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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 Batting

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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
1958 27 LAD NL 99 291 253 32 70 16 5 4 29 1 1 29 21 .277 .352 .427 .779 102 108 8 3 1 5 0 73/9
1959 28 LAD NL 108 351 311 37 90 14 1 8 49 0 1 26 25 .289 .344 .418 .762 97 130 12 2 8 4 1 37/9
1960 29 LAD NL 133 493 440 56 142 26 3 5 78 1 0 36 24 .323 .368 .430 .798 113 189 9 1 7 9 2 *3/7 AS,MVP-15
1961 30 LAD NL 97 312 282 29 76 16 1 5 38 0 0 24 22 .270 .326 .387 .712 83 109 11 1 2 3 7 3/9
1962 31 HOU NL 147 590 506 58 133 19 5 9 63 1 1 70 47 .263 .358 .374 .732 104 189 10 7 4 3 7 *3/7
1963 32 TOT NL 83 192 161 15 27 6 0 1 14 0 2 26 26 .168 .288 .224 .512 51 36 3 2 1 2 2 3
1963 32 MLN NL 64 176 147 15 26 6 0 1 14 0 2 24 24 .177 .297 .238 .535 57 35 2 2 1 2 2 3
1963 32 SFG NL 19 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -22 1 1 0 0 0 0 3
6 Seasons 667 2229 1953 227 538 97 15 32 271 3 5 211 165 .275 .347 .390 .736 97 761 53 16 23 26 19
162 Game Avg. 162 541 474 55 131 24 4 8 66 1 1 51 40 .275 .347 .390 .736 97 185 13 4 6 6 5
LAD (4 yrs) 437 1447 1286 154 378 72 10 22 194 2 2 115 92 .294 .350 .417 .767 100 536 40 7 18 21 10
SFG (1 yr) 19 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .071 .188 .071 .259 -22 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLN (1 yr) 64 176 147 15 26 6 0 1 14 0 2 24 24 .177 .297 .238 .535 57 35 2 2 1 2 2
HOU (1 yr) 147 590 506 58 133 19 5 9 63 1 1 70 47 .263 .358 .374 .732 104 189 10 7 4 3 7

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
1959 28 LAD NL WS CHW W 6 18 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .188 .278 .188 .465 3 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 6 18 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .188 .278 .188 .465 3 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1960-1 *
1960-2 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 NL (15, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1960 NL  .323 (2nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1960 NL  .368 (8th)

Doubles s c a p y
1960 NL  26 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1962 NL  70 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1960 NL  .635 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 NL  7 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1959 NL  8 (10th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1960 NL  9 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1960 NL  18.3 (2nd)
1962 NL  10.8 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 8 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1201), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Al Woods (958)
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  3. Red Ruffing (950) *
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  5. Bob Seeds (948)
  6. Bob Boyd (947)
  7. Gene Larkin (946)
  8. Ray Sanders (945)
  9. Johnny McCarthy (944)
  10. Tim Jordan (944)
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  5. Al Woods (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Sent from Hazleton (North Atlantic) to the Brooklyn Dodgers in an unknown transaction.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1961 expansion draft.

November 30, 1962: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's to the Milwaukee Braves for Jim Bolger, Connie Grob and Don Nottebart.

August 8, 1963: Purchased by the San Francisco Giants from the Milwaukee Braves.

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