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Larry Herndon

Larry Darnell Herndon

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 3, 1953 in Sunflower, MS
High School: Douglas HS (Memphis, TN)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1974
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Giants/Cardinals 1974-1988

Final Game: October 2, 1988
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 STL NL 20 CF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -160 3.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.80
1974 STL NL 20 OF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -160 3.00 1.00 .980 2.40 2.30
1976 SFG NL 22 CF 110 77 72 746.2 240 224 8 8 4 .967 0 0 2.80 2.11 .984 2.85 2.84
1976 SFG NL 22 OF 110 77 72 746.2 242 226 8 8 4 .967 0 0 2.82 2.13 .979 2.34 2.33
1977 SFG NL 23 CF 44 25 23 250.1 94 88 2 4 0 .957 0 2 3.24 2.05 .986 2.73 2.74
1977 SFG NL 23 OF 44 25 23 250.1 93 87 2 4 0 .957 0 2 3.20 2.02 .978 2.26 2.26
1978 SFG NL 24 CF 149 121 115 1148.1 376 363 3 10 0 .973 4 4 2.87 2.46 .983 2.80 2.77
1978 SFG NL 24 OF 149 121 115 1148.1 382 369 3 10 0 .974 4 4 2.92 2.50 .980 2.31 2.29
1979 SFG NL 25 OF 122 81 62 804.0 214 196 10 8 2 .963 -2 -3 2.31 1.69 .979 2.33 2.32
1979 SFG NL 25 CF 82 36 33 428.2 130 120 5 5 2 .962 -3 -7 2.62 1.52 .986 2.82 2.81
1979 SFG NL 25 LF 39 34 24 291.1 71 63 5 3 1 .958 1 6 2.10 1.74 .970 2.01 2.00
1979 SFG NL 25 RF 13 11 5 84.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -7 1.39 1.00 .979 2.18 2.18
1980 SFG NL 26 OF 122 114 89 1031.1 266 247 8 11 1 .959 -2 -2 2.23 2.09 .980 2.31 2.31
1980 SFG NL 26 CF 58 42 38 425.0 139 133 1 5 0 .964 -6 -18 2.84 2.31 .984 2.83 2.83
1980 SFG NL 26 LF 53 50 32 406.1 104 93 6 5 1 .952 3 8 2.19 1.87 .976 2.06 2.06
1980 SFG NL 26 RF 24 22 19 200.0 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 2 9 1.84 1.71 .977 2.06 2.06
1981 SFG NL 27 OF 93 90 82 816.2 220 207 8 5 1 .977 4 6 2.37 2.31 .980 2.33 2.34
1981 SFG NL 27 LF 83 78 72 709.1 194 182 7 5 0 .974 4 7 2.40 2.28 .975 2.12 2.13
1981 SFG NL 27 RF 11 8 7 68.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0 4 1.99 1.36 .978 2.08 2.08
1981 SFG NL 27 CF 7 4 3 39.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -9 2.52 1.57 .987 2.79 2.81
1982 DET AL 28 LF 156 151 146 1348.0 348 331 11 6 2 .983 11 10 2.28 2.19 .981 2.29 2.28
1982 DET AL 28 OF 155 151 146 1348.0 345 328 11 6 3 .983 11 10 2.26 2.19 .982 2.47 2.46
1982 DET AL 28 DH 2 1
1983 DET AL 29 OF 133 129 124 1156.0 304 283 6 15 1 .951 1 1 2.25 2.17 .981 2.50 2.48
1983 DET AL 29 LF 132 128 123 1147.0 306 285 6 15 1 .951 1 1 2.28 2.20 .977 2.32 2.30
1983 DET AL 29 DH 19 19
1983 DET AL 29 RF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 1.00 1.00 .980 2.20 2.20
1984 DET AL 30 LF 118 98 75 896.1 209 200 6 3 0 .986 -4 -5 2.07 1.75 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 DET AL 30 OF 117 98 75 896.1 209 199 7 3 0 .986 -4 -5 2.07 1.76 .983 2.51 2.49
1984 DET AL 30 DH 4 0
1985 DET AL 31 LF 136 110 107 1076.0 289 275 7 7 4 .976 11 13 2.36 2.07 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 DET AL 31 OF 136 110 107 1076.0 287 273 7 7 4 .976 11 13 2.34 2.06 .982 2.44 2.42
1986 DET AL 32 LF 83 71 58 630.2 162 158 2 2 0 .988 9 16 2.28 1.93 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 DET AL 32 OF 83 71 58 630.2 160 156 2 2 0 .988 9 16 2.25 1.90 .980 2.39 2.37
1986 DET AL 32 DH 18 0
1987 DET AL 33 OF 57 39 19 352.1 87 82 4 1 1 .989 0 1 2.20 1.51 .980 2.31 2.29
1987 DET AL 33 LF 32 17 14 189.1 46 41 4 1 1 .978 1 4 2.14 1.41 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 DET AL 33 RF 26 22 5 163.0 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.26 1.58 .979 2.12 2.10
1987 DET AL 33 DH 23 18
1988 DET AL 34 DH 53 46
1988 DET AL 34 LF 15 10 2 80.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2.36 1.40 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 DET AL 34 OF 15 10 2 80.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2.36 1.40 .979 2.48 2.45
14 Seasons OF 1337 1116 974 10339.2 2831 2675 76 80 17 .972 33 4 2.39 2.06 .981 2.39 2.38
10 Seasons LF 847 747 653 6774.1 1750 1649 54 47 10 .973 37 7 2.26 2.01 .978 2.23 2.22
7 Seasons CF 451 305 284 3041.1 991 940 19 32 6 .968 -5 -2 2.84 2.13 .984 2.81 2.80
5 Seasons RF 75 64 37 524.0 111 109 2 0 1 1.000 1 2 1.91 1.48 .978 2.10 2.10
14 Seasons TOT 1337 1116 974 10339.2 2831 2675 76 80 17 .972 33 4 2.39 2.06 .981 2.39 2.38
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1974 STL NL 20 CF -0 -160 -0 -0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 22 CF 0 0 -3 -0 -3 3
1977 SFG NL 23 CF 0 2 2 2 -0 -1
1978 SFG NL 24 CF 4 4 4 -2 5 0
1979 SFG NL 25 CF -3 -7 -4 -3 -1 1
1979 SFG NL 25 LF 1 6 -1 -1 0 2
1979 SFG NL 25 RF -0 -7 -0 -0 0 0
1980 SFG NL 26 CF -6 -18 -3 2 -5 -3
1980 SFG NL 26 LF 3 8 1 0 1 2
1980 SFG NL 26 RF 2 9 0 0 0 1
1981 SFG NL 27 LF 4 7 3 0 3 1
1981 SFG NL 27 RF 0 4 0 -0 0 0
1981 SFG NL 27 CF -0 -9 -0 -1 0 0
1982 DET AL 28 LF 11 10 5 1 4 6
1983 DET AL 29 LF 1 1 5 9 -5 -4
1983 DET AL 29 RF 0 13 0 0 0 0
1984 DET AL 30 LF -4 -5 -5 2 -7 1
1985 DET AL 31 LF 11 13 11 9 2 0
1986 DET AL 32 LF 9 16 8 7 0 1
1987 DET AL 33 LF 1 4 -0 -1 1 1
1987 DET AL 33 RF -0 -2 2 2 -0 -2
1988 DET AL 34 LF 0 3 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons LF 37 7 27 27 -1 10
7 Seasons CF -5 -2 -5 -2 -3 0
5 Seasons RF 1 2 2 2 0 -1
14 Seasons TOT 33 4 24 28 -4 9
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 STL NL 20 12 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 11
1976 SFG NL 22 115 77 115 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 110 0 7 8
1977 SFG NL 23 49 25 49 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 44 0 5 11
1978 SFG NL 24 151 121 151 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 0 4 5
1979 SFG NL 25 132 81 132 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 82 13 134 0 20 4
1980 SFG NL 26 139 114 139 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 58 24 135 0 23 1
1981 SFG NL 27 96 90 96 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 7 11 101 0 5 0
1982 DET AL 28 157 152 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 2 3 1
1983 DET AL 29 153 148 153 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 1 133 19 5 0
1984 DET AL 30 125 98 125 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 0 0 118 4 27 0
1985 DET AL 31 137 110 137 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 136 0 7 3
1986 DET AL 32 106 71 106 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 0 0 83 18 31 1
1987 DET AL 33 89 57 89 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 26 58 23 29 1
1988 DET AL 34 76 56 76 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 53 20 0
14 Seasons 1537 1200 1537 1338 0 0 0 0 0 0 847 451 75 1373 119 186 46
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 SFG NL 25 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 1 1 3 24 20 1 12 3 1 10 4 1 3 0 1 7 7 0 56 34 60.7% 18 4 7.1% 1 1272 71% 83% 37% 175 38%
1980 SFG NL 26 5 0 5 0 3 6 0 4 0 1 29 22 0 10 1 1 9 5 1 5 2 0 10 9 1 63 39 61.9% 21 3 4.8% 3 1715 65% 84% 27% 218 45%
1981 SFG NL 27 5 0 5 0 2 7 0 3 1 2 50 39 1 31 9 2 16 8 0 4 1 0 19 18 0 120 75 62.5% 42 3 2.5% 4 3018 59% 83% 26% 396 48%
1982 DET AL 28 6 0 6 0 1 11 0 5 4 2 68 52 0 48 21 1 24 16 1 15 5 0 29 27 2 184 121 65.8% 59 4 2.2% 7 5691 54% 82% 27% 658 52%
1983 DET AL 29 15 0 14 1 6 6 0 3 1 1 60 46 1 35 12 0 22 7 0 9 2 1 21 18 0 147 85 57.8% 60 2 1.4% 4 4805 51% 81% 27% 584 49%
1984 DET AL 30 3 0 3 0 3 6 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9 1 0 14 14 0 27 17 63.0% 9 1 3.7% 5 3758 49% 79% 28% 214 94%
1985 DET AL 31 7 0 7 0 2 7 0 1 0 3 6 4 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 15 3 1 27 25 0 56 33 58.9% 21 2 3.6% 5 4489 51% 79% 28% 298 93%
1986 DET AL 32 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 31 27 0 18 5 0 12 6 2 9 3 0 10 9 0 80 50 62.5% 28 2 2.5% 0 2674 59% 79% 34% 324 49%
1987 DET AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 7 3 0 9 5 0 6 3 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 27 14 51.9% 11 2 7.4% 2 818 58% 78% 31% 91 48%
1988 DET AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 332 60% 77% 40% 45 47%
10 Seasons 47 0 46 1 18 54 0 24 7 16 282 218 3 171 58 6 102 49 7 72 18 3 143 131 4 770 474 61.6% 273 23 3.0% 31 28572 55% 81% 29% 3003 56%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.9% 60% 82% 29% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 STL NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 19 63% 68% 26% 3 33%
1976 SFG NL 22 8 0 7 1 0 8 0 4 0 3 47 29 0 35 11 3 4 1 0 12 4 0 35 24 3 133 69 51.9% 58 6 4.5% 2 3175 58% 84% 27% 421 54%
1977 SFG NL 23 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 10 5 1 13 2 1 4 3 0 5 0 0 6 2 0 38 12 31.6% 24 2 5.3% 0 1079 67% 80% 26% 158 57%
1978 SFG NL 24 10 1 9 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 50 32 0 31 3 1 12 7 0 17 0 0 38 32 0 148 74 50.0% 73 1 0.7% 2 4782 67% 83% 30% 629 58%
1979 SFG NL 25 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 22 14 0 24 6 1 5 3 0 8 3 0 9 7 0 68 33 48.5% 34 1 1.5% 4 1897 71% 81% 32% 220 55%
1980 SFG NL 26 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 34 18 1 19 1 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 18 15 0 80 36 45.0% 43 1 1.3% 0 1854 64% 84% 25% 257 52%
1981 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 163 63% 83% 28% 23 48%
7 Seasons 32 1 30 1 4 19 0 8 1 6 164 98 2 122 23 6 27 16 0 50 7 0 107 81 3 470 225 47.9% 234 11 2.3% 8 12969 65% 83% 28% 1711 56%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.4% 60% 82% 29% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1979 SFG NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 358 68% 74% 29% 26 50%
1980 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 6 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 19 11 57.9% 7 1 5.3% 0 821 65% 83% 27% 75 55%
1981 SFG NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 7 70.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 292 62% 81% 28% 30 47%
1983 DET AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 44% 63% 22% 2 50%
1987 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 17 4 23.5% 13 0 0.0% 0 709 61% 78% 33% 63 65%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 25 14 1 4 2 0 6 4 0 7 0 0 12 7 0 54 27 50.0% 26 1 1.9% 1 2212 64% 79% 29% 196 56%
MLB Averages 41.9% 3.0% 60% 82% 29% 55%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  156 (3rd)
1984 AL  118 (5th)
1985 AL  136 (3rd)
Career  847 (84th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  182 (4th)
1982 AL  331 (3rd)
1983 AL  285 (5th)
1985 AL  275 (2nd)
Career  1,649 (73rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 AL  11 (4th)
Career  54 (82nd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  5 (4th)
1983 AL  15 (1st)
1985 AL  7 (5th)
Career  47 (62nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 NL  110 (5th)
1978 NL  149 (4th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1978 NL  363 (5th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (4th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (1st)
1977 NL  4 (5th)
1978 NL  10 (1st)
1979 NL  5 (5th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1976 NL  8 (5th)
1978 NL  10 (4th)
1980 NL  11 (1st)
1983 AL  15 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  4 (2nd)
1982 AL  11 (4th)
1985 AL  11 (1st)
1986 AL  9 (3rd)
Career  37 (24th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1981 NL  2.40 (3rd)
1985 AL  2.36 (5th)
Career  2.26 (17th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  2.28 (1st)
1985 AL  2.07 (5th)
Career  2.01 (68th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1986 AL  .988 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.87 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1985 AL  11 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1978 NL  2.92 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1974 NL  born 1953-11-03 (9th)

                                         

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