Justin
Lao
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: June 28, 1992 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2008    2009   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2011 19 PIT NL   4 3 3 3 4 2 2 5 3 4
2012 20 PIT NL   4 3 3 3 4 2 2 6 5 5
2013 21 PIT NL   4 4 3 4 4 2 3 7 6 6
2014 22 TEX AL   4 4 4 4 4 3 3 8 7 7
2015 23 TEX AL   4 4 4 4 5 3 3 9 7 7
2016 24 TEX AL   4 4 4 4 5 4 4 9 7 7
2017 25 TEX AL   4 5 5 5 5 4 4 9 8 8
2018 26 TEX AL   4 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 8 8
2019 27 TEX AL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 10 8 8
2020 28 TEX AL $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 9
2021 29 TEX AL   5 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 9
2022 30 ARI NL   5 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 3 3 3 4 2 2 5 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 10 9 9
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2011 19 A   2 3 .400 42 0 0 0 0 36.7 40 14 3 28 31 3.44 .286 .405 .407 .812  
2012 20 A   6 2 .750 34 0 0 0 0 38.0 40 15 2 25 35 3.55 .272 .378 .388 .766  
2013 21 A   2 1 .667 30 3 0 0 2 28.7 28 8 0 17 23 2.51 .257 .357 .330 .687  
2014 22 AA   4 5 .444 38 0 0 0 3 68.0 64 27 7 35 46 3.57 .251 .341 .388 .730  
    A   0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.3 5 1 0 6 4 1.42 .227 .393 .409 .802  
2015 23 AA   8 9 .471 59 0 0 0 31 70.3 71 34 4 48 49 4.35 .265 .377 .347 .724  
2016 24 AA   5 11 .313 50 0 0 0 23 59.7 56 32 6 38 46 4.83 .251 .360 .363 .723  
2017 25 AAA   3 3 .500 50 0 0 0 7 76.0 90 54 9 47 66 6.39 .292 .386 .458 .844  
2018 26 AAA   3 1 .750 60 1 0 0 6 92.3 98 46 10 59 59 4.48 .274 .376 .425 .801  
2019 27 TEX AL 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 18.3 28 15 1 9 9 7.36 .346 .407 .481 .888 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 46 0 0 0 5 44.0 33 19 1 28 33 3.89 .213 .333 .297 .630  
    AA   1 1 .500 13 0 0 0 0 13.0 17 2 1 4 15 1.38 .327 .375 .423 .798  
2020 28 TEX AL 0 5 .000 51 0 0 0 3 90.7 105 57 11 52 54 5.66 .288 .379 .423 .802 2.1
2021 29 TEX AL 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 16.3 30 20 2 17 7 11.02 .417 .527 .611 1.139 0.0
2022 30 AAA   3 5 .375 33 0 0 0 4 45.0 34 25 4 37 32 5.00 .225 .378 .358 .735  
3 Years Sim 0 6 .000 70 0 0 0 3 125.3 163 92 14 78 70 6.61 .315 .405 .458 .864 2.1
4 Years AAA 10 10 .500 189 1 0 0 22 257.3 255 144 24 171 190 5.04 .262 .373 .404 .777  
4 Years AA 18 26 .409 160 0 0 0 57 211.0 208 95 18 125 156 4.05 .261 .361 .370 .730  
4 Years A 10 6 .625 111 3 0 0 2 109.7 113 38 5 76 93 3.12 .270 .383 .380 .763  
12 Years Minors 38 42 .475 460 4 0 0 81 578.0 576 277 47 372 439 4.31 .263 .370 .387 .757  
Season Average 0 2 .000 23 0 0 0 1 41.8 54 30 4 26 23 6.61 .315 .405 .458 .864  
Career Highs 0 5 .000 51 0 0 0 3 90.7 105 57 11 52 54 11.02 .417 .527 .611 1.139  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   125 75 13 66 51   .316 .413 .475 .888
vs LH   38 17 1 12 19   .314 .376 .405 .781
Home 0 3 .000 35 0 0 0 2 70.7 86 54 11 41 38 6.88 .300 .387 .477 .865
Away 0 3 .000 35 0 0 0 1 54.7 77 38 3 37 32 6.26 .335 .427 .435 .862
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 24.7 31 20 9 20 8 7.30 .320 .436 .629 1.065
May 0 3 .000 19 0 0 0 0 21.7 37 27 4 15 13 11.22 .385 .468 .625 1.093
June 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 1 15.3 14 4 0 3 10 2.35 .237 .274 .322 .596
July 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 11.0 13 7 0 11 7 5.73 .317 .462 .341 .803
August 0 1 .000 9 0 0 0 0 18.7 21 7 0 8 8 3.38 .273 .341 .299 .640
Sep/Oct 0 1 .000 18 0 0 0 1 34.0 47 27 1 21 24 7.15 .320 .405 .408 .813
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2019 27 TEX AL P 9 0 18.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.49    
2020 28 TEX AL P 51 0 90.7 4 16 0 1 1.000 1.99    
2021 29 TEX AL P 10 0 16.3 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.10    
Career Totals   70 0 125.3 4 19 0 2 1.000 1.65    
Career Highs   51 0 90.7 4 16 0 1 1.000 1.99    
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  1. Wilbur McMillan (990)
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  4. Homer Windle (981)
  5. Roger Brodsky (981)
  6. Kent Mercker (977)
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  8. Stanley Cleland (973)
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History
Had first career hit on 4/24/2004, off Jerome Williams (SFN)
Earned first career win on 4/24/2004
Released by Milwaukee on 5/13/2006
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/30/2006 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Released by Detroit on 9/25/2007
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/18/2008 to a 2-year deal worth $700,000 per year
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2008
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2009
Drafted in 12th round, 339th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 2011