Larry Demery

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: June 4, 1953 in Bakersfield, CA us

Died: February 15, 2024 in Bakersfield, CA

Buried: Shafter Memorial Park, Shafter, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 22nd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 2, 1974 (Age 20-363d, 13,496th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.2 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1977 (Age 24-112d)
vs. CHC 2.2 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Lawrence Calvin Demery

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

ERA

3.72

139

445.1

217

WHIP

1.374

Summary of 40 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 6 tying, 8 go ahead

1 Tm
PIT	40

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	17

Home/Road
Away	25
Home	15

Outs
0	17
2	15
1	8

10 Opps
LAD	8
PHI	7
CHC	6
CIN	4
HOU	4
NYM	3
STL	3
SFG	2
SDP	2
MON	1

32 Batters
Steve Yeager	2
Jerry Morales	2
Garry Maddox	2
Mike Schmidt	2
Rick Monday	2
José Cruz	2
Ron Cey	2
Reggie Smith	2
Jim Dwyer	1
Joe Torre	1
Dusty Baker	1
Dave Winfield	1
Joe Morgan	1
José Cardenal	1
Ted Simmons	1
Ed Kranepool	1
Willie Crawford	1
Dave Kingman	1
Cliff Johnson	1
Jay Johnstone	1
Joe Ferguson	1
George Foster	1
Dan Driessen	1
Johnny Grubb	1
Glenn Adams	1
Del Unser	1
Andre Thornton	1
Ollie Brown	1
Greg Luzinski	1
John D'Acquisto	1
Pete Mackanin	1
Ken Griffey	1

10 Parks
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	15
VeteransStad (PHI)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	19
9	12
8	7
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	6
-2-	4
12-	3
--3	1
1-3	1

59 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	25
1 on	11
2 on	4
Any on	15

Inning
1	3
2	3
3	4
4	7
5	3
6	6
7	6
8	5
9	3

1-3	10
4-6	16
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	1
+2	4
+1	6
Tied	7
-1	5
-2	6
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	17
Tied	7
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	14
CF	6
LF	5
3B	5
1B	4
C	3
2B	2
P	1

OrderPos
3rd	10
5th	9
4th	7
8th	4
6th	4
7th	2
1st	2
9th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-06-07	John D'Acquisto	SFG		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	1--	2	9	1	13%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Miller Scores
2	2	2	1	1974-06-12	Johnny Grubb	SDP		PIT	tied 1-1	b 6	0	12-	3	5	8	23%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Winfield Scores; N. Colbert Scores
3	3	3	1	1974-06-24 (2)	Jim Dwyer	STL		PIT	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	9	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	2	1974-06-24 (2)	Ted Simmons	STL		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	12-	3	3	3	19%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Brock Scores; T. McCarver Scores
5	5	5	1	1974-07-28	Jay Johnstone	PHI		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---	1	6	9	8%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1974-08-02	Joe Torre	STL	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 4	0	1--	2	5	3	21%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Simmons Scores
7	7	7	1	1974-08-13	George Foster	CIN		PIT	behind 1-12	b 8	0	---	1	8	9	0%	0%		Home Run (LF-CF)
8	8	8	2	1974-08-13	Dan Driessen	CIN		PIT	behind 2-14	b 9	1	---	1	5	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1974-08-18	Willie Crawford	LAD	@	PIT	behind 1-9	t 8	0	1--	2	5	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Garvey Scores
10	10	10	1	1974-08-31	Steve Yeager	LAD		PIT	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	14%	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	1974-09-09	José Cardenal	CHC		PIT	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	11%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	12	2	1974-09-09	Andre Thornton	CHC		PIT	behind 1-2	b 2	0	---	1	6	3	11%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1975-04-11	Del Unser	NYM	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	---	1	7	8	7%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	1975-06-08 (2)	Glenn Adams	SFG	@	PIT	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1	4	7	35%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	1975-06-23	Ollie Brown	PHI		PIT	tied 5-5	b 7	2	---	1	6	9	24%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	4	1	1975-06-25	Greg Luzinski	PHI		PIT	behind 4-6	b 7	0	1--	2	4	7	31%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Johnstone Scores
17	17	5	1	1975-07-06	Jerry Morales	CHC		PIT	behind 0-2	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	9	19%	51%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Kessinger Scores
18	18	6	2	1975-07-06	Rick Monday	CHC		PIT	behind 5-6	b 4	2	-2-	2	3	8	26%	66%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Cardenal Scores
19	19	7	1	1975-08-31	José Cruz	HOU	@	PIT	behind 3-5	t 3	2	---	1	5	9	10%	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1976-05-26	Pete Mackanin	MON	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	1	8	4	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	1976-06-05	Dave Winfield	SDP	@	PIT	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	12-	3	5	9	24%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Hernández Scores; W. McCovey Scores
22	22	3	1	1976-06-08	Ken Griffey	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 5-0	t 4	2	-2-	2	2	9	4%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Concepción Scores
23	23	4	1	1976-06-22	Jerry Morales	CHC		PIT	behind 5-10	b 9	1	1--	2	4	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cardenal Scores
24	24	5	1	1976-08-11	Ron Cey	LAD	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 7	0	---	1	5	5	12%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	1976-09-18	Dave Kingman	NYM		PIT	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	13%	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	7	2	1976-09-18	Ed Kranepool	NYM		PIT	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	---	1	3	3	11%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	8	1	1976-09-29	Rick Monday	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 6	2	---	1	1	8	19%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1977-04-29	Joe Ferguson	HOU	@	PIT	ahead 5-2	t 5	1	---	1	5	2	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	2	1	1977-05-14	Cliff Johnson	HOU		PIT	behind 0-3	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	9%	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	2	1977-05-14	José Cruz	HOU		PIT	behind 1-3	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	14%	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	4	1	1977-05-20	Steve Yeager	LAD	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	5	2	1977-05-20	Reggie Smith	LAD	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	1-3	3	3	9	13%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Lopes Scores; B. Russell Scores
33	33	6	1	1977-05-31	Garry Maddox	PHI		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	7	1	1977-06-15	Dusty Baker	LAD		PIT	ahead 9-0	b 7	2	---	1	7	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	8	1	1977-06-30	Mike Schmidt	PHI		PIT	ahead 6-1	b 4	2	--3	2	3	5	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. McBride Scores
36	36	9	1	1977-07-03	Mike Schmidt	PHI		PIT	ahead 10-5	b 8	0	---	1	3	5	0%	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
37	37	10	1	1977-07-10 (2)	Garry Maddox	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 7-6	t 4	2	-2-	2	3	8	19%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Bowa Scores
38	38	11	1	1977-08-06	Joe Morgan	CIN		PIT	ahead 6-2	b 8	1	1--	2	3	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Griffey Scores
39	39	12	1	1977-08-25	Reggie Smith	LAD	@	PIT	behind 0-2	t 6	0	---	1	3	9	12%	34%		Home Run (Deep CF)
40	40	13	1	1977-09-02	Ron Cey	LAD		PIT	ahead 7-1	b 6	0	---	1	4	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)