Larry Bradford

Larry Bradford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 21, 1949 in Chicago, IL
High Schools: Clark HS (Chicago, IL), Hyde Park HS (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 19th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1977
Team: Braves 1977-1981

Final Game: September 25, 1981
Died: September 11, 1998 in Atlanta, GA
Buried: Jackson City Cemetery, Jackson, GA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1973	23	ATL-min	Rk	4	3	.571	4.29	21	4					63.0	63	41	30	4	26								1.413	9.0	0.6	3.7			WYV · APPY
1974	24	ATL-min	A	9	9	.500	3.35	25	25		7	2	0	161.0	154	76	60	8	68	0	116	1	1	7			1.379	8.6	0.4	3.8	6.5	1.71	GRW · WCRS
1975	25	TEX-min	A	13	9	.591	2.60	24	24		10	3	0	159.0	145	61	46	5	64	2	84	2	2	7			1.314	8.2	0.3	3.6	4.8	1.31	LBG · CARL
1976	26	ATL-min	AA	7	7	.500	3.11	23	23		5	1	0	136.0	144	65	47	2	55	0	90	1	1	5			1.463	9.5	0.1	3.6	6.0	1.64	SAV · SOUL
1977	27	ATL-min	AAA,AA	11	11	.500	3.18	27	27		9	1	0	170.0	184	74	60	12	57	1	99	4	7	3			1.418	9.7	0.6	3.0	5.2	1.74	RMD,SAV · IL,SOUL
1977	27	ATL	NL	0	0		3.38	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	149	1.125	10.1	3.4	0.0	3.4

1978	28	ATL-min	AAA	7	9	.438	4.88	22	22		4	0	0	107.0	121	62	58	14	41	0	56	1	0	5			1.514	10.2	1.2	3.4	4.7	1.37	RMD · IL
1979	29	ATL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.12	18	0		0	0	4	34.0	22	9	8	2	15	1	36	4	0	2			1.088	5.8	0.5	4.0	9.5	2.40	RMD · IL
1979	29	ATL	NL	1	0	1.000	0.95	21	0	9	0	0	2	19.0	11	5	2	0	10	1	11	1	2	2	80	435	1.105	5.2	0.0	4.7	5.2	1.10
1980	30	ATL	NL	3	4	.429	2.44	56	0	24	0	0	4	55.1	49	20	15	3	22	8	32	1	0	3	232	153	1.283	8.0	0.5	3.6	5.2	1.45
1981	31	ATL	NL	2	0	1.000	3.71	25	0	11	0	0	1	26.2	26	13	11	1	12	0	14	0	0	0	113	98	1.425	8.8	0.3	4.1	4.7	1.17
1982	32	PHI-STL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	4.48	35	5	14	0	0	2	70.1	81	39	35	3	35	4	48	1	0	2			1.649	10.4	0.4	4.5	6.1	1.37	OKC,LOU · AA
1983	33	PHI-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.92	43	0	17	0	0	1	51.2	62	35	34	7	36	3	48	2	0	4			1.897	10.8	1.2	6.3	8.4	1.33	POR · PCL
1984	34	ATL-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.53	35	0	14	0	0	1	57.0	58	18	16	2	20	2	35	1	0	0			1.368	9.2	0.3	3.2	5.5	1.75	RMD · IL
1985	35	ATL-min	AA	8	3	.727	3.34	46	0	23	0	0	0	72.2	64	33	27	6	43	2	65	3	0	6			1.472	7.9	0.7	5.3	8.1	1.51	GRV · SOUL
4 Yrs				6	4	.600	2.52	104	0	44	0	0	7	103.2	89	39	29	5	44	9	58	2	2	5	436	152	1.283	7.7	0.4	3.8	5.0	1.32
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.600	2.52	68	0	29	0	0	5	68	58	26	19	3	29	6	38	1	1	3	285	152	1.283	7.7	0.4	3.8	5.0	1.32

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1977	27	ATL	NL	2.2	2	0	1	3.38	4.86	-0.88	-0.37	128.0	6.87	1	0.1	.3	-0.0	0.1	1	.556	.501	$

1979	29	ATL	NL	19.0	21	0	5	2.37	4.07	-0.51	-0.32	99.7	4.24	4	0.4	1.2	0.0	0.6	6	.520	.503	$
1980	30	ATL	NL	55.1	56	0	20	3.25	4.16	0.10	-0.33	100.4	3.75	3	0.3	1.7	0.0	0.8	8	.506	.502	$
1981	31	ATL	NL	26.2	25	0	13	4.39	3.93	-0.03	-0.30	102.5	3.74	-2	-0.3	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.490	.498	$80,000
4 Seasons				103.2	104	0	39	3.39	4.10	-0.07	-0.32	101.5	3.92	5	0.6	1.4	-0.0	1.4	15	.506	.501	$80,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1977	27	ATL	NL	2	11	11	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.636	.909	.222	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	29	ATL	NL	21	80	64	5	11	2	0	0	3	1	10	11	.172	.286	.203	.489	.200	13	0	1	3	2	1	2
1980	30	ATL	NL	56	232	202	20	49	8	1	3	3	6	22	32	.243	.317	.337	.654	.272	68	4	1	5	2	8	5
1981	31	ATL	NL	25	113	97	13	26	6	0	1	3	4	12	14	.268	.342	.361	.703	.298	35	3	0	2	2	0	4
4 Yrs				104	436	374	39	89	17	1	5	9	11	44	58	.238	.317	.329	.646	.265	123	7	2	10	6	9	11
162 Game Avg.				68	285	245	26	58	11	1	3	6	7	29	38	.238	.317	.329	.646	.265	80	5	1	7	4	6	7
MLB Averages																.262	.326	.388	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1977	27	ATL	NL	0.5	0.0	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.30	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.30	-1.2	0	0	2

1979	29	ATL	NL	5.1	0.5	88	0.4	1.1	-0.6	.81	0.3	0.2	5.7	0.6	0.81	4.3	5	5	9
1980	30	ATL	NL	6.4	0.7	241	-0.0	4.9	-4.9	1.25	0.9	-0.9	3.7	0.4	1.25	4.1	28	4	18
1981	31	ATL	NL	-0.5	-0.1	119	0.7	1.6	-0.9	.67	0.5	0.6	0.9	0.1	0.67	-0.2	6	4	11
4 Yrs				11.5	1.2	459	1.1	7.6	-6.5	.99	1.6	-0.5	10.0	1.0	0.99	7.0	39	13	40

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1977	27	ATL	NL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	4	.298	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	4.0

1979	29	ATL	NL	21	21	9	1	0	3	2	1	67%	6	3	20	3	15%	8	.815	5	5	9	6	1	14	12	9	6	12	6	7	2.7
1980	30	ATL	NL	56	56	24	3	4	7	4	3	57%	16	9	47	13	28%	8	1.251	28	4	18	17	14	25	27	29	14	22	17	20	3.0
1981	31	ATL	NL	25	25	11	2	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	14	1	7%	8	.668	6	4	11	3	4	18	8	17	7	7	8	7	3.2
4 Yrs				104	104	44	6	4	11	7	4	64%	24	13	82	18	22%		.996	39	13	40	26	19	59	48	56	28	42	32	34	3.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	27	ATL	NL	11	55%	9.1%	9.1%	0.0%	18.2%	67%	2.50	82%	3	0	0%

1979	29	ATL	NL	80	45%	0.0%	13.8%	12.5%	2.5%	18%	1.09	69%	21	0	0%
1980	30	ATL	NL	232	38%	1.3%	13.8%	9.5%	5.2%	25%	1.65	73%	44	4	9%
1981	31	ATL	NL	113	38%	0.9%	12.4%	10.6%	6.2%	27%	0.74	74%	26	3	12%
4 Yrs				436	40%	1.2%	13.3%	10.1%	5.3%	26%	1.25	73%	94	7	7%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.7%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1977	27	ATL	NL	11	3			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	29	ATL	NL	80	11			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	10	3	2	30%	2	2	0	37	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
1980	30	ATL	NL	232	49			3	0	9	1	2	2	1	18	11	1	61%	5	3	0	94	3	6	33%	2	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	5	0
1981	31	ATL	NL	113	26			1	0	4	1	0	0	1	6	3	0	50%	4	0	0	48	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				436	89			5	0	17	3	2	3	2	34	17	3	50%	11	5	0	185	9	11	45%	8	9	1	1	0	1	1	1	17	0
MLB Averages																		53%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1977	27	0	0		3.38	2	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	149	1.125	10.1	3.4	0.0	3.4		149
1978	28	0	0		3.38	2	0	0	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	149	1.125	10.1	3.4	0.0	3.4		149
1979	29	1	0	1.000	1.25	23	9	2	21.2	14	6	3	1	10	1	12	1	2	2	91	340	1.108	5.8	0.4	4.2	5.0	1.20	340
1980	30	4	4	.500	2.10	79	33	6	77.0	63	26	18	4	32	9	44	2	2	5	323	185	1.234	7.4	0.5	3.7	5.1	1.38	185
1981	31	6	4	.600	2.52	104	44	7	103.2	89	39	29	5	44	9	58	2	2	5	436	152	1.283	7.7	0.4	3.8	5.0	1.32	152

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1977	27	0	0		2.25	4.0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	2.3		0.0	2

1979	29	2	0	1.000	0.95	19.0	11	2	2	0	10	11	1	1.105	5.2	4.7	5.2	1.10	0.0	21
1980	30	3	2	.600	2.77	52.0	51	18	16	3	23	30	1	1.423	8.8	4.0	5.2	1.30	0.5	56
1981	31	2	2	.500	4.38	37.0	41	20	18	2	19	19	0	1.622	10.0	4.6	4.6	1.00	0.5	25
4 Yrs		7	4	.636	2.97	112.0	103	41	37	5	52	61	2	1.384	8.3		4.9	1.17	0.4	104

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Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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