Larry Hardy
Howard Lawrence Hardy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 10, 1948 in Goose Creek, TX
High School: Bellaire (Bellaire, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 23rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1974
Final Game: May 16, 1976
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 NL 0 0 13.50 3 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 8 6 4 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 18 26 3.750 27.0 10.1 6.8 10.1 1.50
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 45 2.031 14.1 0.8 4.2 4.2 1.00
3 Seasons 9 4 .692 5.29 94 1 37 0 0 5 126.0 171 83 74 14 56 16 70 0 0 5 592 66 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 66 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 72 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 45 2.031 14.1 0.8 4.2 4.2 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 94 592 517 83 171 27 3 14 18 4 56 70 .331 .393 .476 .869 .359 246 13 0 15 4 16
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 26 SDP NL 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
1 Season 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 26 SDP NL 76 75 25 9 3 6 2 4 33% 8 2 75 27 36% 8 1.059 22 13 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 0.313 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 0.553 4 0 11 5 0 10 6 9 9 4 9 4 4.3
3 Seasons 94 93 37 9 3 9 5 4 56% 12 3 86 33 38% 0.946 27 13 52 15 12 66 46 47 43 32 45 34 4.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 26 SDP NL 468 40% 1.9% 12.2% 9.4% 7.1% 26% 1.49 74% 103 10 10%
1975 27 SDP NL 18 11% 16.7% 16.7% 11.1% 16.7% 38% 4.00 56% 4 1 25%
1976 28 HOU NL 106 46% 1.9% 9.4% 9.4% 7.6% 24% 1.52 77% 23 2 9%
3 Seasons 592 40% 2.4% 11.8% 9.5% 7.4% 26% 1.52 74% 130 13 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 1 0 2 0
3 Seasons 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 4 0 10 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1974 26 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 76
1975 27 9 4 .692 4.92 79 1 26 0 0 2 104.1 137 64 57 12 46 14 60 0 0 4 486 72 1.754 11.8 1.0 4.0 5.2 1.30 72
1976 28 9 4 .692 5.29 94 1 37 0 0 5 126.0 171 83 74 14 56 16 70 0 0 5 592 66 1.802 12.2 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.25 66

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP 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 0 1.885 12.7 4.3 5.1 1.17 0.8 76
1975 27 0 0 22.50 2.0 9 6 5 3 2 2 0 5.500 40.5 9.0 9.0 1.00 13.5 3
1976 28 0 2 .000 9.95 19.0 38 23 21 2 11 9 0 2.579 18.0 5.2 4.3 0.82 0.9 15
3 Seasons 4 8 .333 6.46 117.0 182 93 84 14 59 65 0 2.060 14.0 5.0 1.10 1.1 94

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1974 NL  76 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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