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Larry Corcoran
Lawrence J. Corcoran

Bats Left, Throws Right,
Corcoran alternated arms during at least one game.
Height 5' 3", Weight 127 lb.

Debut May 1, 1880
Final Game May 20, 1887
Born August 10, 1859 in Brooklyn, NY
Died October 14, 1891 in Newark, NJ

Brother of Mike Corcoran

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        Star hurler of baseball's first dynasty, Chicago White Stockings. Brooklyn born, son of a butcher, family of ship-builders. First with 3 No-Nos .667 WIN % in the class of Koufax and Pedro

Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1880 20 CHC NL  43  14  63  60  57   4   3  2  536.3  404  218  116   6   99  268      19  2133       0  1.95  2.42  124 0.938
 1881 21 CHC NL  31  14  45  44  43   4   1  0  396.7  380  204  102  10   78  150      27  1650       0  2.31  2.75  119 1.155
 1882 22 CHC NL  27  12  39  39  38   3   0  0  355.7  281  153   77   5   63  170      17  1469       0  1.95  2.86  147 0.967
 1883 23 CHC NL  34  20  56  53  51   3   3  0  473.7  483  281  131   7   82  216      19  2041       0  2.49  3.29  132 1.193
 1884 24 CHC NL  35  23  60  59  57   7   1  0  516.7  473  286  138  35  116  272   0  27  2180       0  2.40  3.12  130 1.140
 1885 25 TOT NL   7   3  10  10   8   1   0  0   84.3   87   50   32   3   35   20   0   4   376       0  3.42  2.95   86 1.447
         CHC NL   5   2   7   7   6   1   0  0   59.3   63   38   24   2   24   10   0   2   267       0  3.64  3.04   84 1.466
         NYG NL   2   1   3   3   2   0   0  0   25.0   24   12    8   1   11   10   0   2   109       0  2.88  2.73   95 1.400
 1886 26 WHS NL   0   1   2   1   1   0   1  0   14.0   16   11    9   0    4    3   0   0    63       0  5.79  3.25   56 1.429
 1887 27 IND NL   0   2   2   2   1   0   0  0   15.0   23   31   21   3   19    4   2   0    89       0 12.60  4.13   33 2.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .665 177  89 277 268 256  22   9  2 2392.3 2147 1234  626  69  496 1103   2 113 10001       0  2.36  2.90  123 1.105
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    22  11  34  33  31   2   1  0  298.3  267  153   78   8   61  137   0  14  1247   0   0  2.36  2.90  123 1.105
 Career High     43  23  63  60  57   7   3  2  536.3  483  286  138  35  116  272   2  27  2180   0   0  1.95  3.29  147 0.938

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1880 20 CHC NL  72  286   41   66  11  1   0   25         10  33  .231  .257  .276   76   79                    
 1881 21 CHC NL  47  189   25   42   8  0   0    9          5  22  .222  .242  .265   55   50                    
 1882 22 CHC NL  40  169   23   35  10  2   1   24          6  18  .207  .234  .308   69   52                    
 1883 23 CHC NL  68  263   40   55  12  7   0   25          6  62  .209  .227  .308   55   81                    
 1884 24 CHC NL  64  251   43   61   3  4   1   19         10  33  .243  .272  .299   74   75                    
 1885 25 TOT NL  10   36    9   11   1  0   0    6          6   2  .306  .405  .333  131   12                    
         CHC NL   7   22    6    6   1  0   0    4          6   1  .273  .429  .318  130    7                    
         NYG NL   3   14    3    5   0  0   0    2          0   1  .357  .357  .357  130    5                    
 1886 26 TOT NL  22   85    9   15   2  1   0    3   3      7  16  .176  .239  .224   45   19                    
         NYG NL   1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0                    
         WHS NL  21   81    9   15   2  1   0    3   3      7  14  .185  .250  .235   52   19                    
 1887 27 IND NL   3   10    2    2   0  0   0    0   2      2   1  .200  .333  .200   54    2               0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      326 1289  192  287  47 15   2  111   5  0  52 187  .223  .253  .287   67  370   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        641   95  143  23  7   1   55   2  0  26  93  .223  .253  .287   67  184   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     72  286   43   66  12  7   1   25   3  0  10  62  .243  .272  .308   76   81   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1880 20 CHC NL  296  220   20   2.4    66| .231  .253| .257  .276| .276  .333| .533  .610|  76  .380  -6.9  -0.8     
 1881 21 CHC NL  194  147   12   2.2    78| .222  .270| .242  .301| .265  .354| .507  .655|  55  .277  -9.7  -1.1     
 1882 22 CHC NL  175  134   12   2.4    74| .207  .259| .234  .287| .308  .353| .542  .640|  69  .317  -5.7  -0.6     
 1883 23 CHC NL  269  208   18   2.3    87| .209  .277| .227  .305| .308  .382| .535  .687|  55  .268 -15.0  -1.6     
 1884 24 CHC NL  261  190   20   2.8    79| .243  .259| .272  .300| .299  .359| .571  .659|  74  .377  -8.2  -0.9     
 1885 25 TOT NL   42   25    5   5.3    76| .306  .257| .405  .302| .333  .344| .738  .646| 131  .694   1.8   0.2     
         CHC NL   28   16    3   4.9    80| .273  .262| .429  .307| .318  .351| .747  .658| 130  .669   1.4   0.2     
         NYG NL   14    9    2   5.8    70| .357  .248| .357  .291| .357  .332| .714  .623| 130  .733   0.4   0.0     
 1886 26 TOT NL   92   70    5   1.8    76| .176  .251| .239  .300| .224  .344| .463  .644|  45  .219  -5.4  -0.6     
         NYG NL    4    4    0   0.0    82| .000  .261| .000  .311| .000  .358| .000  .668|-100  .000  -1.0  -0.1     
         WHS NL   88   66    5   2.0    75| .185  .251| .250  .299| .235  .343| .485  .643|  52  .239  -4.4  -0.5     
 1887 27 IND NL   12    8    1   3.3    94| .200  .270| .333  .327| .200  .384| .533  .711|  54  .364  -0.5   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1341 1002   93   2.5    77| .223  .262| .253  .295| .287  .355| .540  .650|  67  .331 -49.7  -5.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1880 20 CHC NL P 63 34 122 7 2 .957 .912 2.48 2.01 2.62 2.27 60 536.3 OF 8 4 3 1 1 .875 .854 0.88 1.76 0 5 3 SS 8 4 21 5 1 .833 .883 3.12 4.31 1881 21 CHC NL P 45 29 63 11 0 .893 .896 2.04 2.09 2.09 2.25 44 396.7 SS 2 2 7 0 0 1.000 .874 4.50 4.55 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1882 22 CHC NL P 39 27 64 8 1 .919 .907 2.33 2.07 2.30 2.21 39 355.7 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 1883 23 CHC NL P 56 37 88 13 3 .906 .892 2.23 1.96 2.37 2.20 53 473.7 OF 13 13 0 5 0 .722 .850 1.00 1.86 8 4 1 SS 3 5 5 3 0 .769 .855 3.33 4.53 2B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.00 6.00 1884 24 CHC NL P 60 47 132 24 5 .882 .892 2.98 2.12 3.12 2.29 59 516.7 OF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .870 0.50 1.75 0 0 4 SS 2 2 10 1 0 .923 .863 6.00 4.25 1885 25 TOT NL P 10 6 23 2 2 .935 .901 2.90 2.30 3.10 2.43 10 84.3 CHC NL P 7 6 13 2 0 .905 .900 2.71 2.30 2.88 2.43 7 59.3 SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.50 NYG NL P 3 0 10 0 2 1.000 .901 3.33 2.30 3.60 2.45 3 25.0 1886 26 TOT NL OF 12 9 4 9 1 .591 .890 1.08 1.71 0 0 12 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0 0 1 WHS NL OF 11 9 4 8 1 .619 .890 1.18 1.71 0 0 11 SS 9 10 27 11 3 .771 .879 4.11 4.24 P 2 2 2 2 0 .667 .909 2.00 2.05 2.57 2.25 1 14.0 1887 27 IND NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .882 1.50 1.90 0 1 1 P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.85 2.40 2.04 2 15.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1883 23 CHC NL 2B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.00 6.00 1882 22 CHC NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 1880 20 CHC NL OF 8 4 3 1 1 .875 .854 0.88 1.76 0 5 3 1881 21 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 1 0 0 1883 23 CHC NL OF 13 13 0 5 0 .722 .850 1.00 1.86 8 4 1 1884 24 CHC NL OF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 .870 0.50 1.75 0 0 4 1886 26 TOT NL OF 12 9 4 9 1 .591 .890 1.08 1.71 0 0 12 NYG NL OF 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.70 0 0 1 WHS NL OF 11 9 4 8 1 .619 .890 1.18 1.71 0 0 11 1887 27 IND NL OF 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .882 1.50 1.90 0 1 1 1880 20 CHC NL P 63 34 122 7 2 .957 .912 2.48 2.01 2.62 2.27 60 536.3 1881 21 CHC NL P 45 29 63 11 0 .893 .896 2.04 2.09 2.09 2.25 44 396.7 1882 22 CHC NL P 39 27 64 8 1 .919 .907 2.33 2.07 2.30 2.21 39 355.7 1883 23 CHC NL P 56 37 88 13 3 .906 .892 2.23 1.96 2.37 2.20 53 473.7 1884 24 CHC NL P 60 47 132 24 5 .882 .892 2.98 2.12 3.12 2.29 59 516.7 1885 25 TOT NL P 10 6 23 2 2 .935 .901 2.90 2.30 3.10 2.43 10 84.3 CHC NL P 7 6 13 2 0 .905 .900 2.71 2.30 2.88 2.43 7 59.3 NYG NL P 3 0 10 0 2 1.000 .901 3.33 2.30 3.60 2.45 3 25.0 1886 26 WHS NL P 2 2 2 2 0 .667 .909 2.00 2.05 2.57 2.25 1 14.0 1887 27 IND NL P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 1.85 2.40 2.04 2 15.0 1880 20 CHC NL SS 8 4 21 5 1 .833 .883 3.12 4.31 1881 21 CHC NL SS 2 2 7 0 0 1.000 .874 4.50 4.55 1883 23 CHC NL SS 3 5 5 3 0 .769 .855 3.33 4.53 1884 24 CHC NL SS 2 2 10 1 0 .923 .863 6.00 4.25 1885 25 CHC NL SS 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.50 1886 26 WHS NL SS 9 10 27 11 3 .771 .879 4.11 4.24
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total P* 277 182 498 67 13 .910 .900 2.45 2.05 268 2392.3 OF 40 31 7 15 2 .717 .868 0.95 1.79 9 10 21 SS 25 23 71 20 4 .825 .875 3.76 4.34 2B 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .909 2.00 6.00 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 344 237 577 102 20 .889 .895 2.37 2.21
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1883 NL-62-5

ERA
1880 NL-1.95-6
1881 NL-2.31-4
1882 NL-1.95-1
1883 NL-2.49-6
1884 NL-2.40-9
Car-2.36-22

Wins
1880 NL-43-2
1881 NL-31-1
1882 NL-27-5
1883 NL-34-4
1884 NL-35-5

Won-Loss %
1880 NL-.754-2
1881 NL-.689-2
1882 NL-.692-1
1883 NL-.630-5
1884 NL-.603-8
1885 NL-.700-6
Car-.665-14

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1880 NL-.938-4
1881 NL-1.155-6
1882 NL-.967-1
1883 NL-1.193-10
1884 NL-1.140-9
Car-1.105-19

Hits Allowed/9IP
1880 NL-6.78-2
1881 NL-8.62-4
1882 NL-7.11-1
1883 NL-9.18-9
1884 NL-8.24-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1883 NL-1.56-10
Car-1.87-63

Strikeouts/9IP
1880 NL-4.50-1
1881 NL-3.40-2
1882 NL-4.30-3
1883 NL-4.10-5

Games
1880 NL-63-5
1881 NL-45-6
1882 NL-39-10
1883 NL-56-5
1884 NL-60-5

Saves
1880 NL-2-2

Innings
1880 NL-536.3-5
1881 NL-396.7-7
1882 NL-355.7-10
1883 NL-473.7-5
1884 NL-516.7-5

Strikeouts
1880 NL-268-1
1881 NL-150-5
1882 NL-170-5
1883 NL-216-4
1884 NL-272-5

Games Started
1880 NL-60-6
1881 NL-44-7
1882 NL-39-9
1883 NL-53-5
1884 NL-59-5

Comp. Games
1880 NL-57-5
1881 NL-43-7
1882 NL-38-9
1883 NL-51-5
1884 NL-57-5
Car-256-72

Shutouts
1880 NL-4-5
1881 NL-4-5
1882 NL-3-7
1883 NL-3-6
1884 NL-7-4

Home Runs Allow.
1880 NL-6-4
1881 NL-10-1
1883 NL-7-7
1884 NL-35-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1880 NL-99-1
1881 NL-78-5
1882 NL-63-6
1883 NL-82-2
1884 NL-116-2

Hits Allowed
1880 NL-404-8
1881 NL-380-7
1883 NL-483-5
1884 NL-473-5

SO to Walk
1880 NL-2.71-10
1881 NL-1.92-7
1882 NL-2.70-7
1883 NL-2.63-7

Losses
1880 NL-14-9
1881 NL-14-10
1883 NL-20-7
1884 NL-23-3

Earned Runs Allow.
1880 NL-116-7
1881 NL-102-8
1883 NL-131-6
1884 NL-138-7

Wild Pitches
1880 NL-19-7
1881 NL-27-4
1882 NL-17-7
1883 NL-19-8
1884 NL-27-9
Car-113-56

Batters Faced
1880 NL-2133-6
1881 NL-1650-7
1882 NL-1469-10
1883 NL-2041-5
1884 NL-2180-5

Games Finished
1880 NL-3-10
1883 NL-3-7

Adjusted ERA+
1880 NL-124-6
1881 NL-119-4
1882 NL-147-1
1883 NL-132-5
1884 NL-130-9
Car-123-77

Youngest Player
1880 NL-20-9
1881 NL-21-7

       

Black Ink: Pitching - 17 (118) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 133 (123) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3868) Pitching - 46.0 (48) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 122.0 (65) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 25, 1886: Loaned to the Washington Nationals by the New York Giants. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 25, 1886: Released by the Washington Nationals. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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