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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 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Royals/Cardinals/Marlins/Athletics 1997-2004

Final Game: June 1, 2004 (Age 34)
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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
1992	22	KCR-min	A-,A	71	297	240	46	74	17	3	15	58	3	7	50	34	.308	.434	.592	1.026		142	3	5	0	2	5		EUG,APP · NORW,MIDW
1993	23	KCR-min	A	113	472	361	67	97	24	1	7	50	3	5	95	65	.269	.424	.399	.823		144	3	8	0	8	5		RFD · MIDW
1994	24	KCR-min	A+	129	577	480	91	147	33	1	26	94	2	1	81	71	.306	.406	.542	.948		260	7	6	1	9	10		WMT · CARL
1995	25	KCR-min	AA	53	227	197	31	53	11	1	5	32	1	1	26	33	.269	.357	.411	.768		81	3	2	0	2	0		WCH · TL
1996	26	KCR-min	AA	125	554	463	84	137	22	2	22	84	4	1	77	66	.296	.401	.495	.895		229	11	8	0	6	3		WCH · TL
1997	27	KCR-min	AAA	106	443	380	61	114	27	1	19	72	0	0	61	57	.300	.395	.526	.921		200	6	0	0	2	4		OMA · AA
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-min	AAA,Rk	48	217	179	35	49	10	1	4	18	4	1	34	30	.274	.394	.408	.801		73	5	2	1	1	2		OMA,ROY · PCL,GULF
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-min	AAA	95	422	347	61	89	21	2	12	70	4	1	67	56	.256	.377	.432	.809		150	12	3	0	5	5		MEM · PCL
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-MIN-min	AAA	74	294	246	35	63	12	3	5	37	1	2	44	48	.256	.367	.390	.758		96	7	1	0	3	2		MEM,EDM · PCL
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-min	AAA	116	528	431	83	126	40	2	12	81	2	0	93	108	.292	.417	.478	.895		206	9	1	0	3	1		SAC · PCL
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-min	AAA	91	377	308	70	115	31	2	21	73	3	1	59	61	.373	.475	.692	1.166		213	4	5	0	5	1		ABQ · PCL
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
2005	35	HYU	Fgn																										HYU · KBO
2006	36	HYU	Fgn																										HYU · KBO
2007	37	KIA	Fgn																										KIA · KBO
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 (v2.2): 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
1997	27	KCR	AL	27	75	-0	0	0	1	-1	-0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.2	-0.0	2	$150,000	3/D7
1998	28	KCR	AL	111	351	-15	-1	1	-2	-4	-20	-1.9	13	-7	-0.7	.482	.488	-0.5	-0.5	-6	$172,500	97/3D
1999	29	KCR	AL	43	118	-6	0	0	-1	-2	-9	-0.8	4	-5	-0.4	.480	.495	-0.3	-0.3	-3	$240,000	3/D9
2000	30	STL	NL	23	33	0	0	0	-0	-0	0	0.0	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.2	-0.1	2		/379
2001	31	STL	NL	33	44	-7	0	-0	2	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.484	.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	.449	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2		/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	-8	-38	-3.6	24	-14	-1.4	.485	.497	-1.3	-0.8	-13	$867,500

KCR (3 yrs)				181	544	-21	-0	1	-2	-7	-30	-2.7	20	-9	-0.8	.484	.494	-0.6	-0.8	-7	$562,500
STL (2 yrs)				56	77	-7	1	0	2	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.491	.499	-0.4	0.1	-4	$305,000
OAK (1 yr)				7	20	-3	-0	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.449	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2
FLA (1 yr)				8	6	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.496	.500	-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	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1997	KCR	AL	27	1B	12	11	9	110.0	100	92	8	0	11	1.000	1		9		8.18	8.33	.992	9.31	9.23
1997	KCR	AL	27	DH	3	2
1997	KCR	AL	27	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00
1997	KCR	AL	27	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.30
1998	KCR	AL	28	OF	79	72	56	645.2	153	147	4	2	2	.987	-2		-4		2.10	1.91	.985	2.31	2.29
1998	KCR	AL	28	RF	47	43	29	365.0	95	91	2	2	1	.979	1		2		2.29	1.98	.983	2.13	2.11
1998	KCR	AL	28	LF	39	29	27	280.2	58	56	2	0	1	1.000	-3		-12		1.86	1.49	.985	2.10	2.08
1998	KCR	AL	28	1B	6	2	1	35.0	35	32	3	0	5	1.000	0		14		9.00	5.83	.992	9.44	9.33
1998	KCR	AL	28	DH	3	3
1999	KCR	AL	29	1B	30	22	19	196.1	231	215	13	3	19	.987	-1		-5		10.45	7.60	.992	9.50	9.35
1999	KCR	AL	29	DH	5	4
1999	KCR	AL	29	OF	1	1	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-86		0.00	0.00		2.31	2.30
1999	KCR	AL	29	RF	1	1	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-86		0.00	0.00		2.06	2.10
2000	STL	NL	30	1B	6	2	2	25.0	28	26	2	0	2	1.000	0		10		10.08	4.67	.992	9.25	9.17
2000	STL	NL	30	OF	4	1	1	14.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-25		3.14	1.25	.980	2.26	2.22
2000	STL	NL	30	LF	3	0	0	6.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0		57		2.84	0.67	.975	1.85	1.90
2000	STL	NL	30	RF	1	1	1	8.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1		-90		3.38	3.00	.980	2.14	2.20
2001	STL	NL	31	1B	11	2	0	31.2	43	38	5	0	3	1.000	2		76		12.22	3.91	.993	9.27	9.16
2001	STL	NL	31	OF	3	1	0	14.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-17		0.64	0.33	.980	2.19	2.17
2001	STL	NL	31	RF	3	1	0	14.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-17		0.64	0.33	.980	2.12	2.10
2002	OAK	AL	32	1B	6	2	1	25.0	29	29	0	0	0	1.000	0		0		10.44	4.83	.993	9.32	9.23
2002	OAK	AL	32	OF	3	2	1	20.0	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	-0		-24		2.70	2.00	.985	2.34	2.33
2002	OAK	AL	32	LF	2	2	1	16.0	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	0		0		3.38	3.00	.983	2.14	2.15
2002	OAK	AL	32	RF	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-120		0.00	0.00		2.02	2.10
2004	FLA	NL	34	1B	1	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	4.50	1.00	.990	9.45	9.40
	6 Seasons			OF	91	77	58	702.0	165	158	5	2	2	.988	-3		-6		2.09	1.79	.985	2.31	2.28
	7 Seasons			1B	72	41	32	425.0	467	433	31	3	40	.994	3	0	7	0	9.83	6.44	.992	9.40	9.28
	5 Seasons			RF	53	46	30	398.0	99	95	2	2	1	.980	-1		-3		2.19	1.83	.983	2.13	2.11
	4 Seasons			LF	45	31	28	304.0	66	63	3	0	1	1.000	-2		-9		1.95	1.47	.985	2.10	2.07
	7 Seasons			TOT	163	118	90	1127.0	632	591	36	5	42	.992	-1	0	-1	0	5.01	3.85	.990	4.98	5.37
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/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
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Transactions

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 21st round of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1992.
October 18, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
December 8, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
July 3, 2001: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Minnesota Twins for Hanley Frias.
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
January 29, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 7, 2002: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
December 16, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
March 31, 2003: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
January 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 14, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1997	27	Kansas City Royals	$150,000	1997 postseason AP survey
1998	28	Kansas City Royals	$172,500	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	29	Kansas City Royals	$240,000	4/6/99 USA Today

2001	31	St. Louis Cardinals	$305,000	4/6/01 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$867,500

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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