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Larry McCall

Larry Stephen McCall

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 8, 1952 in Asheville, NC
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1977
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Rangers 1977-1979

Final Game: September 27, 1979
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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
1971	18	BAL-min	Rk	5	3	.625	3.46	9	8					52.0	57	29	20	4	6								1.212	9.9	0.7	1.0			BLD · APPY
1972	19	BAL-min	A	9	8	.529	3.93	34	14				0	135.0	143	70	59	15	32		97						1.296	9.5	1.0	2.1	6.5	3.03	LOD · CALL
1973	20	BAL-min	A	14	7	.667	2.48	28	27					207.0	184	79	57	16	35								1.058	8.0	0.7	1.5			LOD · CALL
1974	21	BAL-min	AA,AAA	12	11	.522	3.95	27	27		15	1	0	187.0	200	96	82	29	29	1	86	2	0	4			1.225	9.6	1.4	1.4	4.1	2.97	AVL,ROC · SOUL,IL
1975	22	BAL-min	AA	8	7	.533	3.45	19	15		13	0	0	120.0	123	52	46	15	33	7	40	1	1	3			1.300	9.2	1.1	2.5	3.0	1.21	AVL · SOUL
1976	23	NYY-min	AA	11	10	.524	2.94	31	20		10	2	2	159.0	160	68	52	12	28	7	93	0	2	1			1.182	9.1	0.7	1.6	5.3	3.32	WHA · EL
1977	24	NYY-min	AAA,AA	17	8	.680	3.28	30	26		11	2	0	211.0	211	93	77	22	39	6	107	2	1	3			1.185	9.0	0.9	1.7	4.6	2.74	SYR,WHA · IL,EL
1977	24	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	7.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	33	56	2.167	18.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.00
1978	25	NYY-min	AAA,AA	12	5	.706	3.17	21	21		12	4	0	159.0	160	61	56	10	33	1	100	0	0	2			1.214	9.1	0.6	1.9	5.7	3.03	TAC,WHA · PCL,EL
1978	25	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	5.63	5	1	3	0	0	0	16.0	20	10	10	2	6	0	7	1	1	3	71	66	1.625	11.3	1.1	3.4	3.9	1.17
1979	26	TEX-min	AAA	14	10	.583	3.78	29	28		14	1	0	212.0	239	108	89	12	38	0	88	1	0	7			1.307	10.1	0.5	1.6	3.7	2.32	TUC · PCL
1979	26	TEX	AL	1	0	1.000	2.16	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	7	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	35	200	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
1980	27	CLE-min	AAA	8	8	.500	5.21	22	19		7	1	1	126.0	142	82	73	13	26	1	44	1	0	3			1.333	10.1	0.9	1.9	3.1	1.69	TAC · PCL
1981	28	TOR-min	AAA,AA	6	8	.429	4.57	24	17	3	3	0	0	136.0	133	69	69	19	35	0	64	3	1	1			1.235	8.8	1.3	2.3	4.2	1.83	SYR,KNX · IL,SOUL
3 Yrs				2	2	.500	5.04	9	2	4	0	0	0	30.1	39	19	17	3	10	0	10	1	1	3	139	79	1.615	11.6	0.9	3.0	3.0	1.00
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.500	5.04	56	12	25	0	0	0	187	241	117	105	19	62	0	62	6	6	19	859	79	1.615	11.6	0.9	3.0	3.0	1.00

NYY (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	6.14	7	1	3	0	0	0	22.0	32	17	15	3	7	0	7	1	1	3	104	63	1.773	13.1	1.2	2.9	2.9	1.00
TEX (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.16	2	1	1	0	0	0	8.1	7	2	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	35	200	1.200	7.6	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00

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
1977	24	NYY	AL	6.0	2	0	7	10.50	4.14	0.44	-0.33	94.0	3.16	-5	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.3	-4	.296	.497	$
1978	25	NYY	AL	16.0	5	1	10	5.63	4.42	0.32	-0.15	101.5	4.02	-3	-0.3	.1	0.1	-0.1	-1	.442	.498	$
1979	26	TEX	AL	8.1	2	1	2	2.16	3.87	0.39	0.07	96.0	3.41	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.561	.501	$
3 Seasons				30.1	9	2	19	5.64	4.21	0.36	-0.12	98.5	3.68	-7	-0.6	.2	0.1	-0.2	-3	.436	.499	$

NYY (2 yrs)				22.0	7	1	17	6.95	4.34	0.35	-0.20	99.5	3.78	-8	-0.7	.2	0.1	-0.4	-5	.400	.498	$
TEX (1 yr)				8.1	2	1	2	2.16	3.87	0.39	0.07	96.0	3.41	1	0.1	.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.561	.501	$

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
1977	24	NYY	AL	2	33	32	7	12	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	.375	.394	.625	1.019	.355	20	0	0	0	0	0	3
1978	25	NYY	AL	5	71	62	10	20	6	1	2	0	1	6	7	.323	.391	.548	.940	.340	34	4	1	2	0	0	1
1979	26	TEX	AL	2	35	31	2	7	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	.226	.286	.323	.608	.241	10	1	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				9	139	125	19	39	12	2	3	1	1	10	10	.312	.365	.512	.877	.319	64	5	1	2	1	0	5
162 Game Avg.				56	859	773	117	241	74	12	19	6	6	62	62	.312	.365	.512	.877	.319	396	31	6	12	6	0	31
MLB Averages																.263	.328	.392	.720	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1977	24	NYY	AL	-2.9	-0.3	34	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	1.05	-0.4	-0.2	-6.1	-0.5	1.05	-5.0	1	1
1978	25	NYY	AL	-3.0	-0.3	76	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	.49	-0.5	0.2	-2.5	-0.3	0.49	-5.5	0	4
1979	26	TEX	AL	2.2	0.2	35	0.4	0.6	-0.3	.77	0.2	0.3	2.1	0.2	0.77	1.3	0	1
3 Yrs				-3.7	-0.3	145	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	.69	-0.7	0.1	-6.5	-0.6	0.69	-9.2	1	6

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
1978	25	NYY	AL	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	50.0	50	50	1	0	0	0	2.0	2.6	7.0
1979	26	TEX	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	62.0	62	62	1	0	0	1	4.5	5.1	7.3
2 Yrs				7	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	56	62	50	2	0	0	1	3.2	3.9	7.2
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-13					4.4	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1977	24	NYY	AL	2	2	0	0	1	4	3	75%	3	1.046	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	9.0
1978	25	NYY	AL	5	4	3	1	0	1	0	0%	9	.488	0	4	1	3	1	3	1	1	1	6.8
1979	26	TEX	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		9	.768	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0
3 Yrs				9	7	4	1	1	5	3	60%		.691	1	6	1	6	3	4	2	2	2	6.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1977	24	NYY	AL	33	33%	3.0%	0.0%	3.0%	15.2%	42%	0.42	94%	6	0	0%
1978	25	NYY	AL	71	72%	2.8%	9.9%	8.5%	12.7%	45%	1.86	75%	14	4	29%
1979	26	TEX	AL	35	49%	0.0%	8.6%	8.6%	8.6%	43%	0.69	83%	2	1	50%
3 Yrs				139	57%	2.2%	7.2%	7.2%	12.2%	44%	1.03	81%	22	5	23%
MLB Averages					45%	2.1%	12.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	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
1977	24	NYY	AL	33	12			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	100%	3	0	0	23	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	25	NYY	AL	71	20			2	0	1	0	2	1	1	6	2	2	33%	1	3	0	24	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1979	26	TEX	AL	35	7			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	0	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				139	39			3	0	1	0	3	2	1	9	5	2	56%	5	3	0	58	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		52%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1977	24	0	1	.000	7.50	2	0	0	6.0	12	7	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	33	56	2.167	18.0	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.00	56
1978	25	1	2	.333	6.14	7	1	3	22.0	32	17	15	3	7	7	1	1	3	104	63	1.773	13.1	1.2	2.9	2.9	1.00	63
1979	26	2	2	.500	5.04	9	2	4	30.1	39	19	17	3	10	10	1	1	3	139	79	1.615	11.6	0.9	3.0	3.0	1.00	79

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1977	24	0		9.00	6.0	13	7	6	1	1	0	0	2.333	19.5	1.5	0.0	0.00	1.5	2
1978	25	1	.000	7.71	14.0	22	13	12	2	7	6	1	2.071	14.1	4.5	3.9	0.86	1.3	5
1979	26	0		2.25	8.0	8	2	2	0	3	3	0	1.375	9.0	3.4	3.4	1.00	0.0	2
3 Yrs		1	.000	6.43	28.0	43	22	20	3	11	9	1	1.929	13.8		2.9	0.82	1.0	9

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