Larry Wolfe

Laurence Marcy Wolfe

Positions: Third Baseman, Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 2, 1953 in Melbourne, FL
High School: Cordova HS (Rancho Cordova, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1977
Teams (by GP): Twins/RedSox 1977-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
1973	20	MIN-min	A-,A	55	198	186	9	51	7	0	3	5	1	0	12	16	.274	.318	.360	.678		67							GEN,WRA · NYPL,MIDW
1974	21	MIN-min	A	127	527	462	67	140	23	1	14	77	3	4	53	62	.303	.372	.448	.820		207	4	1	6	5	3		WRA · MIDW
1975	22	MIN-min	AA	138	507	436	46	109	6	0	4	42	5	5	63	39	.250	.343	.291	.635		127	8	0	6	2	3		ORL · SOUL
1976	23	MIN-min	AA	136	566	476	67	126	24	5	11	61	6	8	71	59	.265	.355	.405	.761		193	17	3	3	13	1		ORL · SOUL
1977	24	HOU-min	AAA	134	549	467	71	142	33	6	9	77	1	2	67	61	.304	.389	.458	.848		214		2	7	6			CHL · IL
1977	24	MIN	AL	8	27	25	3	6	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	.240	.269	.280	.549	51	7	0	0	1	0	1	/5
1978	25	MIN	AL	88	277	235	25	55	10	1	3	25	0	1	36	27	.234	.332	.323	.656	84	76	8	0	3	3	0	5/6
1979	26	BOS	AL	47	100	78	12	19	4	0	3	15	0	0	17	21	.244	.378	.410	.788	108	32	1	1	2	2	0	4/5632D
1980	27	BOS-min	AAA	78	286	247	24	56	11	0	7	35	1	2	36	43	.227	.326	.356	.683		88		1	1	1			PAW · IL
1980	27	BOS	AL	18	24	23	3	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	5	.130	.125	.304	.429	11	7	1	0	0	1	0	5/D
1981	28	CIN-min	AAA	72	297	254	37	67	5	1	7	30	0	9	33	46	.264	.349	.374	.723		95		3	2	5	3		INA · AA
1982	29	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
4 Yrs				161	428	361	43	83	16	1	7	50	0	1	54	53	.230	.327	.338	.665	83	122	10	1	6	6	1
162 Game Avg.				162	431	363	43	84	16	1	7	50	0	1	54	53	.230	.327	.338	.665	83	123	10	1	6	6	1

MIN (2 yrs)				96	304	260	28	61	11	1	3	31	0	1	37	27	.235	.327	.319	.646	81	83	8	0	4	3	1
BOS (2 yrs)				65	124	101	15	22	5	0	4	19	0	0	17	26	.218	.328	.386	.714	89	39	2	1	2	3	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
1977	24	MIN	AL	8	27	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	/5
1978	25	MIN	AL	88	277	-3	-2	-1	-2	2	-6	-0.5	9	3	0.3	.493	.496	0.5	0.1	5	$	5/6
1979	26	BOS	AL	47	100	2	0	-0	-1	1	2	0.2	3	5	0.5	.504	.501	0.6	0.1	6	$30,000	4/5632D
1980	27	BOS	AL	18	24	-3	-0	-0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.475	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	5/D
4 Seasons				161	428	-6	-2	-1	-2	2	-8	-0.7	14	6	0.5	.495	.499	0.9	0.2	8	$30,000

MIN (2 yrs)				96	304	-4	-2	-0	-1	2	-5	-0.5	10	5	0.4	.494	.498	0.6	0.2	6	$
BOS (2 yrs)				65	124	-2	0	-0	-1	0	-3	-0.2	4	1	0.1	.496	.499	0.3	-0.0	3	$30,000

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
1977	24	MIN	AL	27	20	2	2.7	99	.240	.240	.265	.269	.329	.280	.403	.549	.732	51	.268	-1.7	-0.2	.421	.080	.040
1978	25	MIN	AL	277	195	26	3.6	95	.250	.234	.263	.332	.329	.323	.388	.656	.717	84	.414	-3.7	-0.4	.587	.238	.089	.0
1979	26	BOS	AL	100	64	14	5.8	107	.286	.244	.277	.378	.342	.410	.419	.788	.761	108	.596	1.8	0.2	.833	.385	.167	.0
1980	27	BOS	AL	24	22	1	1.2	104	.111	.130	.276	.125	.339	.304	.409	.429	.749	11	.081	-3.0	-0.3	.333	.174	.174	.0
4 Yrs				428	301	43	3.8	99	.248	.230	.267	.327	.333	.338	.397	.665	.730	83	.431	-6.6	-0.7	.609	.255	.108	.0
162 Game Avg.				431	303	43	3.8	99	.248	.230	.267	.327	.333	.338	.397	.665	.730	83	.431	-6.6	-0.7	.609	.255	.108

MIN (2 yrs)				304	215	28	3.5	96	.249	.235	.264	.327	.329	.319	.390	.646	.718	81	.400	-5.4	-0.6	.572	.223	.085	.0
BOS (2 yrs)				124	86	15	4.7	106	.243	.218	.276	.328	.342	.386	.417	.714	.758	89	.497	-1.1	-0.1	.704	.337	.168	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	24	MIN	AL	27	0.0%	0.0%	3.7%	3.7%	17%	0.00			4.2	2.00	93%
1978	25	MIN	AL	277	1.1%	9.8%	13.0%	5.1%	26%	0.75	8.7	78.3	9.4	0.87	75%
1979	26	BOS	AL	100	3.0%	21.0%	17.0%	7.0%	37%	1.24	3.7	26.0	5.2	1.39	56%
1980	27	BOS	AL	24	4.2%	20.8%	0.0%	8.3%	67%		4.6	23.0	5.8	1.13	75%
4 Yrs				428	1.6%	12.4%	12.6%	5.6%	29%	0.98	6.8	51.6	7.2	1.03	72%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.8%	8.4%	6.7%	28%	1.52	7.0	43.6	8.4	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	24	MIN	AL	-1.7	-0.2	27	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.92	-0.0	0.0	1.5	0.1	1.07	-0.3	0.47	2
1978	25	MIN	AL	-3.7	-0.4	278	-0.3	4.6	-4.9	1.03	-0.3	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.99	-3.6	1.10	7
1979	26	BOS	AL	1.8	0.2	100	0.3	1.6	-1.3	.94	0.2	0.1	3.5	0.3	1.02	1.7	1.79	8
1980	27	BOS	AL	-3.0	-0.3	24	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.20	-0.3	-0.1	-3.7	-0.4	1.13	-3.8		3
4 Yrs				-6.6	-0.7	429	-0.5	6.8	-7.3	1.01	-0.4	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	1.01	-6.1	1.15	20

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	24	MIN	AL	2	43%	12	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1978	25	MIN	AL	4	25%	121	1	0%	1	1	1	3	7	27%	23	16	6	3	2	0	7	4	3
1979	26	BOS	AL	1	27%	34	0		0	0	0	0	2	50%	3	0	3	2	2	0	3	2	1
1980	27	BOS	AL	0	100%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				7	28%	171	1	0%	1	1	1	3	9	36%	26	16	9	6	4	1	12	6	6

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
1977	24	MIN	AL	27	85%	6			2	2	0	1	0.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	21	6	29%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	25	MIN	AL	277	80%	55			7	2	1	1	1.10	3	0	3	1	2	1	2	0	4	3	75%	67	8	12%	32	9	28%	199	24	12%	15	7	47%	8	4	50%	0
1979	26	BOS	AL	100	62%	19			8	4	0	1	1.79	3	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	3	2	67%	23	1	4%	12	5	42%	77	14	18%	8	5	63%	8	1	13%	0
1980	27	BOS	AL	24	54%	3			3	1	1	1		1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	2	67%	23	3	13%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				428	75%	83			20	9	2	4	1.15	7	0	9	1	6	3	4	0	8	6	75%	99	10	10%	50	17	34%	320	47	15%	25	14	56%	17	6	35%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1977	24	8	27	25	3	6	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	.240	.269	.280	.549	51	7	0	0	1	0	1
1978	25	96	304	260	28	61	11	1	3	31	1	37	27	.235	.327	.319	.646	81	83	8	0	4	3	1
1979	26	143	404	338	40	80	15	1	6	46	1	54	48	.237	.339	.340	.679	88	115	9	1	6	5	1
1980	27	161	428	361	43	83	16	1	7	50	1	54	53	.230	.327	.338	.665	83	122	10	1	6	6	1

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	24	8	27	25	3	6	1	0	0	6	1	0	.240	.269	.280	.549	2	8
1978	25	88	282	238	27	58	11	1	3	27	38	27	.244	.344	.336	.680	28	88
1979	26	47	100	78	12	19	4	0	3	15	17	21	.244	.378	.410	.788	12	47
1980	27	18	24	23	3	3	1	0	1	4	0	5	.130	.125	.304	.429	1	18
4 Yrs		161	433	364	45	86	17	1	7	52	56	53	.236	.335	.346	.681	43	161
162 Game Avg.		162	436	366	45	87	17	1	7	52	56	53	.236	.335	.346	.681	43	161

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