Lary Sorensen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 4, 1955 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

High School: L'Anse Creuse HS (Mount Clemens, MI)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 7, 1977 (Age 21-246d, 13,892nd in major league history)
vs. BAL 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1988 (Age 32-356d)
vs. LAD 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Lary Alan Sorensen

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

103

ERA

4.15

346

235

1736.1

569

WHIP

1.360

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-18 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	61	3	Apr 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(0-1)	99	8.0	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	2.25	4.73	29	14	8	2	0	6	61			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.149	1.32	0.15%	2.12	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
2	62	6	Apr 13	MIL		BAL	W,9-3	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.65	4.26	36	15	9	0	2	8	61			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.166	1.46	0.17%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
3	63	10	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.08	4.27	33	16	8	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.483	1.94	0.58%	4.00	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
4	64	15	Apr 22(2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-7	GS-4	L(2-2)	3	3.0	9	4	4	0	0	2	0	3.10	5.01	14	2	3	0	0	9	25			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.80	-0.214	1.25	-0.20%	-2.47	1b start tie	4b --- 0 out d4
5	65	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-5	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	8.2	13	5	4	1	3	0	0	3.35	4.40	40	14	11	1	0	11	42			0	0	0	39	2	0	1	1	0	1	.91	0.018	1.22	0.02%	-0.73	1b start a 1	9b 12- 2 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	66	23	May 1	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-3)	3	8.0	8	3	3	0	2	1	1	3.35	4.37	32	12	9	1	0	8	56			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.033	1.15	-0.04%	1.20	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
7	67	28	May 6	MIL		TOR	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-3)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.80	4.09	30	13	10	1	0	4	80			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.451	1.44	0.46%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	68	32	May 11	MIL	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.54	3.97	30	13	8	4	0	5	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.329	1.49	0.37%	3.86	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
9	69	37	May 17	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-8	GS-4	L(5-4)	5	3.0	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.11	3.93	17	7	1	0	0	7	25			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.455	1.71	-0.40%	-3.84	1b start a 2	4b 1-3 0 out tie
10	70	42	May 22	MIL		CAL	W,7-1	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.85	3.72	32	13	9	2	0	5	76			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.219	.70	0.15%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
11	71	47	May 27	MIL		OAK	L,1-2	CG	L(6-5)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	2	1	0	2.66	3.79	34	15	8	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.19	0.149	1.79	0.13%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	72	52	Jun 1	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS-8	W(7-5)	4	7.0	11	4	3	2	1	1	0	2.75	3.90	30	8	9	3	1	10	40			2	2	2	26	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.06	-0.033	1.56	-0.03%	-0.26	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a1
13	73	57	Jun 6	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	7	3	3	1	4	2	0	2.77	4.00	34	13	9	1	0	7	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.399	2.14	0.37%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	74	61	Jun 12	MIL	@	TEX	L,6-7	GS-9	L(8-6)	5	8.0	10	7	5	1	0	2	1	2.98	4.20	37	16	10	0	0	9	37			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	3	1.47	-0.342	1.31	-0.18%	-1.88	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a1
15	75	66	Jun 17	MIL		KCR	W,5-3	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	10	3	3	0	3	2	0	2.98	4.26	38	18	8	1	5	9	58			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.09	0.357	.92	0.18%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	76	71	Jun 23	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-8	GS-5	L(9-7)	5	4.0	8	8	7	1	2	3	0	3.40	4.52	22	8	3	0	0	8	17			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.331	.79	-0.21%	-5.86	1b start tie	5b --- 0 out d7
17	77	76	Jun 29	MIL		SEA	L,2-3	CG	L(9-8)	5	9.0	10	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.38	4.55	39	20	7	1	0	10	53			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.36	0.019	1.45	0.01%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	78	81	Jul 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(10-8)	5	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.16	4.43	28	11	10	2	0	2	84			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	3	0	0	.95	0.500	.98	0.31%	4.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
19	79	87	Jul 9	MIL	@	TOR	L,1-7	GS-6	L(10-9)	3	5.2	7	6	6	1	0	3	0	3.41	4.65	25	13	4	1	0	7	30			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.44	-0.229	.36	-0.11%	-3.19	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d5
20	80	92	Jul 15	MIL		CLE	W,10-4	GS-8	W(11-9)	5	8.0	6	3	3	2	1	2	0	3.40	4.75	31	11	11	0	0	6	57			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	0	.31	0.122	.31	0.07%	1.20	1t start tie	8t 3 out a7
21	81	98	Jul 23	MIL	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-6	L(11-10)	7	5.2	5	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.57	4.78	24	10	6	0	0	5	38			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.106	1.80	-0.10%	-0.37	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out a1
22	82	103	Jul 28	MIL		NYY	W,9-2	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.48	4.69	37	12	12	1	0	7	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.061	.84	0.04%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	83	107	Aug 1	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(12-11)	3	4.1	10	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.60	4.61	20	1	6	2	1	10	30			1	1	1	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	.76	-0.231	.90	-0.17%	-2.31	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d4
24	84	111	Aug 5(1)	MIL		BOS	L,2-7	GS-5	L(12-12)	3	4.2	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	3.76	4.65	22	7	5	2	0	7	29			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.351	.28	-0.05%	-2.62	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d3
25	85	116	Aug 10	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.2	10	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.82	4.72	29	8	8	1	0	10	39			1	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	-0.172	.24	-0.02%	-0.23	1b start tie	7b --- 2 out tie
26	86	121	Aug 16	MIL		TEX	W,4-1	CG	W(13-12)	5	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.69	4.61	35	7	13	2	0	8	70			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.368	.18	0.04%	3.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
27	87	126	Aug 21(1)	MIL		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9	W(14-12)	4	8.0	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.63	4.60	30	10	14	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.132	.60	0.04%	1.57	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a1
28	88	132	Aug 27	MIL	@	KCR	L,9-10	GS-2		5	1.2	7	5	4	1	1	0	0	3.78	4.59	13	2	2	0	0	7	23			1	0	0	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.330	.50	-0.15%	-4.45	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	89	137	Sep 1	MIL	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG(5)	L(14-13)	4	4.2	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.87	4.60	22	6	6	1	0	9	31			4	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.241	.27	-0.03%	-1.49	1b start tie	5b --- 2 out d1
30	90	142	Sep 8	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS-8		6	7.1	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.82	4.53	27	10	9	2	0	5	61			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.335	.02	0.00%	2.84	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a2
31	91	147	Sep 14	MIL		CAL	L,7-8	GS-7		5	6.1	6	4	3	4	1	0	1	3.83	4.54	29	12	5	1	0	6	44			0	0	0	24	1	1	2	1	0	1	1.25	-0.097	.00	0.00%	-0.61	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d1
32	92	152	Sep 19	MIL	@	SEA	W,12-1	CG	W(15-13)	4	9.0	7	1	0	3	5	0	0	3.68	4.46	36	11	10	0	0	7	73			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.184	.00	0.00%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a11
33	93	156	Sep 25	MIL		SEA	W,7-6	GS-2		5	1.0	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	3.86	4.45	9	1	2	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-4.40	1t start tie	2t --3 0 out d4
34	94	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-5	GS-5	L(15-14)	4	4.2	6	5	5	2	2	0	1	3.98	4.44	23	6	6	1	0	6	32			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.165	.00	0.00%	-2.73	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d5
							16-18		W-L:15-14	4.3	235.1	250	113	104	42	63	30	4	3.98	4.44	967	1.37		5%	1%	244	50		---%	11	6	4	910	28	3	3	25	3	10	.96	0.779	.95	1.38%	12.30

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