Larry Herndon
Larry Darnell Herndon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 3, 1953 in Sunflower, MS
High School: Douglas (Memphis, TN)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1974
Final Game: October 2, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 STL NL 20 CF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1974 STL NL 20 OF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -160.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 2.00
1976 SFG NL 22 CF 110 77 746.2 240 224 8 8 4 .967 0.1 0.2 -2.9 -2.7 -0.2 3 2.80 2.11 .984 2.85 2.50
1976 SFG NL 22 OF 110 77 746.2 242 226 8 8 4 .967 0.1 0.2 -2.9 -2.7 -0.2 3 2.82 2.13 .979 2.34 2.03
1977 SFG NL 23 CF 44 25 250.1 94 88 2 4 0 .957 0.5 2.4 1.5 -0.5 2.0 -1 3.24 2.05 .986 2.73 2.34
1977 SFG NL 23 OF 44 25 250.1 93 87 2 4 0 .957 0.5 2.4 1.5 -0.5 2.0 -1 3.20 2.02 .978 2.26 1.93
1978 SFG NL 24 CF 149 121 1148.1 376 363 3 10 0 .973 3.6 3.8 3.6 5.3 -1.7 0 2.87 2.46 .983 2.80 2.29
1978 SFG NL 24 OF 149 121 1148.1 382 369 3 10 0 .974 3.6 3.8 3.6 5.3 -1.7 0 2.92 2.50 .980 2.31 1.94
1979 SFG NL 25 OF 122 81 804.0 214 196 10 8 2 .963 -1.7 -2.5 -4.7 -0.2 -4.5 3 2.31 1.69 .979 2.33 2.00
1979 SFG NL 25 CF 82 36 428.2 130 120 5 5 2 .962 -2.6 -7.3 -3.6 -0.6 -3.0 1 2.62 1.52 .986 2.82 2.43
1979 SFG NL 25 LF 39 34 291.1 71 63 5 3 1 .958 1.4 5.8 -0.6 0.3 -1.0 2 2.10 1.74 .970 2.01 1.58
1979 SFG NL 25 RF 13 11 84.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -7.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 0 1.39 1.00 .977 2.19 1.87
1980 SFG NL 26 OF 122 114 1031.1 266 247 8 11 1 .959 -2.1 -2.4 -2.1 -4.6 2.5 0 2.23 2.09 .980 2.31 1.98
1980 SFG NL 26 CF 58 42 425.0 139 133 1 5 0 .964 -6.2 -17.5 -3.2 -5.2 2.0 -3 2.84 2.31 .984 2.83 2.37
1980 SFG NL 26 LF 53 50 406.1 104 93 6 5 1 .952 2.6 7.7 0.6 0.6 0.0 2 2.19 1.87 .977 2.06 1.68
1980 SFG NL 26 RF 24 22 200.0 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 1.5 9.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1 1.84 1.71 .976 2.06 1.71
1981 SFG NL 27 OF 93 90 816.2 220 207 8 5 1 .977 4.0 5.9 3.0 3.4 -0.4 1 2.37 2.31 .980 2.33 2.02
1981 SFG NL 27 LF 83 78 709.1 194 182 7 5 0 .974 4.1 6.9 3.1 2.7 0.4 1 2.40 2.28 .975 2.12 1.79
1981 SFG NL 27 RF 11 8 68.0 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 3.5 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 1.99 1.36 .980 2.08 1.65
1981 SFG NL 27 CF 7 4 39.1 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -9.2 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 0 2.52 1.57 .982 2.79 2.53
1982 DET AL 28 LF 156 151 1348.0 348 331 11 6 2 .983 11.1 9.9 5.1 3.6 1.4 6 2.28 2.19 .981 2.29 1.91
1982 DET AL 28 OF 155 151 1348.0 345 328 11 6 3 .983 11.1 9.9 5.1 3.6 1.4 6 2.26 2.19 .982 2.47 2.15
1982 DET AL 28 DH 3
1983 DET AL 29 OF 133 129 1156.0 304 283 6 15 1 .951 0.7 0.7 4.7 -4.7 9.4 -4 2.25 2.17 .982 2.50 2.16
1983 DET AL 29 LF 132 128 1147.0 306 285 6 15 1 .951 0.6 0.6 4.6 -4.7 9.3 -4 2.28 2.20 .977 2.32 1.90
1983 DET AL 29 DH 19
1983 DET AL 29 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 13.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.20 1.80
1984 DET AL 30 LF 118 98 896.1 209 200 6 3 0 .986 -3.6 -4.8 -4.6 -6.7 2.1 1 2.07 1.75 .982 2.27 1.80
1984 DET AL 30 OF 117 98 896.1 209 199 7 3 0 .986 -3.6 -4.8 -4.6 -6.7 2.1 1 2.07 1.76 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 DET AL 30 DH 4
1985 DET AL 31 LF 136 110 1076.0 289 275 7 7 4 .976 11.4 12.7 11.4 2.0 9.4 0 2.36 2.07 .977 2.25 1.77
1985 DET AL 31 OF 136 110 1076.0 287 273 7 7 4 .976 11.4 12.7 11.4 2.0 9.4 0 2.34 2.06 .982 2.44 2.10
1986 DET AL 32 LF 83 71 630.2 162 158 2 2 0 .988 8.6 16.4 7.6 0.5 7.0 1 2.28 1.93 .977 2.24 1.77
1986 DET AL 32 OF 83 71 630.2 160 156 2 2 0 .988 8.6 16.4 7.6 0.5 7.0 1 2.25 1.90 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 DET AL 32 DH 18
1987 DET AL 33 OF 57 39 352.1 87 82 4 1 1 .989 0.4 1.4 1.4 0.4 1.0 -1 2.20 1.51 .979 2.31 2.00
1987 DET AL 33 LF 32 17 189.1 46 41 4 1 1 .978 0.7 4.4 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 1 2.14 1.41 .974 2.11 1.73
1987 DET AL 33 RF 26 22 163.0 41 41 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -2.2 1.7 -0.4 2.1 -2 2.26 1.58 .978 2.12 1.75
1987 DET AL 33 DH 23
1988 DET AL 34 DH 53
1988 DET AL 34 LF 15 10 80.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0 2.36 1.40 .976 2.26 1.85
1988 DET AL 34 OF 15 10 80.0 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0 2.36 1.40 .976 2.48 2.14
14 Seasons OF 1337 1116 10339.2 2831 2675 76 80 17 .972 32.8 3.8 23.8 -3.9 27.6 9 2.39 2.06 .981 2.39 2.06
10 Seasons LF 847 747 6774.1 1750 1649 54 47 10 .973 37.1 6.6 27.1 -0.6 27.5 10 2.26 2.01 .978 2.23 1.81
7 Seasons CF 451 305 3041.1 991 940 19 32 6 .968 -5.3 -2.1 -5.3 -3.3 -2.0 0 2.84 2.13 .984 2.81 2.39
6 Seasons DH 120
5 Seasons RF 75 64 524.0 111 109 2 0 1 1.000 1.0 2.3 2.0 0.0 2.1 -1 1.91 1.48 .977 2.10 1.74
14 Seasons TOT 1337 1116 10339.2 2831 2675 76 80 17 .972 32.8 3.8 23.8 -3.9 27.6 9 2.39 2.06 .952 2.39 2.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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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 13 121 0 20 4
1980 SFG NL 26 139 114 139 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 58 24 122 0 23 1
1981 SFG NL 27 96 90 96 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 7 11 93 0 5 0
1982 DET AL 28 157 152 157 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 156 0 0 156 1 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 0 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 0 31 1
1987 DET AL 33 89 57 89 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 26 57 18 29 1
1988 DET AL 34 76 56 76 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 46 20 0
14 Seasons 1537 1200 1537 1338 0 0 0 0 0 0 847 451 75 1338 84 186 46
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 18 15 1 12 3 1 10 4 1 3 0 1 7 7 0 50 29 58.0% 17 4 8.0% 1 1335 68% 79% 35% 175 38%
1980 SFG NL 26 5 0 5 0 3 6 0 4 0 1 23 17 0 10 1 1 9 5 1 5 2 0 9 8 1 56 33 58.9% 20 3 5.4% 3 1802 61% 80% 26% 218 45%
1981 SFG NL 27 5 0 5 0 2 7 0 3 1 2 36 28 0 31 9 2 16 8 0 4 1 0 18 18 0 105 64 61.0% 39 2 1.9% 5 3188 56% 79% 25% 396 48%
1982 DET AL 28 6 0 6 0 1 11 0 5 4 2 51 41 0 48 21 1 24 16 1 15 5 0 27 26 1 165 109 66.1% 53 3 1.8% 8 5910 52% 79% 26% 658 52%
1983 DET AL 29 15 0 14 1 6 6 0 3 1 1 43 32 1 35 12 0 22 7 0 9 2 1 18 16 0 127 69 54.3% 56 2 1.6% 4 4989 49% 78% 26% 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 13 13 0 26 16 61.5% 9 1 3.8% 5 3881 48% 77% 27% 214 94%
1985 DET AL 31 7 0 7 0 2 7 0 1 0 3 4 3 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 15 3 1 22 21 0 49 28 57.1% 19 2 4.1% 5 4644 50% 76% 27% 298 93%
1986 DET AL 32 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 25 22 0 18 5 0 12 6 2 9 3 0 8 8 0 72 44 61.1% 26 2 2.8% 0 2774 57% 76% 33% 324 49%
1987 DET AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 3 2 0 9 5 0 6 3 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 23 13 56.5% 8 2 8.7% 2 853 56% 75% 29% 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 1 1 0 9 5 55.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 340 58% 75% 39% 45 47%
10 Seasons 47 0 46 1 18 54 0 24 7 16 210 165 2 171 58 6 102 49 7 72 18 3 127 120 3 682 410 60.1% 251 21 3.1% 33 29716 53% 78% 28% 3003 56%
MLB Averages 58.2% 2.8% 57% 78% 27% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 37 24 0 35 11 3 4 1 0 12 4 0 30 21 3 118 61 51.7% 51 6 5.1% 2 3299 56% 81% 26% 422 54%
1977 SFG NL 23 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 13 2 1 4 3 0 5 0 0 5 2 0 30 9 30.0% 20 1 3.3% 1 1122 64% 77% 25% 158 57%
1978 SFG NL 24 10 1 9 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 42 27 0 31 3 1 12 7 0 17 0 0 32 28 0 134 65 48.5% 68 1 0.7% 2 4987 64% 80% 28% 629 58%
1979 SFG NL 25 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 15 10 0 24 6 1 5 3 0 8 3 0 7 7 0 59 29 49.2% 29 1 1.7% 4 1985 68% 77% 31% 220 55%
1980 SFG NL 26 5 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25 13 0 19 1 0 2 2 0 7 0 0 14 13 0 67 29 43.3% 38 0 0.0% 1 1941 61% 80% 24% 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% 0 170 60% 79% 26% 23 48%
7 Seasons 32 1 30 1 4 19 0 8 1 6 123 76 0 122 23 6 27 16 0 50 7 0 89 72 3 411 194 47.2% 208 9 2.2% 10 13523 62% 79% 27% 1712 56%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.2% 57% 78% 27% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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% 0 376 65% 70% 27% 26 50%
1980 SFG NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 18 11 61.1% 6 1 5.6% 0 855 63% 79% 26% 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% 1 304 59% 78% 27% 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 34 41% 59% 21% 2 50%
1987 DET AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 2 1 0 13 4 30.8% 9 0 0.0% 0 741 58% 74% 32% 63 65%
5 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 23 14 1 4 2 0 6 4 0 7 0 0 9 7 0 49 27 55.1% 21 1 2.0% 1 2310 61% 76% 28% 196 56%
MLB Averages 43.2% 3.0% 57% 78% 27% 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 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.

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