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Lary Sorensen
Lary Alan Sorensen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Michigan

Debut June 7, 1977
  vs. BAL 6.3 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER
Final Game September 24, 1988
Born October 4, 1955 in Detroit, MI

Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1977 21 MIL AL   7  10  23  20   9   0   2  0  142.3  147   72   69  10   36   57   1   2   594   4   3  4.36  4.07   93 1.286
 1978 22 MIL AL  18  12  37  36  17   3   1  1  280.7  277  111  100  14   50   78   5   3  1150   4   2  3.21  3.78  118 1.165 AS
 1979 23 MIL AL  15  14  34  34  16   2   0  0  235.3  250  113  104  30   42   63   4   3   967   3   0  3.98  4.19  105 1.241
 1980 24 MIL AL  12  10  35  29   8   2   3  1  195.7  242   91   80  13   45   54   2   3   839   6   0  3.68  3.88  105 1.467
 1981 25 STL NL   7   7  23  23   3   1   0  0  140.3  149   59   51   3   26   52   1   1   579   2   5  3.27  3.56  109 1.247
 1982 26 CLE AL  10  15  32  30   6   1   0  0  189.3  251  130  118  19   55   62   3   5   849   6   3  5.61  4.12   74 1.616
 1983 27 CLE AL  12  11  36  34   8   1   2  0  222.7  238  112  105  21   65   76   2   9   941   9   1  4.24  4.28  101 1.361
 1984 28 OAK AL   6  13  46  21   2   0   9  1  183.3  240  117  100  21   44   63   6   4   819   4   4  4.91  3.72   76 1.549
 1985 29 CHC NL   3   7  45   3   0   0  18  0   82.3   86   44   39   8   24   34   4   0   355  10   2  4.26  3.96   93 1.336
 1987 31 MON NL   3   4  23   5   0   0   6  1   47.7   56   32   25   7   12   21   3   1   215   1   0  4.72  4.21   89 1.427
 1988 32 SFG NL   0   0  12   0   0   0   4  2   16.7   24   13    9   1    3    9   0   0    78   0   0  4.86  3.28   68 1.620
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .474  93 103 346 235  69  10  45  6 1736.3 1960  894  800 147  402  569  31  31  7386  49  20  4.15  3.96   96 1.360
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  40  27   8   1   5  0  203.0  229  104   93  17   47   66   3   3   864   5   2  4.15  3.96   96 1.360
 Career High     18  15  46  36  17   3  18  2  280.7  277  130  118  30   65   78   6   9  1150  10   5  3.21  4.28  118 1.165

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1981 25 STL NL  23   46    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  21  .065  .085  .087  -52    4   5   0   0   1   0
 1985 29 CHC NL  45    6    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   4   0   0   0   1
 1987 31 MON NL  23    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .111  .000  -68    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1988 32 SFG NL  12    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     103   61    2    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   2  30  .049  .094  .066  -55    4  12   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         96    3    5   2  0   0    0   0  0   3  47  .049  .094  .066  -55    6  19   0   0   2   2
 Career High     45   46    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   1  21                           4   5   0   0   1   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1981 25 STL NL   52   48    1   0.6    94| .065  .266| .085  .332| .087  .381| .172  .713| -52  .025  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1985 29 CHC NL   11   11    0   0.0   103| .000  .271| .143  .341| .000  .404| .143  .745| -58  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1987 31 MON NL   11   10    0   0.0   108| .000  .273| .111  .343| .000  .425| .111  .767| -68  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1988 32 SFG NL    2    2    0   0.0    86| .000  .252| .000  .315| .000  .369| .000  .684|-100  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons       76   71    1   0.4    97| .049  .267| .094  .334| .066  .389| .160  .723| -55  .012 -13.1  -1.3     

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1977 21 MIL AL   P   23     15   23    1    4  .974  .948  1.65  0.84  2.40  1.95   20  142.3
 1978 22 MIL AL   P   37     28   44    3    1  .960  .954  1.95  0.85  2.31  1.90   36  280.7 AS
 1979 23 MIL AL   P   34     23   39    6    3  .912  .949  1.82  0.81  2.37  1.92   34  235.3
 1980 24 MIL AL   P   35     18   30    0    5 1.000  .956  1.37  0.77  2.21  1.85   29  195.7
 1981 25 STL NL   P   23     15   21    2    3  .947  .960  1.57  0.68  2.31  1.97   23  140.3
 1982 26 CLE AL   P   32     10   28    4    2  .905  .957  1.19  0.73  1.81  1.80   30  189.3
 1983 27 CLE AL   P   36     20   39    2    1  .967  .958  1.64  0.73  2.38  1.80   34  222.7
 1984 28 OAK AL   P   46     15   18    1    3  .971  .959  0.72  0.70  1.62  1.79   21  183.3
 1985 29 CHC NL   P   45      4   14    2    1  .900  .952  0.40  0.68  1.97  1.92    3   82.3
 1987 31 MON NL   P   23      3    5    1    0  .889  .952  0.35  0.62  1.51  1.91    5   47.7
 1988 32 SFG NL   P   12      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.17  0.69  1.08  1.94    0   16.7

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1977 21 MIL AL   P   23     15   23    1    4  .974  .948  1.65  0.84  2.40  1.95   20  142.3
 1978 22 MIL AL   P   37     28   44    3    1  .960  .954  1.95  0.85  2.31  1.90   36  280.7
 1979 23 MIL AL   P   34     23   39    6    3  .912  .949  1.82  0.81  2.37  1.92   34  235.3
 1980 24 MIL AL   P   35     18   30    0    5 1.000  .956  1.37  0.77  2.21  1.85   29  195.7
 1981 25 STL NL   P   23     15   21    2    3  .947  .960  1.57  0.68  2.31  1.97   23  140.3
 1982 26 CLE AL   P   32     10   28    4    2  .905  .957  1.19  0.73  1.81  1.80   30  189.3
 1983 27 CLE AL   P   36     20   39    2    1  .967  .958  1.64  0.73  2.38  1.80   34  222.7
 1984 28 OAK AL   P   46     15   18    1    3  .971  .959  0.72  0.70  1.62  1.79   21  183.3
 1985 29 CHC NL   P   45      4   14    2    1  .900  .952  0.40  0.68  1.97  1.92    3   82.3
 1987 31 MON NL   P   23      3    5    1    0  .889  .952  0.35  0.62  1.51  1.91    5   47.7
 1988 32 SFG NL   P   12      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.17  0.69  1.08  1.94    0   16.7

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 346    151  263   22   23  .950  .955  1.20  0.74  2.15  1.87  235 1736.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       346    151  263   22   23  .950  .955  1.20  0.74  2.15  1.87  235   1736
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1978   MIL AL      0  0  0   3     1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1978   MIL AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1978 *

Wins
1978 AL-18-9

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1978 AL-1.165-10
1979 AL-1.241-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1978 AL-1.60-2
1979 AL-1.61-3
1980 AL-2.07-10
1981 NL-1.67-4
1984 AL-2.16-8

Innings
1978 AL-280.7-5

Games Started
1978 AL-36-7
1981 NL-23-10
1983 AL-34-9

Comp. Games
1978 AL-17-5
1979 AL-16-5

Shutouts
1978 AL-3-10
1980 AL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1979 AL-30-5

Hits Allowed
1978 AL-277-2
1979 AL-250-8
1981 NL-149-8
1982 AL-251-5
1983 AL-238-10
1984 AL-240-7

Losses
1979 AL-14-9
1982 AL-15-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1978 AL-100-10
1982 AL-118-3
1984 AL-100-10

Wild Pitches
1983 AL-9-7

Batters Faced
1978 AL-1150-5

        

Gray Ink: Pitching - 26 (873) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (965) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1976 amateur draft.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with David Green, Dave LaPoint, and Sixto Lezcano to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Vuckovich, Rollie Fingers, and Ted Simmons.

November 20, 1981: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the St. Louis Cardinals with Silvio Martinez to the Cleveland Indians. The Cleveland Indians sent Bo Diaz to the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies sent a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Lonnie Smith to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Scott Munninghoff (December 9, 1981) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

January 23, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 16, 1984: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

December 13, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

December 20, 1985: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

January 26, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

March 26, 1986: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

May 5, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 24, 1986: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Tom Foley to the Montreal Expos for Skeeter Barnes and Dan Schatzeder.

September 30, 1987: Released by the Montreal Expos.

January 18, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

March 28, 1988: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

April 17, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

May 5, 1988: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

July 5, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Chicago Cubs$320,000
Career (may be incomplete)$320,000
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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