Gene Larkin
Eugene Thomas Larkin
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 24, 1962 in Flushing, NY
School: Columbia University
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1987
Final Game: August 11, 1993
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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
1987 24 MIN AL 85 262 233 23 62 11 2 4 28 1 4 25 31 .266 .340 .382 .722 89 89 4 2 0 2 3 D3
1988 25 MIN AL 149 594 505 56 135 30 2 8 70 3 2 68 55 .267 .368 .382 .750 109 193 12 15 1 5 8 D3
1989 26 MIN AL 136 520 446 61 119 25 1 6 46 5 2 54 57 .267 .353 .368 .721 99 164 13 9 5 6 6 3D9/7
1990 27 MIN AL 119 457 401 46 108 26 4 5 42 5 3 42 55 .269 .343 .392 .734 100 157 6 5 5 4 2 9D3
1991 28 MIN AL 98 291 255 34 73 14 1 2 19 2 3 30 21 .286 .361 .373 .734 100 95 9 1 3 2 3 93/D45
1992 29 MIN AL 115 373 337 38 83 18 1 6 42 7 2 28 43 .246 .308 .359 .667 85 121 7 4 0 4 6 39/D
1993 30 MIN AL 56 173 144 17 38 7 1 1 19 0 1 21 16 .264 .357 .347 .704 91 50 5 2 2 4 3 93/7D5
7 Seasons 758 2670 2321 275 618 131 12 32 266 23 17 268 278 .266 .348 .374 .723 98 869 56 38 16 27 31
162 Game Avg. 162 571 496 59 132 28 3 7 57 5 4 57 59 .266 .348 .374 .723 98 186 12 8 3 6 7

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1987 24 MIN AL 262 181 30 4.4 108 .290 .266 .269 .340 .337 .382 .431 .722 .768 89 .447 -3.4 -0.3 .631 .210 .116 1.6
1988 25 MIN AL 594 390 75 5.2 97 .284 .267 .263 .368 .328 .382 .396 .750 .724 109 .570 9.5 1.0 .721 .251 .115 4.4
1989 26 MIN AL 520 353 60 4.5 99 .290 .267 .269 .353 .335 .368 .395 .721 .730 99 .522 1.4 0.1 .673 .229 .101 5.5
1990 27 MIN AL 457 311 56 4.8 100 .299 .269 .267 .343 .336 .392 .399 .734 .736 100 .543 0.6 0.1 .682 .232 .122 5.0
1991 28 MIN AL 291 199 33 4.5 101 .303 .286 .266 .361 .335 .373 .403 .734 .739 100 .492 0.9 0.1 .644 .200 .086 2.0
1992 29 MIN AL 373 267 38 3.8 97 .264 .246 .263 .308 .332 .359 .390 .667 .722 85 .437 -7.1 -0.7 .601 .211 .113 6.5
1993 30 MIN AL 173 118 19 4.3 103 .282 .264 .267 .357 .337 .347 .408 .704 .745 91 .449 -0.6 -0.1 .643 .222 .083 .0
7 Seasons 2670 1819 311 4.6 100 .288 .266 .266 .348 .334 .374 .401 .723 .734 98 .509 1.4 0.2 .665 .226 .108 26.8
162 Game Avg. 571 389 66 4.6 100 .288 .266 .266 .348 .334 .374 .401 .723 .734 98 .509 0 0 .665 .226 .108 6

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
1987 24 MIN AL ALCS DET W 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1987 24 MIN AL WS STL W 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 28 MIN AL ALCS TOR W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 28 MIN AL WS ATL W 4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 13 12 11 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .364 .697 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 4 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1987 24 MIN AL 262 1.5% 11.8% 9.5% 6.5% 27% 1.24 7.5 58.3 8.3 0.86 76%
1988 25 MIN AL 594 1.4% 9.3% 11.5% 6.7% 30% 0.81 9.2 63.1 7.2 0.63 0.84 75% 24% 3.7% 22%
1989 26 MIN AL 520 1.2% 11.0% 10.4% 6.2% 27% 1.06 7.8 74.3 9.7 0.84 1.10 75% 21% 3.2% 14%
1990 27 MIN AL 457 1.1% 12.0% 9.2% 7.7% 32% 1.31 7.3 80.2 9.5 0.67 0.85 75% 22% 2.8% 13%
1991 28 MIN AL 291 0.7% 7.2% 10.3% 5.8% 23% 0.70 12.1 127.5 13.4 0.75 1.05 80% 25% 1.7% 10%
1992 29 MIN AL 373 1.6% 11.5% 7.5% 6.7% 30% 1.54 7.8 56.2 8.0 0.56 0.67 78% 21% 3.8% 16%
1993 30 MIN AL 173 0.6% 9.3% 12.1% 5.2% 24% 0.76 9.0 144.0 7.6 0.83 1.20 76% 19% 1.6% 13%
7 Seasons 2670 1.2% 10.4% 10.0% 6.6% 28% 1.04 8.4 72.5 8.7 0.69 0.90 76% 22% 3.0% 16%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 24 MIN AL 4 0 22% 87 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 9 58% 16 5 10 5 2 2 3 1 2
1988 25 MIN AL 5 0 23% 230 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 21 45% 33 21 12 8 6 2 15 3 11
1989 26 MIN AL 6 0 31% 209 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 20 44% 32 24 8 8 5 3 15 2 13
1990 27 MIN AL 4 0 27% 174 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 14 49% 22 14 7 7 2 5 10 2 7
1991 28 MIN AL 4 0 31% 111 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 47% 17 13 4 2 0 2 13 4 9
1992 29 MIN AL 2 0 29% 108 7 2 78% 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 32% 17 12 5 2 1 1 12 7 4
1993 30 MIN AL 2 0 27% 75 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 32% 15 10 4 2 1 1 5 3 2
7 Seasons 27 0 27% 994 23 17 58% 23 14 0 2 0 1 3 2 33 81 44% 152 99 50 34 17 16 73 22 48
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1987 24 MIN AL 262 100% 62 16 4 0 3 1.80 4 0 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 47 4 9% 21 7 33% 178 24 13% 20 9 45% 21 6 29% 0
1988 25 MIN AL 594 100% 135 3 0 4 0 0 0 1.95 8 0 18 6 2 5 3 0 1 1 100% 116 12 10% 53 22 42% 435 66 15% 32 16 50% 50 16 32% 0
1989 26 MIN AL 520 100% 119 7 0 9 3 0 3 1.64 6 0 14 5 1 3 3 0 6 5 83% 104 13 13% 60 23 38% 357 40 11% 28 13 46% 38 16 42% 0
1990 27 MIN AL 457 100% 108 9 0 4 0 0 0 1.80 5 0 9 5 0 5 0 1 5 5 100% 92 6 7% 55 19 35% 300 38 13% 23 10 43% 29 10 34% 0
1991 28 MIN AL 291 100% 73 23 0 17 2 0 2 1.12 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 3 3 100% 58 9 16% 31 12 39% 177 18 10% 16 7 44% 18 7 39% 0
1992 29 MIN AL 373 100% 83 37 0 24 8 0 4 1.68 6 0 9 6 0 5 1 0 0 0 92 7 8% 43 11 26% 265 37 14% 26 11 42% 27 10 37% 0
1993 30 MIN AL 173 100% 38 4 0 14 4 0 1 1.67 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 36 5 14% 23 12 52% 121 18 15% 16 8 50% 13 6 46% 0
7 Seasons 2670 100% 618 83 0 88 21 0 13 1.61 32 0 69 27 5 19 13 1 17 16 94% 545 56 10% 286 106 37% 1833 241 13% 161 74 46% 196 71 36% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 25 MIN AL 594 2061 3.47 1197 58% 27% 10% 25% 38% 73% 3% 42% 86% 28% 8% 46 6 20% 120 54 9% 51 33 33% 0 2 0
1989 26 MIN AL 520 1886 3.63 1099 58% 29% 10% 25% 36% 71% 3% 42% 85% 26% 7% 38 2 18% 92 38 10% 53 33 32% 0 0 2
1990 27 MIN AL 457 1608 3.52 934 58% 24% 12% 25% 38% 75% 1% 44% 83% 29% 6% 28 2 18% 81 40 10% 47 31 35% 0 1 12
1991 28 MIN AL 291 1042 3.58 603 58% 25% 8% 27% 40% 75% 3% 43% 89% 30% 5% 16 3 19% 55 30 11% 31 18 24% 0 0 0
1992 29 MIN AL 373 1307 3.50 795 61% 20% 14% 28% 37% 80% 3% 49% 82% 31% 5% 19 5 17% 65 38 8% 28 19 19% 0 0 0
1993 30 MIN AL 173 572 3.31 340 59% 24% 9% 27% 39% 76% 4% 45% 87% 34% 7% 12 1 13% 22 6 7% 12 3 38% 0 0 1
6 Seasons 2408 8476 3.52 4968 59% 25% 11% 26% 38% 74% 3% 44% 85% 29% 7% 159 19 18% 435 206 9% 222 137 30% 0 3 15
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 24 85 262 233 23 62 11 2 4 28 1 4 25 31 .266 .340 .382 .722 89 89 4 2 0 2 3
1988 25 234 856 738 79 197 41 4 12 98 4 6 93 86 .267 .359 .382 .741 102 282 16 17 1 7 11
1989 26 370 1376 1184 140 316 66 5 18 144 9 8 147 143 .267 .357 .377 .734 101 446 29 26 6 13 17
1990 27 489 1833 1585 186 424 92 9 23 186 14 11 189 198 .268 .353 .380 .734 101 603 35 31 11 17 19
1991 28 587 2124 1840 220 497 106 10 25 205 16 14 219 219 .270 .355 .379 .734 101 698 44 32 14 19 22
1992 29 702 2497 2177 258 580 124 11 31 247 23 16 247 262 .266 .348 .376 .724 98 819 51 36 14 23 28
1993 30 758 2670 2321 275 618 131 12 32 266 23 17 268 278 .266 .348 .374 .723 98 869 56 38 16 27 31

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 24 85 258 230 22 59 10 2 4 26 1 24 31 .257 .329 .370 .699 28 85
1988 25 149 611 516 59 146 32 2 9 73 3 74 55 .283 .386 .405 .791 78 149
1989 26 136 526 453 63 126 26 1 6 47 5 57 57 .278 .367 .380 .747 62 136
1990 27 119 460 407 47 114 27 4 5 43 5 44 55 .280 .354 .403 .757 58 119
1991 28 98 288 255 35 73 14 1 2 19 2 30 21 .286 .361 .373 .734 34 98
1992 29 115 378 341 40 87 19 1 6 44 7 29 43 .255 .317 .370 .687 40 115
1993 30 56 173 145 17 39 7 1 1 19 0 22 16 .269 .364 .352 .716 19 56
7 Seasons 758 2694 2347 283 644 135 12 33 271 23 280 278 .274 .358 .384 .742 319 758
162 Game Avg. 162 576 502 60 138 29 3 7 58 5 60 59 .274 .358 .384 .742 68 758

* 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

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 AL--15--1st
1989 AL--9--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. David Segui (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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