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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 (519th)

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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  2. Preacher Roe (939)
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  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)
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  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
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  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
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  2. Tom Browning (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  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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