Born:(1933-04-12)April 12, 1933 Romulus, Michigan, U.S.
Died: March 18, 1984(1984-03-18) (aged 50) Key Colony Beach, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 12, 1956, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1967, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average
.255
Home runs
16
Runs batted in
140
Teams
As player
Detroit Tigers (1956, 1958–1959)
Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves (1960–1961, 1967)
Baltimore Orioles (1961–1963, 1964–1967)
Kansas City Athletics (1963–1964)
As coach
Baltimore Orioles (1969)
Oakland Athletics (1970)
Kansas City Royals (1971–1974, 1975–1978)
New York Yankees (1979–1981)
Chicago White Sox (1982–1983)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1966)
Charles Richard Lau (April 12, 1933 – March 18, 1984) was an American professional baseball player and a highly influential hitting coach.[1] During his playing career in Major League Baseball, Lau appeared in 527 games as a catcher and pinch hitter over all or portions of 11 seasons for four clubs. Then, beginning in 1969, he spent 15 years as a coach for five American League teams, most notably the Kansas City Royals. He was the incumbent hitting coach of the Chicago White Sox when he died, aged 50, from colorectal cancer in 1984.
^"Charley Lau Dead; Called One of Baseball's Best Batting Instructors". The New York Times. March 19, 1984. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
the CharleyLau Baseball Field. Lau also appeared in the film Max Dugan Returns as himself. The title character (played by Jason Robards) pays Lau to teach...
Following baseball practice the next day, Chicago White Sox batting coach CharleyLau, paid by Max, introduces himself to Michael and teaches him proper batting...
until he asked for help from CharleyLau, the Royals' batting coach. Spending the All-Star break working together, Lau taught Brett how to protect the...
Knudsen (Grosse Ile), automotive industry executive and U.S. Army General CharleyLau (Romulus), former MLB hitting coach (d. 1984) John Long (Romulus), Former...
training when Dick Brown underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor and CharleyLau injured an elbow in the same timeframe. Etchebarren was the last man...
with the Shreveport Braves of the Texas League, Hriniak was managed by CharleyLau, who soon would become the most celebrated batting instructor in Major...
the Orioles to the Washington Senators for Pete Richert. May 31, 1967: CharleyLau was purchased from the Orioles by the Atlanta Braves. June 6, 1967: 1967...
He finished with 94 pitches and ten strikeouts. The Natural March 18: CharleyLau March 20: Stan Coveleski August 14: Lynn McGlothen August 25: Waite Hoyt...
Sutherland, Matthew Broderick, Dody Goodman, Sal Viscuso, Panchito Gomez, CharleyLau, Kiefer Sutherland The Outsiders Warner Bros. Francis Ford Coppola (director);...
players soured late in the campaign after his demand that hitting coach CharleyLau be relieved of his duties resulted in the latter's reassignment to the...
White Sox had another coach, batting instructor CharleyLau, who was battling colon cancer. Babe and Lau both survived the 1983 season while undergoing...
Michigan, the same hometown of future MLB catcher and batting coach CharleyLau, Sacka joined the professional baseball ranks in 1946 and played through...
comedian (b. 1914) March 5 – William Powell, actor (b. 1892) March 18 CharleyLau, baseball player (b. 1933) Paul Francis Webster, lyricist (b. 1907) March...
and the Marine (b. 1901) 1983 – Umberto II of Italy (b. 1904) 1984 – CharleyLau, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933) 1986 – Bernard Malamud...
Illinois, attended Northwestern High School in Detroit and Michigan State) CharleyLau, catcher for Detroit Tigers and hitting coach for many Major League teams...
Willie Horton Art Houtteman Al Kaline Dolores Klosowski Ryan LaMarre CharleyLau Ron LeFlore DJ LeMahieu Stan Lopata Derek Lowe John Mayberry Bob Miller...
Claude Raymond 21 Warren Spahn 16 Carl Willey Catchers 1 Del Crandall 6 CharleyLau 40 Phil Roof 15 Joe Torre 22 Sammy White Infielders 9 Joe Adcock 2...
John Wyatt Catchers 9 Billy Bryan 11 Dave Duncan 10 Doc Edwards 14 CharleyLau Infielders 19 Bert Campaneris 2 Wayne Causey 16 Ed Charles 6 Jim Gentile...
Baseball. New York City: Workman. ISBN 0-7611-3943-5. Lau, Charley Jr.; Flanagan, Jeffrey (2000). Lau's Laws on Hitting: The Art of Hitting .400 for the Next...
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