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Dan Larson

Daniel James Larson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 4, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Alhambra HS (Alhambra, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1976
Teams (by GP): Astros/Phillies/Cubs 1976-1982

Final Game: June 1, 1982
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1976 21 HOU NL 5 8 .385 3.02 13 13 0 5 0 0 92.1 81 40 31 3 28 1 42 1 2 1 379 106 1.181 7.9 0.3 2.7 4.1 1.50
1977 22 HOU NL 1 7 .125 5.81 32 10 5 1 0 1 97.2 108 72 63 13 45 2 44 2 1 9 443 62 1.567 10.0 1.2 4.1 4.1 0.98
1978 23 PHI NL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 57 2.000 9.0 9.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
1979 24 PHI NL 1 1 .500 4.26 3 3 0 0 0 0 19.0 17 9 9 1 9 0 9 1 0 0 81 91 1.368 8.1 0.5 4.3 4.3 1.00
1980 25 PHI NL 0 5 .000 3.15 12 7 2 0 0 0 45.2 46 24 16 4 24 6 17 0 2 1 201 121 1.533 9.1 0.8 4.7 3.4 0.71
1981 26 PHI NL 3 0 1.000 4.18 5 4 0 1 0 0 28.0 27 13 13 4 15 1 15 0 1 2 122 88 1.500 8.7 1.3 4.8 4.8 1.00
1982 27 CHC NL 0 4 .000 5.67 12 6 2 0 0 0 39.2 51 30 25 4 18 0 22 2 0 1 183 66 1.739 11.6 0.9 4.1 5.0 1.22
7 Yrs 10 25 .286 4.40 78 43 10 7 0 1 323.1 331 189 158 30 140 10 151 6 6 14 1414 81 1.457 9.2 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.08
162 Game Avg. 6 14 .286 4.40 44 24 6 4 0 1 182 186 106 89 17 79 6 85 3 3 8 795 81 1.457 9.2 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.08
PHI (4 yrs) 4 6 .400 3.75 21 14 3 1 0 0 93.2 91 47 39 10 49 7 43 1 3 3 409 102 1.495 8.7 1.0 4.7 4.1 0.88
HOU (2 yrs) 6 15 .286 4.45 45 23 5 6 0 1 190.0 189 112 94 16 73 3 86 3 3 10 822 76 1.379 9.0 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.18
CHC (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.67 12 6 2 0 0 0 39.2 51 30 25 4 18 0 22 2 0 1 183 66 1.739 11.6 0.9 4.1 5.0 1.22

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1976 21 HOU NL 92.1 13 13 40 3.90 3.91 -0.04 0.12 94.1 3.84 -1 -0.2 -0.0 0.5 8 .488 .499 $
1977 22 HOU NL 97.2 32 10 72 6.63 4.48 0.13 -0.03 93.7 4.05 -29 -2.8 .5 0.1 -1.9 -18 .412 .483 $
1978 23 PHI NL 1.0 1 0 1 9.00 4.08 0.14 -0.33 108.0 3.89 -1 -0.1 .5 0.0 0.0 -0 .438 .500 $
1979 24 PHI NL 19.0 3 3 9 4.26 4.26 0.34 0.14 104.0 4.23 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 2 .491 .500 $
1980 25 PHI NL 45.2 12 7 24 4.73 3.94 0.02 0.05 106.4 4.22 -3 -0.3 .2 -0.0 0.1 2 .475 .498 $
1981 26 PHI NL 28.0 5 4 13 4.18 3.87 -0.28 0.12 109.0 4.66 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.3 3 .526 .501 $
1982 27 CHC NL 39.2 12 6 30 6.81 4.04 -0.19 -0.01 103.7 4.37 -11 -1.1 .1 0.1 -0.7 -7 .404 .493 $
7 Seasons 323.1 78 43 189 5.26 4.12 0.01 0.05 98.8 4.11 -44 -4.4 .4 0.2 -1.6 -12 .444 .496 $
PHI (4 yrs) 93.2 21 14 47 4.52 3.98 -0.00 0.09 106.7 4.35 -2 -0.3 .3 -0.0 0.5 6 .488 .500 $
HOU (2 yrs) 190.0 45 23 112 5.31 4.21 0.05 0.05 93.9 3.95 -30 -3.0 .5 0.1 -1.4 -11 .434 .491 $
CHC (1 yr) 39.2 12 6 30 6.81 4.04 -0.19 -0.01 103.7 4.37 -11 -1.1 .1 0.1 -0.7 -7 .404 .493 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1976 21 HOU NL 13 379 343 40 81 12 2 3 12 4 28 42 .236 .291 .309 .600 .257 106 8 1 1 6 1 6
1977 22 HOU NL 32 443 385 72 108 18 2 13 19 7 45 44 .281 .356 .439 .794 .286 169 4 2 6 4 2 7
1978 23 PHI NL 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 .250 .400 1.000 1.400 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 PHI NL 3 81 68 9 17 2 2 1 1 0 9 9 .250 .342 .382 .724 .271 26 2 1 2 1 0 1
1980 25 PHI NL 12 201 170 24 46 9 2 4 10 5 24 17 .271 .359 .418 .777 .280 71 4 0 6 1 6 6
1981 26 PHI NL 5 122 104 13 27 2 0 4 0 1 15 15 .260 .350 .394 .744 .267 41 4 0 2 1 1 1
1982 27 CHC NL 12 183 156 30 51 10 1 4 3 3 18 22 .327 .397 .481 .877 .353 75 5 2 4 3 0 3
7 Yrs 78 1414 1230 189 331 53 9 30 47 20 140 151 .269 .343 .400 .743 .283 492 27 6 21 16 10 24
162 Game Avg. 44 795 691 106 186 30 5 17 26 11 79 85 .269 .343 .400 .743 .283 276 15 3 12 9 6 13
MLB Averages .261 .325 .384 .709 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1976 21 HOU NL -0.2 -0.0 400 0.2 5.9 -5.7 .90 0.7 -0.5 0.4 0.0 0.90 5.9 0 0 0
1977 22 HOU NL -27.2 -2.6 481 -2.4 6.3 -8.7 .90 -1.7 -0.9 -27.9 -2.8 0.90 -18.1 2 5 14
1978 23 PHI NL -0.4 -0.0 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .33 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.33 -1.0 0 0 1
1979 24 PHI NL -0.2 -0.0 84 -0.2 0.9 -1.1 .64 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.64 -0.7 0 0 0
1980 25 PHI NL 0.6 0.1 219 -0.7 3.3 -4.1 1.02 -0.5 -0.2 -2.8 -0.3 1.02 -4.7 0 1 3
1981 26 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 126 0.2 2.0 -1.8 .90 0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.90 -2.4 0 1 0
1982 27 CHC NL -9.0 -0.9 189 -1.2 2.2 -3.4 .84 -1.2 -0.2 -11.2 -1.1 0.84 -12.0 0 0 5
7 Yrs -37.2 -3.6 1506 -4.2 20.6 -24.8 .90 -2.9 -1.7 -42.3 -4.2 0.89 -33.0 2 7 23

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 21 HOU NL 13 13 5 8 0 0 4 5 8 .385 0 0 5 0 9 69% 55.5 80 28 4 1 1 9 4.1 4.7 7.1
1977 22 HOU NL 32 10 0 4 6 0 0 3 7 .300 2 3 1 0 3 30% 40.5 81 9 14 6 0 3 4.2 4.1 6.2
1979 24 PHI NL 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 .667 0 1 0 0 2 67% 50.3 61 33 0 0 1 2 5.4 5.6 6.3
1980 25 PHI NL 12 7 0 5 2 0 2 1 6 .143 2 0 0 0 3 43% 49.0 58 30 5 2 1 5 2.9 2.0 5.2
1981 26 PHI NL 5 4 3 0 1 1 0 4 0 1.000 1 0 1 0 2 50% 49.5 56 35 0 0 0 2 9.5 10.5 6.8
1982 27 CHC NL 12 6 0 4 2 0 1 0 6 .000 2 1 0 0 1 17% 39.5 52 29 7 3 1 2 3.6 4.2 4.4
6 Yrs 77 43 9 22 12 1 8 15 28 .349 7 5 7 0 20 47% 48 81 9 30 12 4 23 4.4 4.7 6.1
MLB Averages .500 52% 51 104 -13 4.3 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1977 22 HOU NL 32 22 5 1 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 11 7 64% 6 .903 2 5 14 2 3 17 6 16 13 3 13 3 4.9
1978 23 PHI NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .327 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1980 25 PHI NL 12 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 1.016 0 1 3 0 0 5 1 4 4 1 4 0 5.4
1981 26 PHI NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .903 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1982 27 CHC NL 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .844 0 0 5 1 0 5 0 6 4 1 4 3 6.5
5 Yrs 62 35 10 1 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 13 7 54% .912 2 7 23 3 3 29 7 28 21 5 21 6 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1976 21 HOU NL 379 59% 0.8% 11.1% 7.4% 4.5% 21% 1.74 80% 63 8 13%
1977 22 HOU NL 443 58% 2.9% 9.9% 10.2% 7.5% 31% 1.41 75% 63 4 6%
1978 23 PHI NL 5 100% 20.0% 40.0% 20.0% 20.0% 100% 0.00 20% 0 0
1979 24 PHI NL 81 40% 1.2% 11.1% 11.1% 6.2% 29% 0.68 73% 17 2 12%
1980 25 PHI NL 201 60% 2.0% 8.5% 11.9% 7.5% 33% 1.24 75% 36 4 11%
1981 26 PHI NL 122 46% 3.3% 12.3% 12.3% 4.9% 22% 1.06 70% 29 4 14%
1982 27 CHC NL 183 48% 2.2% 12.0% 9.8% 8.2% 29% 1.51 73% 40 5 13%
7 Yrs 1414 55% 2.1% 10.7% 9.9% 6.5% 28% 1.38 75% 248 27 11%
MLB Averages 44% 1.9% 12.8% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.10 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1976 21 HOU NL 379 81 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 19 11 1 58% 6 1 3 139 12 4 75% 11 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
1977 22 HOU NL 443 108 13 1 9 10 3 5 8 24 19 3 79% 7 9 1 149 19 7 73% 18 7 0 0 1 0 2 0 18 0
1978 23 PHI NL 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 PHI NL 81 17 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 0 67% 1 0 1 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1980 25 PHI NL 201 46 4 0 8 2 2 1 3 14 7 0 50% 6 1 0 72 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1981 26 PHI NL 122 27 4 0 1 2 2 4 0 5 2 0 40% 1 2 0 54 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1982 27 CHC NL 183 51 4 0 4 3 1 3 1 14 9 0 64% 3 1 0 75 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Yrs 1414 331 30 1 26 20 10 15 15 83 52 5 63% 24 14 5 521 47 20 70% 44 19 2 1 1 0 4 0 50 0
MLB Averages 53% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1976 21 5 8 .385 3.02 13 13 0 5 0 0 92.1 81 40 31 3 28 1 42 1 2 1 379 106 1.181 7.9 0.3 2.7 4.1 1.50 106
1977 22 6 15 .286 4.45 45 23 5 6 0 1 190.0 189 112 94 16 73 3 86 3 3 10 822 76 1.379 9.0 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.18 76
1978 23 6 15 .286 4.48 46 23 6 6 0 1 191.0 190 113 95 17 74 3 88 3 3 10 827 76 1.382 9.0 0.8 3.5 4.1 1.19 76
1979 24 7 16 .304 4.46 49 26 6 6 0 1 210.0 207 122 104 18 83 3 97 4 3 10 908 77 1.381 8.9 0.8 3.6 4.2 1.17 77
1980 25 7 21 .250 4.22 61 33 8 6 0 1 255.2 253 146 120 22 107 9 114 4 5 11 1109 83 1.408 8.9 0.8 3.8 4.0 1.07 83
1981 26 10 21 .323 4.22 66 37 8 7 0 1 283.2 280 159 133 26 122 10 129 4 6 13 1231 84 1.417 8.9 0.8 3.9 4.1 1.06 84
1982 27 10 25 .286 4.40 78 43 10 7 0 1 323.1 331 189 158 30 140 10 151 6 6 14 1414 81 1.457 9.2 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.08 81

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1976 21 5 4 .556 3.98 86.0 90 42 38 3 31 39 1 1.407 9.4 3.2 4.1 1.26 0.3 13
1977 22 3 7 .300 6.70 94.0 113 78 70 14 47 42 2 1.702 10.8 4.5 4.0 0.89 1.3 32
1978 23 0 0 9.00 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 18.0 2.00 9.0 1
1979 24 1 1 .500 4.50 18.0 17 10 9 1 9 9 1 1.444 8.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.5 3
1980 25 2 2 .500 3.56 43.0 47 19 17 4 25 16 0 1.674 9.8 5.2 3.3 0.64 0.8 12
1981 26 2 2 .500 5.08 39.0 43 24 22 6 24 21 0 1.718 9.9 5.5 4.8 0.88 1.4 5
1982 27 1 3 .250 6.32 37.0 52 29 26 4 18 21 2 1.892 12.6 4.4 5.1 1.17 1.0 12
7 Yrs 14 19 .424 5.18 318.0 363 203 183 33 155 150 6 1.629 10.3 4.2 0.97 0.9 78

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 NL  9 (6th)

                                         

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