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Larry McWilliams
Larry Dean McWilliams

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 5", Weight 180 lb.

Debut July 17, 1978
  vs. NYM 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game May 12, 1990
Born February 10, 1954 in Wichita, KS

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 24 ATL NL   9   3  15  15   3   1   0  0   99.3   84   38   31  11   35   42   2   2   417   4   0  2.81  4.08  145 1.198
 1979 25 ATL NL   3   2  13  13   1   0   0  0   66.3   69   41   41   4   22   32   4   2   287   2   0  5.56  4.08   73 1.372
 1980 26 ATL NL   9  14  30  30   4   1   0  0  163.7  188   97   90  27   39   77   7   5   715   2   1  4.95  3.72   75 1.387
 1981 27 ATL NL   2   1   6   5   2   1   0  0   37.7   31   13   13   2    8   23   0   0   147   0   0  3.11  3.60  116 1.035
 1982 28 TOT NL   8   8  46  20   2   2   6  1  159.3  158   79   68  12   44  118   6   3   678   6   1  3.84  3.75   98 1.268
         ATL NL   2   3  27   2   0   0   5  0   37.7   52   30   26   3   20   24   2   1   185   5   1  6.21  3.75   60 1.912
         PIT NL   6   5  19  18   2   2   1  1  121.7  106   49   42   9   24   94   4   2   493   1   0  3.11  3.75  121 1.068
 1983 29 PIT NL  15   8  35  35   8   4   0  0  238.0  205   99   86  19   87  199   3   9  1002   7   4  3.25  3.71  114 1.227 CYA-5
 1984 30 PIT NL  12  11  34  32   7   2   1  1  227.3  226   86   74  18   78  149   2   3   957   7   3  2.93  3.63  124 1.337
 1985 31 PIT NL   7   9  30  19   2   0   2  0  126.3  139   70   66   9   62   52   7   4   568  11   0  4.70  3.60   77 1.591
 1986 32 PIT NL   3  11  49  15   0   0  11  0  122.3  129   75   70  16   49   80   7   5   545   5   0  5.15  3.84   75 1.455
 1987 33 ATL NL   0   1   9   2   0   0   4  0   20.3   25   15   13   2    7   13   2   1    95   1   0  5.75  4.33   75 1.574
 1988 34 STL NL   6   9  42  17   2   1  12  1  136.0  130   64   59  10   45   70   4   9   581   7   3  3.90  3.49   89 1.287
 1989 35 TOT      4  13  48  21   3   1   6  0  153.3  154   82   70   5   57   78   7   8   667   5   3  4.11  3.61   88 1.376
         PHI NL   2  11  40  16   2   1   6  0  120.7  123   67   55   3   49   54   4   6   531   4   3  4.10  3.54   86 1.425
         KCR AL   2   2   8   5   1   0   0  0   32.7   31   15   15   2    8   24   3   2   136   1   0  4.13  3.89   94 1.194
 1990 36 KCR AL   0   0  13   0   0   0   2  0    8.3   10    9    9   2    9    7   1   1    43   1   0  9.72  3.84   39 2.280
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .464  78  90 370 224  34  13  44  3 1558.3 1548  768  690 137  542  940  52  52  6702  58  15  3.99  3.72   93 1.341
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  10  42  25   3   1   5  0  178.3  177   87   78  15   62  107   5   5   767   6   1  3.99  3.72   93 1.341
 Career High     15  14  49  35   8   4  12  1  238.0  226   99   90  27   87  199   7   9  1002  11   4  2.81  4.08  145 1.198
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1978 24 ATL NL  15   32    1    2   0  1   0    0   0  0   0  19  .063  .063  .125  -51    4   4   0   0   0   0
 1979 25 ATL NL  13   24    4    5   2  0   0    1   0  0   1  14  .208  .231  .292   38    7   2   1   0   0   0
 1980 26 ATL NL  30   51    3    8   0  0   0    1   0  0   5  24  .157  .232  .157   10    8   4   0   0   0   0
 1981 27 ATL NL   6   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .100  .182  .100  -19    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1982 28 TOT NL  47   38    1    7   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  17  .184  .205  .184    8    7  10   0   0   0   0
         ATL NL  27    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .167  .286  .167   28    1   1   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL  20   32    1    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .188  .188  .188    4    6   9   0   0   0   0
 1983 29 PIT NL  35   79    5    9   1  0   0    4   1  1   1  32  .114  .125  .127  -31   10  10   0   0   0   0
 1984 30 PIT NL  36   74    1    9   0  0   0    4   0  1   0  22  .122  .122  .122  -31    9  12   0   0   0   0
 1985 31 PIT NL  32   40    2    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  19  .125  .146  .150  -16    6   4   0   0   0   1
 1986 32 PIT NL  50   29    2    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  11  .138  .194  .172    1    5   3   0   0   0   0
 1987 33 ATL NL   9    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .200    5    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 34 STL NL  45   37    6    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   0  12  .162  .205  .189   14    7   1   0   0   2   0
 1989 35 TOT     49   27    1    3   0  1   0    0   0  0   0  14  .111  .111  .185  -16    5   3   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL  41   27    1    3   0  1   0    0   0  0   0  14  .111  .111  .185  -16    5   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     380  446   26   60   6  2   0   15   1  2  12 193  .135  .161  .157  -12   70  54   1   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        190   11   26   3  1   0    6   0  1   5  82  .135  .161  .157  -12   30  23   0   0   1   0
 Career High     50   79    6    9   2  1   0    4   1  1   5  32                          10  12   1   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1978 24 ATL NL   36   34    0   0.0   104| .063  .275| .063  .345| .125  .405| .188  .750| -51  .000  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1979 25 ATL NL   28   22    2   2.4   105| .208  .277| .231  .344| .292  .411| .523  .755|  38  .254  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1980 26 ATL NL   60   47    2   1.2    97| .157  .270| .232  .333| .157  .392| .389  .725|  10  .084  -6.4  -0.7   0%
 1981 27 ATL NL   12   10    0   0.0    93| .100  .265| .182  .330| .100  .379| .282  .710| -19  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1982 28 TOT NL   49   41    2   1.3    98| .184  .270| .205  .334| .184  .393| .389  .727|   8  .106  -4.9  -0.6   0%
         ATL NL    8    6    0   0.0    98| .167  .270| .286  .334| .167  .393| .453  .727|  28  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL   41   35    2   1.6    98| .188  .270| .188  .334| .188  .393| .376  .726|   4  .137  -4.3  -0.5   0%
 1983 29 PIT NL   90   81    2   0.7    99| .114  .267| .125  .336| .127  .395| .252  .731| -31  .032 -14.4  -1.5  50%
 1984 30 PIT NL   86   78    1   0.4    95| .122  .264| .122  .330| .122  .384| .244  .714| -31  .011 -13.2  -1.4   0%
 1985 31 PIT NL   45   40    1   0.7    94| .125  .259| .146  .327| .150  .386| .296  .712| -16  .033  -6.3  -0.7   0%
 1986 32 PIT NL   34   28    1   1.0    99| .138  .264| .194  .334| .172  .398| .366  .732|   1  .061  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1987 33 ATL NL    5    4    0   0.0   109| .200  .274| .200  .344| .200  .426| .400  .770|   5  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1988 34 STL NL   40   32    2   1.7    90| .162  .257| .205  .321| .189  .378| .394  .699|  14  .171  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1989 35 TOT      30   27    1   1.0    90| .111  .253| .111  .320| .185  .377| .296  .696| -16  .071  -4.3  -0.5   0%
         PHI NL   30   27    1   1.0    90| .111  .253| .111  .320| .185  .377| .296  .696| -16  .071  -4.3  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      515  444   14   0.8    97| .135  .266| .161  .332| .157  .391| .318  .723| -12  .051 -69.2  -7.4  33%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 24 ATL NL P 15 10 19 0 1 1.000 .951 1.93 0.72 2.63 1.91 15 99.3 1979 25 ATL NL P 13 2 17 1 2 .950 .950 1.46 0.66 2.58 1.81 13 66.3 1980 26 ATL NL P 30 11 24 3 1 .921 .951 1.17 0.69 1.92 1.91 30 163.7 1981 27 ATL NL P 6 4 9 0 2 1.000 .956 2.17 0.68 3.10 1.98 5 37.7 1982 28 TOT NL P 46 9 40 0 2 1.000 .951 1.07 0.70 2.77 1.96 20 159.4 ATL NL P 27 3 14 0 1 1.000 .950 0.63 0.70 4.06 1.96 2 37.7 PIT NL P 19 6 26 0 1 1.000 .952 1.68 0.70 2.37 1.96 18 121.7 1983 29 PIT NL P 35 10 40 5 5 .909 .952 1.43 0.68 1.89 1.92 35 238.0 1984 30 PIT NL P 34 15 32 0 4 1.000 .953 1.38 0.67 1.86 1.88 32 227.3 1985 31 PIT NL P 30 4 21 0 0 1.000 .954 0.83 0.68 1.78 1.92 19 126.3 1986 32 PIT NL P 49 7 17 0 2 1.000 .956 0.49 0.66 1.77 1.94 15 122.3 1987 33 ATL NL P 9 1 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.44 0.62 1.77 1.91 2 20.3 1988 34 STL NL P 42 5 24 2 0 .935 .954 0.69 0.69 1.92 1.96 17 136.0 1989 35 TOT P 48 7 26 2 2 .943 .948 0.69 0.64 1.94 1.87 21 153.4 PHI NL P 40 6 22 2 2 .933 .946 0.70 0.63 2.09 1.87 16 120.7 KCR AL P 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.66 1.38 1.87 5 32.7 1990 36 KCR AL P 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.23 0.59 3.25 1.73 0 8.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 24 ATL NL P 15 10 19 0 1 1.000 .951 1.93 0.72 2.63 1.91 15 99.3 1979 25 ATL NL P 13 2 17 1 2 .950 .950 1.46 0.66 2.58 1.81 13 66.3 1980 26 ATL NL P 30 11 24 3 1 .921 .951 1.17 0.69 1.92 1.91 30 163.7 1981 27 ATL NL P 6 4 9 0 2 1.000 .956 2.17 0.68 3.10 1.98 5 37.7 1982 28 TOT NL P 46 9 40 0 2 1.000 .951 1.07 0.70 2.77 1.96 20 159.4 ATL NL P 27 3 14 0 1 1.000 .950 0.63 0.70 4.06 1.96 2 37.7 PIT NL P 19 6 26 0 1 1.000 .952 1.68 0.70 2.37 1.96 18 121.7 1983 29 PIT NL P 35 10 40 5 5 .909 .952 1.43 0.68 1.89 1.92 35 238.0 1984 30 PIT NL P 34 15 32 0 4 1.000 .953 1.38 0.67 1.86 1.88 32 227.3 1985 31 PIT NL P 30 4 21 0 0 1.000 .954 0.83 0.68 1.78 1.92 19 126.3 1986 32 PIT NL P 49 7 17 0 2 1.000 .956 0.49 0.66 1.77 1.94 15 122.3 1987 33 ATL NL P 9 1 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.44 0.62 1.77 1.91 2 20.3 1988 34 STL NL P 42 5 24 2 0 .935 .954 0.69 0.69 1.92 1.96 17 136.0 1989 35 TOT P 48 7 26 2 2 .943 .948 0.69 0.64 1.94 1.87 21 153.4 PHI NL P 40 6 22 2 2 .933 .946 0.70 0.63 2.09 1.87 16 120.7 KCR AL P 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.66 1.38 1.87 5 32.7 1990 36 KCR AL P 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.23 0.59 3.25 1.73 0 8.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 370 85 275 13 22 .965 .952 0.97 0.67 2.08 1.91 224 1558.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 370 85 275 13 22 .965 .952 0.97 0.67 2.08 1.91 224 1558
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.

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1983-NL-5-0.06
Car-185-0.06 shares

Sac. Hits
1984 NL-12-4

ERA
1984 NL-2.93-8

Wins
1983 NL-15-6

Won-Loss %
1983 NL-.652-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1983 NL-7.75-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1980 NL-2.14-7

Strikeouts/9IP
1983 NL-7.53-4

Innings
1983 NL-238.0-9
1984 NL-227.3-8

Strikeouts
1983 NL-199-3
1984 NL-149-9

Games Started
1983 NL-35-5

Comp. Games
1983 NL-8-7
1984 NL-7-9

Shutouts
1982 NL-2-9
1983 NL-4-2
1984 NL-2-8

Home Runs Allow.
1980 NL-27-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1983 NL-87-10

Hits Allowed
1984 NL-226-5

SO to Walk
1983 NL-2.29-10

Losses
1980 NL-14-4

Wild Pitches
1983 NL-9-7
1988 NL-9-10

Hit Batsmen
1980 NL-7-4
1982 NL-6-3
1985 NL-7-3
1986 NL-7-3

Batters Faced
1983 NL-1002-7
1984 NL-957-7

Adjusted ERA+
1984 NL-124-7

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 37 (648) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1446) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

January 9, 1974: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.

June 30, 1982: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Pascual Perez. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Carlos Rios (minors) (September 8, 1982) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.

April 6, 1987: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

May 18, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

July 25, 1987: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

August 6, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

February 2, 1988: Released by the Texas Rangers.

February 12, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

September 2, 1989: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Jeff Hulse (minors) (October 21, 1989) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

May 14, 1990: Released by the Kansas City Royals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$796,667
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$1,080,000
1989Philadelphia Phillies$68,000
1990Kansas City Royals$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,244,667

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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