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Larry Corcoran

Lawrence J. Corcoran

Positions: Pitcher, Outfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Corcoran alternated arms during at least one game.
Height: 5' 3", Weight: 127 lb.

Born: August 10, 1859 in Brooklyn, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1880
Teams (by GP): WhiteStockings/Nationals/Giants/Hoosiers 1880-1887

Final Game: May 20, 1887
Died: October 14, 1891 in Newark, NJ
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, NJ
Relatives: Brother of Mike Corcoran
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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
1880 20 CHC NL 43 14 .754 1.95 63 60 3 57 4 2 536.1 404 218 116 6 99 268 19 2133 123 0.938 6.8 0.1 1.7 4.5 2.71
1881 21 CHC NL 31 14 .689 2.31 45 44 1 43 4 0 396.2 380 205 102 10 78 150 0 27 1650 118 1.155 8.6 0.2 1.8 3.4 1.92
1882 22 CHC NL 27 12 .692 1.95 39 39 0 38 3 0 355.2 281 153 77 5 63 170 0 17 1469 147 0.967 7.1 0.1 1.6 4.3 2.70
1883 23 CHC NL 34 20 .630 2.49 56 53 3 51 3 0 473.2 483 281 131 7 82 216 0 19 2041 132 1.193 9.2 0.1 1.6 4.1 2.63
1884 24 CHC NL 35 23 .603 2.40 60 59 1 57 7 0 516.2 473 286 138 35 116 272 0 27 2180 129 1.140 8.2 0.6 2.0 4.7 2.34
1885 25 TOT NL 7 3 .700 3.42 10 10 0 8 1 0 84.1 87 50 32 3 35 20 0 4 376 87 1.447 9.3 0.3 3.7 2.1 0.57
1885 25 CHC NL 5 2 .714 3.64 7 7 0 6 1 0 59.1 63 38 24 2 24 10 0 2 267 83 1.466 9.6 0.3 3.6 1.5 0.42
1885 25 NYG NL 2 1 .667 2.88 3 3 0 2 0 0 25.0 24 12 8 1 11 10 0 2 109 98 1.400 8.6 0.4 4.0 3.6 0.91
1886 26 WHS NL 0 1 .000 5.79 2 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 16 11 9 0 4 3 0 0 63 57 1.429 10.3 0.0 2.6 1.9 0.75
1887 27 IND NL 0 2 .000 12.60 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 23 31 21 2 19 4 2 0 0 89 34 2.800 13.8 1.2 11.4 2.4 0.21
8 Yrs 177 89 .665 2.36 277 268 9 256 22 2 2392.1 2147 1235 626 68 496 1103 2 0 113 10001 123 1.105 8.1 0.3 1.9 4.1 2.22
162 Game Avg. 22 11 .665 2.36 35 33 1 32 3 0 298 268 154 78 8 62 138 0 14 1248 123 1.105 8.1 0.3 1.9 4.1 2.22
CHC (6 yrs) 175 85 .673 2.26 270 262 8 252 22 2 2338.1 2084 1181 588 65 462 1086 0 111 9740 127 1.089 8.0 0.3 1.8 4.2 2.35
NYG (1 yr) 2 1 .667 2.88 3 3 0 2 0 0 25.0 24 12 8 1 11 10 0 2 109 98 1.400 8.6 0.4 4.0 3.6 0.91
WHS (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.79 2 1 1 1 0 0 14.0 16 11 9 0 4 3 0 0 63 57 1.429 10.3 0.0 2.6 1.9 0.75
IND (1 yr) 0 2 .000 12.60 2 2 0 1 0 0 15.0 23 31 21 2 19 4 2 0 0 89 34 2.800 13.8 1.2 11.4 2.4 0.21

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 Awards
1880 20 CHC NL 536.1 63 60 218 3.66 4.47 0.48 0.00 101.0 4.03 26 2.7 1.0 -0.5 6.7 53 .544 .517 $
1881 21 CHC NL 396.2 45 44 205 4.65 4.89 0.62 0.00 98.0 4.18 -17 -1.6 1.0 -0.2 1.5 4 .464 .490 $
1882 22 CHC NL 355.2 39 39 153 3.87 5.16 0.55 0.00 99.0 4.56 31 3.0 -0.4 5.6 50 .578 .519 $
1883 23 CHC NL 473.2 56 53 281 5.34 5.62 0.17 0.00 105.0 5.72 30 2.7 1.0 -0.7 6.1 59 .548 .517 $
1884 24 CHC NL 516.2 60 59 286 4.98 5.24 0.16 0.00 104.0 5.28 30 2.9 1.0 -1.2 6.1 62 .548 .518 $2,100
1885 25 CHC NL 59.1 7 7 38 5.76 4.60 0.41 0.00 107.0 4.48 -7 -0.6 -0.1 -0.2 -4 .408 .496 $
1885 25 NYG NL 25.0 3 3 12 4.32 4.78 0.70 0.00 98.0 3.99 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .488 .500 $
1886 26 WHS NL 14.0 2 1 11 7.07 5.48 -0.18 0.00 97.0 5.49 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .412 .499 $
1887 27 IND NL 15.0 2 2 31 18.60 6.25 0.24 0.00 102.0 6.13 -20 -0.8 -0.0 -0.7 -19 .086 .495 $
8 Seasons 2392.1 277 268 1235 4.65 5.06 0.38 0.00 101.7 4.77 70 8.1 1.0 -3.1 25.1 205 .529 .506 $2,100
CHC (6 yrs) 2338.1 270 262 1181 4.55 5.05 0.38 0.00 101.8 4.77 92 9.1 1.0 -3.1 25.8 224 .534 .509 $2,100
NYG (1 yr) 25.0 3 3 12 4.32 4.78 0.70 0.00 98.0 3.99 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .488 .500 $
WHS (1 yr) 14.0 2 1 11 7.07 5.48 -0.18 0.00 97.0 5.49 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .412 .499 $
IND (1 yr) 15.0 2 2 31 18.60 6.25 0.24 0.00 102.0 6.13 -20 -0.8 -0.0 -0.7 -19 .086 .495 $

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1880 20 43 14 .754 1.95 63 60 3 57 4 2 536.1 404 218 116 6 99 268 19 2133 123 0.938 6.8 0.1 1.7 4.5 2.71 123
1881 21 74 28 .725 2.10 108 104 4 100 8 2 933.0 784 423 218 16 177 418 0 46 3783 121 1.030 7.6 0.2 1.7 4.0 2.36 121
1882 22 101 40 .716 2.06 147 143 4 138 11 2 1288.2 1065 576 295 21 240 588 0 63 5252 127 1.013 7.4 0.1 1.7 4.1 2.45 127
1883 23 135 60 .692 2.18 203 196 7 189 14 2 1762.1 1548 857 426 28 322 804 0 82 7293 129 1.061 7.9 0.1 1.6 4.1 2.50 129
1884 24 170 83 .672 2.23 263 255 8 246 21 2 2279.0 2021 1143 564 63 438 1076 0 109 9473 129 1.079 8.0 0.2 1.7 4.2 2.46 129
1885 25 177 86 .673 2.27 273 265 8 254 22 2 2363.1 2108 1193 596 66 473 1096 0 113 9849 127 1.092 8.0 0.3 1.8 4.2 2.32 127
1886 26 177 87 .670 2.29 275 266 9 255 22 2 2377.1 2124 1204 605 66 477 1099 0 113 9912 126 1.094 8.0 0.2 1.8 4.2 2.30 126
1887 27 177 89 .665 2.36 277 268 9 256 22 2 2392.1 2147 1235 626 68 496 1103 2 0 113 10001 123 1.105 8.1 0.3 1.9 4.1 2.22 123

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1880 20 97 19 .836 1.77 1046.0 744 229 206 11 182 523 0 0.885 6.4 1.6 4.5 2.87 0.1 63
1881 21 69 18 .793 2.01 783.0 690 194 175 18 142 296 0 1.063 7.9 1.6 3.4 2.08 0.2 45
1882 22 71 10 .877 1.50 734.0 488 136 122 9 109 351 0 0.813 6.0 1.3 4.3 3.22 0.1 39
1883 23 80 14 .851 1.65 850.0 675 173 156 10 115 388 0 0.929 7.1 1.2 4.1 3.37 0.1 56
1884 24 73 14 .839 1.74 787.0 591 169 152 44 145 414 0 0.935 6.8 1.7 4.7 2.86 0.5 60
1885 25 9 5 .643 2.88 128.0 118 46 41 4 47 30 0 1.289 8.3 3.3 2.1 0.64 0.3 10
1886 26 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 20 12 11 0 5 4 0 1.316 9.5 2.4 1.9 0.80 0.0 2
1887 27 0 2 .000 7.77 22.0 25 21 19 2 21 6 2 2.091 10.2 8.6 2.5 0.29 0.8 2
8 Yrs 400 83 .828 1.82 4369.0 3351 980 882 98 766 2012 2 0.942 6.9 4.1 2.63 0.2 277

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1880 NL  6.5 (4th)
1882 NL  5.4 (6th)
1883 NL  4.8 (9th)
1884 NL  6.1 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1880 NL  6.7 (3rd)
1882 NL  5.6 (4th)
1883 NL  6.1 (6th)
1884 NL  6.1 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1880 NL  1.95 (6th)
1881 NL  2.31 (4th)
1882 NL  1.95 (1st)
1883 NL  2.49 (6th)
1884 NL  2.40 (9th)
Career  2.36 (23rd)

Wins s c a p y
1880 NL  43 (2nd)
1881 NL  31 (1st)
1882 NL  27 (5th)
1883 NL  34 (4th)
1884 NL  35 (5th)
Career  177 (161st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1880 NL  .754 (2nd)
1881 NL  .689 (2nd)
1882 NL  .692 (1st)
1883 NL  .630 (5th)
1884 NL  .603 (8th)
Career  .665 (16th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1880 NL  0.938 (4th)
1881 NL  1.155 (6th)
1882 NL  0.967 (1st)
1883 NL  1.193 (10th)
1884 NL  1.140 (9th)
Career  1.105 (21st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  6.779 (2nd)
1881 NL  8.622 (4th)
1882 NL  7.111 (1st)
1883 NL  9.177 (9th)
1884 NL  8.239 (9th)
Career  8.077 (137th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1883 NL  1.558 (10th)
Career  1.866 (64th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1880 NL  4.497 (1st)
1881 NL  3.403 (2nd)
1882 NL  4.302 (3rd)
1883 NL  4.104 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1880 NL  63 (5th)
1881 NL  45 (6th)
1882 NL  39 (10th)
1883 NL  56 (5th)
1884 NL  60 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1880 NL  2 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1880 NL  536.3 (5th)
1881 NL  396.7 (7th)
1882 NL  355.7 (10th)
1883 NL  473.7 (5th)
1884 NL  516.7 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1880 NL  268 (1st)
1881 NL  150 (5th)
1882 NL  170 (5th)
1883 NL  216 (4th)
1884 NL  272 (5th)

Games Started s c a p y
1880 NL  60 (6th)
1881 NL  44 (7th)
1882 NL  39 (9th)
1883 NL  53 (5th)
1884 NL  59 (5th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1880 NL  57 (5th)
1881 NL  43 (7th)
1882 NL  38 (9th)
1883 NL  51 (5th)
1884 NL  57 (5th)
Career  256 (72nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1880 NL  4 (5th)
1881 NL  4 (5th)
1882 NL  3 (7th)
1883 NL  3 (6th)
1884 NL  7 (4th)
Career  22 (216th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1880 NL  6 (4th)
1881 NL  10 (1st)
1883 NL  7 (7th)
1884 NL  35 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1880 NL  99 (1st)
1881 NL  78 (5th)
1882 NL  63 (6th)
1883 NL  82 (2nd)
1884 NL  116 (2nd)

Hits s c a p y
1880 NL  404 (8th)
1881 NL  380 (7th)
1883 NL  483 (5th)
1884 NL  473 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1880 NL  2.707 (10th)
1881 NL  1.923 (7th)
1882 NL  2.698 (7th)
1883 NL  2.634 (7th)
Career  2.224 (179th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1882 NL  0.127 (4th)
Career  0.256 (235th)

Losses s c a p y
1880 NL  14 (9th)
1881 NL  14 (10th)
1883 NL  20 (7th)
1884 NL  23 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1880 NL  116 (7th)
1881 NL  102 (8th)
1883 NL  131 (6th)
1884 NL  138 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1880 NL  19 (7th)
1881 NL  27 (4th)
1882 NL  17 (8th)
1883 NL  19 (8th)
1884 NL  27 (9th)
Career  113 (75th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1880 NL  2,133 (6th)
1881 NL  1,650 (7th)
1882 NL  1,469 (10th)
1883 NL  2,041 (5th)
1884 NL  2,180 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1880 NL  3 (10th)
1883 NL  3 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1880 NL  125 (6th)
1881 NL  119 (4th)
1882 NL  147 (1st)
1883 NL  132 (5th)
1884 NL  130 (9th)
Career  123 (93rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1880 NL  32 (3rd)
1881 NL  15 (3rd)
1882 NL  34 (3rd)
1883 NL  32 (5th)
1884 NL  33 (6th)
Career  125 (173rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1880 NL  3.2 (3rd)
1881 NL  1.4 (3rd)
1882 NL  3.3 (3rd)
1883 NL  2.8 (5th)
1884 NL  3.1 (7th)
Career  12.1 (193rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1880 NL  born 1859-08-10 (8th)
1881 NL  born 1859-08-10 (7th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 17 (127), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 130 (131), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 122 (68), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 46 (48), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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