Larry Burright

Larry Allen Burright (Possum)

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 10, 1937 in Roseville, IL
High School: Mark Keppel HS (Alhambra, CA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1962
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mets 1962-1964

Final Game: April 18, 1964
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1957	19	LAD-min	D	136	521	521		126	16	7	3						.242	.242	.317	.559		165							THV · GAFL
1958	20	LAD-min	C	134	515	515		147	18	13	3						.285	.285	.388	.674		200							GRF · PION
1959	21	LAD-min	AA,A	122	444	402	45	88	10	4	4	39	7	5	36	83	.219	.281	.294	.574		118		0	2	4	1		VCT,MAC · TL,SALL
1960	22	LAD-min	AA	58	201	179	27	46	6	0	3	15	1		22	31	.257	.338	.341	.679		61							ATA · SOUA
1961	23	LAD-min	AA,AAA	109	395	365	43	93	11	5	6	35	8		30	92	.255	.311	.362	.673		132							ATA,OMA,SPO · SOUA,AA,PCL
1962	24	LAD	NL	115	276	249	35	51	6	5	4	30	4	3	21	67	.205	.264	.317	.581	60	79	5	0	3	3	5	*4/6
1963	25	NYM-min	AAA	57	185	174	17	39	9	0	0	8	5	0	11	36	.224	.270	.276	.546		48							BFL · IL
1963	25	NYM	NL	41	110	100	9	22	2	1	0	3	1	0	8	25	.220	.291	.260	.551	60	26	0	2	0	0	1	64/5
1964	26	BAL-NYM-CIN-min	AAA	107	407	366	45	77	11	3	2	23	6	2	32	80	.210	.281	.273	.554		100		4	5	0			ROC,BFL,SDG · IL,PCL
1964	26	NYM	NL	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1965	27	NYM-min	AAA	43	135	121	11	21	0	1	0	7	3	0	10	29	.174	.241	.190	.431		23		1	2	1			BFL · IL
3 Yrs				159	393	356	44	73	8	6	4	33	5	3	29	92	.205	.267	.295	.562	57	105	5	2	3	3	6
162 Game Avg.				162	400	363	45	74	8	6	4	34	5	3	30	94	.205	.267	.295	.562	57	107	5	2	3	3	6

NYM (2 yrs)				44	117	107	9	22	2	1	0	3	1	0	8	25	.206	.274	.243	.516	50	26	0	2	0	0	1
LAD (1 yr)				115	276	249	35	51	6	5	4	30	4	3	21	67	.205	.264	.317	.581	60	79	5	0	3	3	5

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1962	24	LAD	NL	115	276	-15	0	0	-2	2	-14	-1.5	9	-5	-0.5	.487	.491	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	*4/6
1963	25	NYM	NL	41	110	-6	0	1	-1	2	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.2	.486	.497	-0.1	0.1	0	$	64/5
1964	26	NYM	NL	3	7	-2	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.431	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/4
3 Seasons				159	393	-23	1	1	-3	4	-21	-2.2	13	-8	-0.9	.486	.495	-0.6	0.2	-4	$

NYM (2 yrs)				44	117	-8	0	1	-2	2	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.4	.483	.498	-0.2	0.1	-1	$
LAD (1 yr)				115	276	-15	0	0	-2	2	-14	-1.5	9	-5	-0.5	.487	.491	-0.4	0.1	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1962	24	LAD	NL	276	212	20	2.5	98	.260	.205	.263	.264	.329	.317	.399	.581	.728	60	.254	-14.4	-1.4	.490	.201	.112	4.0
1963	25	NYM	NL	110	78	8	2.8	89	.293	.220	.254	.291	.316	.260	.380	.551	.696	60	.346	-5.1	-0.6	.474	.130	.040	.0
1964	26	NYM	NL	7	7	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.259	.000	.316	.000	.384	.000	.700	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				393	297	28	2.5	95	.262	.205	.260	.267	.325	.295	.393	.562	.718	57	.269	-21.3	-2.2	.474	.177	.090	4.4
162 Game Avg.				400	303	29	2.5	95	.262	.205	.260	.267	.325	.295	.393	.562	.718	57	.269	-21.3	-2.2	.474	.177	.090	4

NYM (2 yrs)				117	85	8	2.5	89	.268	.206	.254	.274	.316	.243	.380	.516	.696	50	.310	-6.9	-0.8	.435	.121	.037	.0
LAD (1 yr)				276	212	20	2.5	98	.260	.205	.263	.264	.329	.317	.399	.581	.728	60	.253	-14.4	-1.4	.490	.201	.112	4.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	24	LAD	NL	276	1.5%	24.3%	7.6%	5.4%	29%	3.19	3.7	62.3	8.3	1.12	66%
1963	25	NYM	NL	110	0.0%	22.7%	7.3%	2.7%	14%	3.13	4.0		33.3	1.35	68%
1964	26	NYM	NL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
3 Yrs				393	1.0%	23.4%	7.4%	4.6%	25%	3.17	3.9	89.0	10.8	1.26	67%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.0%	8.2%	6.4%	28%	1.84	6.0	39.1	8.8	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	24	LAD	NL	-14.0	-1.4	289	0.2	3.8	-3.6	.74	-1.2	1.4	-6.9	-0.7	0.98	-15.1	0.00	1
1963	25	NYM	NL	-5.1	-0.6	113	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	.81	-0.6	-0.6	-4.9	-0.5	0.91	-5.5	0.55	2
1964	26	NYM	NL	-1.8	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.70	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.20	-2.2		0
3 Yrs				-20.9	-2.2	409	-0.9	4.6	-5.5	.76	-2.0	0.8	-14.5	-1.5	0.96	-22.8	0.37	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	24	LAD	NL	4	46%	75	4	3	57%	4	3	1	2	9	40%	11	6	4	3	0	3	6	5	1
1963	25	NYM	NL	0	28%	59	1	0	100%	1	0	0	3	5	46%	9	3	4	1	1	0	1	0	1
1964	26	NYM	NL	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				4	40%	135	5	3	63%	5	3	1	5	14	42%	20	9	8	4	1	3	7	5	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1962	24	LAD	NL	276	35%	51			1	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	4	3	1	1	3	0	4	3	75%	65	5	8%	28	9	32%	197	29	15%	24	12	50%	9	5	56%	0
1963	25	NYM	NL	110	25%	22			2	0	0	0	0.55	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	15	0	0%	4	1	25%	54	3	6%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1964	26	NYM	NL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				393	32%	73			3	0	0	0	0.37	4	0	6	3	1	1	3	0	7	3	43%	81	5	6%	34	10	29%	259	32	12%	29	12	41%	12	6	50%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			75%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1962	24	115	276	249	35	51	6	5	4	30	4	3	21	67	.205	.264	.317	.581	60	79	5	0	3	3	5
1963	25	156	386	349	44	73	8	6	4	33	5	3	29	92	.209	.272	.301	.572	60	105	5	2	3	3	6
1964	26	159	393	356	44	73	8	6	4	33	5	3	29	92	.205	.267	.295	.562	57	105	5	2	3	3	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	24	115	277	250	37	52	6	5	4	31	4	21	67	.208	.266	.320	.586	22	115
1963	25	41	111	101	10	23	2	1	0	3	1	8	25	.228	.297	.267	.565	8	41
1964	26	3	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
3 Yrs		159	395	358	47	75	8	6	4	34	5	29	92	.209	.270	.299	.569	30	159
162 Game Avg.		162	402	365	48	76	8	6	4	35	5	30	94	.209	.270	.299	.569	31	159

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