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Larry Hardy

Howard Lawrence Hardy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 10, 1948 in Goose Creek, TX
High School: Bellaire HS (Bellaire, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 23rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1974
Teams (by GP): Padres/Astros 1974-1976

Final Game: May 16, 1976
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Standard Batting

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
1974 26 SDP NL 76 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 27 SDP NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1976 28 HOU NL 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 Yrs 94 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .077 .000 .077 -76 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 22 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .000 .077 .000 .077 -76 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (2 yrs) 79 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1974 26 SDP NL 76 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1975 27 SDP NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1976 28 HOU NL 15 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
3 Seasons 94 13 -3 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
SDP (2 yrs) 79 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
HOU (1 yr) 15 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1974 26 SDP NL 11 10 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .091 .328 .000 .371 .091 .698 -72 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .100 .100 .000
1976 28 HOU NL 2 2 0 0.0 84 .000 .000 .252 .000 .317 .000 .359 .000 .676 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
3 Yrs 13 12 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .077 .326 .000 .369 .077 .695 -76 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .083 .083 .000
162 Game Avg. 22 21 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .077 .326 .000 .369 .077 .695 -76 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .083 .083 .000
SDP (2 yrs) 11 10 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .091 .328 .000 .371 .091 .698 -72 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .100 .100 .000
HOU (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 84 .000 .000 .252 .000 .317 .000 .359 .000 .676 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 26 SDP NL 11 0.0% 63.6% 9.1% 0.0% 7.00 1.4 2.00 27%
1976 28 HOU NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
3 Yrs 13 0.0% 53.9% 7.7% 0.0% 7.00 1.7 1.50 38%
MLB Averages 1.7% 12.9% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.48 6.9 52.1 8.9 1.08 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 26 SDP NL -2.3 -0.2 11 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .82 -0.2 -0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.81 -2.1 0
1975 27 SDP NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 28 HOU NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .21 -0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.77 -0.5 0
3 Yrs -2.8 -0.3 13 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .73 -0.3 -0.0 -2.1 -0.2 0.80 -2.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 26 SDP NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 26 SDP NL 11 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 HOU NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 13 23% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 34% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 26 76 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 27 79 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 94 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .077 .000 .077 -76 0 0 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 26 76 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 76
1976 28 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
2 Yrs 91 13 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 91
162 Game Avg. 162 23 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 91

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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