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Gene Larkin
Eugene Thomas Larkin

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 205 lb.
School Columbia University

Debut May 21, 1987
  vs. CLE 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 11, 1993
Born October 24, 1962 in Flushing, NY

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 24 MIN AL  85  233   23   62  11  2   4   28   1  4  25  31  .266  .340  .382   89   89   0   2   3   2   4
 1988 25 MIN AL 149  505   56  135  30  2   8   70   3  2  68  55  .267  .368  .382  109  193   1   5   8  15  12
 1989 26 MIN AL 136  446   61  119  25  1   6   46   5  2  54  57  .267  .353  .368   99  164   5   6   6   9  13
 1990 27 MIN AL 119  401   46  108  26  4   5   42   5  3  42  55  .269  .343  .392  100  157   5   4   2   5   6
 1991 28 MIN AL  98  255   34   73  14  1   2   19   2  3  30  21  .286  .361  .373  100   95   3   2   3   1   9
 1992 29 MIN AL 115  337   38   83  18  1   6   42   7  2  28  43  .246  .308  .359   85  121   0   4   6   4   7
 1993 30 MIN AL  56  144   17   38   7  1   1   19   0  1  21  16  .264  .357  .347   91   50   2   4   3   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      758 2321  275  618 131 12  32  266  23 17 268 278  .266  .348  .374   98  869  16  27  31  38  56
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        496   59  132  28  3   7   57   5  4  57  59  .266  .348  .374   98  186   3   6   7   8  12
 Career High    149  505   61  135  30  4   8   70   7  4  68  57  .286  .368  .392  109  193   5   6   8  15  13
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 24 MIN AL  262  181   30   4.4   108| .266  .269| .340  .337| .382  .431| .722  .768|  89  .447  -3.4  -0.3  20%
 1988 25 MIN AL  594  390   75   5.2    97| .267  .263| .368  .328| .382  .396| .750  .724| 109  .570   9.5   1.0  60%
 1989 26 MIN AL  520  353   60   4.5    99| .267  .269| .353  .335| .368  .395| .721  .730|  99  .522   1.4   0.1  71%
 1990 27 MIN AL  457  311   56   4.8   100| .269  .267| .343  .336| .392  .399| .735  .736| 100  .543   0.6   0.1  62%
 1991 28 MIN AL  291  199   33   4.5   101| .286  .266| .361  .335| .373  .403| .734  .739| 100  .492   0.9   0.1  40%
 1992 29 MIN AL  373  267   38   3.8    97| .246  .263| .308  .332| .359  .390| .667  .722|  85  .437  -7.1  -0.7  77%
 1993 30 MIN AL  173  118   19   4.3   103| .264  .267| .357  .337| .347  .408| .704  .745|  91  .449  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2670 1819  311   4.6   100| .266  .266| .348  .334| .374  .401| .722  .734|  98  .509   1.4   0.2  57%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 24 MIN AL DH 40 1B 26 165 10 2 12 .989 .992 6.73 8.50 8.85 9.58 18 178.0 1988 25 MIN AL DH 86 1B 60 466 28 3 46 .994 .992 8.23 8.41 8.96 9.57 56 496.0 1989 26 MIN AL 1B 67 463 28 4 45 .992 .993 7.33 8.35 8.94 9.79 57 494.3 DH 41 OF 32 61 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.91 2.12 2.43 2.42 28 226.0 RF 31 60 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.94 1.90 2.40 2.33 28 225.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1990 27 MIN AL RF 47 78 4 0 1 1.000 .979 1.74 1.81 1.99 2.23 44 370.0 DH 43 1B 28 222 13 2 28 .992 .992 8.39 8.36 9.32 9.63 26 227.0 1991 28 MIN AL RF 48 59 1 2 1 .968 .980 1.25 1.76 1.73 2.19 40 312.7 1B 39 281 19 1 22 .997 .992 7.69 8.30 11.20 9.75 24 241.0 DH 4 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1992 29 MIN AL 1B 55 456 30 4 49 .992 .993 8.84 8.36 10.13 9.68 48 431.7 RF 43 53 5 1 1 .983 .981 1.35 1.87 1.83 2.23 34 286.0 DH 4 1993 30 MIN AL OF 28 33 1 0 1 1.000 .983 1.21 2.09 1.65 2.41 22 185.0 RF 25 25 1 0 1 1.000 .977 1.04 1.85 1.54 2.23 18 152.0 1B 18 123 6 2 10 .985 .993 7.17 8.24 10.12 9.57 12 114.7 LF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 1.85 2.18 2.24 4 33.0 DH 3 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 24 MIN AL 1B 26 165 10 2 12 .989 .992 6.73 8.50 8.85 9.58 18 178.0 1988 25 MIN AL 1B 60 466 28 3 46 .994 .992 8.23 8.41 8.96 9.57 56 496.0 1989 26 MIN AL 1B 67 463 28 4 45 .992 .993 7.33 8.35 8.94 9.79 57 494.3 1990 27 MIN AL 1B 28 222 13 2 28 .992 .992 8.39 8.36 9.32 9.63 26 227.0 1991 28 MIN AL 1B 39 281 19 1 22 .997 .992 7.69 8.30 11.20 9.75 24 241.0 1992 29 MIN AL 1B 55 456 30 4 49 .992 .993 8.84 8.36 10.13 9.68 48 431.7 1993 30 MIN AL 1B 18 123 6 2 10 .985 .993 7.17 8.24 10.12 9.57 12 114.7 1991 28 MIN AL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 1991 28 MIN AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1993 30 MIN AL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1987 24 MIN AL DH 40 1988 25 MIN AL DH 86 1989 26 MIN AL DH 41 1990 27 MIN AL DH 43 1991 28 MIN AL DH 4 1992 29 MIN AL DH 4 1993 30 MIN AL DH 3 1989 26 MIN AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1993 30 MIN AL LF 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 2.00 1.85 2.18 2.24 4 33.0 1989 26 MIN AL OF 32 61 0 0 0 1.000 .981 1.91 2.12 2.43 2.42 28 226.0 1990 27 MIN AL OF 47 77 5 0 1 1.000 .981 1.74 2.04 1.99 2.39 44 370.0 1991 28 MIN AL OF 47 59 1 2 1 .968 .984 1.28 2.03 1.73 2.37 40 312.7 1992 29 MIN AL OF 43 53 5 1 1 .983 .983 1.35 2.17 1.83 2.47 34 286.0 1993 30 MIN AL OF 28 33 1 0 1 1.000 .983 1.21 2.09 1.65 2.41 22 185.0 1989 26 MIN AL RF 31 60 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.94 1.90 2.40 2.33 28 225.0 1990 27 MIN AL RF 47 78 4 0 1 1.000 .979 1.74 1.81 1.99 2.23 44 370.0 1991 28 MIN AL RF 48 59 1 2 1 .968 .980 1.25 1.76 1.73 2.19 40 312.7 1992 29 MIN AL RF 43 53 5 1 1 .983 .981 1.35 1.87 1.83 2.23 34 286.0 1993 30 MIN AL RF 25 25 1 0 1 1.000 .977 1.04 1.85 1.54 2.23 18 152.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 293 2176 134 18 212 .992 .992 7.88 8.36 9.52 9.67 241 2182.7 DH 221 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 197 283 12 3 4 .990 .982 1.50 2.09 1.92 2.41 168 1379.7 5 0 194# RF* 194 275 11 3 4 .990 .979 1.47 1.83 1.91 2.24 164 1345.7 LF* 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .988 1.60 1.84 2.12 2.22 4 34.0 3B* 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.67 0 2.7 2B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.40 0.00 6.00 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 494 2459 146 21 216 .992 .991 5.27 5.82 6.58 6.85 409 3565
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1987   ALCS  MIN DET     W   1   1   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIN STL     W   5   3   1   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1991   ALCS  MIN TOR     W   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIN ATL     W   4   4   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     2-0   4   4   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   1  .250  .250  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 World Series        2-0   9   7   1   2  0  0  0   1   1   0  .286  .375  .286   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   4-0  13  11   1   3  1  0  0   2   1   1  .273  .333  .364   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit By Pitch
1988 AL-15-1
1989 AL-9-2

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1984 amateur draft.

December 19, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 29, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 8, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 24, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1988Minnesota Twins$83,000
1989Minnesota Twins$145,000
1990Minnesota Twins$228,000
1991Minnesota Twins$725,000
1992Minnesota Twins$950,000
1993Minnesota Twins$600,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,731,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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