Larry Sutton
Larry James Sutton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 14, 1970 in West Covina, CA
High School: Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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
Final Game: June 1, 2004
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Standard Batting

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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
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 65 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 .846 113 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
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 Seasons 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 73 172 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

Advanced Batting

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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 3.4 116 .247 .225 .277 .308 .350 .343 .444 .651 .794 65 .301 -5.3 -0.5 .590 .255 .118 1.3
2000 30 STL NL 33 20 5 6.7 118 .368 .320 .276 .406 .353 .440 .450 .846 .804 113 .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 Seasons 647 467 63 3.6 112 .263 .236 .273 .302 .343 .346 .436 .648 .780 67 .337 -28.2 -2.6 .571 .208 .110 6.0
162 Game Avg. 416 300 41 3.6 112 .263 .236 .273 .302 .343 .346 .436 .648 .780 67 .337 -28.2 -2.6 .571 .208 .110 4
KCR (3 yrs) 544 387 56 3.9 112 .272 .247 .274 .314 .344 .358 .436 .672 .780 73 .364 -19.0 -1.8 .596 .210 .110 5.5
STL (2 yrs) 77 59 6 2.7 114 .220 .194 .271 .253 .346 .299 .444 .552 .789 41 .237 -6.2 -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 -21.7 -2.0 .586 .210 .112 5.7
NL (3 yrs) 83 63 6 2.5 114 .226 .194 .271 .259 .345 .292 .443 .551 .787 41 .216 -6.5 -0.6 .475 .194 .097 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 10 3 1 1 1.53 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 18 0 0% 7 1 14% 43 6 14% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1998 28 KCR AL 351 94% 76 11 0 26 3 0 2 1.58 5 0 11 5 0 3 2 0 5 4 80% 61 5 8% 35 15 43% 227 38 17% 23 12 52% 23 13 57% 0
1999 29 KCR AL 118 94% 23 1 0 7 1 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% 6 2 33% 0
2000 30 STL NL 33 91% 8 1 0 12 5 1 4 1.65 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 1.06 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 4 2 50% 25 2 8% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 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 1.72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 1 20% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 647 94% 135 16 0 85 18 3 12 1.45 12 1 19 11 1 8 4 0 9 8 89% 129 10 8% 70 27 39% 427 67 16% 44 19 43% 37 19 51% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Batting

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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 73 172 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 69 192 10 3 8 9 3
2002 32 244 641 567 63 134 23 2 12 77 4 3 54 100 .236 .302 .347 .649 67 197 10 3 8 9 3
2003 33 244 641 567 63 134 23 2 12 77 4 3 54 100 .236 .302 .347 .649 67 197 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

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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 73 68 8 19 2 0 2 7 0 5 12 .279 .329 .397 .726 9 27
1998 28 111 346 309 27 75 14 2 5 40 3 29 46 .243 .309 .350 .659 33 111
1999 29 43 115 101 13 22 6 0 2 14 1 12 17 .218 .296 .337 .632 10 43
2000 30 23 32 25 5 8 0 0 1 5 0 5 7 .320 .406 .440 .846 5 23
2001 31 33 42 41 3 4 1 0 1 3 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 Seasons 252 634 568 60 130 23 2 12 73 4 54 102 .229 .295 .340 .635 59 252
162 Game Avg. 162 408 365 39 84 15 1 8 47 3 35 66 .229 .295 .340 .635 38 252

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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