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Lary Sorensen Lary Alan Sorensen Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb. School Michigan MLB Debut June 7, 1977 Final Game September 24, 1988 Born October 4, 1955 in Detroit, MI (age 69)

 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
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1977 21 MLA AL   4   7  .364  31  12   4  10   0   3  124.1  156   556   73   69  13   35   0   1   67   2  1  4.99  
 1978 22 MLA AL  19  13  .594  36  36   9   0   0   1  274.0  294  1154  106   95  18   49  10   4   71   3  1  3.12  
 1979 23 MLA AL  19   8  .704  39  39   7   0   0   3  258.2  267  1091  113  102  26   57   8   9   79   2  0  3.55  CY-10
 1980 24 SLN NL  10   8  .556  30  27   1   3   0   0  173.2  213   759   85   79  15   30   1   4   66   2  0  4.09  
 1981 25 SLN NL  14  10  .583  36  36   1   0   0   0  218.1  215   898   78   66   2   51   3   3   82   1  6  2.72  
 1982 26 TOA AL   1   1  .500   9   6   1   2   0   0   47.1   54   198   28   27   7    8   0   1   16   2  1  5.13  
 1983 27 TOA AL  11  10  .524  30  26   9   3   1   1  190.0  198   804   98   88  19   63   0   0   49   4  0  4.17  
 1984 28 CHN NL  11   8  .579  27  27   3   0   0   0  178.2  200   753   78   73  15   44   4   2   73   3  2  3.68  
 1985 29 CHN NL   1   1  .500  28   0   0  11   1   0   47.2   60   212   32   30   6   13   1   0   21   0  3  5.66  
 1986           [Did not play]
 1987 31 SLN NL   0   0  .000   7   0   0   3   0   0   12.1   16    52    5    5   3    0   0   0    4   0  0  3.65  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 10 Seasons      90  66  .577 273 209  35  32   2   8 1525.0 1673  6477  696  634 124  350  27  24  528  19 14  3.74
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With MLA      42  28  .600 106  87  20  10   0   7  657.0  717  2801  292  266  57  141  18  14  217   7  2  3.64
   With SLN      24  18  .571  73  63   2   6   0   0  404.1  444  1709  168  150  20   81   4   7  152   3  6  3.34
   With TOA      12  11  .522  39  32  10   5   1   1  237.1  252  1002  126  115  26   71   0   1   65   6  1  4.36
   With CHN      12   9  .571  55  27   3  11   1   0  226.1  260   965  110  103  21   57   5   2   94   3  5  4.10
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      93 103  .474 346 235  69  45   6  10 1737.1 1960  7385  894  800 147  402  49  31  569  31 20  4.15
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1977 21 MLA AL  51   77   5.4   1  4.92    0   0   0  .000   3    7    4  .571   10    1  .909   75   
 1978 22 MLA AL  55  114   3.7   0  3.92    0   0   0  .000   3   11    7  .636   16   10  .615    1   
 1979 23 MLA AL  48  113   3.9   0  5.31    0   0   0  .000   6   12    5  .417    7    5  .583  -62   
 1980 24 SLN NL  41   95   4.9   0  4.44   52   0   0  .000   0    7    7 1.000   18    5  .783  -42   
 1981 25 SLN NL  36   79   3.2   0  4.56   67   4   0  .060   3    6    3  .500   25   12  .676  -52   
 1982 26 TOA AL  49   25   4.9   0  6.00    0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    1    0 1.000  -88   
 1983 27 TOA AL  57   91   4.3   2  5.65    0   0   0  .000   1    3    2  .667    5    5  .500  -39   
 1984 28 CHN NL  52   85   4.4   0  4.19   62   2   0  .032   0    9    6  .667    6    2  .750 -119   
 1985 29 CHN NL  54   31   5.9   2          5   1   0  .200   0    1    1 1.000    8    1  .889   47   
 1986           [Did not play]
 1987 31 SLN NL  62    6   4.8   0          2   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  -28   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 10 Seasons          723   4.2   5        188   7   0  .037  17   58   36  .621   96   41  .701  -36   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #16 (Class of 1987): 0 of 16 votes, 0.0% -- dropped from future ballots

Draft History

• 1982: Round 8 (#117 overall) by TOA
• 1984: Round 4 (#68 overall) by CHN
• 1987: Round 7 (#108 overall) by SLN

Transaction History

• 1980-01: traded by MLA to SLN with Cesar Cedeno, Charlie Moore, Andy Hassler for Ted Simmons, Rollie Fingers, John Fulgham, Wayne Garland

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1977 MLA 72-90 Paul Weinberg 1978 MLA 91-71 Paul Weinberg 1979 MLA 90-72 Paul Weinberg 1980 SLN 88-74 Rob Tomlinson 1981 SLN 74-88 Rob Tomlinson 1982 TOA 88-74 Alan Boodman 1983 TOA 93-69 Alan Boodman 1984 CHN 76-86 Alan Bosslet, Stan Berger 1985 CHN 59-103 Stan Berger 1987 SLN 90-72 Mike Rescigno

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