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Larry Gura Lawrence Cyril Gura Bats Both, Throws Left Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb. School Arizona State MLB Debut April 30, 1970 Final Game July 27, 1985 Born November 26, 1947 in Joliet, IL (age 77)

• Pitched a one-hitter for KCA vs. SEA on August 16, 1979
• Pitched a one-hitter for KCA vs. SEA on April 19, 1981
• Pitched a one-hitter for KCA vs. SEA on June 9, 1982

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1970 22 CHN NL   1   0 1.000  11   2   0   2   0   0   21.2   17    99   10   10   5   20   0   0   16   1  0  4.15  
 1971           [Did not play]
 1972           [Did not play]
 1973 25 LAN NL   5   5  .500  46   0   0  22   2   0   64.1   63   280   30   30   7   20   5   2   53   0  0  4.20  
 1974 26 MON NL   5   1  .833   8   8   0   0   0   0   53.1   54   220   20   18   3   10   0   2   17   0  0  3.04  
 1975 27 MON NL   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0    2.0    5    12    3    3   1    2   0   0    1   0  0 13.50  
 1976 28 KCA AL   4   4  .500  17   2   1  13   1   0   47.0   40   183   13   12   3    3   0   2   29   1  0  2.30  
 1977 29 KCA AL   5   2  .714  25   6   0  11   5   0   79.0   67   318   24   20   7   17   3   0   39   5  1  2.28  
 1978 30 KCA AL  22   7  .759  32  32  10   0   0   5  237.2  218   972   84   75  23   59   0   3   89   1  1  2.84  CY-6
 1979 31 KCA AL  16   9  .640  34  33   4   0   0   1  215.0  198   898  102   94  24   72   2   6   79   4  2  3.93  CY-12
 1980 32 KCA AL  14  12  .538  33  33  12   0   0   2  255.1  240  1041  116  103  25   56   4   7  107   5  0  3.63  
 1981 33 KCA AL  14  12  .538  34  34  13   0   0   3  261.0  216  1045   96   86  25   50   0   9   70   2  0  2.97  
 1982 34 KCA AL  12  13  .480  34  34   4   0   0   1  224.2  256   999  138  123  36   81   1   6   96   4  0  4.93  
 1983 35 KCA AL  14  11  .560  32  32   0   0   0   0  182.1  224   836  120  106  20   75   1   3   54   0  0  5.23  
 1984 36 KCA AL   1   1  .500   9   6   0   0   0   0   36.0   48   167   31   30  13   15   0   1   16   1  0  7.50  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 13 Seasons     113  77  .595 316 222  44  48   8  12 1679.1 1646  7070  787  710 192  480  16  41  666  24  4  3.81
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With KCA     102  71  .590 250 212  44  24   6  12 1538.0 1507  6459  724  649 176  428  11  37  579  23  4  3.80
   With LAN       5   5  .500  46   0   0  22   2   0   64.1   63   280   30   30   7   20   5   2   53   0  0  4.20
   With MON       5   1  .833   9   8   0   0   0   0   55.1   59   232   23   21   4   12   0   2   18   0  0  3.42
   With CHN       1   0 1.000  11   2   0   2   0   0   21.2   17    99   10   10   5   20   0   0   16   1  0  4.15
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     126  97  .565 403 261  71  60  14  16 2047.0 2020  8596  958  855 204  600  38  46  801  27  3  3.76
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1970 22 CHN NL  11   14   6.4   2  2.00    5   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    1    0 1.000   -3   
 1971           [Did not play]
 1972           [Did not play]
 1973 25 LAN NL  24   32   4.4   2          6   1   0  .167   0    1    1 1.000    4    1  .800 -138   
 1974 26 MON NL  36   20   3.5   0  4.38   21   2   0  .095   0    2    1  .500    1    3  .250    0   
 1975 27 MON NL  42    4  26.8   0          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  527   
 1976 28 KCA AL  18   13   2.6   1  3.50    0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    3    2  .600  -40   
 1977 29 KCA AL  32   24   2.7   7  4.17    0   0   0  .000   3    5    2  .400    7    2  .778 -124   
 1978 30 KCA AL  23  105   4.0   0  5.66    0   0   0  .000   0    9    8  .889   13    6  .684   58   
 1979 31 KCA AL  23   98   4.1   0  5.97    0   0   0  .000   2    8    5  .625    2    2  .500  -50   
 1980 32 KCA AL  20  108   3.9   0  4.36    0   0   0  .000   0    9    6  .667   11    7  .611  -21   
 1981 33 KCA AL  18   90   3.1   0  4.12    0   0   0  .000   0   14   11  .786    3    2  .600    0   
 1982 34 KCA AL  16  139   5.5   0  5.62    0   0   0  .000   0    7    6  .857    1    6  .143   43   
 1983 35 KCA AL  13  130   6.4   0  5.09    0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    8    1  .889    8   
 1984 36 KCA AL  24   36   9.1   0  3.83    0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    2    1  .667  184   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 13 Seasons          821   4.4  12         32   3   0  .094   5   58   43  .741   56   33  .629   -2   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #10 (Class of 1984): 0 of 15 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1974 NLCS  MON CIN   L    1 19.29   0-1   0  1   2.1   5   5   3   0
 1976 ALCS  KCA BOA   W    1  7.20   0-1   0  1   5.0   1   4   5   0
 1977 ALCS  KCA BOA   L    1  1.69   0-0   0  1   5.1   4   1   0   2
 1978 ALCS  KCA BOA   L    2  4.60   1-1   0  2  15.2  17   8   6   6
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Draft History

• 1973: Round 7 (#108 overall) by LAN
• 1974: Round 3 (#48 overall) by MON
• 1976: Round 1 (#13 overall) by KCA (claim)

Transaction History

• 1970 postseason: released by CHN

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1970 CHN 52-110 Alan Bosslet 1973 LAN 109-54 Scott Campbell 1974 MON 109-53 Steve Bivens 1975 MON 93-69 Steve Bivens 1976 KCA 96-66 Gary Dewing 1977 KCA 111-51 Gary Dewing 1978 KCA 88-74 Gary Dewing, Rob Tomlinson 1979 KCA 89-73 Thomas Toney 1980 KCA 75-87 Thomas Toney 1981 KCA 84-78 Thomas Toney 1982 KCA 75-87 Thomas Toney 1983 KCA 77-85 Thomas Toney 1984 KCA 66-96 Thomas Toney

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