Charlie Lau stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1956
Bio
- Debut
- 1956
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 527
- AB
- 1,170
- R
- 105
- H
- 298
- HR
- 16
- RBI
- 140
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .255
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | DET | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 1958 | DET | 30 | 68 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .147 |
| 1959 | DET | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| 1960 | ATL | 21 | 53 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .189 |
| 1961 |  ATL/BAL | 45 | 129 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .194 |
| 1962 | BAL | 81 | 197 | 21 | 58 | 6 | 37 | 1 | .294 |
| 1963 | ATH/BAL | 91 | 235 | 19 | 64 | 3 | 32 | 1 | .272 |
| 1964 | ATH/BAL | 105 | 276 | 27 | 73 | 3 | 23 | 0 | .264 |
| 1965 | BAL | 68 | 132 | 15 | 39 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .295 |
| 1966 | BAL | 18 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .500 |
| 1967 |  BAL/ATL | 63 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .189 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,311
- TB
- 427
- XBH
- 88
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 24
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | DET | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | DET | 82 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | DET | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATL | 61 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL/BAL | 151 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | BAL | 208 | 91 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | ATH/BAL | 257 | 86 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | ATH/BAL | 308 | 108 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | BAL | 152 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | BAL | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | BAL/ATL | 60 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.7
- RC
- 147.1
- RC/27
- 4.40
- ISOP
- .110
- SECA
- .205
- BB/K
- 0.73
- AB/HR
- 73.1
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | DET | -0.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | DET | 0.0 | 5.2 | 2.4 | .074 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATL | 0.0 | 3.5 | 2.1 | .038 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL/BAL | -0.4 | 10.2 | 2.5 | .062 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 129 | 0 |
| 1962 | BAL | 0.5 | 29.9 | 5.7 | .168 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 32.8 | 0 |
| 1963 | ATH/BAL | 0.0 | 28.8 | 4.4 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 78.3 | 0 |
| 1964 | ATH/BAL | 0.5 | 38 | 5 | .127 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 92 | 0 |
| 1965 | BAL | 1.0 | 21.8 | 6.1 | .114 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 66 | 0 |
| 1966 | BAL | 0.4 | 5.5 | 21.1 | .333 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | BAL/ATL | -0.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 53 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Charlie Lau's career stats?
Charlie Lau played 11 seasons for the Tigers, the Braves and the Orioles. He was a career .255 hitter with 298 hits, 16 home runs and 140 RBI. His best season was 1966: a .500 batting average, 0 home runs and 5 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
11 seasons, 1956 to 1967
Championships
- 1966 World Series with the Baltimore Orioles