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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 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
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

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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1947 26 NYG NL 42 98 86 6 16 2 0 0 7 0 3 13 .186 .213 .209 .423 12 18 4 0 9 1 MVP-7,RoY-2
1948 27 NYG NL 42 106 95 4 13 3 0 0 7 0 4 22 .137 .172 .168 .340 -8 16 2 0 7 1 MVP-28
1949 28 NYG NL 37 107 97 2 16 3 1 0 4 0 4 18 .165 .198 .216 .415 11 21 1 0 6 1
1950 29 NYG NL 40 108 96 6 16 2 0 1 13 0 3 26 .167 .192 .219 .411 7 21 1 0 9 1 AS,MVP-33
1951 30 NYG NL 39 115 96 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 33 .094 .155 .094 .249 -32 9 2 0 12 1 AS,MVP-14
1952 31 NYG NL 34 62 45 7 8 1 0 0 9 0 0 11 13 .178 .339 .200 .539 52 9 0 0 6 1
1953 32 NYG NL 36 69 60 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 21 .133 .212 .133 .345 -8 8 0 0 3 1
1954 33 NYG NL 13 14 14 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .357 .643 66 5 0 0 0 0 1
1956 35 CIN NL 8 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 1 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 291 691 600 37 90 12 1 1 48 0 0 39 157 .150 .202 .178 .380 2 107 11 0 52 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 385 334 21 50 7 1 1 27 0 22 87 .150 .202 .178 .380 2 60 6 0 29
NYG (8 yrs) 283 679 589 36 90 12 1 1 48 0 0 38 150 .153 .204 .182 .386 3 107 10 0 52 0
CIN (1 yr) 8 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .000 .083 .000 .083 -75 0 1 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 30 NYG NL WS NYY L 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 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

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1950 NL--9--9th
1951 NL--12--7th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (234), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 113 (176), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 43 (304), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Steve Blass (936)
  6. Tom Browning (935)
  7. Denny McLain (933)
  8. Bryn Smith (933)
  9. Bill Lee (933)
  10. Bruce Kison (932)
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  7. Pat Malone (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  3. Ramon Martinez (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bob Welch (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

July 23, 1940: Granted Free Agency.

October 1, 1946: Purchased by the New York Giants from San Francisco (PCL). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 12, 1954: Released by the New York Giants.

Before 1956 Season: Obtained by the Cincinnati Redlegs from Seattle (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement.

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