Larry Jansen
Lawrence Joseph Jansen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 16, 1920 in Verboort, OR
High School: Forest Grove (Forest Grove, WA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1947
Final Game: September 25, 1956
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 NYG NL 26 P 42 65 19 42 4 3 .938 1.45 .968 0.91 MVP-7,RoY-2
1948 NYG NL 27 P 42 77 20 56 1 7 .987 1.81 .962 0.91 MVP-28
1949 NYG NL 28 P 37 72 14 57 1 1 .986 1.92 .951 0.91
1950 NYG NL 29 P 40 76 30 45 1 7 .987 1.88 .961 0.97 AS,MVP-33
1951 NYG NL 30 P 39 84 29 54 1 3 .988 2.13 .961 0.96 AS,MVP-14
1952 NYG NL 31 P 34 50 9 38 3 5 .940 1.38 .954 0.98
1953 NYG NL 32 P 36 38 11 27 0 2 1.000 1.06 .955 0.87
1954 NYG NL 33 P 13 7 40.2 15 3 12 0 3 1.000 3.32 1.15 .960 2.08 0.87
1956 CIN NL 35 P 8 7 34.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.82 0.88 .971 2.05 0.82
9 Seasons P 291 14 75.1 484 138 335 11 31 .977 56.51 1.63 .960 2.07 0.92
9 Seasons TOT 291 14 75.1 484 138 335 11 31 .977 56.51 1.63 .937 2.07 0.92

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
1947 NYG NL 26 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 NYG NL 27 42 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 NYG NL 28 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYG NL 29 40 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYG NL 30 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYG NL 31 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 32 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 33 13 7 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CIN NL 35 8 7 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 291 14 291 291 291 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 33 150 83% 26% 11 100% 0 2 1 1 10 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1956 CIN NL 35 152 83% 25% 6 100% 0 3 1 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2 Seasons 302 83% 26% 17 100% 0 5 2 3 15 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 5 100%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 90% 82%

* 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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