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Mike Schmidt League
6-1-2335
John Lawing Shortstop
Retired (1977, Age 40)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .311 Total Rating   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .922 Status Deceased (2034) Option Years 0  
H 3352 Age at Death 97 Date of Birth 08-29-1937
HR 542 Drafted Round 1, Pick 1
(1955)
Majors Svc Time 17 years
(90 games)
RBI 2060
SB 355
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR
Speed C+ Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B- WS Rings 2
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 5
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 10
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 13
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1961 LHP 93 200 66 13 3 11 33 35 28 1.021 .431 .590 .260 .330
1961 RHP 145 487 158 25 5 25 94 37 71 .921 .371 .550 .226 .324
1962 LHP 91 193 50 11 2 8 25 18 32 .782 .321 .461 .202 .259
1962 RHP 148 481 147 26 8 23 77 41 88 .895 .358 .536 .231 .306
1963 LHP 79 188 62 16 1 8 27 21 19 .951 .398 .553 .223 .330
1963 RHP 147 491 156 28 8 28 99 42 80 .952 .374 .578 .261 .318
1964 LHP 72 146 51 12 3 7 25 17 22 1.048 .431 .616 .267 .349
1964 RHP 137 429 126 19 3 14 81 52 73 .818 .368 .450 .156 .294
1965 LHP 79 177 47 8 4 8 33 17 35 .821 .330 .492 .226 .266
1965 RHP 148 479 159 27 7 25 104 59 72 .975 .401 .574 .242 .332
1966 LHP 81 192 64 11 1 15 52 28 26 1.052 .417 .635 .302 .333
1966 RHP 141 438 132 23 6 23 97 57 66 .920 .381 .539 .237 .301
1967 LHP 84 167 56 12 2 8 37 21 24 .984 .409 .575 .240 .335
1967 RHP 144 458 139 25 7 24 84 55 70 .918 .372 .546 .242 .303
1968 LHP 83 191 66 14 3 7 36 20 27 .973 .413 .560 .215 .346
1968 RHP 152 483 148 36 6 18 89 49 87 .883 .365 .518 .211 .306
1969 LHP 85 189 75 10 1 21 47 30 28 1.275 .482 .794 .397 .397
1969 RHP 148 459 133 26 5 22 73 59 77 .880 .368 .512 .222 .290
1970 LHP 91 177 53 8 3 11 40 29 25 .970 .405 .565 .266 .299
1970 RHP 149 450 158 26 9 32 104 66 72 1.095 .433 .662 .311 .351
1971 LHP 87 180 53 10 4 11 45 21 26 .949 .371 .578 .283 .294
1971 RHP 146 473 169 29 11 30 105 37 79 1.055 .400 .655 .298 .357
1972 LHP 89 193 77 11 3 11 37 22 20 1.114 .456 .658 .259 .399
1972 RHP 140 396 123 19 6 16 73 50 64 .898 .388 .510 .199 .311
1973 LHP 106 266 87 16 3 19 62 40 40 1.034 .410 .624 .297 .327
1973 RHP 128 361 101 22 4 20 87 33 60 .868 .339 .529 .249 .280
1974 LHP 91 239 80 17 3 16 53 22 27 1.023 .392 .632 .297 .335
1974 RHP 128 380 112 19 3 16 63 45 64 .854 .367 .487 .192 .295
1975 LHP 111 280 97 13 1 15 58 20 36 .944 .384 .561 .214 .346
1975 RHP 124 350 90 17 4 14 69 34 60 .774 .326 .449 .191 .257
1976 LHP 77 184 59 7 1 6 30 23 27 .863 .395 .467 .147 .321
1976 RHP 115 371 109 20 6 11 48 32 71 .823 .354 .469 .175 .294
1977 LHP 94 260 69 13 2 9 33 21 46 .756 .322 .435 .169 .265
1977 RHP 122 371 80 10 3 10 40 41 64 .635 .296 .340 .124 .216
Total LHP 1493 3422 1112 202 40 191 673 405 488 .972 .397 .575 .250 .325
Total RHP 2362 7357 2240 397 101 351 1387 789 1218 .899 .370 .529 .225 .304
Total 2711 10779 3352 599 141 542 2060 1194 1706 .922 .379 .544 .233 .311
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1977-11-01John Lawing has retired from the Cincinnati Red Spiders
1972-04-01A trade has been completed between the New York Metropolitans and the Cincinnati Red Spiders. The Cincinnati Red Spiders receive John Lawing, Silver Clendenon, Archie Reich from the New York Metropolitans in exchange for Andre Riley, Draft Pick - 1974 Round 1 (CIN).
1966-05-31A trade has been completed between the Chicago American Giants and the New York Metropolitans. The New York Metropolitans receive John Lawing, Randy Karl, Mark Denehy, Frank Peploski, Alan Johns, Frank Clark, Tim Amalfitano from the Chicago American Giants in exchange for Luis Johnson, Gene Blefary, Jake Wells, Wes Brown, Bob Beck, Bruce Brickell, George Danforth, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 1 (NYN), Draft Pick - 1968 Round 1 (NYN), Draft Pick - 1969 Round 1 (NYN).
1961-04-01The Chicago Oktoberfest have promoted John Lawing to the major league team. The Chicago Oktoberfest have sent Sleeper Estrada to the minors.