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Larry Herndon
Larry Darnell Herndon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut September 4, 1974
Final Game October 2, 1988
Born November 3, 1953 in Sunflower, MS (age 71)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 22 SFN NL   97  288   37   85  15   0   4   37  10   7   14   36  .295  .331  .389  .720   108   112   1   3   1   3   2  
 1977 23 SFN NL   32   76   11   18   3   2   0    5   2   0    4   19  .237  .275  .329  .604    83    25   3   0   0   0   3  
 1978 24 SFN NL  108  316   47   89  14  14   1   27   8   4   23   51  .282  .329  .424  .753   113   134   8   1   0   0   4  
 1979 25 SFN NL   60  177   25   45   7   2   1   12  12   1   15   42  .254  .312  .333  .646    92    59   0   0   3   0   0  
         SDN NL   56  169   19   48   6   2   3   17   8   3   10   33  .284  .335  .396  .732   100    67   2   0   2   3   1  
         TOT     116  346   44   93  13   4   4   29  20   4   25   75  .269  .324  .364  .688         126   2   0   5   3   1 
 1980 26 SDN NL  110  314   41   80  11   5   4   34   5   5   23   55  .255  .304  .360  .664    93   113   3   2   4   0   8  
 1981 27 SDN NL  119  395   59  118  14  15   5   49  14   7   19   58  .299  .334  .448  .782   117   177   3   4   1   4  16  
 1982 28 TOA AL  154  631   90  183  21  12  26   98  10  10   45  111  .290  .335  .485  .820   111   306   0   5   5   0  24  MVP-12
 1983 29 TOA AL  157  591   72  162  26  13  16   77   4   1   33   94  .274  .313  .443  .756   102   262   0   6   6   3  19  
 1984 30 TOA AL   18   67    7   26   3   1   2    8   1   1    5    5  .388  .431  .552  .983   133    37   0   0   0   0   0  
         TEA AL   99  340   40   83   6   5   8   39   2   0   31   55  .244  .303  .362  .665    89   123   0   7   1   1  11  
         TOT     117  407   47  109   9   6  10   47   3   1   36   60  .268  .324  .393  .717         160   0   7   1   1  11 
 1985 31 TEA AL  129  441   47  109  15   6   8   55   1   0   35   78  .247  .299  .363  .662    89   160   0   6   0   0  18  
 1986 32 TEA AL   75  279   46   97  27   3   5   32   3   0   27   38  .348  .407  .520  .927   126   145   1   0   3   1   4  
 1987 33 TEA AL   60  208   22   56  10   2   5   18   2   0   23   39  .269  .342  .409  .751    97    85   0   0   1   0   6  
 1988 34 OAA AL   73  153   25   37   7   0   5   20   0   0   23   40  .242  .343  .386  .728   105    59   0   1   1   1   5  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1347 4445  588 1236 185  82  93  528  82  39  330  754  .278  .328  .419  .747        1864  21  35  28  16 121
 Per 600 PA           550   73  153  23  10  12   65  10   5   41   93                                 231   3   4   3   2  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With TEA      363 1268  155  345  58  16  26  144   8   0  116  210  .272  .331  .405  .736         513   1  13   5   2  39
   With TOA      329 1289  169  371  50  26  44  183  15  12   83  210  .288  .330  .469  .799         605   0  11  11   3  43
   With SFN      297  857  120  237  39  18   6   81  32  12   56  148  .277  .322  .385  .707         330  12   4   4   3   9
   With SDN      285  878  119  246  31  22  12  100  27  15   52  146  .280  .323  .407  .730         357   8   6   7   7  25
   With OAA       73  153   25   37   7   0   5   20   0   0   23   40  .242  .343  .386  .728          59   0   1   1   1   5
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1537 4877  605 1334 186  76 107  550  92  57  353  793  .274  .322  .409  .731        1993  32  38  24  16 125
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1976 22 SFN NL  46   37   4.6  20   5   0  .250   7   33   26  .788    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e12   27   
 1977 23 SFN NL  44    6   2.8   5   0   0  .000   1    9    9 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e16  -32   
 1978 24 SFN NL  42   44   4.9   9   2   0  .222   8   41   30  .732    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e13  107   
 1979 25 SFN NL  15   21   4.3  16   5   0  .312   5   23   15  .652    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e14  -52   
         SDN NL  34   23   4.9   4   1   0  .250   4   26   15  .577    0    0  .000  OF   3(-2)e14   34   
         TOT                    20   6   0  .300   9   49   30  .612    0    0  .000
 1980 26 SDN NL  45   32   3.5  19   3   0  .158   4   19   13  .684    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e15   -6   
 1981 27 SDN NL  43   53   4.7  15   5   0  .333   7   47   33  .702    0    0  .000  OF   2(-2)e9    43   
 1982 28 TOA AL  32   92   5.1   0   0   0  .000   5   53   45  .849    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e7      7   
 1983 29 TOA AL  37   77   4.6   0   0   0  .000  10   50   28  .560    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e16  -73   
 1984 30 TOA AL  43   16  10.4   1   1   0 1.000   3    9    6  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e5    249   
         TEA AL  26   37   3.7   4   0   0  .000   4   31   17  .548    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e5    -69   
         TOT                     5   1   0  .200   7   40   23  .575    0    0  .000
 1985 31 TEA AL  46   45   3.4   7   2   0  .286   4   46   32  .696    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e9    -21   
 1986 32 TEA AL  11   60   8.7   6   2   0  .333   1   18    9  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e5    232   
 1987 33 TEA AL  70   28   5.0   4   1   0  .250   1   12    8  .667    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e4  -147   
 1988 34 OAA AL  77   20   4.6  13   1   0  .077   2   25   17  .680    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e3    93   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          596   4.7 123  28   0  .228  66  442  303  .686    0    0  .000                  10   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 15.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1976 22 SFN NL  CF    67   168    10    7    1   .962    63   555.1   2.88
 1977 23 SFN NL  CF    26    57     1    1    0   .983    19   176.0   2.97
 1978 24 SFN NL  CF    95   214     6    8    0   .965    80   745.0   2.66
 1979 25 TOT     CF    68   163    10    7    0   .961    64   556.0   2.80
                 LF    23    33     0    2    0   .943    14   141.0   2.11
                 RF     5     4     0    0    0  1.000     3    30.1   1.19
 1980 26 SDN NL  RF    79   120     1    4    0   .968    71   635.2   1.71
                 CF    10    14     0    0    0  1.000     4    45.1   2.78
                 LF    12     3     1    0    0  1.000     0    27.2   1.30
 1981 27 SDN NL  CF    89   238    12    6    2   .977    85   757.1   2.97
                 RF    11    19     0    1    0   .950     9    80.1   2.13
                 LF    12     3     0    0    0  1.000     0    23.0   1.17
 1982 28 TOA AL  LF   154   267     8    5    1   .982   154  1386.2   1.78
 1983 29 TOA AL  LF   153   243     5   10    1   .961   153  1260.2   1.77
 1984 30 TOA AL  LF    16    23     2    3    1   .893    15   126.1   1.78
         TEA AL  LF    90   120    12    4    0   .971    76   697.2   1.70
                 RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   1.06
 1985 31 TEA AL  LF   123   163     8    4    0   .977   112  1003.0   1.53
 1986 32 TEA AL  LF    72   106     5    1    0   .991    67   618.0   1.62
 1987 33 TEA AL  LF    37    51     0    1    0   .981    35   322.0   1.43
                 RF     4     6     0    0    0  1.000     4    34.0   1.59
 1988 34 OAA AL  LF    51    61     2    2    0   .969    44   330.0   1.72
                 CF     5     5     0    0    0  1.000     3    31.0   1.45
                 RF     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF   743  1073    43   32    3   .972   670  5936.0   1.69
                 CF   360   859    39   29    3   .969   318  2866.0   2.82
                 RF   104   152     1    5    0   .968    89   799.1   1.72
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1986 ALCS  TEA BOA   L    2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  2  3  .167  .375  .167  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1976  SFN   62-100  Bob Mittleman
 1977  SFN   69-93   Bob Mittleman
 1978  SFN   87-75   Bob Mittleman
 1979  SFN   57-105  Bob Mittleman
 1979  SDN   75-87   Mike Tomeo
 1980  SDN   77-85   Mike Tomeo
 1981  SDN   86-76   Mike Tomeo
 1982  TOA   88-74   Alan Boodman
 1983  TOA   93-69   Alan Boodman
 1984  TOA   93-69   Alan Boodman
 1984  TEA   74-88   John Storer
 1985  TEA   75-87   John Storer
 1986  TEA   98-64   John Storer
 1987  TEA   63-99   Mike Rescigno
 1988  OAA  102-60   Drew Kennedy

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