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Larry Gura
Lawrence Cyril Gura
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 26, 1947 in Joliet, IL
Schools: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 25, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1970
Final Game: July 27, 1985
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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
1970 22 CHC NL 1 3 .250 3.79 20 3 10 1 0 1 38.0 35 18 16 6 23 3 21 1 0 0 167 118 1.526 8.3 1.4 5.4 5.0 0.91
1971 23 CHC NL 0 0 6.00 6 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 6 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 18 65 2.333 18.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1972 24 CHC NL 0 0 3.65 7 0 2 0 0 0 12.1 11 5 5 3 3 1 13 0 0 1 49 104 1.135 8.0 2.2 2.2 9.5 4.33
1973 25 CHC NL 2 4 .333 4.87 21 7 6 0 0 0 64.2 79 39 35 10 11 0 43 1 0 1 282 81 1.392 11.0 1.4 1.5 6.0 3.91
1974 26 NYY AL 5 1 .833 2.41 8 8 0 4 2 0 56.0 54 17 15 2 12 1 17 0 0 0 230 147 1.179 8.7 0.3 1.9 2.7 1.42
1975 27 NYY AL 7 8 .467 3.51 26 20 3 5 0 0 151.1 173 65 59 13 41 1 65 3 0 0 640 106 1.414 10.3 0.8 2.4 3.9 1.59
1976 28 KCR AL 4 0 1.000 2.30 20 2 7 1 1 1 62.2 47 20 16 4 20 3 22 1 0 2 249 153 1.069 6.8 0.6 2.9 3.2 1.10
1977 29 KCR AL 8 5 .615 3.13 52 6 24 1 1 10 106.1 108 43 37 8 28 4 46 1 1 4 445 130 1.279 9.1 0.7 2.4 3.9 1.64
1978 30 KCR AL 16 4 .800 2.72 35 26 1 8 2 0 221.2 183 73 67 13 60 3 81 4 1 1 890 142 1.096 7.4 0.5 2.4 3.3 1.35 CYA-7,MVP-23
1979 31 KCR AL 13 12 .520 4.47 39 33 1 7 1 0 233.2 226 137 116 29 73 4 85 7 1 5 991 96 1.280 8.7 1.1 2.8 3.3 1.16
1980 32 KCR AL 18 10 .643 2.95 36 36 0 16 4 0 283.1 272 107 93 20 76 6 113 5 0 2 1175 137 1.228 8.6 0.6 2.4 3.6 1.49 AS,CYA-6
1981 33 KCR AL 11 8 .579 2.72 23 23 0 12 2 0 172.1 139 61 52 11 35 0 61 4 0 3 680 132 1.010 7.3 0.6 1.8 3.2 1.74 CYA-9
1982 34 KCR AL 18 12 .600 4.03 37 37 0 8 3 0 248.0 251 124 111 31 64 2 98 6 0 6 1042 101 1.270 9.1 1.1 2.3 3.6 1.53
1983 35 KCR AL 11 18 .379 4.90 34 31 1 5 0 0 200.1 220 119 109 23 76 6 57 8 0 0 881 83 1.478 9.9 1.0 3.4 2.6 0.75
1984 36 KCR AL 12 9 .571 5.18 31 25 1 3 0 0 168.2 175 102 97 26 67 3 68 4 0 0 732 78 1.435 9.3 1.4 3.6 3.6 1.01
1985 37 TOT 0 3 .000 9.12 8 4 2 0 0 1 24.2 41 25 25 5 10 0 9 1 0 1 125 44 2.068 15.0 1.8 3.6 3.3 0.90
1985 37 KCR AL 0 0 12.46 3 0 2 0 0 1 4.1 7 6 6 1 4 0 2 0 0 1 23 33 2.538 14.5 2.1 8.3 4.2 0.50
1985 37 CHC NL 0 3 .000 8.41 5 4 0 0 0 0 20.1 34 19 19 4 6 0 7 1 0 0 102 47 1.967 15.0 1.8 2.7 3.1 1.17
16 Seasons 126 97 .565 3.76 403 261 60 71 16 14 2047.0 2020 958 855 204 600 38 801 46 3 27 8596 106 1.280 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.34
162 Game Avg. 13 10 .565 3.76 41 27 6 7 2 1 210 207 98 88 21 61 4 82 5 0 3 880 106 1.280 8.9 0.9 2.6 3.5 1.34
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
KCR (10 yrs) 111 78 .587 3.72 310 219 37 61 14 12 1701.1 1628 792 704 166 503 31 633 40 3 24 7108 107 1.253 8.6 0.9 2.7 3.3 1.26
CHC (5 yrs) 3 10 .231 5.01 59 14 20 1 0 2 138.1 165 84 77 23 44 5 86 3 0 3 618 81 1.511 10.7 1.5 2.9 5.6 1.95
NYY (2 yrs) 12 9 .571 3.21 34 28 3 9 2 0 207.1 227 82 74 15 53 2 82 3 0 0 870 114 1.350 9.9 0.7 2.3 3.6 1.55
AL (12 yrs) 123 87 .586 3.67 344 247 40 70 16 12 1908.2 1855 874 778 181 556 33 715 43 3 24 7978 108 1.263 8.7 0.9 2.6 3.4 1.29
NL (5 yrs) 3 10 .231 5.01 59 14 20 1 0 2 138.1 165 84 77 23 44 5 86 3 0 3 618 81 1.511 10.7 1.5 2.9 5.6 1.95

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
1976 28 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.22 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.2 18 6 5 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 50 1.781 15.2 0.8 0.8 3.4 4.00
1977 29 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 18.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 5 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 14 4.000 31.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1978 30 KCR AL ALCS L NYY 1 0 1.000 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 8 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 28 1.579 11.4 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
1980 32 KCR AL ALCS W NYY 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 10 2 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 38 1.222 10.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 4.00
1980 32 KCR AL WS L PHI 0 0 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 4 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 46 0.892 5.8 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.33
1981 33 KCR AL ALDS L OAK 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 7 4 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 7.500 47.3 6.8 20.3 20.3 1.00
5 Seasons (6 Series) 2 3 .400 4.10 9 8 0 1 0 0 41.2 58 23 19 5 11 0 19 0 0 0 196 1.656 12.5 1.1 2.4 4.1 1.73
4 ALCS 2 2 .500 4.18 6 5 0 1 0 0 28.0 43 15 13 3 5 0 12 0 0 0 130 1.714 13.8 1.0 1.6 3.9 2.40
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 20.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 7 4 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 20 7.500 47.3 6.8 20.3 20.3 1.00
1 WS 0 0 2.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 8 4 3 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 46 0.892 5.8 0.7 2.2 2.9 1.33
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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
1970 22 CHC NL 20 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1971 23 CHC NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 24 CHC NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 25 CHC NL 22 18 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .250 .200 .450 23 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1976 28 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 35 KCR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1985 37 TOT 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 37 CHC NL 5 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -58 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
16 Seasons 62 38 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .091 .143 .091 .234 -36 3 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 99 86 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 29 .091 .143 .091 .234 -36 8 0 0 8 0 0
CHC (5 yrs) 60 38 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .091 .143 .091 .234 -36 3 0 0 3 0 0
KCR (10 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 60 38 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15 .091 .143 .091 .234 -36 3 0 0 3 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 CHC NL 22 P 20 3 38.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.35 .943 1.85 0.71
1971 CHC NL 23 P 6 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.78
1972 CHC NL 24 P 7 0 12.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.19 0.43 .933 1.75 0.73
1973 CHC NL 25 P 21 7 64.2 20 7 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.78 0.95 .945 1.88 0.73
1974 NYY AL 26 P 8 8 56.0 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.93 1.50 .942 1.82 0.82
1975 NYY AL 27 P 26 20 151.1 29 8 21 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.72 1.12 .934 1.87 0.85
1976 KCR AL 28 P 20 2 62.2 16 4 12 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.30 0.80 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 KCR AL 29 P 52 6 106.1 26 6 18 2 1 .923 0.0 0.0 2.03 0.46 .950 1.95 0.84
1978 KCR AL 30 P 35 26 221.2 58 13 44 1 2 .983 0.0 0.0 2.31 1.63 .953 1.90 0.85 CYA-7,MVP-23
1979 KCR AL 31 P 39 33 233.2 55 15 38 2 5 .964 0.0 0.0 2.04 1.36 .949 1.92 0.81
1980 KCR AL 32 P 36 36 283.1 59 9 50 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.87 1.64 .954 1.85 0.77 AS,CYA-6
1981 KCR AL 33 P 23 23 172.1 39 9 30 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.04 1.70 .962 1.98 0.81 CYA-9
1982 KCR AL 34 P 37 37 248.0 59 7 50 2 6 .966 0.0 0.0 2.07 1.54 .958 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 35 P 34 31 200.1 54 12 42 0 5 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.43 1.59 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 35 DH 1 0.0
1984 KCR AL 36 P 31 25 168.2 36 6 30 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.92 1.16 .956 1.79 0.70
1985 TOT 37 P 8 4 24.2 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.65 1.25 .950 1.90 0.69
1985 KCR AL 37 P 3 0 4.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 4.15 0.67 .950 1.87 0.70
1985 CHC NL 37 P 5 4 20.1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.54 1.60 .950 1.90 0.68
16 Seasons P 403 261 2047.0 483 107 369 7 32 .986 0.0 0.0 2.09 1.18 .952 1.87 0.78
1 Season DH 1 0.0
16 Seasons TOT 403 261 2047.0 483 107 369 7 32 .986 0.0 0.0 2.09 1.18 .938 1.87 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1978-AL-23-2%
0.02 Career Shares (1327th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1978-AL--7--1%
1980-AL--6--1%
1981-AL--9--1%
0.03 Career Shares (222nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1978 AL--2.720--6th
1980 AL--2.954--5th
1981 AL--2.716--7th

Wins s c a p y
1980 AL--18--8th
1981 AL--11--10th
1982 AL--18--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 AL--.800--3rd
1980 AL--.643--10th
Career--.565--249th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1978 AL--1.096--4th
1981 AL--1.010--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL--7.430--3rd
1981 AL--7.259--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL--1.828--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1980 AL--283.3--3rd
1981 AL--172.3--8th
1982 AL--248.0--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1980 AL--36--4th
1981 AL--23--9th
1982 AL--37--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1980 AL--16--4th
1981 AL--12--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 AL--4--3rd
1981 AL--2--8th
1982 AL--3--4th

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL--29--6th
1982 AL--31--6th
1984 AL--26--8th
Career--204--181st

Hits s c a p y
1980 AL--272--4th
1982 AL--251--5th

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL--18--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1979 AL--116--4th
1982 AL--111--7th
1983 AL--109--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL--7--8th
1983 AL--8--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 AL--1175--1st
1981 AL--680--10th
1982 AL--1042--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1978 AL--142--6th
1980 AL--137--4th
1981 AL--132--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 55 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (497), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 17 (385), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1969.

November 14, 1973: Sent by the Chicago Cubs to the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1973. The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later and Mike Paul. The Chicago Cubs sent Larry Gura (November 14, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

May 7, 1974: Traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for Duke Sims.

May 16, 1976: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Kansas City Royals for Fran Healy.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

November 13, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

May 18, 1985: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

May 28, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

August 14, 1985: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

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