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 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
1987 MIN AL 24 DH 40
1987 MIN AL 24 1B 26 18 178.0 177 165 10 2 12 .989 -1.0 -6.7 -2.0 -0.7 -1.3 1 8.85 6.73 .992 9.58 8.50
1988 MIN AL 25 DH 86
1988 MIN AL 25 1B 60 56 496.0 497 466 28 3 46 .994 0.7 1.7 0.7 0.8 -0.1 0 8.96 8.23 .992 9.57 8.41
1989 MIN AL 26 1B 67 57 494.1 495 463 28 4 45 .992 -3.3 -8.0 -3.3 -2.6 -0.7 0 8.94 7.33 .993 9.79 8.35
1989 MIN AL 26 DH 41
1989 MIN AL 26 OF 32 28 226.0 61 61 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -12.7 -2.4 -2.2 -0.2 0 2.43 1.91 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 MIN AL 26 RF 31 28 225.0 60 60 0 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -12.8 -2.4 -2.2 -0.2 0 2.40 1.94 .978 2.33 1.90
1989 MIN AL 26 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1990 MIN AL 27 OF 47 44 370.0 82 77 5 0 1 1.000 -14.0 -45.4 -13.0 -3.2 -9.8 -1 1.99 1.74 .980 2.39 2.04
1990 MIN AL 27 RF 47 44 370.0 82 78 4 0 1 1.000 -14.0 -45.4 -13.0 -3.2 -9.8 -1 1.99 1.74 .978 2.23 1.81
1990 MIN AL 27 DH 43
1990 MIN AL 27 1B 28 26 227.0 237 222 13 2 28 .992 -4.6 -24.3 -4.6 -1.9 -2.7 0 9.32 8.39 .992 9.63 8.36
1991 MIN AL 28 RF 48 40 312.2 62 59 1 2 1 .968 1.5 5.8 2.5 -0.5 3.0 -1 1.73 1.25 .981 2.19 1.76
1991 MIN AL 28 OF 47 40 312.2 62 59 1 2 1 .968 1.5 5.8 2.5 -0.5 3.0 -1 1.73 1.28 .984 2.37 2.03
1991 MIN AL 28 1B 39 24 241.0 301 281 19 1 22 .997 1.7 8.5 1.7 0.9 0.8 0 11.20 7.69 .992 9.75 8.30
1991 MIN AL 28 DH 4
1991 MIN AL 28 2B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
1991 MIN AL 28 3B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -720.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1992 MIN AL 29 1B 55 48 431.2 490 456 30 4 49 .992 1.2 3.3 1.2 -0.1 1.3 0 10.13 8.84 .993 9.68 8.36
1992 MIN AL 29 OF 43 34 286.0 59 53 5 1 1 .983 -0.8 -3.4 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 0 1.83 1.35 .983 2.47 2.17
1992 MIN AL 29 RF 43 34 286.0 59 53 5 1 1 .983 -0.8 -3.4 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 0 1.83 1.35 .981 2.23 1.87
1992 MIN AL 29 DH 4
1993 MIN AL 30 OF 28 22 185.0 34 33 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 1.65 1.21 .982 2.41 2.09
1993 MIN AL 30 RF 25 18 152.0 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 2.4 0.3 -0.5 0.8 0 1.54 1.04 .977 2.23 1.85
1993 MIN AL 30 1B 18 12 114.2 131 123 6 2 10 .985 -2.0 -20.9 -2.0 -1.1 -0.9 0 10.12 7.17 .993 9.58 8.24
1993 MIN AL 30 LF 4 4 33.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -10.9 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 2.18 2.00 .988 2.24 1.85
1993 MIN AL 30 DH 3
1993 MIN AL 30 3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
7 Seasons 1B 293 241 2182.2 2328 2176 134 18 212 .992 -7.3 -4.0 -8.3 -4.7 -3.6 1 9.53 7.88 .992 9.67 8.36
7 Seasons DH 221
5 Seasons OF 197 168 1379.2 298 283 12 3 4 .990 -15.7 -13.7 -13.7 -7.1 -6.6 -2 1.92 1.50 .982 2.41 2.09
5 Seasons RF 194 164 1345.2 289 275 11 3 4 .990 -15.4 -13.7 -13.4 -7.4 -6.0 -2 1.91 1.47 .979 2.24 1.83
2 Seasons LF 5 4 34.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -10.6 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 0 2.12 1.60 .988 2.22 1.84
2 Seasons 3B 3 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -180.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1 Season 2B 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
7 Seasons TOT 494 409 3565.1 2626 2459 146 21 216 .992 -23.4 -7.9 -22.4 -11.8 -10.6 -2 1 6.58 5.27 .983 6.85 5.82
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
1987 MIN AL 24 85 57 85 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 20 0
1988 MIN AL 25 149 141 149 60 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 7 0
1989 MIN AL 26 136 124 136 91 0 0 67 0 0 0 1 0 31 32 39 11 0
1990 MIN AL 27 119 112 119 71 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 47 47 42 7 0
1991 MIN AL 28 98 66 98 81 0 0 39 1 1 0 0 0 48 48 2 24 1
1992 MIN AL 29 115 86 115 94 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 43 43 4 26 0
1993 MIN AL 30 56 37 56 45 0 0 18 0 2 0 4 0 25 28 3 16 1
7 Seasons 758 623 758 468 0 0 293 1 3 0 5 0 194 198 214 111 2
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%
1987 MIN AL 24 829 51% 77% 24% 40 98% 0 164 15 146 2 14 9 5 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 12 3 0 0 10 3 2 1 1 1 100%
1988 MIN AL 25 2126 58% 80% 28% 123 96% 0 467 46 414 8 47 30 19 6 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 46 2 0 0 44 2 2 0 2 8 88%
1989 MIN AL 26 2261 61% 79% 28% 111 94% 1 462 37 419 5 46 29 15 5 2 1 4 1 3 0 3 45 1 2 0 40 4 5 1 4 8 88%
1990 MIN AL 27 1022 59% 81% 30% 58 93% 0 222 20 198 3 24 13 10 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 28 0 0 0 25 0 3 0 3 5 100%
1991 MIN AL 28 1042 52% 81% 35% 72 90% 1 284 16 263 5 32 19 11 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 22 0 0 0 17 0 5 1 4 4 75%
1992 MIN AL 29 1891 58% 76% 31% 105 89% 1 456 33 418 5 41 30 15 3 1 2 4 1 3 0 2 49 0 0 0 45 1 4 1 3 10 80%
1993 MIN AL 30 527 51% 77% 32% 26 96% 0 121 14 108 0 6 6 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 100%
7 Seasons 9698 57% 79% 29% 535 93% 3 2176 181 1966 28 210 136 80 21 3 12 18 6 12 0 11 212 6 2 0 191 10 21 4 17 37 86%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 93% 85%

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%
1989 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 7 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 20 10 50.0% 10 0 0.0% 0 979 73% 78% 42% 104 58%
1990 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 21 12 1 20 5 0 8 4 0 5 3 1 10 3 0 64 27 42.2% 35 2 3.1% 2 1690 65% 77% 41% 183 45%
1991 MIN AL 28 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 7 4 0 32 14 43.8% 18 0 0.0% 1 1357 55% 77% 38% 107 55%
1992 MIN AL 29 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 7 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 0 18 7 38.9% 11 0 0.0% 5 1229 60% 78% 39% 90 63%
1993 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 6 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 19 9 47.4% 9 1 5.3% 0 694 50% 79% 43% 60 42%
5 Seasons 3 0 2 1 2 11 0 4 1 2 50 33 1 46 12 0 17 9 0 16 3 2 24 10 0 153 67 43.8% 83 3 2.0% 8 5949 61% 78% 40% 544 52%
MLB Averages 44.2% 2.6% 56% 77% 38% 54%

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%
1989 MIN AL 26 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 3 100% 67% 33% 0
1993 MIN AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 148 61% 81% 41% 21 38%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 151 62% 81% 41% 21 38%
MLB Averages 59.9% 2.5% 56% 77% 38% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 MIN AL 28 3 100% 67% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 30 11 36% 64% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 14 50% 64% 21% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 87% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1991 MIN AL 28 3 67% 100% 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
1 Season 3 67% 100% 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
MLB Averages 56% 77% 31% 90%

* 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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