#72 Steve Larkin, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, Philadelphia (A) Athletics Thursday, 10/26/1938 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Steve Larkin
12/9/1910 27 USA,OH,CINCINNATI 6"1 195
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Average Loyal None at all 5 / 6 (Very Popular) 4 / 6 (Popular) Very inconsistent Normal Normal 5.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 300,000 1938 (Arbitration eligible) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 172 Day(s) 3 Year(s), 0 Days (516 total Days) 4 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 10 | 3 | 10 | 86-89 Mph |
Versus LHB | 10 | 3 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 10 | 3 | 10 | |
Talent | 10 | 2 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 6 58 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 10 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 3 (Range), .956 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 1
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
9/4 | CLE | L 9-15 | * | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/8 | @SLA | W 7-3 | * | 7.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | W | | | | |
9/14 | @WAS | W 4-3 | * | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | W | | | | |
9/18 | CLE | L 2-16 | * | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/23 | @SLA | W 5-1 | * | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | W | PoG | | | |
9/28 | @CLE | W 9-3 | * | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | W | PoG | | | |
10/2 | @WAS | W 13-5 | * | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | W | | | | |
10/10 | CLE | L 1-5 | * | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | | | | | |
10/15 | @CLE | W 8-4 | * | 7.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | | | | | |
10/21 | CIN | L 4-6 | * | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 39 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3.39 | 292.0 | 199 | 124 | 110 | 161 | 316 | 9 | 23.1 | 1 | 26 | 66.7 |
Projected | 39 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3.39 | 292.0 | 199 | 124 | 110 | 161 | 316 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 5.0 | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 2.49 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 386 | 74 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 33 | 75 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .322 | .311 | .633 |
vs. RHB | 652 | 125 | 45 | 4 | 10 | 81 | 91 | 86 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .192 | .283 | .319 | .602 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 15 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4.53 | 105.1 | 87 | 61 | 53 | 67 | 115 |
Road | 24 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2.75 | 186.2 | 112 | 63 | 57 | 94 | 201 |
Postseason | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 22.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 24 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3.25 | 55.1 | 42 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 57 |
May | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.35 | 45.2 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 56 |
June | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2.61 | 38.0 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 50 |
July | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.43 | 56.2 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 54 |
August | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.44 | 52.2 | 36 | 34 | 26 | 35 | 53 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5.56 | 43.2 | 36 | 27 | 27 | 36 | 46 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1936 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3.38 | 154.2 | 122 | 70 | 58 | 10 | 76 | 179 | 1 | 0 | 1.28 | .290 | PHA |
1937 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3.19 | 222.2 | 149 | 88 | 79 | 8 | 111 | 235 | 4 | 0 | 1.17 | .251 | PHA,AL |
1938 | 39 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3.39 | 292.0 | 199 | 124 | 110 | 13 | 161 | 316 | 9 | 1 | 1.23 | .262 | PHA,AL |
Total | 111 | 84 | 48 | 19 | 1 | 3.32 | 669.1 | 470 | 282 | 247 | 31 | 348 | 730 | 14 | 1 | 1.22 | .265 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1934, AAA | 30 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 3.91 | 239.1 | 265 | 124 | 104 | 21 | 94 | 174 | 18 | 2 | 1.50 | .325 |
1935, AAA | 30 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 2.32 | 244.1 | 184 | 76 | 63 | 9 | 84 | 246 | 18 | 3 | 1.10 | .271 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
1937 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 8.2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
1938 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.09 | 22.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.70 | 30.2 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1936 | 43 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .220 | .220 | .244 | .463 | PHA |
1937 | 29 | 84 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 4 | .250 | .259 | .262 | .521 | PHA,AL |
1938 | 41 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 2 | .181 | .196 | .257 | .453 | PHA,AL |
Total | 113 | 230 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 102 | 8 | 7 | .213 | .223 | .257 | .480 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 39 | 39 | 17 | 42 | 3 | 61 | 2 | .967 | 292.0 | 1.88 | | | | |
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Drafted in 2nd round, 17th overall pick, by Philadelphia (A) in 1934... Earned first career win on 4/11/1936... Had first career hit on 6/14/1936, off Lefty Grove (NYY)... Injured on 8/5/1936 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Was selected to the 1937 Allstar game... Injured on 7/31/1937 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1937, going 4-0, 1.66... Hit first career homerun on 4/10/1938, off Stuart Jones (CLE)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1938, going 5-2, 3.25... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1938, going 4-1, 2.61... Was selected to the 1938 Allstar game... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1938, going 4-1, 1.43... Set a new season AL-Record for Strikeouts with 308 on 9/28/1938 ... Won Most Valuable Pitcher in 1938, going 25-9, 3.39 ERA...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1937 - 3.19 - 1st
| WHIP 1937 - 1.17 - 1st
| Wins 1937 - 17 - 8th
| K's 1936 - 179 - 4th 1937 - 235 - 2nd
| BB 1937 - 111 - 8th
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