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Hitting .194 in 23 games, he was sold by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics on July 1, 1963 , hitting .294 in Kansas City and having a batting average of .272 in 92 games. On June 15, 1964 , he was traded back to the Orioles for Wes Stock. On May 31, 1967 , he was purchased by the now Atlanta Braves and on November 27, 1967, he was released by the Braves. LAU AS A HITTING COACH After his playing career ended, Lau taught his hitting technique to the Orioles, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals , New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox as a hitting instructor. He wrote the book ''How to Hit .300'', which supplanted Ted Williams 's ''The Science of Hitting'' as the "Bible of Batting." When he was coaching the Royals from 1971-1978, while there he taught his spray-hitting style to some of the players, including Hal McRae , Amos Otis , Willie Wilson and George Brett . They (and other players) used the Lau approach during their most successful seasons. While serving as the White Sox hitting coach, he died in Key Colony Beach, Florida at the age of 50 after a long bout with Cancer . EXTERNAL LINK |
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