Gene Larkin

Positions: First Baseman, Designated Hitter and Rightfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: October 24, 1962 in Flushing, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 20th round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from Columbia University (New York, NY).

School: Columbia University (New York, NY)

Debut: May 21, 1987 (Age 24-209d, 15,327th in major league history)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 11, 1993 (Age 30-291d)
vs. TOR 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Eugene Thomas Larkin

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

2321

618

.266

275

RBI

266

OBP

.348

SLG

.374

OPS

.723

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 32 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 10 go ahead

1 Tm
MIN	32

Platoon
vs RHP	27
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	13

Outs
1	14
2	10
0	8

13 Opps
CLE	4
BOS	3
CAL	3
NYY	3
BAL	3
CHW	3
OAK	2
TEX	2
SEA	2
DET	2
MIL	2
TOR	2
KCR	1

30 Pitchers
Mike Boddicker	2
Melido Perez	2
Ricky Bones	1
Dave Johnson	1
Jack Lazorko	1
Greg Swindell	1
Curt Young	1
Don Gordon	1
Chuck Finley	1
Oil Can Boyd	1
Mark Clear	1
Storm Davis	1
Joe Bitker	1
Dave Stieb	1
Chris Codiroli	1
José Bautista	1
Joe Slusarski	1
Luis Aquino	1
Tim Leary	1
Rick Rhoden	1
Shawn Hillegas	1
Bud Black	1
Neil Allen	1
Domingo Jean	1
Ed Núñez	1
Sherman Corbett	1
Rich DeLucia	1
Darrel Akerfelds	1
Charles Nagy	1
Nate Snell	1

12 Parks
Metrodome (MIN)	19
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Kingdome (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	17
89	6
7	5
8	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	6
6	5
1	5
3	5
4	4
Unk	4
5	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	30
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	5
1-3	4
-2-	3
12-	1
--3	1
-23	1

53 RBI
RISP	10
0 on	17
1 on	9
2 on	6
Any on	15

Inning
1	3
2	5
4	7
5	4
6	7
7	2
8	3
9	1

1-3	8
4-6	18
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	1
+1	6
Tied	9
-1	2
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	11
Tied	9
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	5
1-0	5
3-2	4
Unk	4
1-1	3
2-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	2
1-2	1
3-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	14
RF	9
DH	8
LF	1

OrderPos
6th	13
7th	7
5th	6
4th	2
2nd	2
8th	2

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	12
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1987-05-29	MIN	@	DET	Nate Snell	behind 3-15	t 9	0	---		1	4	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1987-06-17	MIN	@	MIL	Mark Clear	tied 4-4	t 6	1	---		1	7	DH	0.158	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1987-07-25	MIN	@	TOR	Don Gordon	behind 4-6	t 6	0	---		1	5	3	0.117	35%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	1987-08-02	MIN	@	OAK	Curt Young	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---		1	7	DH	0.128	60%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1988-04-22	MIN		CLE	Greg Swindell	behind 2-7	b 6	1	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	5	DH	0.070	13%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Puckett Scores
6	6	2	1	1988-06-28	MIN	@	CAL	Jack Lazorko	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	3	0.112	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	3	1	1988-07-17	MIN	@	BAL	José Bautista	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	DH	0.112	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
8	8	4	1	1988-08-05 (1)	MIN	@	NYY	Rick Rhoden	tied 2-2	t 8	2	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	6	DH	0.421	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Puckett Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
9	9	5	1	1988-08-08	MIN		CLE	Chris Codiroli	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	6	3	0.118	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); G. Gaetti Scores
10	10	6	1	1988-08-13	MIN		NYY	Neil Allen	ahead 4-2	b 5	0	-2-	2,(1-0) .BX	2	6	3	0.078	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Gaetti Scores
11	11	7	1	1988-09-16	MIN		CHW	Shawn Hillegas	tied 4-4	b 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	3	0.168	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	8	1	1988-10-01	MIN		CAL	Sherman Corbett	ahead 7-4	b 6	1	1--	6,(3-2) 1F1BFBB1X	2	5	3	0.058	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Puckett Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1989-05-01	MIN		BOS	Oil Can Boyd	behind 0-7	b 1	1	1-3	6,(3-2) BCFBBX	3	4	3	0.088	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Gladden Scores; A. Newman Scores
14	14	2	1	1989-06-22	MIN	@	CLE	Bud Black	behind 1-5	t 5	2	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	8	3	0.049	12%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	3	1	1989-08-04	MIN		KCR	Luis Aquino	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	2	9	0.214	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Gagne Scores; A. Newman Scores
16	16	4	1	1989-09-05	MIN	@	TEX	Darrel Akerfelds	ahead 6-2	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) .BBBCX	1	5	DH	0.018	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
17	17	5	1	1989-09-15	MIN		DET	Ed Núñez	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	---	5,(2-2) .CBBFX	1	5	DH	0.098	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	6	1	1989-09-26	MIN	@	CHW	Melido Perez	behind 0-1	t 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	DH	0.237	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Bush Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1990-05-26	MIN		BOS	Mike Boddicker	behind 1-3	b 2	0	-2-	2,(1-0) B2X	2	6	9	0.147	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Gaetti Scores
20	20	2	2	1990-05-26	MIN		BOS	Mike Boddicker	ahead 4-3	b 6	2	---	6,(3-2) CBCBBX	1	6	9	0.119	82%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF Line)
21	21	3	1	1990-05-28	MIN		BAL	Dave Johnson	behind 1-4	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	9	0.088	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	4	1	1990-06-14	MIN		TOR	Dave Stieb	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	9	0.103	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	5	1	1990-08-27	MIN		CHW	Melido Perez	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	6,(3-2) BFBFBX	3	5	9	0.243	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Hrbek Scores; G. Gaetti Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1991-05-29	MIN	@	TEX	Joe Bitker	ahead 6-1	t 6	2	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	7	9	0.033	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Harper Scores; G. Larkin Scores
25	25	2	1	1991-08-06	MIN	@	CAL	Chuck Finley	ahead 6-3	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	0.040	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Larkin Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1992-04-15	MIN		MIL	Ricky Bones	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	0.111	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); G. Larkin Scores
27	27	2	1	1992-04-21	MIN	@	SEA	Rich DeLucia	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	-23	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	6	3	0.117	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Davis Scores; B. Harper Scores; G. Larkin Scores
28	28	3	1	1992-04-25	MIN		OAK	Joe Slusarski	behind 0-6	b 5	1	---	6,(2-2) BCFBFX	1	7	3	0.024	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Larkin Scores
29	29	4	1	1992-05-08	MIN		CLE	Charles Nagy	ahead 4-3	b 5	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	9	0.167	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball); K. Hrbek Scores; G. Larkin Scores
30	30	5	1	1992-07-04	MIN		BAL	Storm Davis	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	9	0.111	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Larkin Scores
31	31	6	1	1992-09-07	MIN		SEA	Tim Leary	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	7	3	0.242	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Harper Scores; G. Larkin Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1993-08-08	MIN		NYY	Domingo Jean	behind 1-4	b 7	2	1-3	5,(2-2) BFBCX	3	8	7	0.390	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Harper Scores; M. Pagliarulo Scores