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Charley Lau
	Charles Richard Lau


	Born: April 12, 1933 in Romulus, MI
	Died: March 18, 1984 - 50 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: R	Ht: 6'0"	Wt: 190

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an Amateur Free Agent in 1952
- High School: Romulus (Romulus, MI)

All-Teammate Team

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Boog Powell	7	1961	1967	12.5
Charlie Maxwell	3	1956	1959	10.9
Curt Blefary	3	1965	1967	10.3
Frank Thomas	1	1961	1961	2.8

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Harvey Kuenn	3	1956	1959	10.8
Jackie Brandt	5	1961	1965	10.1
Paul Blair	4	1964	1967	9.1
Russ Snyder	7	1961	1967	7.5

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Hank Aaron	3	1960	1967	25.8
Al Kaline	3	1956	1959	19.1
Frank Robinson	2	1966	1967	13.0
Rocky Colavito	1	1964	1964	4.1

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Luis Aparicio	5	1963	1967	16.4
Wayne Causey	2	1963	1964	7.0
Roy McMillan	1	1961	1961	2.8
Denis Menke	1	1967	1967	2.3

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Frank Bolling	4	1956	1961	13.4
Jerry Adair	6	1961	1966	6.9
Davey Johnson	3	1965	1967	3.4
Bob Johnson	5	1963	1967	3.2

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Brooks Robinson	7	1961	1967	37.3
Eddie Mathews	2	1960	1961	14.5
Eddie Yost	1	1959	1959	5.4
Ray Boone	3	1956	1960	3.8

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Jim Gentile	4	1961	1964	13.2
Joe Adcock	2	1960	1961	7.3
Norm Siebern	3	1963	1965	5.5
Earl Torgeson	1	1956	1956	1.8

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Hank Bauer	4	1964	1967	17.2
Chuck Dressen	2	1960	1961	4.2
Billy Hitchcock	3	1962	1967	4.0
Paul Richards	1	1961	1961	2.2

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Joe Torre	3	1960	1967	8.5
Del Crandall	2	1960	1961	4.3
Red Wilson	3	1956	1959	4.0
John Orsino	3	1963	1965	4.0

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Frank Lary	3	1956	1959	15.5
Steve Barber	7	1961	1967	14.3
Milt Pappas	5	1961	1965	12.7
Robin Roberts	4	1962	1965	11.7
Jim Bunning	3	1956	1959	8.1
Warren Spahn	2	1960	1961	8.0
Paul Foytack	3	1956	1959	7.1
Lew Burdette	2	1960	1961	5.6
Orlando Pena	2	1963	1964	4.8
Don Mossi	1	1959	1959	4.2
Dave McNally	6	1962	1967	3.9
Bob Buhl	2	1960	1961	3.8
Hal Brown	2	1961	1962	3.6
Ken Johnson	1	1967	1967	3.3
Diego Segui	2	1963	1964	3.2

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dick Hall	6	1961	1966	12.1
Moe Drabowsky	5	1961	1967	9.6
Billy Hoeft	5	1956	1962	8.3
Phil Niekro	1	1967	1967	5.0

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Stu Miller	5	1963	1967	12.1
Hoyt Wilhelm	2	1961	1962	5.2
Wes Stock	4	1961	1964	4.9
John Wyatt	2	1963	1964	4.5
Tom Morgan	2	1958	1959	1.8
Cecil Upshaw	1	1967	1967	1.3
Al Aber	1	1956	1956	1.1
Eddie Fisher	2	1966	1967	1.1
Jay Ritchie	1	1967	1967	0.9
Hank Aguirre	2	1958	1959	0.8
Claude Raymond	2	1961	1967	0.7
Herman Starrette	3	1963	1965	0.6
Harvey Haddix	2	1964	1965	0.5
Vito Valentinetti	1	1958	1958	0.4
Ken Sanders	1	1964	1964	0.4

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James