Larry Demery
Lawrence Calvin Demery
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 4, 1953 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: Locke (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1974
Final Game: September 24, 1977
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Standard Pitching

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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
1974 21 PIT NL 6 6 .500 4.25 19 15 0 2 0 0 95.1 95 47 45 12 51 5 51 0 1 2 420 81 1.531 9.0 1.1 4.8 4.8 1.00
1975 22 PIT NL 7 5 .583 2.90 45 8 23 1 0 4 114.2 95 40 37 7 43 6 59 3 0 3 468 121 1.203 7.5 0.5 3.4 4.6 1.37
1976 23 PIT NL 10 7 .588 3.17 36 15 7 4 1 2 145.0 123 56 51 8 58 8 72 2 1 0 604 110 1.248 7.6 0.5 3.6 4.5 1.24
1977 24 PIT NL 6 5 .545 5.08 39 8 8 0 0 1 90.1 100 59 51 13 47 3 35 0 0 6 409 78 1.627 10.0 1.3 4.7 3.5 0.74
4 Seasons 29 23 .558 3.72 139 46 38 7 1 7 445.1 413 202 184 40 199 22 217 5 2 11 1901 96 1.374 8.3 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.09
162 Game Avg. 11 8 .558 3.72 51 17 14 3 0 3 164 152 74 68 15 73 8 80 2 1 4 699 96 1.374 8.3 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.09

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1974 21 PIT NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 36.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 5.000 27.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.00
1975 22 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 24.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 8 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 19 3.333 21.0 3.0 9.0 3.0 0.33
2 NLCS 0 0 24.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 7 8 8 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 19 3.333 21.0 3.0 9.0 3.0 0.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1974 21 PIT NL 19 420 362 47 95 11 2 12 5 6 51 51 .262 .351 .403 .754 .275 146 10 0 4 3 5
1975 22 PIT NL 45 468 413 40 95 9 2 7 1 3 43 59 .230 .305 .312 .617 .251 129 12 3 5 4 6
1976 23 PIT NL 36 604 525 56 123 26 5 8 14 4 58 72 .234 .309 .349 .657 .254 183 10 2 11 8 8
1977 24 PIT NL 39 409 358 59 100 13 2 13 8 7 47 35 .279 .360 .436 .796 .278 156 5 0 1 3 3
4 Seasons 139 1901 1658 202 413 59 11 40 28 20 199 217 .249 .328 .370 .699 .263 614 37 5 21 18 22
162 Game Avg. 51 699 609 74 152 22 4 15 10 7 73 80 .249 .328 .370 .699 .263 226 14 2 8 7 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 21 PIT NL 19 15 6 6 3 0 1 8 7 .533 0 2 2 0 9 60% 48 74 25 9 3 0 8 5.2 6.0 5.8
1975 22 PIT NL 45 8 3 2 3 0 0 6 2 .750 0 2 1 0 4 50% 47 66 18 9 4 2 2 7.1 6.3 6.3
1976 23 PIT NL 36 15 6 6 3 1 2 7 8 .467 1 1 4 1 8 53% 56 82 24 17 5 2 7 3.8 3.4 6.8
1977 24 PIT NL 39 8 3 3 2 1 0 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 41 70 21 25 9 2 5 4.3 3.9 4.3
4 Seasons 139 46 18 17 11 2 3 24 22 .522 1 6 7 1 23 50% 49 82 18 60 21 6 22 4.9 4.8 6.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 21 PIT NL 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 3 0.894 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 3 1 3 0 6.0
1975 22 PIT NL 45 37 23 4 3 5 4 1 80% 6 0 27 8 30% 8 0.912 10 2 25 7 2 28 15 22 23 2 23 9 5.2
1976 23 PIT NL 36 21 7 4 1 3 2 1 67% 6 2 16 7 44% 7 0.949 7 4 10 7 2 12 7 14 15 2 17 1 6.1
1977 24 PIT NL 39 31 8 3 2 2 1 1 50% 4 2 15 7 47% 6 0.860 4 9 17 4 4 23 10 21 18 5 21 5 5.4
4 Seasons 139 93 38 11 6 10 7 3 70% 16 4 65 27 42% 0.909 23 16 53 19 9 65 36 57 59 10 64 15 5.5

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 21 PIT NL 420 48% 2.9% 12.1% 12.1% 6.0% 26% 1.08 72% 85 10 12%
1975 22 PIT NL 468 45% 1.5% 12.6% 9.2% 3.9% 19% 1.12 75% 90 12 13%
1976 23 PIT NL 604 41% 1.3% 11.9% 9.6% 6.5% 32% 1.10 75% 94 10 11%
1977 24 PIT NL 409 35% 3.2% 8.6% 11.5% 6.9% 28% 1.06 77% 62 5 8%
4 Seasons 1901 42% 2.1% 11.4% 10.5% 5.8% 27% 1.09 75% 331 37 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1974 21 PIT NL 420 95 12 0 8 6 6 2 10 20 10 3 50% 4 2 2 164 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1975 22 PIT NL 468 95 7 0 8 3 4 3 4 22 12 6 55% 3 3 4 184 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
1976 23 PIT NL 604 123 8 0 15 5 3 5 3 31 17 2 55% 8 0 0 211 14 4 78% 12 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
1977 24 PIT NL 409 100 13 0 14 9 4 5 8 31 11 5 35% 9 6 3 133 8 7 53% 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
4 Seasons 1901 413 40 0 45 23 17 15 25 104 50 16 48% 24 11 9 692 28 20 58% 26 18 2 2 0 0 3 0 51 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1974 21 6 6 .500 4.25 19 15 0 2 0 0 95.1 95 47 45 12 51 5 51 0 1 2 420 81 1.531 9.0 1.1 4.8 4.8 1.00 81
1975 22 13 11 .542 3.51 64 23 23 3 0 4 210.0 190 87 82 19 94 11 110 3 1 5 888 99 1.352 8.1 0.8 4.0 4.7 1.17 99
1976 23 23 18 .561 3.37 100 38 30 7 1 6 355.0 313 143 133 27 152 19 182 5 2 5 1492 103 1.310 7.9 0.7 3.9 4.6 1.20 103
1977 24 29 23 .558 3.72 139 46 38 7 1 7 445.1 413 202 184 40 199 22 217 5 2 11 1901 96 1.374 8.3 0.8 4.0 4.4 1.09 96

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
1974 21 3 6 .333 5.11 88.0 101 56 50 13 54 47 0 1.761 10.3 5.5 4.8 0.87 1.3 19
1975 22 6 5 .545 3.45 107.0 100 46 41 7 45 55 3 1.355 8.4 3.8 4.6 1.22 0.6 45
1976 23 8 7 .533 3.74 137.0 130 63 57 8 61 68 2 1.394 8.5 4.0 4.5 1.11 0.5 36
1977 24 3 6 .333 5.28 87.0 100 57 51 13 47 34 0 1.690 10.3 4.9 3.5 0.72 1.3 39
4 Seasons 20 24 .455 4.27 419.0 431 222 199 41 207 204 5 1.523 9.3 4.4 0.99 0.9 139

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