Bo McLaughlin
[edit] Biography
Born on October 23, 1953 in Oakland, California, Bo McLaughlin (Michael Duane McLaughlin) played for the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. McLaughlin broke into the bigs on July 20, 1976 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 2.85 ERA in 79 innings pitched in 1976, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bo McLaughlin's best season was 1977, when he posted a 4.25 ERA and struck out 59 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1976
| HOU
| N
| 17
| 11
| 4
| 5
| 2.85
| 32
| 31
| 25
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 79
| 71
| 6
| 17
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| 46
| 6
| 4
| 7
| 4.25
| 59
| 44
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 84.2
| 81
| 6
| 34
| 6
| 3
| 6
|
| 1978
| HOU
| N
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.01
| 10
| 17
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 23.1
| 30
| 2
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 1979
| HOU
| N
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5.51
| 12
| 15
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.1
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1979
| ATL
| N
| 37
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 4.89
| 45
| 33
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 49.2
| 63
| 2
| 16
| 6
| 1
| 2
|
| 1979
| TOT
| N
| 49
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 5.05
| 57
| 48
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 66
| 85
| 4
| 20
| 6
| 2
| 2
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.57
| 3
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11.2
| 17
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| 21
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 4.84
| 27
| 31
| 26
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 48.1
| 51
| 3
| 27
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 124
| 19
| 10
| 16
| 4.09
| 158
| 140
| 115
| 4
| 2
| 8
| 253
| 267
| 18
| 87
| 15
| 10
| 12
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 32
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 6.15
| 30
| 46
| 41
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 60
| 68
| 4
| 36
| 1
| 4
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 156
| 21
| 10
| 20
| 4.49
| 188
| 186
| 156
| 5
| 2
| 9
| 313
| 335
| 22
| 123
| 16
| 14
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1976
| HOU
| N
| P
| 17
| 11
| 79
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| P
| 46
| 6
| 84.2
| 7
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 5
| 1
| .917
|
| 1978
| HOU
| N
| P
| 12
| 1
| 23.1
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| HOU
| N
| P
| 12
| 0
| 16.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| ATL
| N
| P
| 37
| 1
| 49.2
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| .800
|
| 1979
| TOT
| N
| P
| 49
| 1
| 66
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 2
| 0
| .875
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 11.2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| P
| 21
| 2
| 48.1
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 156
| 21
| 313
| 25
| 41
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 38
| 19
| 2
| .957
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1976
| HOU
| N
| 17
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .095
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| HOU
| N
| 46
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .100
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| HOU
| N
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| HOU
| N
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| ATL
| N
| 37
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| TOT
| N
| 49
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| OAK
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| OAK
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 124
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .075
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 156
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .075
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 11th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1972).
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (14th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1975).
- Traded by Houston Astros to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Frank LaCorte (May 25, 1979).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (February 3, 1981).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 9, 1981).
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