Larry Twitchell

Lawrence Grant Twitchell

Positions: Leftfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 18, 1864 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1886
Teams (by GP): Wolverines/Spiders/Colonels/Solons/Infants/... 1886-1894

Final Game: July 7, 1894
Died: April 23, 1930 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, OH
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1886	22	DTN	NL	0	2	.000	6.48	4	4	0	2	0	0	25.0	35	22	18	1	12	6		0	2	113	51	1.880	12.6	0.4	4.3	2.2	0.50
1887	23	DTN	NL	11	1	.917	4.33	15	12	3	11	0	1	112.1	120	74	54	3	36	24	10	0	6	494	94	1.389	9.6	0.2	2.9	1.9	0.67
1888	24	DTN	NL	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	1	4.0	6	3	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	46	1.500	13.5	2.3	0.0	6.8
1889	25	CLV	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1890	26	BUF	PL	5	7	.417	4.57	13	12	1	12	0	0	104.1	112	77	53	3	72	29	15	1	9	514	90	1.764	9.7	0.3	6.2	2.5	0.40
1891	27	OMA	N/A	7	5	.583	3.84	13	13		10			103.0	136	95	44		53	30	5		8			1.835	11.9		4.6	2.6	0.57	OMA · WA
1891	27	COL	AA	1	1	.500	4.06	6	1	5	1	0	0	31.0	29	22	14	1	13	8	3	0	3	137	85	1.355	8.4	0.3	3.8	2.3	0.62

1894	30	LOU	NL	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	93	2.000	15.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
1895	31	MLW	A	0	0			3	0		0	0		7.0																		MLW · WL
7 Yrs				17	11	.607	4.62	42	29	11	26	0	2	280.2	307	200	144	10	135	70	28	1	20	1293	86	1.575	9.8	0.3	4.3	2.2	0.52
162 Game Avg.				16	11	.607	4.62	40	28	11	25	0	2	269	294	192	138	10	129	67		1	19	1238	86	1.575	9.8	0.3	4.3	2.2	0.52

DTN (3 yrs)				11	3	.786	4.78	21	16	4	13	0	2	141.1	161	99	75	5	48	33	10	0	8	623	82	1.479	10.3	0.3	3.1	2.1	0.69
LOU (1 yr)				0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	93	2.000	15.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
COL (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.06	6	1	5	1	0	0	31.0	29	22	14	1	13	8	3	0	3	137	85	1.355	8.4	0.3	3.8	2.3	0.62
CLV (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4		1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
BUF (1 yr)				5	7	.417	4.57	13	12	1	12	0	0	104.1	112	77	53	3	72	29	15	1	9	514	90	1.764	9.7	0.3	6.2	2.5	0.40

NL (5 yrs)				11	3	.786	4.77	23	16	5	13	0	2	145.1	166	101	77	6	50	33	10	0	8	642	83	1.486	10.3	0.4	3.1	2.0	0.66
AA (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.06	6	1	5	1	0	0	31.0	29	22	14	1	13	8	3	0	3	137	85	1.355	8.4	0.3	3.8	2.3	0.62
PL (1 yr)				5	7	.417	4.57	13	12	1	12	0	0	104.1	112	77	53	3	72	29	15	1	9	514	90	1.764	9.7	0.3	6.2	2.5	0.40

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
1886	22	DTN	NL	25.0	4	4	22	7.92	5.04	0.48	0.00	98.0	4.47	-9	-0.7		-0.0	-0.5	-7	.326	.496	$
1887	23	DTN	NL	112.1	15	12	74	5.93	5.86	0.39	0.00	100.0	5.48	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	0.7	7	.493	.499	$900
1888	24	DTN	NL	4.0	2	0	3	6.75	4.42	0.02	0.00	97.0	4.26	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.449	.499	$1,200
1889	25	CLV	NL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.99	0.29	0.00	103.0	5.88	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.560	.500	$1,750
1890	26	BUF	PL	104.1	13	12	77	6.64	7.02	-0.45	0.00	97.0	7.24	7	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.0	16	.543	.503	$
1891	27	COL	AA	31.0	6	1	22	6.39	5.96	0.33	0.00	92.0	5.19	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.450	.498	$

1894	30	LOU	NL	3.0	1	0	2	6.00	7.57	-0.17	0.00	95.0	7.35	1	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.540	.500	$
7 Seasons				280.2	42	29	200	6.41	6.23	0.07	0.00	97.7	6.02	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.3	1.1	15	.487	.500	$3,850

DTN (3 yrs)				141.1	21	16	99	6.30	5.68	0.39	0.00	99.6	5.26	-11	-0.9	1.0	-0.2	0.1	-1	.457	.498	$2,100
LOU (1 yr)				3.0	1	0	2	6.00	7.57	-0.17	0.00	95.0	7.35	1	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.540	.500	$
COL (1 yr)				31.0	6	1	22	6.39	5.96	0.33	0.00	92.0	5.19	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.450	.498	$
CLV (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.99	0.29	0.00	103.0	5.88	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.560	.500	$1,750
BUF (1 yr)				104.1	13	12	77	6.64	7.02	-0.45	0.00	97.0	7.24	7	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.0	16	.543	.503	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1886	22	0	2	.000	6.48	4	4	0	2	0	25.0	35	22	18	1	12	6		0	2	113	51	1.880	12.6	0.4	4.3	2.2	0.50	51
1887	23	11	3	.786	4.72	19	16	3	13	1	137.1	155	96	72	4	48	30	10	0	8	607	83	1.478	10.2	0.3	3.1	2.0	0.63	83
1888	24	11	3	.786	4.78	21	16	4	13	2	141.1	161	99	75	5	48	33	10	0	8	623	82	1.479	10.3	0.3	3.1	2.1	0.69	82
1889	25	11	3	.786	4.74	22	16	4	13	2	142.1	161	99	75	5	49	33	10	0	8	627	82	1.475	10.2	0.3	3.1	2.1	0.67	82
1890	26	16	10	.615	4.67	35	28	5	25	2	246.2	273	176	128	8	121	62	25	1	17	1141	86	1.597	10.0	0.3	4.4	2.3	0.51	86
1891	27	17	11	.607	4.60	41	29	10	26	2	277.2	302	198	142	9	134	70	28	1	20	1278	86	1.570	9.8	0.3	4.3	2.3	0.52	86
1892	28	17	11	.607	4.60	41	29	10	26	2	277.2	302	198	142	9	134	70	28	1	20	1278	86	1.570	9.8	0.3	4.3	2.3	0.52	86
1893	29	17	11	.607	4.60	41	29	10	26	2	277.2	302	198	142	9	134	70	28	1	20	1278	86	1.570	9.8	0.3	4.3	2.3	0.52	86
1894	30	17	11	.607	4.62	42	29	11	26	2	280.2	307	200	144	10	135	70	28	1	20	1293	86	1.575	9.8	0.3	4.3	2.2	0.52	86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1886	22	1	2	.333	6.30	30.0	43	23	21	1	15	7	0	1.933	12.9	4.5	2.1	0.47	0.3	4
1887	23	10	6	.625	3.00	150.0	131	56	50	3	39	32	11	1.133	7.9	2.3	1.9	0.82	0.2	15
1888	24	0	0		6.00	6.0	0	4	4	0	0	5	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	7.5		0.0	2
1889	25	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
1890	26	11	5	.688	2.69	144.0	112	48	43	3	72	40	15	1.278	7.0	4.5	2.5	0.56	0.2	13
1891	27	2	2	.500	3.51	41.0	35	18	16	1	16	11	4	1.244	7.7	3.5	2.4	0.69	0.2	6

1894	30	0	0		2.25	4.0	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.500	11.3	2.3	0.0	0.00	2.3	1
7 Yrs		24	15	.615	3.23	376.0	326	150	135	9	144	95	30	1.250	7.8		2.3	0.66	0.2	42

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1887 NL 1 (1st) 1888 NL 1 (2nd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1890 PL 15 (8th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1887 NL 3 (5th) 1888 NL 1 (9th) 1891 AA 5 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1887 NL 1 (1st)
1888 NL 1 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1890 PL 15 (8th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1887 NL  3 (5th)
1888 NL  1 (9th)
1891 AA  5 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Santo Alcala (992) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Geremi Gonzalez (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Paul Mitchell (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Kelley (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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