# Fred Lasher > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fred_Lasher > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fred_Lasher.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lasher > Source revision: 1290486427 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American baseball player (1941–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Fred Lasher |image=Fred Lasher.JPG |position=[Pitcher](/source/Pitcher) |birth_date={{Birth date|1941|8|19}} |birth_place=[Poughkeepsie, New York](/source/Poughkeepsie%2C_New_York), U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2022|2|27|1941|8|19}} |death_place=[Altoona, Wisconsin](/source/Altoona%2C_Wisconsin), U.S. |bats=Right |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 12 |debutyear=1963 |debutteam=Minnesota Twins |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 1 |finalyear=1971 |finalteam=California Angels |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) |stat1value=11–13 |stat2label=[Earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average) |stat2value=3.88 |stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s |stat3value=148 |stat4label=[Saves](/source/Save_(baseball)) |stat4value=22 |teams= * [Minnesota Twins](/source/Minnesota_Twins) ({{mlby|1963}}) * [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) ({{mlby|1967}}–{{mlby|1970}}) * [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) ({{mlby|1970}}) * [California Angels](/source/California_Angels) ({{mlby|1971}}) |highlights= * [World Series](/source/World_Series) Champion ({{wsy|1968}}) }} '''Frederick Walter Lasher''' (August 19, 1941 – February 27, 2022) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [pitcher](/source/pitcher) who played six seasons with the [Minnesota Twins](/source/Minnesota_Twins) (1963), [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) (1967–1970), [Cleveland Indians](/source/Cleveland_Indians) (1970), and [California Angels](/source/California_Angels) (1971). A [sidewinder](/source/sidearm_(baseball)), Lasher was listed as {{convert|6|ft|3|in}} tall and {{convert|190|lb}}. Lasher signed with the Twins' forebears, the [American League](/source/American_League)'s first [Washington Senators](/source/Washington_Senators_(1901-1960)) franchise, in 1960 and debuted in the major leagues at age 21 in {{mlby|1963}}. Over six major league seasons, he appeared in 151 [games](/source/games_pitched) (all but one as a [relief pitcher](/source/relief_pitcher)) and had a [won–lost record](/source/win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) of 11–13 with 22 [saves](/source/save_(baseball)) and a 3.88 [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average); in 202 [innings pitched](/source/innings_pitched), he permitted 179 [hits](/source/hit_(baseball)) and 110 [bases on balls](/source/bases_on_balls); he [struck out](/source/strikeout) 148. In {{mlby|1968}}, Lasher appeared in 34 games for the [pennant-winning](/source/pennant_(sports)) and world champion Tigers, finishing with a 5–1 record and a 3.33 earned run average. He also pitched two scoreless [innings](/source/innings_pitched) in the [1968 World Series](/source/1968_World_Series) to help the Tigers beat the [St. Louis Cardinals](/source/St._Louis_Cardinals), four games to three. In {{mlby|1970}}, Lasher appeared in a career-high 55 games for the Tigers and Indians. His major league career ended in {{mlby|1971}}, when he worked in two games for the Angels and gave up four earned runs in {{frac|1|1|3}} innings for a 27.00 earned run average. In his only MLB [starting pitcher](/source/starting_pitcher) assignment, on July 12, 1970, at [Cleveland Stadium](/source/Cleveland_Stadium) against the [Boston Red Sox](/source/Boston_Red_Sox), Lasher recorded two [outs](/source/out_(baseball)) in the first inning before permitting a [single](/source/single_(baseball)) to [Carl Yastrzemski](/source/Carl_Yastrzemski). Lasher then threw a pitch that [hit](/source/hit_by_pitch) the next Boston batter, [Tony Conigliaro](/source/Tony_Conigliaro), on his left forearm. An enraged Conigliaro charged Lasher on the mound,[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/fd100c45 Peterson, Don, and Lassman, Mike, ''Fred Lasher.''] [Society for American Baseball Research](/source/Society_for_American_Baseball_Research) Biography Project and, in the ensuing melee, he kicked Lasher in the hip (inflicting a spike wound), and punched him in the nose.[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1970/B07122CLE1970.htm box score: 1970-07-12 (2)] Conigliaro was ejected from the game, but Lasher was allowed to continue on the mound. In the second inning, however, he surrendered back-to-back home runs to Conigliaro's brother and teammate, [Billy](/source/Billy_Conigliaro), and Boston [catcher](/source/catcher) [Tom Satriano](/source/Tom_Satriano), and was removed from the game for a relief pitcher. Lasher then required a [tetanus](/source/tetanus) shot from a local hospital because of the spike wound he suffered in the first-inning brawl. Lasher was also charged with the 8–2 loss. Lasher died on February 27, 2022, at the age of 80.[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bismarcktribune/name/frederick-lasher-obituary?id=33531934 Fred Lasher obituary] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=l/lashefr01|fangraphs=1007366}} * [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=lashefr01 Baseball Almanac] {{1968 Detroit Tigers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lasher, Fred}} Category:1941 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Atlanta Crackers players Category:Bismarck-Mandan Pards players Category:California Angels players Category:Charlotte Hornets (baseball) players Category:Cleveland Indians players Category:Detroit Tigers players Category:Fort Walton Beach Jets players Category:Major League Baseball pitchers Category:Minnesota Twins players Category:Montgomery Rebels players Category:Salt Lake City Angels players Category:Baseball players from Poughkeepsie, New York Category:Toledo Mud Hens players Category:Wilson Tobs players Category:Wytheville Senators players Category:20th-century American sportsmen {{US-baseball-pitcher-1940s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fred Lasher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lasher) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Lasher?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.