Norm Larker

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 27, 1930 in Beaver Meadows, PA us

Died: March 12, 2007 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, CA

High School: Hazleton HS (Hazleton, PA)

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 27-109d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1963 (Age 32-275d)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Norman Howard John Larker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

1953

538

.276

227

RBI

271

OBP

.347

SLG

.390

OPS

.737

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	10 (9)	Apr 25	LAD		STL	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
2	11	Apr 26	LAD		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	12	Apr 27	LAD		STL	W,10-3	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	13	Apr 29	LAD		PIT	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	14	Apr 30	LAD		PIT	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	28 (13)	May 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	GS	36	10.0	15	2	0	17	1	1B
7	29	May 16	LAD	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	30	May 17	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	58 (27)	Jun 19	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
10	59	Jun 20	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
11	64 (4)	Jun 24 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,13-10	GS	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	71 (6)	Jul 1	LAD	@	STL	W,9-3	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
13	72	Jul 3 (1)	LAD		STL	L,2-4	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
14	73	Jul 3 (2)	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
15	74	Jul 5	LAD		CHC	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
16	75	Jul 6	LAD		CHC	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
17	76	Jul 9	LAD		MLN	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	77	Jul 10	LAD		MLN	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	78	Jul 11	LAD		MLN	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
20	79	Jul 12	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	80	Jul 13 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,3-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	82 (1)	Jul 14	LAD		CIN	W,8-5	GS	23	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
23	83	Jul 15	LAD		PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	84	Jul 16	LAD		PIT	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
25	85	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	86	Jul 18	LAD		PHI	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
27	87	Jul 19	LAD		PHI	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	89 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
29	90	Jul 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	91	Jul 24	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	92	Jul 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	93	Jul 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-4	GS	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	94	Jul 27 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	96 (1)	Jul 29	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	99 (2)	Aug 1	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
36	101 (1)	Aug 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	103 (1)	Aug 4	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	104	Aug 5	LAD	@	STL	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
39	105	Aug 6	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	107 (1)	Aug 8	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	109 (1)	Aug 10	LAD		SFG	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	110	Aug 12	LAD		CHC	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	111	Aug 13	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	112	Aug 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	113	Aug 15 (1)	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	114	Aug 15 (2)	LAD		STL	W,5-3	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	115	Aug 17 (1)	LAD		STL	L,7-12	CG	49	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
48	116	Aug 17 (2)	LAD		STL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
49	117	Aug 19 (1)	LAD		MLN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	1	13	0	1B
50	118	Aug 19 (2)	LAD		MLN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
51	119	Aug 20	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
52	120	Aug 21	LAD		MLN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
53	121	Aug 23	LAD		MLN	W,10-1	GS	19	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	122	Aug 24	LAD		CIN	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
55	124 (1)	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,4-6	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	126 (1)	Aug 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	127	Aug 30 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
58	129 (1)	Aug 31	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-14	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	130	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	132 (1)	Sep 2	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
61	133	Sep 3	LAD		SFG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
62	134	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
63	136 (1)	Sep 6	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
64	137	Sep 7	LAD	@	STL	W,7-5	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
65	139 (1)	Sep 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-8	GF	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	PR 1B
66	140	Sep 11	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
67	146 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	44	9.1	6	0	1	7	0	1B
							78gm		513.1	239	17	5	261	18