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Gene
Larkin		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 24, 1962 in Usa, NY, FLUSHING
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1988 25 MIN AL 51 167 28 44 13 1 4 20 0 0 15 27 .263 .335 .425 .760 21.8 4.2
1989 26 MIN AL 125 400 49 110 22 4 7 57 0 0 29 54 .275 .329 .403 .731 49.9 8.0
1990 27 MIN AL 12 20 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .300 .364 .400 .764 2.5 0.6
1992 29 MIN AL 113 374 52 122 31 2 11 49 0 1 41 40 .326 .393 .508 .901 67.6 17.4
1993 30 MIN AL 104 318 54 97 15 2 6 46 0 0 29 41 .305 .365 .421 .787 48.1 10.9
1994 31 MIN AL 105 357 48 103 22 4 8 46 0 0 37 49 .289 .358 .440 .798 53.7 11.5
1995 32 MIN AL 22 63 6 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 11 .206 .306 .222 .528 5.1 0.1
1996 33 MIN AL 119 434 65 141 30 3 14 73 0 1 55 48 .325 .401 .505 .905 79.0 15.5
1997 34 CHW AL 147 499 78 137 24 1 10 63 0 0 77 50 .275 .374 .387 .761 73.9 14.8
1998 35 CHW AL 141 483 77 138 28 1 12 78 5 0 63 55 .286 .375 .422 .798 77.7 12.4
1999 36 CHW AL 154 597 93 166 32 2 8 47 0 0 55 101 .278 .344 .379 .722 76.2 7.0
11 Years Sim 1093 3712 552 1077 220 20 80 485 5 2 410 479 .290 .365 .425 .789 555.5 102.4
162 Game Average 550 81 159 32 2 11 71 0 0 60 70 .290 .365 .425 .789 82.3  
Career Highs 154 597 93 166 32 4 14 78 5 1 77 101 .326 .401 .508 .905 79.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1988 25 MIN AL LF 20 16 141.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.46   0.2
1989 26 MIN AL LF 12 1 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.1
    1B 3 1 16.0 18 1 1 2 .950 10.69   0.0
1990 27 MIN AL LF 8 4 40.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
    1B 3 0 6.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1992 29 MIN AL RF 13 10 92.0 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.66   0.2
    1B 4 1 16.7 14 1 0 0 1.000 8.10   0.0
    CF 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90    
    LF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1993 30 MIN AL RF 82 75 660.7 136 5 1 1 .993 1.92   2.4
    CF 13 7 73.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    1B 2 2 18.0 18 1 0 1 1.000 9.50   0.0
    LF 3 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1994 31 MIN AL RF 66 64 561.0 94 2 1 0 .990 1.54   2.4
    CF 21 19 172.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    1B 4 2 21.0 18 2 0 2 1.000 8.57   0.1
    LF 5 2 21.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.43    
1995 32 MIN AL CF 8 7 62.7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.01   0.3
    LF 4 3 37.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46    
    RF 5 4 37.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95    
    1B 5 1 17.0 19 4 0 1 1.000 12.18   0.0
1996 33 MIN AL RF 46 46 392.3 66 3 0 1 1.000 1.58   1.1
    CF 8 6 56.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
    1B 7 3 36.0 35 2 1 4 .974 9.25   0.1
    LF 2 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1997 34 CHW AL RF 15 11 110.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.3
    CF 4 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    1B 4 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43   0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1998 35 CHW AL RF 24 18 161.0 26 0 1 0 .963 1.45   0.3
    CF 7 5 50.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
    LF 4 4 33.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1999 36 CHW AL RF 25 24 205.0 37 1 0 0 1.000 1.67   0.7
    CF 11 5 57.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 276 252 2219.0 406 12 3 3 .993 1.70   7.2
  CF 77 49 492.7 94 0 1 0 .989 1.72   0.3
  LF 65 31 329.7 62 0 0 0 1.000 1.69   0.5
  1B 33 10 139.7 134 12 2 12 .986 9.41   0.3
Career Totals   451 342 3181.0 696 24 6 15 .992 2.04   8.2
Career Highs   100 87 775.0 174 6 1 5 1.000 5.23    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1989 26 MIN AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1993 30 MIN AL 4 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .167 .286 .250 .536
1994 31 MIN AL 4 15 2 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 .533 .563 .733 1.296
1996 33 MIN AL 2 9 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .556 .556 .778 1.333
Career Post-Season Batting 12 39 6 15 4 1 0 4 0 0 3 5 .385 .429 .538 .967
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1996-10-.320*
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Deion Sanders (954)
  2. Roy Howell (928)
  3. Hal McRae (920)
  4. Glenn Davis (920)
  5. Willie Aikens (917)
  6. Carl Everett (914)
  7. Ricky Jordan (913)
  8. Mike Hargrove (912)
  9. Cecil Cooper (905)
  10. Dwight Smith (899)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 57th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1987
Traded from New York (A) to Minnesota on 3/2/1987 (Going to MIN: 1B G. Larkin. Going to NYY: P M. Ciardi)
Had first career hit on 7/16/1988, off Pascual Perez (BAL)
Hit first career homerun on 8/11/1988, off Dave Stewart (CHW)
Injured on 7/22/1991 with a Broken Nose, out for 1-2 weeks
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,539,286 through salary arbitration
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,539,286 through salary arbitration
1/31/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,539,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/10/1997 to a 3-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1997, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
 
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