Norm Larker
Norman Howard John Larker
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 27, 1930 in Beaver Meadows, PA
High School: Hazleton (Hazleton, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: September 28, 1963
Died: March 12, 2007 in Long Beach, CA
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 LAD NL 27 OF 43 43 327.0 65 61 3 1 0 .985 1.4 5.1 0.4 -0.3 0.7 1 1.76 1.49 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 LAD NL 27 LF 41 41 311.0 62 58 3 1 0 .984 2.0 7.7 1.0 0.3 0.7 1 1.77 1.49 .974 2.00 1.54
1958 LAD NL 27 1B 25 22 186.1 196 178 14 4 18 .980 -1.1 -7.1 -1.1 0.3 -1.4 0 9.27 7.68 .990 9.54 8.11
1958 LAD NL 27 RF 2 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -45.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 1.69 1.50 .967 2.02 1.75
1959 LAD NL 28 1B 55 50 456.1 503 456 42 5 53 .990 -0.7 -1.8 -0.7 -2.1 1.4 0 9.82 9.05 .988 9.58 8.04
1959 LAD NL 28 OF 30 30 220.0 41 35 6 0 0 1.000 3.6 19.6 2.6 1.1 1.5 1 1.68 1.37 .976 2.21 1.90
1959 LAD NL 28 LF 23 23 179.0 39 34 5 0 0 1.000 2.6 17.4 2.6 1.1 1.5 0 1.96 1.70 .969 2.04 1.59
1959 LAD NL 28 RF 7 7 41.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.0 29.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 1.32 0.86 .983 1.95 1.64
1960 LAD NL 29 1B 119 112 933.2 1001 914 80 7 81 .993 5.2 6.7 4.2 1.7 2.5 1 9.58 8.35 .990 9.57 8.20 AS,MVP-15
1960 LAD NL 29 LF 2 1 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0 2.57 1.00 .950 1.93 1.55 AS,MVP-15
1960 LAD NL 29 OF 2 1 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 17.1 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0 3.86 1.50 .967 2.19 1.90 AS,MVP-15
1961 LAD NL 30 1B 86 79 633.0 644 589 52 3 68 .995 1.4 2.7 1.4 2.6 -1.2 0 9.11 7.45 .990 9.82 8.57
1961 LAD NL 30 OF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.90
1961 LAD NL 30 RF 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -96.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.60
1962 HOU NL 31 1B 135 130 1144.1 1262 1148 103 11 103 .991 -6.2 -6.5 -6.2 -0.8 -5.4 0 9.84 9.27 .990 7.86 7.41
1962 HOU NL 31 LF 6 5 36.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.3 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 1 1.25 0.83 .960 1.80 1.37
1962 HOU NL 31 OF 6 5 36.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -3.3 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 1 1.25 0.83 .980 2.08 1.78
1963 TOT NL 32 1B 53 36 334.2 384 344 35 5 26 .987 1.6 5.7 1.6 0.7 0.9 0 10.19 7.15 .989 9.81 8.36
1963 MLN NL 32 1B 42 35 310.2 356 320 33 3 23 .992 2.2 8.5 2.2 1.7 0.5 0 10.23 8.40 .989 9.81 8.36
1963 SFG NL 32 1B 11 1 24.0 28 24 2 2 3 .929 -0.6 -30.0 -0.6 -1.0 0.4 0 9.75 2.36 .989 9.82 8.36
6 Seasons 1B 473 429 3688.1 3990 3629 326 35 349 .991 0.2 0.1 -0.8 2.4 -3.2 1 9.65 8.36 .990 9.11 8.04
5 Seasons OF 82 79 595.0 114 104 9 1 0 .991 4.6 9.3 1.6 0.0 1.6 3 1.71 1.38 .978 2.23 1.92
4 Seasons LF 72 70 533.0 108 99 8 1 0 .991 4.6 10.4 2.6 1.0 1.6 2 1.81 1.49 .971 2.00 1.54
3 Seasons RF 10 9 62.0 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -0.0 -0.0 -1.0 -1.0 0.0 1 1.31 0.90 .978 1.97 1.66
6 Seasons TOT 555 508 4283.1 4104 3733 335 36 349 .991 4.8 1.3 0.8 2.4 -1.6 3 1 8.55 7.33 .981 8.15 7.13
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1958 LAD NL 27 99 65 99 99 0 0 25 0 0 0 41 0 2 43 33 1
1959 LAD NL 28 108 80 108 108 0 0 55 0 0 0 23 0 7 30 26 0
1960 LAD NL 29 133 113 133 133 0 0 119 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 20 0
1961 LAD NL 30 97 79 97 97 0 0 86 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0
1962 HOU NL 31 147 135 147 147 0 0 135 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 12 0
1963 MLN NL 32 64 35 64 64 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1963 SFG NL 32 19 1 19 19 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
6 Seasons 667 508 667 667 0 0 473 0 0 0 72 0 10 82 141 1
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 LAD NL 27 833 65% 77% 30% 43 93% 0 183 9 174 1 18 13 11 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 2 18 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1959 LAD NL 28 2041 64% 74% 30% 106 92% 2 453 20 431 2 38 43 31 8 1 2 5 0 3 2 2 53 4 0 0 51 5 2 0 2 13 100%
1960 LAD NL 29 4016 64% 71% 29% 200 93% 1 919 28 869 22 87 78 45 25 0 4 7 2 4 1 5 84 6 2 0 72 8 12 1 11 16 81%
1961 LAD NL 30 2734 66% 72% 29% 141 93% 1 589 36 547 7 54 50 26 16 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 70 2 2 0 63 4 7 1 5 20 90%
1962 HOU NL 31 5076 57% 76% 27% 278 95% 5 1135 81 1037 21 91 105 62 26 2 6 11 4 6 1 6 107 5 1 2 101 8 6 2 3 24 88%
1963 MLN NL 32 1351 63% 75% 28% 77 95% 0 319 19 296 4 26 30 19 8 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 23 1 0 0 22 1 1 0 1 5 100%
1963 SFG NL 32 98 65% 86% 33% 6 83% 0 25 0 26 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 16149 62% 74% 28% 851 94% 9 3623 193 3380 57 317 321 196 85 3 15 35 10 18 7 19 358 18 5 2 329 26 28 4 22 82 90%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 93% 85%

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%
1958 LAD NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 17 12 0 15 8 1 12 7 0 2 2 0 6 6 0 52 35 67.3% 16 1 1.9% 2 1408 67% 76% 39% 177 34%
1959 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 1 0 8 6 0 6 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 21 10 47.6% 11 0 0.0% 5 773 64% 71% 38% 80 49%
1960 LAD NL 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 32 72% 81% 28% 5 40%
1962 HOU NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 166 52% 73% 27% 14 36%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 5 1 2 27 20 0 22 8 1 16 9 0 4 3 0 10 10 0 79 50 63.3% 28 1 1.3% 7 2379 65% 74% 38% 276 38%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.3% 61% 78% 28% 48%

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%
1958 LAD NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 80 89% 71% 39% 5 60%
1959 LAD NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 0 1 33.3% 0 171 66% 70% 35% 11 55%
1961 LAD NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 25 76% 76% 32% 2 0%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 3 1 14.3% 0 276 74% 71% 36% 18 50%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 61% 78% 28% 53%

* 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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