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Michigan">Romulus, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Died:</b> March 18, 1984<span style="display:none">(1984-03-18)</span> (aged 50)<br /><a href="/wiki/Key_Colony_Beach,_Florida" title="Key Colony Beach, Florida">Key Colony Beach, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Left</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 12, 1956, for the Detroit Tigers</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last MLB appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">September 29, 1967, for the Atlanta Braves</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr 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href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (<a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1961 Major League Baseball season">1961</a>–<a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1963 Major League Baseball season">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1964 Major League Baseball season">1964</a>–<a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1967 Major League Baseball season">1967</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1963 Major League Baseball season">1963</a>–<a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1964 Major League Baseball season">1964</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>As coach</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> (<a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1970 Major League Baseball season">1970</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> (<a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1971 Major League Baseball season">1971</a>–<a href="/wiki/1974_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1974 Major League Baseball season">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a>–<a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1978 Major League Baseball season">1978</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> (<a href="/wiki/1979_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1979 Major League Baseball season">1979</a>–<a href="/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1981 Major League Baseball season">1981</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> (<a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1982 Major League Baseball season">1982</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1983 Major League Baseball season">1983</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">1966</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Richard Lau</b> (April 12, 1933 – March 18, 1984) was an American <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> player and a highly influential <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">hitting coach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his playing career in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, Lau appeared in 527 games as a <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a> over all or portions of 11 seasons for four clubs. Then, beginning in 1969, he spent 15 years as a coach for five <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> teams, most notably the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a>. He was the incumbent hitting coach of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a> when he died, aged 50, from <a href="/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a> in 1984. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_a_player">As a player</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charley_Lau&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: As a player"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lau batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg). Born in <a href="/wiki/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit">Metro Detroit</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Romulus,_Michigan" title="Romulus, Michigan">Romulus, Michigan</a>, he was signed by the nearby <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Tigers</a> as an amateur free agent after graduating from <a href="/wiki/Romulus_Senior_High_School" title="Romulus Senior High School">high school</a>. He began his playing career in the Tigers' <a href="/wiki/Farm_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm system">farm system</a> in 1952, missing 1953 and 1954 due to military service, and was called up for his first major league audition in September 1956. However, Lau could not nail down a regular job with Detroit; he got into only 35 total games over parts of three seasons (<a href="/wiki/1956_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1956 Major League Baseball season">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/1958_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1958 Major League Baseball season">1958</a>–<a href="/wiki/1959_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1959 Major League Baseball season">1959</a>), and collected 13 total <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting</a> .157. </p><p>In October 1959, former Tiger executive <a href="/wiki/John_McHale_(baseball)" title="John McHale (baseball)">John McHale</a>, now <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Braves" title="Milwaukee Braves">Milwaukee Braves</a>, acquired Lau and <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Don_Lee_(baseball)" title="Don Lee (baseball)">Don Lee</a> from Detroit for <a href="/wiki/Infielder" title="Infielder">infielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Casey_Wise" title="Casey Wise">Casey Wise</a>, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Don_Kaiser" title="Don Kaiser">Don Kaiser</a> and catcher <a href="/wiki/Mike_Roarke" title="Mike Roarke">Mike Roarke</a>. Lau spent all of <a href="/wiki/1960_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1960 Major League Baseball season">1960</a> with the Braves as the primary backup catcher to veteran <a href="/wiki/Del_Crandall" title="Del Crandall">Del Crandall</a>, but he hit only .189 in 21 games. In <a href="/wiki/1961_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1961 Major League Baseball season">1961</a>, with Crandall sidelined by a sore shoulder, Lau appeared in 28 early-season games, 24 as starting catcher, into June. On April 28, he caught the second of <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spahn" title="Warren Spahn">Warren Spahn</a>'s two career <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But again he struggled offensively, batting .207, was sent to <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Mounties" title="Vancouver Mounties">Vancouver</a>, then sold to the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> on August 21. His offensive problems continued, though, with Lau batting only .170 in limited duty for Baltimore. </p><p>Lau had shown flashes of power in the Tigers' farm system, reaching double figures in <a href="/wiki/Home_runs" class="mw-redirect" title="Home runs">home runs</a> three times between 1955 and 1959. But, in <a href="/wiki/1962_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1962 Major League Baseball season">1962</a>, he adopted a contact hitter's <a href="/wiki/Batting_(baseball)" title="Batting (baseball)">batting stance</a>: feet wide apart, his bat held almost parallel to the ground. The result was a dramatic upturn in his major-league fortunes. He played in 81 games and posted a .294  batting average, with 58 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a>, six home runs and 37 <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">runs batted in</a>. He hit .367 (11 for <a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">30</a>) in pinch-hitting roles. In <a href="/wiki/1963_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1963 Major League Baseball season">1963</a>, Lau started slowly, and after hitting .194 in 23 games, the Orioles sold his contract to the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> on July 1. Given more playing time as a left-handed-hitting platoon catcher, starting 49 games over the 1963 season's final three months, he batted .294 in a Kansas City uniform. </p><p>On June 15, <a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1964 Major League Baseball season">1964</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant-contending</a> <a href="/wiki/1964_Baltimore_Orioles_season" title="1964 Baltimore Orioles season">Orioles</a> reacquired Lau in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Wes_Stock" title="Wes Stock">Wes Stock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Splitting receiving duties with right-handed-hitting <a href="/wiki/Dick_Brown_(baseball)" title="Dick Brown (baseball)">Dick Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Orsino" title="John Orsino">John Orsino</a>, Lau appeared in 62 games (starting 42) as Baltimore finished two games behind the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> in the American League race. He batted .259 as an Oriole, and .264 overall. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1965_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1965 Major League Baseball season">1965</a>, Lau began the transition to full-time pinch hitter, working in 35 games as a catcher, and collecting eight hits and seven bases on balls in 36 appearances as an emergency batsman; he batted a career-best .295. Then, in <a href="/wiki/1966_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1966 Major League Baseball season">1966</a>, he underwent right elbow surgery and missed almost four full months of the regular season. Appearing in only 18 games, all in the pinch, he collected six hits and four bases on balls as Baltimore won its first pennant and <a href="/wiki/1966_World_Series" title="1966 World Series">World Series</a> championship. Lau did not play in the Fall Classic; the Orioles used no pinch hitters in their four-game sweep over the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent one more season in the majors as a pinch hitter in <a href="/wiki/1967_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1967 Major League Baseball season">1967</a>; after only one hit in eight at-bats with the Orioles, he was sold back to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Braves</a>, now in Atlanta, where he closed his MLB career with nine hits and four walks in 49 <a href="/wiki/Plate_appearances" class="mw-redirect" title="Plate appearances">plate appearances</a>. On November 27, 1967, the Braves released him, but appointed him <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> of their <a href="/wiki/Double-A_(baseball)" title="Double-A (baseball)">Double-A</a> <a href="/wiki/Shreveport_Braves" title="Shreveport Braves">Shreveport</a> affiliate in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a>. </p><p>As a major leaguer, Lau batted .255 over the course of his career. His 298 career hits included 63 <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">doubles</a>, nine <a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">triples</a>, 16 home runs and 140 runs batted in. He had 47 pinch hits.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_a_hitting_coach">As a hitting coach</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charley_Lau&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: As a hitting coach"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lau spent only the 1968 season as a minor-league skipper before returning to the majors as a coach. He began as bullpen coach on <a href="/wiki/Earl_Weaver" title="Earl Weaver">Earl Weaver</a>'s staff in Baltimore (<a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>), then became the first-base coach of the <a href="/wiki/1970_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1970 Major League Baseball season">1970</a> <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a>, gradually assuming the extra duties of hitting coach during his early coaching career. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1971_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1971 Major League Baseball season">1971</a>, Lau became the hitting coach (often doubling as first-base coach) for the Kansas City Royals. He held the post through <a href="/wiki/1978_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1978 Major League Baseball season">1978</a>, with the exception of the early part of the <a href="/wiki/1975_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1975 Major League Baseball season">1975</a> season, when he was the team's roving minor-league hitting instructor after his temporary ouster from the Royals' staff by then-skipper <a href="/wiki/Jack_McKeon" title="Jack McKeon">Jack McKeon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked with <a href="/wiki/Hal_McRae" title="Hal McRae">Hal McRae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amos_Otis" title="Amos Otis">Amos Otis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Willie_Wilson_(baseball)" title="Willie Wilson (baseball)">Willie Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a>. He is also credited for reviving <a href="/wiki/Cookie_Rojas" title="Cookie Rojas">Cookie Rojas</a>' career. <a href="/wiki/Lou_Piniella" title="Lou Piniella">Lou Piniella</a>, who played for the Royals from 1969 to 1973, called Lau "the greatest batting instructor of them all."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After spending three seasons (1979–1981) with the New York Yankees, reunited with Piniella, Lau became the Chicago White Sox' hitting instructor in <a href="/wiki/1982_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1982 Major League Baseball season">1982</a>, where his pupils included <a href="/wiki/Greg_Luzinski" title="Greg Luzinski">Greg Luzinski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Fisk" title="Carlton Fisk">Carlton Fisk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Kemp" title="Steve Kemp">Steve Kemp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Baines" title="Harold Baines">Harold Baines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Kittle" title="Ron Kittle">Ron Kittle</a>. </p><p>Contrary to popular belief, Lau did not emphasize releasing the top hand after making contact with the pitch and following through with only the lower hand on the bat. He did, however, suggest this measure to hitters who—for whatever reason—could not fully extend their arms during their swings. </p><p>Lau developed a list of "Absolutes" about hitting, which included: </p> <ul><li>A balanced, workable stance</li> <li>Rhythm and movement in the stance (as opposed to standing still)</li> <li>A good weight shift from a firm rigid backside to a firm rigid frontside</li> <li>Striding with the front toe closed</li> <li>Having the bat in the launching position as soon as the front foot touches down</li> <li>Making the stride a positive, aggressive motion toward the pitcher</li> <li>A tension-free swing</li> <li>Hitting through the ball</li> <li>Hitting the ball where it is pitched, rather than trying to direct it</li></ul> <p>While still serving as the White Sox' hitting coach, Lau died in 1984 in <a href="/wiki/Key_Colony_Beach,_Florida" title="Key Colony Beach, Florida">Key Colony Beach, Florida</a> at the age of 50 after a year-long bout with cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since his death, only one White Sox player or coach — Lau's friend and disciple <a href="/wiki/Walt_Hriniak" title="Walt Hriniak">Walt Hriniak</a>, the Chisox' hitting coach from 1989 to 1995<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> — has worn his number 6 jersey,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although it has not been officially retired.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The baseball field at his alma mater, <a href="/wiki/Romulus_Senior_High_School" title="Romulus Senior High School">Romulus Senior High School</a>, is named the Charley Lau Baseball Field. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Off_the_field">Off the field</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charley_Lau&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Off the field"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lau also appeared in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Max_Dugan_Returns" title="Max Dugan Returns">Max Dugan Returns</a></i> as himself. The title character (played by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robards" title="Jason Robards">Jason Robards</a>) pays Lau to teach his grandson (<a href="/wiki/Matthew_Broderick" title="Matthew Broderick">Matthew Broderick</a>'s character) how to hit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charley_Lau&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/19/obituaries/charley-lau-dead-called-one-of-best-batting-instructors.html">"Charley Lau Dead; Called One of Baseball's Best Batting Instructors"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. 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June 15, 1964. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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