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
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1947 26 NYG NL 21 5 .808 3.16 42 30 5 20 1 1 248.0 241 102 87 23 57 104 1 1 2 985 129 1.202 8.7 0.8 2.1 3.8 1.82 MVP-7,RoY-2
1948 27 NYG NL 18 12 .600 3.61 42 36 4 15 4 2 277.0 283 125 111 25 54 126 3 0 0 1137 110 1.217 9.2 0.8 1.8 4.1 2.33 MVP-28
1949 28 NYG NL 15 16 .484 3.85 37 35 0 17 3 0 259.2 271 130 111 36 62 113 2 0 4 1101 104 1.282 9.4 1.2 2.1 3.9 1.82
1950 29 NYG NL 19 13 .594 3.01 40 35 4 21 5 3 275.0 238 106 92 31 55 161 1 0 0 1093 136 1.065 7.8 1.0 1.8 5.3 2.93 AS,MVP-33
1951 30 NYG NL 23 11 .676 3.04 39 34 5 18 3 0 278.2 254 102 94 26 56 145 3 0 3 1133 129 1.112 8.2 0.8 1.8 4.7 2.59 AS,MVP-14
1952 31 NYG NL 11 11 .500 4.09 34 27 5 8 1 2 167.1 183 91 76 16 47 74 6 0 0 716 91 1.375 9.8 0.9 2.5 4.0 1.57
1953 32 NYG NL 11 16 .407 4.14 36 26 3 6 0 1 184.2 185 96 85 24 55 88 2 0 1 786 104 1.300 9.0 1.2 2.7 4.3 1.60
1954 33 NYG NL 2 2 .500 5.98 13 7 3 0 0 0 40.2 57 32 27 5 15 15 1 0 0 189 68 1.770 12.6 1.1 3.3 3.3 1.00
1956 35 CIN NL 2 3 .400 5.19 8 7 1 2 0 1 34.2 39 20 20 5 9 1 16 1 0 0 151 76 1.385 10.1 1.3 2.3 4.2 1.78
9 Seasons 122 89 .578 3.58 291 237 30 107 17 10 1765.2 1751 804 703 191 410 1 842 20 1 10 7291 112 1.224 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.05
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .578 3.58 37 31 4 14 2 1 227 226 104 91 25 53 108 3 0 1 939 112 1.224 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.05
NYG (8 yrs) 120 86 .583 3.55 283 230 29 105 17 9 1731.0 1712 784 683 186 401 826 19 1 10 7140 113 1.221 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.06
CIN (1 yr) 2 3 .400 5.19 8 7 1 2 0 1 34.2 39 20 20 5 9 1 16 1 0 0 151 76 1.385 10.1 1.3 2.3 4.2 1.78

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1951 30 NYG NL WS L NYY 0 2 .000 6.30 3 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 7 2 4 1 6 0 0 0 41 1.200 7.2 1.8 3.6 5.4 1.50
1 WS 0 2 .000 6.30 3 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 8 7 7 2 4 1 6 0 0 0 41 1.200 7.2 1.8 3.6 5.4 1.50

All-Star Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1950 NYG NL 29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 16 0.200 1.8 0.0 0.0 10.8
1951 NYG NL 30

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1954 33 NYG NL 13 191 171 32 57 7 2 5 2 0 15 15 .333 .384 .485 .870 .338 83 6 1 1 3
1956 35 CIN NL 8 151 139 20 39 9 0 5 0 0 9 16 .281 .327 .453 .780 .286 63 2 1 1 1 1
2 Seasons 21 342 310 52 96 16 2 10 2 0 24 31 .310 .359 .471 .830 .315 146 8 2 2 4 1
162 Game Avg. 41 664 602 101 187 31 4 19 4 0 47 60 .310 .359 .471 .830 .315 284 16 4 4 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1954 33 NYG NL 13 7 1 1 5 0 0 2 5 .286 0 4 0 0 1 14% 37 49 28 3 2 3 4 4.5 3.4 3.7
1956 35 CIN NL 8 7 2 3 2 0 1 4 3 .571 0 1 2 0 3 43% 47 70 28 4 0 0 7 6.1 7.6 4.8
2 Seasons 21 14 3 4 7 0 1 6 8 .429 0 5 2 0 4 29% 42 70 28 7 2 3 11 5.3 6.2 4.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1954 33 NYG NL 13 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 9 1.064 2 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 0 7.5
1956 35 CIN NL 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 9 0.953 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
2 Seasons 21 7 4 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 2 1 50% 1.008 2 3 1 2 1 4 2 5 4 1 4 0 6.9

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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%
1947 26 NYG NL
1948 27 NYG NL
1949 28 NYG NL
1950 29 NYG NL
1951 30 NYG NL
1952 31 NYG NL
1953 32 NYG NL
1954 33 NYG NL 191 39% 2.6% 7.9% 7.9% 7.3% 25% 1.13 81% 31 6 19%
1956 35 CIN NL 151 35% 3.3% 10.6% 6.0% 9.3% 36% 0.89 79% 29 2 7%
9 Seasons 342 37% 55.9% 246.2% 119.9% 8.2% 2% 1.00 80% 60 8 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1947 26 NYG NL 241 23 2
1948 27 NYG NL 283 25 0
1949 28 NYG NL 271 36 4
1950 29 NYG NL 238 31 0
1951 30 NYG NL 254 26 3
1952 31 NYG NL 183 16 0
1953 32 NYG NL 185 24 1
1954 33 NYG NL 147 57 5 1 4 3 2 2 3 7 6 0 86% 2 0 1 65 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44
1956 35 CIN NL 151 39 5 0 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 0 100% 1 0 1 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 Seasons 298 1751 191 1 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 0 89% 3 10 2 125 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 44
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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+
1947 26 21 5 .808 3.16 42 30 5 20 1 1 248.0 241 102 87 23 57 104 1 1 2 985 129 1.202 8.7 0.8 2.1 3.8 1.82 129
1948 27 39 17 .696 3.39 84 66 9 35 5 3 525.0 524 227 198 48 111 230 4 1 2 2122 118 1.210 9.0 0.8 1.9 3.9 2.07 118
1949 28 54 33 .621 3.54 121 101 9 52 8 3 784.2 795 357 309 84 173 343 6 1 6 3223 113 1.234 9.1 1.0 2.0 3.9 1.98 113
1950 29 73 46 .613 3.41 161 136 13 73 13 6 1059.2 1033 463 401 115 228 504 7 1 6 4316 118 1.190 8.8 1.0 1.9 4.3 2.21 118
1951 30 96 57 .627 3.33 200 170 18 91 16 6 1338.1 1287 565 495 141 284 649 10 1 9 5449 120 1.174 8.7 0.9 1.9 4.4 2.29 120
1952 31 107 68 .611 3.41 234 197 23 99 17 8 1505.2 1470 656 571 157 331 723 16 1 9 6165 116 1.196 8.8 0.9 2.0 4.3 2.18 116
1953 32 118 84 .584 3.49 270 223 26 105 17 9 1690.1 1655 752 656 181 386 811 18 1 10 6951 115 1.207 8.8 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.10 115
1954 33 120 86 .583 3.55 283 230 29 105 17 9 1731.0 1712 784 683 186 401 826 19 1 10 7140 113 1.221 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.06 113
1955 34 120 86 .583 3.55 283 230 29 105 17 9 1731.0 1712 784 683 186 401 826 19 1 10 7140 113 1.221 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.06 113
1956 35 122 89 .578 3.58 291 237 30 107 17 10 1765.2 1751 804 703 191 410 1 842 20 1 10 7291 112 1.224 8.9 1.0 2.1 4.3 2.05 112

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1947 26 15 11 .577 3.27 242.0 244 98 88 23 58 101 1 1.248 9.1 2.2 3.8 1.74 0.9 42
1948 27 16 14 .533 3.72 278.0 295 128 115 26 56 126 3 1.263 9.6 1.8 4.1 2.25 0.8 42
1949 28 15 14 .517 3.85 264.0 283 126 113 38 65 115 2 1.318 9.6 2.2 3.9 1.77 1.3 37
1950 29 20 11 .645 2.96 280.0 245 102 92 32 57 164 1 1.079 7.9 1.8 5.3 2.88 1.0 40
1951 30 19 12 .613 3.12 283.0 267 109 98 27 59 147 3 1.152 8.5 1.9 4.7 2.49 0.9 39
1952 31 8 10 .444 4.58 165.0 197 93 84 17 51 73 6 1.503 10.7 2.8 4.0 1.43 0.9 34
1953 32 11 10 .524 3.84 190.0 187 90 81 24 56 91 2 1.279 8.9 2.7 4.3 1.63 1.1 36
1954 33 1 3 .250 5.93 41.0 59 30 27 5 16 15 1 1.829 13.0 3.5 3.3 0.94 1.1 13
1956 35 1 2 .333 5.00 36.0 41 22 20 5 9 17 1 1.389 10.3 2.3 4.3 1.89 1.3 8
9 Seasons 106 87 .549 3.63 1779.0 1818 798 718 197 427 849 20 1.262 9.2 4.3 1.99 1.0 291

* 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

All-Star Games
1950 *
1951

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1947-NL-7-27%
1948-NL-28-1%
1950-NL-33-1%
1951-NL-14-8%
0.37 Career Shares (514th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1947 NL--3.157--9th
1950 NL--3.011--3rd
1951 NL--3.036--5th

Wins s c a p y
1947 NL--21--2nd
1948 NL--18--3rd
1949 NL--15--8th
1950 NL--19--4th
1951 NL--23--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL--.808--1st
1948 NL--.600--10th
1951 NL--.676--4th
Career--.578--187th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1947 NL--1.202--5th
1948 NL--1.217--5th
1949 NL--1.282--9th
1950 NL--1.066--1st
1951 NL--1.112--3rd
1953 NL--1.300--8th
Career--1.224--189th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1950 NL--7.789--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL--2.069--1st
1948 NL--1.755--2nd
1949 NL--2.149--4th
1950 NL--1.800--2nd
1951 NL--1.809--2nd
1952 NL--2.528--10th
Career--2.090--115th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL--4.094--9th
1950 NL--5.269--5th
1951 NL--4.683--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1948 NL--42--9th

Saves s c a p y
1950 NL--3--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1947 NL--248.0--5th
1948 NL--277.0--2nd
1949 NL--259.7--3rd
1950 NL--275.0--5th
1951 NL--278.7--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1947 NL--104--8th
1948 NL--126--4th
1949 NL--113--3rd
1950 NL--161--3rd
1951 NL--145--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1947 NL--30--9th
1948 NL--36--2nd
1949 NL--35--5th
1950 NL--35--5th
1951 NL--34--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
1947 NL--20--4th
1948 NL--15--6th
1949 NL--17--4th
1950 NL--21--4th
1951 NL--18--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1948 NL--4--2nd
1949 NL--3--8th
1950 NL--5--1st
1951 NL--3--7th

Home Runs s c a p y
1947 NL--23--1st
1948 NL--25--2nd
1949 NL--36--1st
1950 NL--31--4th
1951 NL--26--5th
1953 NL--24--10th
Career--191--216th

Hits s c a p y
1947 NL--241--4th
1948 NL--283--2nd
1949 NL--271--4th
1951 NL--254--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1947 NL--1.825--2nd
1948 NL--2.333--3rd
1949 NL--1.823--6th
1950 NL--2.927--1st
1951 NL--2.589--1st
Career--2.054--229th

Losses s c a p y
1949 NL--16--5th
1953 NL--16--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1947 NL--87--8th
1948 NL--111--2nd
1949 NL--111--2nd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 NL--6--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1947 NL--985--6th
1948 NL--1137--2nd
1949 NL--1101--3rd
1950 NL--1093--9th
1951 NL--1133--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 NL--129--9th
1950 NL--136--4th
1951 NL--129--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 78 (152), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (305), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Dick Donovan (955)
  2. Preacher Roe (939)
  3. Hank Borowy (939)
  4. Matt Morris (937)
  5. Steve Blass (936)
  6. Tom Browning (935)
  7. Denny McLain (933)
  8. Bryn Smith (933)
  9. Bill Lee (933)
  10. Bruce Kison (932)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Pat Jarvis (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Steve Comer (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Paul Dean (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ed Figueroa (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Schoolboy Rowe (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lew Burdette (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pat Malone (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Schoolboy Rowe (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dick Donovan (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Larry Jansen    

Viewed 34,801 times through November 15, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Lawrence Joseph Larry lary Jansen

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.