    4   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .588  .833   0.4 1966 BAL A
1967 BAL A Daily Splits   11     8    0    1   1   0   0    3    2   1    2   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .273  .250   0.0 1967 BAL A
1967 ATL N Daily Splits   52    45    3    9   1   0   1    5    4   1    9   0   0   0   0   0i  1    0   0  .200  .265  .289  -0.3 1967 ATL N
1967 Total                63    53    3   10   2   0   1    8    6   2   11   0   0   1   0   0i  1    0   0  .189  .267  .283  -0.3 1967 Total
Total NL                 101   180   10   36   8   0   1   12   24   5   30   1   5   2   0   5i  2    1   1  .200  .295  .261  -0.8 Total NL        
Total AL                 426   990   95  262  55   9  15  128   85  19  120   4  10  10   0i 14i 26    2   0  .265  .322  .384  -1.7 Total AL        
Total            Splits  527  1170  105  298  63   9  16  140  109  24  150   5  15  12   0i 19i 28    3   1  .255  .318  .365  -2.5 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

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Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1956 DET A         C    3                      17    0    0    0        0                1.000
1958 DET A         C   27                     120   10    2    3        2                 .985
1959 DET A         C    2                      11    1    0    1        0                1.000
1960 MIL N Daily   C   16   13   12   123.2    94   11    0    2   0    4    6    5    0 1.000
1961 MIL N Daily   C   25   24   21   217.2   114    7    4    2   0    1    5    9    0  .968
1961 BAL A Daily   C   17   13   12   119      90    6    1    2   0    1    1    6    1  .990
1961 Total         C   42   37   33   336.2   204   13    5    4   0    2    6   15    1  .977
1962 BAL A Daily   C   56   40   39   389.1   269   15    1    1   0   11    5   30    0  .996
1963 BAL A Daily   C    8    8    7    66      48    5    2    1   0    0    1    2    1  .964
1963 KC  A Daily   C   50   49   47   427.2   258   15    5    2   0    5    8   27i   0i .982
1963 TOT A         C   58   57   54   493.2   306   20    7    3   0    5    9   29i   1i .979
1964 KC  A Daily   C   35   32   24   262.1   179   12    2    0   0    1    4   21    2  .990
1964 BAL A Daily   C   47   42   25   348.2   243   13    2    2   0    5    4   16    0  .992
1964 TOT A         C   82   74   49   611     422   25    4    2   0    6    8   37    2  .991
1965 BAL A Daily   C   35   32   17   262     165    9    2    1   0    1    4    8    1  .989
Total              C  321  253i 204i 2216.1i 1608  104   21   17   0i  31   38i 124i   5i .988
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

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TransactionsTransactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (1952).

Traded by Detroit Tigers with Al Paschal to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Joe
Lonnett and Earl Hersh (May 28, 1959); Joe Lonnett refused to report to Detroit
Tigers; Earl Hersh returned to Milwaukee Braves and Charlie Lau returned to Detroit
Tigers and Al Paschal returned to Detroit Tigers (May 28, 1959).

Traded by Detroit Tigers with Don Lee to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Casey
Wise, Don Kaiser and Mike Roarke (October 15, 1959).

Sold by Milwaukee Braves to Baltimore Orioles (August 21, 1961).

Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Kansas City Athletics (July 1, 1963).

Traded by Kansas City Athletics to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Wes Stock (June
15, 1964).

Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Atlanta Braves (May 31, 1967).

Released by Atlanta Braves (November 27, 1967).

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