Larry Sutton

Larry James Sutton

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 14, 1970 in West Covina, CA
High School: Mater Dei HS (Santa Ana, CA)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Drafted
by the Kansas City Royals in the 21st round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1997
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cardinals/Marlins/Athletics 1997-2004

Final Game: June 1, 2004
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Standard Batting

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
1997 27 KCR AL 27 75 69 9 20 2 0 2 8 0 0 5 12 .290 .338 .406 .744 93 28 0 0 1 0 0 3/D7
1998 28 KCR AL 111 351 310 29 76 14 2 5 42 3 3 29 46 .245 .311 .352 .663 72 109 5 3 4 5 3 97/3D
1999 29 KCR AL 43 118 102 14 23 6 0 2 15 1 0 13 17 .225 .308 .343 .651 66 35 4 0 1 2 0 3/D9
2000 30 STL NL 23 33 25 5 8 0 0 1 6 0 0 5 7 .320 .406 .440 .846 114 11 0 0 1 2 0 /379
2001 31 STL NL 33 44 42 3 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .119 .140 .214 .354 -10 9 1 0 1 0 0 3/9
2002 32 OAK AL 7 20 19 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .105 .150 .263 .413 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 /379
2003 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
2004 34 FLA NL 8 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 47 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
7 Yrs 252 647 572 63 135 23 2 12 78 4 3 55 102 .236 .302 .346 .648 67 198 10 3 8 9 3
162 Game Avg. 162 416 368 41 87 15 1 8 50 3 2 35 66 .236 .302 .346 .648 67 127 6 2 5 6 2
KCR (3 yrs) 181 544 481 52 119 22 2 9 65 4 3 47 75 .247 .314 .358 .672 74 172 9 3 6 7 3
STL (2 yrs) 56 77 67 8 13 1 0 2 9 0 0 6 17 .194 .253 .299 .552 41 20 1 0 2 2 0
OAK (1 yr) 7 20 19 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .105 .150 .263 .413 8 5 0 0 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 8 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 47 1 0 0 0 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 188 564 500 55 121 22 2 10 68 4 3 48 83 .242 .308 .354 .662 71 177 9 3 6 7 3
NL (3 yrs) 64 83 72 8 14 1 0 2 10 0 0 7 19 .194 .259 .292 .551 41 21 1 0 2 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1997 27 KCR AL 27 75 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 0.2 0.0 1 $150,000 3/D7
1998 28 KCR AL 111 351 -15 -1 1 -2 -5 -21 -1.9 12 -9 -0.8 .482 .487 -0.7 -0.5 -8 $172,500 97/3D
1999 29 KCR AL 43 118 -6 0 0 -1 -2 -9 -0.8 4 -5 -0.5 .480 .495 -0.3 -0.3 -4 $240,000 3/D9
2000 30 STL NL 23 33 0 0 0 -0 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /379
2001 31 STL NL 33 44 -7 0 0 2 -0 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.4 .483 .497 -0.6 0.1 -6 $305,000 3/9
2002 32 OAK AL 7 20 -3 0 0 -0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .448 .498 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ /379
2004 34 FLA NL 8 6 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /3
7 Seasons 252 647 -30 1 1 -1 -10 -39 -3.7 21 -18 -1.7 .485 .497 -1.6 -0.8 -17 $867,500
KCR (3 yrs) 181 544 -21 -0 1 -2 -8 -30 -2.7 18 -12 -1.1 .484 .494 -0.8 -0.8 -10 $562,500
STL (2 yrs) 56 77 -7 1 0 2 -1 -5 -0.5 2 -3 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.5 0.1 -5 $305,000
OAK (1 yr) 7 20 -3 0 0 -0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .448 .498 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $
FLA (1 yr) 8 6 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

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
1997 27 KCR AL 75 50 10 5.4 110 .327 .290 .272 .338 .342 .406 .431 .744 .773 93 .516 -1.0 -0.1 .673 .188 .116 .0
1998 28 KCR AL 351 251 35 3.7 111 .269 .245 .273 .311 .342 .352 .434 .663 .776 72 .351 -12.8 -1.2 .583 .200 .106 3.8
1999 29 KCR AL 118 86 11 3.4 115 .247 .225 .276 .308 .349 .343 .442 .651 .791 66 .301 -5.1 -0.5 .590 .255 .118 1.3
2000 30 STL NL 33 20 5 6.7 117 .368 .320 .274 .406 .352 .440 .448 .846 .800 114 .602 1.0 0.1 .941 .320 .120 .0
2001 31 STL NL 44 39 1 0.7 111 .129 .119 .268 .140 .340 .214 .440 .354 .780 -10 .025 -7.1 -0.7 .263 .119 .095 .0
2002 32 OAK AL 20 17 1 1.6 104 .100 .105 .262 .150 .329 .263 .421 .413 .750 8 .109 -2.6 -0.3 .353 .211 .158 .0
2004 34 FLA NL 6 4 0 0.0 107 .333 .200 .264 .333 .334 .200 .427 .533 .762 47 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
7 Yrs 647 467 63 3.6 111 .263 .236 .273 .302 .343 .346 .436 .648 .779 67 .337 -28.0 -2.6 .571 .208 .110 6.0
162 Game Avg. 416 300 41 3.6 111 .263 .236 .273 .302 .343 .346 .436 .648 .779 67 .337 -28.0 -2.6 .571 .208 .110 4
KCR (3 yrs) 544 387 56 3.9 111 .272 .247 .274 .314 .343 .358 .436 .672 .779 74 .364 -18.9 -1.7 .596 .210 .110 5.5
STL (2 yrs) 77 59 6 2.7 114 .220 .194 .271 .253 .345 .299 .443 .552 .788 41 .237 -6.1 -0.6 .473 .194 .104 .0
OAK (1 yr) 20 17 1 1.6 104 .100 .105 .262 .150 .329 .263 .421 .413 .750 8 .110 -2.6 -0.3 .353 .211 .158 .0
FLA (1 yr) 6 4 0 0.0 107 .333 .200 .264 .333 .334 .200 .427 .533 .762 47 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
AL (4 yrs) 564 404 57 3.8 111 .268 .242 .273 .308 .343 .354 .435 .662 .778 71 .354 -21.5 -2.0 .586 .210 .112 5.7
NL (3 yrs) 83 63 6 2.5 113 .226 .194 .270 .259 .344 .292 .442 .551 .786 41 .216 -6.5 -0.6 .475 .194 .097 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1997 27 KCR AL 75 2.7% 16.0% 6.7% 5.3% 20% 2.40 5.8 34.5 8.6 0.27 0.19 73% 26% 5.4% 18%
1998 28 KCR AL 351 1.4% 13.1% 8.3% 6.0% 28% 1.59 6.7 62.0 7.4 0.68 0.92 75% 21% 3.4% 9%
1999 29 KCR AL 118 1.7% 14.4% 11.0% 6.8% 35% 1.31 6.0 51.0 6.8 0.85 1.03 72% 18% 4.7% 9%
2000 30 STL NL 33 3.0% 21.2% 15.2% 3.0% 13% 1.40 3.6 25.0 4.2 1.11 1.60 58% 19% 11.1% 0%
2001 31 STL NL 44 2.3% 22.7% 2.3% 4.6% 40% 10.00 4.2 42.0 14.0 0.55 0.71 70% 12% 5.6% 10%
2002 32 OAK AL 20 5.0% 40.0% 5.0% 5.0% 50% 8.00 2.4 19.0 6.3 1.00 1.25 50% 9% 25.0% 20%
2004 34 FLA NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.5 5.0 0.00 0.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
7 Yrs 647 1.9% 15.8% 8.5% 5.7% 27% 1.85 5.6 47.7 7.3 0.64 0.82 72% 20% 4.6% 10%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.9% 8.0% 34% 1.89 5.3 31.4 7.5 0.78 1.08 70% 22% 8.2% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1997 27 KCR AL -1.0 -0.1 75 0.3 1.5 -1.2 1.13 -0.1 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.92 -1.2 1.52 11
1998 28 KCR AL -12.8 -1.2 365 -0.8 5.4 -6.2 1.00 -0.7 -0.2 -9.4 -0.9 0.94 -10.0 1.59 26
1999 29 KCR AL -5.3 -0.5 122 -0.7 1.8 -2.5 1.06 -0.5 -0.2 -4.5 -0.4 0.93 -7.1 1.70 8
2000 30 STL NL 1.0 0.1 34 0.2 0.9 -0.8 1.41 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 1.08 2.3 1.64 12
2001 31 STL NL -7.1 -0.7 44 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .92 -0.6 0.0 -6.6 -0.6 0.85 -6.8 1.08 25
2002 32 OAK AL -2.6 -0.3 20 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.16 -0.3 0.0 -2.4 -0.2 1.08 -3.0 0
2004 34 FLA NL -0.4 -0.0 6 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 1.66 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.99 -0.0 1.66 5
7 Yrs -28.2 -2.6 666 -2.0 10.3 -12.3 1.05 -2.0 0.1 -22.2 -2.1 0.94 -25.8 1.46 87

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1997 27 KCR AL 1 0 30% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 6 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
1998 28 KCR AL 3 0 23% 137 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 8 45% 17 14 3 3 0 3 9 2 7
1999 29 KCR AL 1 0 35% 48 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 50% 9 5 3 3 1 2 2 0 2
2000 30 STL NL 0 0 33% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2001 31 STL NL 0 0 40% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2002 32 OAK AL 0 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 34 FLA NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 5 0 28% 241 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 17 43% 37 27 9 8 3 5 15 3 12

Situational Hitting*

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
1997 27 KCR AL 75 93% 20 2 0 11 3 1 1 1.52 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 18 0 0% 7 1 14% 43 6 14% 3 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1998 28 KCR AL 351 94% 76 11 0 26 3 0 2 1.59 5 0 11 5 0 3 2 0 5 4 80% 61 5 8% 35 15 43% 227 38 17% 23 12 52% 16 9 56% 0
1999 29 KCR AL 118 94% 23 1 0 8 2 0 1 1.70 2 1 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100% 25 4 16% 13 5 38% 79 13 16% 7 3 43% 4 2 50% 0
2000 30 STL NL 33 91% 8 1 0 12 5 1 4 1.64 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 11 0 0% 6 4 67% 31 5 16% 6 3 50% 1 1 100% 0
2001 31 STL NL 44 89% 5 1 0 25 5 1 3 1.08 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 4 2 50% 25 2 8% 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 0
2002 32 OAK AL 20 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 5 0 0% 17 2 12% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2004 34 FLA NL 6 100% 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 1.66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 1 20% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 647 94% 135 16 0 87 19 3 12 1.46 12 1 19 11 1 8 4 0 9 8 89% 129 10 8% 70 27 39% 427 67 16% 44 19 43% 25 15 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 72% 11% 34% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1997 27 KCR AL 75 288 3.84 178 62% 23% 13% 31% 33% 77% 0% 48% 83% 28% 3% 2 0 20% 15 9 4% 3 2 33% 0 0 0
1998 28 KCR AL 351 1311 3.74 792 60% 32% 11% 23% 34% 68% 2% 41% 84% 27% 7% 24 2 17% 60 19 11% 40 27 39% 0 0 0
1999 29 KCR AL 118 455 3.86 267 59% 33% 10% 24% 33% 66% 0% 39% 84% 22% 5% 6 0 19% 22 10 13% 15 9 47% 0 0 2
2000 30 STL NL 33 133 4.03 74 56% 30% 20% 22% 28% 70% 0% 39% 71% 18% 9% 3 0 30% 10 4 12% 4 1 0% 0 0 0
2001 31 STL NL 44 175 3.98 113 65% 29% 12% 29% 29% 71% 0% 46% 83% 41% 0% 0 0 16% 7 5 9% 4 3 50% 0 0 0
2002 32 OAK AL 20 91 4.55 61 67% 33% 18% 31% 18% 67% 0% 45% 73% 15% 0% 0 0 10% 2 2 10% 2 1 13% 0 0 0
2004 34 FLA NL 6 25 4.17 14 56% 21% 36% 21% 21% 79% 0% 44% 55% 33% 17% 1 0 33% 2 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 647 2478 3.83 1499 60% 31% 12% 25% 32% 69% 1% 42% 83% 26% 6% 36 2 18% 118 49 11% 68 43 35% 0 0 2
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 45% 80% 29% 5% 15% 9% 27%

Cumulative Batting

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
1997 27 27 75 69 9 20 2 0 2 8 0 0 5 12 .290 .338 .406 .744 93 28 0 0 1 0 0
1998 28 138 426 379 38 96 16 2 7 50 3 3 34 58 .253 .316 .361 .677 76 137 5 3 5 5 3
1999 29 181 544 481 52 119 22 2 9 65 4 3 47 75 .247 .314 .358 .672 74 172 9 3 6 7 3
2000 30 204 577 506 57 127 22 2 10 71 4 3 52 82 .251 .319 .362 .681 76 183 9 3 7 9 3
2001 31 237 621 548 60 132 23 2 11 74 4 3 53 92 .241 .307 .350 .657 70 192 10 3 8 9 3
2002 32 244 641 567 63 134 23 2 12 77 4 3 54 100 .236 .302 .347 .649 68 197 10 3 8 9 3
2003 33 244 641 567 63 134 23 2 12 77 4 3 54 100 .236 .302 .347 .649 68 197 10 3 8 9 3
2004 34 252 647 572 63 135 23 2 12 78 4 3 55 102 .236 .302 .346 .648 67 198 10 3 8 9 3

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1997 27 27 74 68 9 19 2 0 2 8 0 5 12 .279 .329 .397 .726 9 27
1998 28 111 345 306 27 72 13 2 5 39 3 27 46 .235 .299 .340 .639 31 111
1999 29 43 116 101 13 22 6 0 2 14 1 12 17 .218 .296 .337 .632 10 43
2000 30 23 31 24 4 7 0 0 1 5 0 4 7 .292 .367 .417 .783 4 23
2001 31 33 43 41 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 1 10 .098 .119 .195 .314 1 33
2002 32 7 20 19 4 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 8 .105 .150 .263 .413 1 7
2004 34 8 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 8
7 Yrs 252 635 564 59 126 22 2 12 72 4 51 102 .223 .287 .333 .620 56 252
162 Game Avg. 162 408 363 38 81 14 1 8 46 3 33 66 .223 .287 .333 .620 36 252

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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