Mickey Lolich Stats

Mickey Lolich was born on Thursday, September 12, 1940, in Portland, Oregon. Lolich was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 12, 1963, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Mickey Lolich baseball stats page.

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"I guess you could say that I'm the redemption of the fat man. A guy will be watching me on TV and see that I don't look in any better shape than he is. 'Hey, Maude,' he'll holler. 'Get a load of this guy. And he's a 20-game winner.'" - Mickey Lolich in Baseball Digest (Wayne Stewart, Colorful Quotes Have Always Been Part of Game's History, June 1992)

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Mickey Lolich Autograph on a 1988 Pacific Legends Baseball Card (#39 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1988pac01' title='1988 Pacific Legends Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Mickey Lolich Autograph on a 1988 Pacific Legends Baseball Card (#39 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Michael Stephen Lolich
Nickname:   Mickey
Born On:   09-12-1940  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Portland, Oregon
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Lincoln High School (Portland, OR)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   210
First Game:   05-12-1963 (Age 22)
Last Game:   09-23-1979
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Mickey Lolich Pitching Stats

1963 23 Tigers 33 18 5 5 9 .357 3.55 4 0 0 144.1 620 145 57 64 13 56 1 103 8 5 2 -
1964 24 Tigers 44 33 5 18 9 .667 3.26 12 6 2 232.0 949 196 84 88 26 64 0 192 7 5 0 -
1965 25 Tigers 43 37 5 15 9 .625 3.44 7 3 3 243.2 1,015 216 93 103 23 72 2 226 7 12 1 -
1966 26 Tigers 40 33 4 14 14 .500 4.77 5 1 3 203.2 894 204 108 119 24 83 8 173 11 6 1 -
1967 27 Tigers 31 30 1 14 13 .519 3.04 11 6 0 204.0 820 165 69 71 14 56 2 174 3 7 0 -
1968 28 Tigers 39 32 4 17 9 .654 3.19 8 4 1 220.0 905 178 78 84 23 65 4 197 3 11 0 -
1969 29 Tigers 37 36 1 19 11 .633 3.14 15 1 1 280.2 1,172 214 98 111 22 122 10 271 14 14 1 -
1970 30 Tigers 40 39 0 14 19 .424 3.80 13 3 0 272.2 1,181 272 115 125 27 109 3 230 14 5 0 -
1971 31 Tigers 45 45 0 25 14 .641 2.92 29 4 0 376.0 1,538 336 122 133 36 92 2 308 7 7 0 0
1972 32 Tigers 41 41 0 22 14 .611 2.50 23 4 0 327.1 1,321 282 91 100 29 74 5 250 6 11 0 0
1973 33 Tigers 42 42 0 16 15 .516 3.82 17 3 0 308.2 1,286 315 131 143 35 79 7 214 12 5 0 0
1974 34 Tigers 41 41 0 16 21 .432 4.15 27 3 0 308.0 1,263 310 142 155 38 78 11 202 10 3 0 0
1975 35 Tigers 32 32 0 12 18 .400 3.78 19 1 0 240.2 1,016 260 101 119 19 64 5 139 7 0 0 0
1976 36 Mets 31 30 1 8 13 .381 3.22 5 2 0 192.2 797 184 69 83 14 52 1 120 11 0 2 -
1978 38 Padres 20 2 7 2 1 .667 1.56 0 0 1 34.2 140 30 6 6 0 11 3 13 2 1 1 -
1979 39 Padres 27 5 7 0 2 .000 4.74 0 0 0 49.1 223 59 26 33 4 22 3 20 2 0 0 -
16 Years 586 496 40 217 191 .532 3.44 195 41 11 3,638.1 15,140 3,366 1,390 1,537 347 1,099 67 2,832 124 92 8 0

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Mickey Lolich Hitting Stats

1963 23 Tigers 33 36 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 20 2 0 0 0 .056 .244 .056
1964 24 Tigers 44 64 9 7 0 0 0 0 4 11 0 32 9 0 2 1 .109 .260 .109
1965 25 Tigers 43 86 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 37 3 0 0 0 .058 .080 .058
1966 26 Tigers 40 64 12 9 0 1 0 0 3 7 0 28 2 0 0 2 .141 .225 .172
1967 27 Tigers 32 61 4 12 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 25 7 0 0 1 .197 .279 .197
1968 28 Tigers 41 70 5 8 3 0 0 0 3 6 0 25 4 0 0 3 .114 .184 .157
1969 29 Tigers 38 91 6 8 0 1 0 0 5 9 0 41 12 1 0 1 .088 .168 .110
1970 30 Tigers 42 82 4 11 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 29 7 0 0 3 .134 .245 .134
1971 31 Tigers 45 115 9 15 2 0 0 0 7 16 0 55 16 0 1 4 .130 .242 .148
1972 32 Tigers 41 89 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 39 11 0 1 3 .067 .245 .067
1973 33 Tigers 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1974 34 Tigers 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1975 35 Tigers 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1976 36 Mets 31 54 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 25 11 0 1 2 .130 .217 .130
1978 38 Padres 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1979 39 Padres 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000
16 Years 592 821 63 90 5 2 0 0 31 105 0 362 85 1 5 20 .110 .215 .121

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Mickey Lolich Fielding Stats

1963 Tigers P 33 18 433 29 0.9 26 4 22 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .897 1.62
1964 Tigers P 44 33 696 38 0.9 35 7 28 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .921 1.36
1965 Tigers P 43 37 731 43 1.0 38 11 27 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .884 1.40
1966 Tigers P 40 33 611 28 0.7 25 4 21 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .893 1.10
1967 Tigers P 31 30 612 35 1.1 32 10 22 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .914 1.41
1968 Tigers P 39 32 660 34 0.9 31 5 26 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .912 1.27
1969 Tigers P 37 36 842 50 1.4 46 5 41 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .920 1.48
1970 Tigers P 40 39 818 57 1.4 55 9 46 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .965 1.82
1971 Tigers P 45 45 1,128 50 1.1 49 9 40 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 1.17
1972 Tigers P 41 41 982 38 0.9 36 4 32 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .947 0.99
1973 Tigers P 42 42 926 52 1.2 51 11 40 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .981 1.49
1974 Tigers P 41 41 924 40 1.0 38 9 29 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.11
1975 Tigers P 32 32 722 34 1.1 34 2 32 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.27
1976 Mets P 31 30 578 42 1.4 36 9 27 6 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 1.68
1978 Padres P 20 2 104 7 0.4 7 1 6 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.82
1979 Padres P 27 5 148 9 0.3 9 0 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.64
P Totals 586 496 10,915 586 1.0 548 100 448 38 16 n/a n/a n/a .935 1.36
16 Years 586 496 10,915 586 1.0 548 100 448 38 16 n/a n/a n/a .935 1.36

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Mickey Lolich Miscellaneous Stats

1963 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 36.0 1.84 6.42 3.49
1964 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 16.0 3.00 7.45 2.48
1965 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 3.14 8.35 2.66
1966 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 21.3 2.08 7.64 3.67
1967 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 2.4 15.3 3.11 7.68 2.47
1968 Tigers 0 1 .000 1 1 n/a 0.0 2.8 23.3 3.03 8.06 2.66
1969 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 2.2 18.2 2.22 8.69 3.91
1970 Tigers 1 0 1.000 0 2 n/a 0.0 2.8 27.3 2.11 7.59 3.60
1971 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.1 16.4 3.35 7.37 2.20
1972 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 0.0 3.38 6.87 2.03
1973 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.71 6.24 2.30
1974 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.59 5.90 2.28
1975 Tigers 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.17 5.20 2.39
1976 Mets 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.2 54.0 2.31 5.61 2.43
1978 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.18 3.37 2.86
1979 Padres 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.91 3.65 4.01
16 Years 1 1 .500 1 5 0 0.0 2.3 26.5 2.58 7.01 2.72

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Mickey Lolich Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1963 Detroit Tigers 29 Undetermined - -
1964 Detroit Tigers 29 Undetermined - -
1965 Detroit Tigers 29 $18,000.00 - -
1966 Detroit Tigers 29 $23,000.00 - -
1967 Detroit Tigers 29 $20,000.00 - -
1968 Detroit Tigers 29 $25,000.00 - Stats
1969 Detroit Tigers 29 $40,000.00 Stats -
1970 Detroit Tigers 29 $60,000.00 - -
1971 Detroit Tigers 29 $58,000.00 Stats -
1972 Detroit Tigers 29 $80,000.00 Stats -
1973 Detroit Tigers 29 $100,000.00 - -
1974 Detroit Tigers 29 $100,000.00 - -
1975 Detroit Tigers 29 $95,000.00 - -
1976 New York Mets 29 $125,000.00 - -
1978 San Diego Padres 29 Undetermined - -
1979 San Diego Padres 29 Undetermined - -

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Michael Stephen Lolich was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Detroit Tigers (1963-1975), New York Mets (1976), and San Diego Padres (1978-1979). Mickey, his nickname, had 2,832 career strikeouts when he retired—the most by a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball history until he was surpassed by hall of famer Steve Carlton in 1981!

Mickey Lolich lost the major league record for career strikeouts by a lefty (above) in 1981, but his 2,679 career strikeouts in the American League were still the most in the Junior Circuit until 2017! Trivia: Who passed him? [Answer]

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Mickey Lolich Pitching | Original Photo by Getty Images | Photoshop by Baseball Almanac

Did you know that Mickey Lolich holds — through today — the Detroit Tigers record for most games started (459) by any pitcher in their history, the most career shutouts (39), and the most strikeouts (2,679)? Mickey also still holds the single season Tiger record for most games started, 45 in 1971, and his strikeout total that year was 308, making Lolich the first and only Motown pitcher with 300-or-more strikeouts in any season!

Mickey Lolich had 205 plate appearances in the minors, he never hit a home run. Mickey Lolich had 1,222 plate appearances in the majors, he never hit a home run in a regular season game. During his first World Series at-bat, in Game 2 of the 1968 World Series, Mickey homered, the only home run of his Major League career, and according to Lolich, it was the first one he hit since Little League! Lolich might have been one of the most dominant lefty pitchers, but he batted right handed as seen in the video below, and was not wearing a batting helmet during the historic Fall Classic moment!

Mickey Lolich Home Run | 1968 World Series | Game 2 | Mickey Lolich Videos