Fred Lasher

Frederick Walter Lasher (August 19, 1941 – February 27, 2022) was an American

In 1968, Lasher appeared in 34 games for the pennant-winning and world champion Tigers, finishing with a 5–1 record and a 3.33 earned run average. He also pitched two scoreless innings in the 1968 World Series to help the Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals, four games to three. In 1970, Lasher appeared in a career-high 55 games for the Tigers and Indians. His major league career ended in 1971, when he worked in two games for the Angels and gave up four earned runs in 1+1⁄3 innings for a 27.00 earned run average.

In his only MLB starting pitcher assignment, on July 12, 1970, at Cleveland Stadium against the Boston Red Sox, Lasher recorded two outs in the first inning before permitting a single to Carl Yastrzemski. Lasher then threw a pitch that hit the next Boston batter, Tony Conigliaro, on his left forearm. An enraged Conigliaro charged Lasher on the mound,^[1] and, in the ensuing melee, he kicked Lasher in the hip (inflicting a spike wound), and punched him in the nose.^[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, and Boston catcher Tom Satriano, and was removed from the game for a relief pitcher. Lasher then required a tetanus shot from a local hospital because of the spike wound he suffered in the first-inning brawl.^[2] Lasher was also charged with the 8–2 loss.

Lasher died on February 27, 2022, at the age of 80.^[3]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
• Baseball Almanac

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