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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 Pitching

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	SDP-min	A,A-	3	9	.250	4.05	12	12		8	1	0	91.0	102	54	41	3	22	1	77	2	1	3			1.363	10.1	0.3	2.2	7.6	3.50	LOD,TRI · CALL,NORW
1971	23	SDP-min	A	7	10	.412	3.53	44	2					97.0	98	45	38	10	36								1.381	9.1	0.9	3.3			LOD · CALL
1972	24	SDP-min	AA	7	7	.500	1.36	46	0		0	0	16	86.0	68	18	13	0	33	6	61	2	0	5			1.174	7.1	0.0	3.5	6.4	1.85	ALX · TL
1973	25	SDP-min	AAA	6	5	.545	3.60	36	6		2	0	5	115.0	109	52	46	12	36	4	65	1	0	8			1.261	8.5	0.9	2.8	5.1	1.81	HAW · PCL
1974	26	SDP-min	AAA	0	2	.000	4.50	3	1		0	0	0	12.0	15	6	6	1	10	0	13	0	0	3			2.083	11.2	0.8	7.5	9.8	1.30	HAW · PCL
1974	26	SDP	NL	9	4	.692	4.69	76	1	25	0	0	2	101.2	129	58	53	9	44	14	57	0	0	4	468	76	1.702	11.4	0.8	3.9	5.0	1.30
1975	27	SDP-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.62	37	1		1	0	5	87.0	84	39	35	8	30	2	66	3	0	4			1.310	8.7	0.8	3.1	6.8	2.20	HAW · PCL
1975	27	SDP	NL	0	0		13.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	8	6	4	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	18	30	3.750	27.0	10.1	6.8	10.1	1.50
1976	28	HOU-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.15	29	0		0	0	5	52.0	55	38	24	6	18	4	30	0	0	5			1.404	9.5	1.0	3.1	5.2	1.67	MEM · IL
1976	28	HOU	NL	0	0		7.06	15	0	11	0	0	3	21.2	34	19	17	2	10	2	10	0	0	1	106	46	2.031	14.1	0.8	4.2	4.2	1.00
1977	29	HOU-min	AAA	2	5	.286	6.28	32	1		0	0	3	43.0	58	33	30	2	19	4	23	1	0	2			1.791	12.1	0.4	4.0	4.8	1.21	CHL · IL
1978	30	HOU-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.76	28	0		0	0	8	46.0	41	11	9	1	9	6	24	0	0	4			1.087	8.0	0.2	1.8	4.7	2.67	CHL · IL
1979	31	HOU-min	AAA	2	5	.286	3.00	34	0		0	0	6	45.0	40	18	15	2	19	1	22	1	0	5			1.311	8.0	0.4	3.8	4.4	1.16	CHL · IL
3 Yrs				9	4	.692	5.29	94	1	37	0	0	5	126.0	171	83	74	14	56	16	70	0	0	5	592	67	1.802	12.2	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.25
162 Game Avg.				6	3	.692	5.29	67	1	26	0	0	4	90	122	59	53	10	40	11	50	0	0	4	424	67	1.802	12.2	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.25

SDP (2 yrs)				9	4	.692	4.92	79	1	26	0	0	2	104.1	137	64	57	12	46	14	60	0	0	4	486	73	1.754	11.8	1.0	4.0	5.2	1.30
HOU (1 yr)				0	0		7.06	15	0	11	0	0	3	21.2	34	19	17	2	10	2	10	0	0	1	106	46	2.031	14.1	0.8	4.2	4.2	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1974	26	SDP	NL	101.2	76	1	58	5.13	4.17	-0.60	-0.32	99.7	4.44	-8	-0.9	1.2	-0.2	-0.3	1	.488	.494	$
1975	27	SDP	NL	2.2	3	0	6	20.25	4.32	-0.28	-0.35	102.4	4.36	-5	-0.5	.8	0.1	-0.4	-4	.349	.497	$
1976	28	HOU	NL	21.2	15	0	19	7.89	4.03	-0.04	-0.33	86.4	3.24	-11	-1.2	.7	0.1	-0.9	-9	.420	.493	$
3 Seasons				126.0	94	1	83	5.93	4.15	-0.49	-0.32	97.5	4.23	-25	-2.6	1.1	-0.0	-1.6	-12	.473	.495	$

SDP (2 yrs)				104.1	79	1	64	5.52	4.18	-0.59	-0.32	99.8	4.43	-13	-1.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.7	-3	.483	.496	$
HOU (1 yr)				21.2	15	0	19	7.89	4.03	-0.04	-0.33	86.4	3.24	-11	-1.2	.7	0.1	-0.9	-9	.420	.493	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1974	26	SDP	NL	76	468	407	58	129	22	2	9	12	3	44	57	.317	.380	.447	.827	.348	182	10	0	13	4	14	6
1975	27	SDP	NL	3	18	16	6	8	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.500	.556	1.063	1.618	.500	17	1	0	0	0	0	0
1976	28	HOU	NL	15	106	94	19	34	5	1	2	6	1	10	10	.362	.423	.500	.923	.390	47	2	0	2	0	2	1
3 Yrs				94	592	517	83	171	27	3	14	18	4	56	70	.331	.393	.476	.869	.359	246	13	0	15	4	16	7
162 Game Avg.				67	424	370	59	122	19	2	10	13	3	40	50	.331	.393	.476	.869	.359	176	9	0	11	3	11	5
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.368	.692	.281

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	26	SDP	NL	-11.7	-1.2	490	-0.8	7.3	-8.1	1.00	-1.7	0.9	-16.2	-1.7	1.00	-20.3	22	12	39
1975	27	SDP	NL	-3.6	-0.4	18	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.29	-0.4	-0.5	-6.6	-0.6	0.29	-6.7	1	0	2
1976	28	HOU	NL	-9.9	-1.0	113	0.2	1.0	-0.9	.48	-0.9	1.3	-12.8	-1.4	0.48	-11.5	4	0	11
3 Yrs				-25.2	-2.6	621	-0.9	8.4	-9.3	.88	-3.0	2.0	-35.6	-3.7	0.88	-38.4	27	12	52

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1974	26	SDP	NL	76	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	23.0	23	23	30	8	1	0	3.0	2.3	3.3
1 Yr				76	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	23	23	23	30	8	1	0	3.0	2.3	3.3
MLB Averages													.500						55%	52	106	-5					4.1	4.1	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1974	26	SDP	NL	76	75	25	9	3	6	2	4	33%	8	2	75	27	36%	8	.997	22	12	39	10	11	54	39	36	33	27	35	30	3.9
1975	27	SDP	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	5	.293	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	2.7
1976	28	HOU	NL	15	15	11	0	0	3	3	0	100%	4	1	9	4	44%	8	.476	4	0	11	5	0	10	6	9	9	4	9	4	4.3
3 Yrs				94	93	37	9	3	9	5	4	56%	12	3	86	33	38%		.882	27	12	52	15	12	66	46	47	43	32	45	34	4.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	26	SDP	NL	468	60%	1.9%	12.2%	9.4%	7.1%	26%	1.49	74%	103	10	10%
1975	27	SDP	NL	18	89%	16.7%	16.7%	11.1%	16.7%	38%	4.00	56%	4	1	25%
1976	28	HOU	NL	106	54%	1.9%	9.4%	9.4%	7.6%	24%	1.52	77%	23	2	9%
3 Yrs				592	60%	2.4%	11.8%	9.5%	7.4%	26%	1.52	74%	130	13	10%
MLB Averages					45%	1.7%	12.9%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.08	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1974	26	SDP	NL	468	129			9	0	25	5	4	3	6	31	17	5	55%	6	4	0	219	12	3	80%	11	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
1975	27	SDP	NL	18	8			3	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	28	HOU	NL	106	34			2	0	2	1	1	1	1	11	7	1	64%	1	1	0	54	6	1	86%	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				592	171			14	0	27	9	5	5	9	42	24	6	57%	7	5	0	282	18	4	82%	15	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		51%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1974	26	9	4	.692	4.69	76	1	25	2	101.2	129	58	53	9	44	14	57	4	468	76	1.702	11.4	0.8	3.9	5.0	1.30	76
1975	27	9	4	.692	4.92	79	1	26	2	104.1	137	64	57	12	46	14	60	4	486	73	1.754	11.8	1.0	4.0	5.2	1.30	73
1976	28	9	4	.692	5.29	94	1	37	5	126.0	171	83	74	14	56	16	70	5	592	67	1.802	12.2	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.25	67

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1974	26	4	6	.400	5.44	96.0	135	64	58	9	46	54	1.885	12.7	4.3	5.1	1.17	0.8	76
1975	27	0	0		12.00	3.0	8	4	4	3	2	3	3.333	24.0	6.0	9.0	1.50	9.0	3
1976	28	0	2	.000	9.47	19.0	37	22	20	2	11	9	2.526	17.5	5.2	4.3	0.82	0.9	15
3 Yrs		4	8	.333	6.25	118.0	180	90	82	14	59	66	2.025	13.7		5.0	1.12	1.1	94

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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