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Gene Larkin

Eugene Thomas Larkin

Positions: First Baseman, Designated Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 24, 1962 in Flushing, NY
School: Columbia University (New York, NY)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 21, 1987 (Age 24)
Team: Twins 1987-1993

Final Game: August 11, 1993 (Age 30)
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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 .734 101 157 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 86 121 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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1987 24 MIN AL 85 262 -3 -2 -0 -1 -5 -11 -1.0 9 -2 -0.2 .487 .493 -0.1 -0.6 -1 $62,500 D3
1988 25 MIN AL 149 594 6 2 1 1 -11 -2 -0.1 20 18 1.8 .498 .498 1.7 -1.1 17 $83,000 D3
1989 26 MIN AL 136 520 -0 2 -0 -6 -9 -13 -1.2 19 6 0.5 .490 .491 1.1 -1.5 11 $145,000 3D9/7
1990 27 MIN AL 119 457 -1 1 1 -19 -8 -25 -2.6 16 -9 -1.0 .478 .484 1.0 -2.8 10 $228,000 9D3
1991 28 MIN AL 98 291 1 -0 -1 3 -4 -2 -0.2 10 8 0.8 .498 .499 0.5 -0.2 5 $725,000 93/D45
1992 29 MIN AL 115 373 -10 -1 0 0 -5 -15 -1.5 14 -1 -0.2 .486 .490 -0.2 -0.5 -1 $950,000 39/D
1993 30 MIN AL 56 173 -2 -1 -0 -2 -2 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .486 .495 0.1 -0.5 0 $600,000 93/7D5
7 Seasons 758 2670 -8 1 -1 -23 -45 -77 -7.5 95 18 1.5 .489 .493 4.0 -7.1 42 $2,793,500

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yrs (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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 MIN AL 24 DH 40 39
1987 MIN AL 24 1B 26 18 17 178.0 177 165 10 2 12 .989 -1 -7 8.85 6.73 .992 9.58 9.48
1988 MIN AL 25 DH 86 85
1988 MIN AL 25 1B 60 56 53 496.0 497 466 28 3 46 .994 1 2 8.96 8.23 .992 9.57 9.49
1989 MIN AL 26 1B 67 57 47 494.1 495 463 28 4 45 .992 -3 -8 8.94 7.33 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 MIN AL 26 DH 41 39
1989 MIN AL 26 OF 32 28 16 226.0 61 61 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -13 2.43 1.91 .980 2.42 2.39
1989 MIN AL 26 RF 31 28 16 225.0 60 60 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -13 2.40 1.94 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 MIN AL 26 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1990 MIN AL 27 OF 47 44 25 370.0 82 77 5 0 1 1.000 -14 -45 1.99 1.74 .981 2.39 2.36
1990 MIN AL 27 RF 47 44 25 370.0 82 78 4 0 1 1.000 -14 -45 1.99 1.74 .978 2.23 2.21
1990 MIN AL 27 DH 43 42
1990 MIN AL 27 1B 28 26 22 227.0 237 222 13 2 28 .992 -5 -24 9.32 8.39 .992 9.63 9.53
1991 MIN AL 28 OF 47 39 13 312.2 62 59 1 2 1 .968 2 6 1.73 1.28 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 MIN AL 28 RF 47 39 13 312.2 62 59 1 2 1 .968 2 6 1.73 1.28 .980 2.19 2.19
1991 MIN AL 28 1B 39 25 21 241.0 301 281 19 1 22 .997 2 8 11.20 7.69 .992 9.75 9.74
1991 MIN AL 28 DH 4 2
1991 MIN AL 28 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20
1991 MIN AL 28 3B 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -720 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1992 MIN AL 29 1B 55 48 39 431.2 490 456 30 4 49 .992 1 3 10.13 8.84 .993 9.68 9.64
1992 MIN AL 29 OF 43 34 19 286.0 59 53 5 1 1 .983 -1 -3 1.83 1.35 .983 2.47 2.46
1992 MIN AL 29 RF 43 34 19 286.0 59 53 5 1 1 .983 -1 -3 1.83 1.35 .982 2.23 2.22
1992 MIN AL 29 DH 4 4
1993 MIN AL 30 OF 28 22 13 185.0 34 33 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 1.65 1.21 .983 2.41 2.39
1993 MIN AL 30 RF 25 18 11 152.0 26 25 1 0 1 1.000 0 2 1.54 1.04 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 MIN AL 30 1B 18 12 10 114.2 131 123 6 2 10 .985 -2 -21 10.12 7.17 .993 9.58 9.48
1993 MIN AL 30 LF 4 4 2 33.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 2.18 2.00 .984 2.24 2.20
1993 MIN AL 30 DH 3 3
1993 MIN AL 30 3B 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.65
7 Seasons 1B 293 242 209 2182.2 2328 2176 134 18 212 .992 -7 -4 9.53 7.88 .992 9.67 9.60
5 Seasons OF 197 167 86 1379.2 298 283 12 3 4 .990 -16 -14 1.92 1.50 .982 2.41 2.39
5 Seasons RF 193 163 84 1345.2 289 275 11 3 4 .990 -15 -14 1.91 1.48 .979 2.24 2.22
2 Seasons LF 5 4 2 34.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -11 2.12 1.60 .984 2.22 2.18
2 Seasons 3B 3 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.20
7 Seasons TOT 494 409 295 3565.1 2626 2459 146 21 216 .992 -23 -8 6.58 5.27 .991 6.85 6.67
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2080), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (362nd), 1.5 career WAR/1.5 7yr-peak WAR/1.5 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  7. Dom Dallessandro (941)
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  5. David Segui (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jimmy Wasdell (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
  • December 19, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 29, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
  • October 8, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 24, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198724Minnesota Twins$62,500Proofing corrections
198825Minnesota Twins$83,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198926Minnesota Twins$145,0001989 USA Today survey
199027Minnesota Twins$228,000USA Today
199128Minnesota Twins$725,000USA Today survey
199229Minnesota Twins$950,0004/2/92 USA Today
199330Minnesota Twins$600,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,793,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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