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Larry Herndon Larry Herndon

Full name: Larry Darnell Herndon Born: November 3, 1953, Sunflower, Mississippi First Game: September 4, 1974; Final Game: October 2, 1988 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 190 TSN NL Rookie Player of the Year (1976) Larry Herndon Collectibles! Larry Herndon Memorabilia! Larry Herndon Cards! Larry Herndon Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Lou Sauritch, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1974 STL N Daily Splits   12     1    3    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0.0 1974 STL N
1976 SF  N Daily Splits  115   337   42   97  11   3   2   23   23   0   45   2   3   0   0   1   4   12  10  .288  .337  .356  -0.7 1976 SF  N
1977 SF  N Daily Splits   49   109   13   26   4   3   1    5    5   1   20   1   2   0   1   1   4    4   2  .239  .278  .358  -0.3 1977 SF  N
1978 SF  N Daily Splits  151   471   52  122  15   9   1   32   35   2   71   1  13   1   0   4  12   13   8  .259  .311  .335  -1.5 1978 SF  N
1979 SF  N Daily Splits  132   354   35   91  14   5   7   36   29   5   70   1   3   2   0   2   3    8   6  .257  .313  .384  -0.7 1979 SF  N
1980 SF  N Daily Splits  139   493   54  127  17  11   8   49   19   1   91   1   4   4   0   7  10    8   8  .258  .284  .385  -2.2 1980 SF  N
1981 SF  N Daily Splits   96   364   48  105  15   8   5   41   20   2   55   1   3   3   0   6  12   15   6  .288  .325  .415   0.4 1981 SF  N
1982 DET A Daily Splits  157   614   92  179  21  13  23   88   38   3   92   1   2   4   0   4  20   12   9  .292  .332  .480   0.6 1982 DET A
1983 DET A Daily Splits  153   603   88  182  28   9  20   92   46   6   95   3   0   6   0   9  20    9   3  .302  .351  .478   1.3 1983 DET A
1984 DET A Daily Splits  125   407   52  114  18   5   7   43   32   1   63   2   1   3   1   7   8    6   2  .280  .333  .400  -0.6 1984 DET A
1985 DET A Daily Splits  137   442   45  108  12   7  12   37   33   1   79   1   1   1   1   6   9    2   1  .244  .298  .385  -1.3 1985 DET A
1986 DET A Daily Splits  106   283   33   70  13   1   8   37   27   2   40   1   0   5   0   3   3    2   1  .247  .310  .385  -0.9 1986 DET A
1987 DET A Daily Splits   89   225   32   73  13   2   9   47   23   0   35   0   0   6   0   3  12    1   0  .324  .378  .520   1.3 1987 DET A
1988 DET A Daily Splits   76   174   16   39   5   0   4   20   23   0   37   1   0   3   0   3   8    0   1  .224  .313  .322  -0.6 1988 DET A
Total NL                 694  2129  247  569  76  39  24  186  131  11  352   7  28  10   1  21  45   60  40  .267  .310  .373  -5.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 843  2748  358  765 110  37  83  364  222  13  441   9   4  28   2  35  80   32  17  .278  .331  .436  -0.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1537  4877  605 1334 186  76 107  550  353  24  793  16  32  38   3  56 125   92  57  .274  .322  .409  -5.2 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1984 DET A Daily Splits    2     5    1    1   0   0   1    1    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .333  .800 1984 DET A
1987 DET A Daily Splits    3     9    1    3   1   0   0    2    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .400  .444 1987 DET A
Total            Splits    5    14    2    4   1   0   1    3    2   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .375  .571 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1984 DET A Daily Splits    5    15    1    5   0   0   1    3    3   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .333  .444  .533 1984 DET A

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1974 STL N Daily  OF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    0 
1974 STL N        CF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1976 SF  N Daily  OF  110   77   72   746.2   226    8    8    4   0  .967     0  110    0 
1976 SF  N        CF  110   77   72   746.2   224    8    8    4   0  .967
1977 SF  N Daily  OF   44   25   23   250.1    87    2    4    0   0  .957     0   44    0 
1977 SF  N        CF   44   25   23   250.1    88    2    4    0   0  .957
1978 SF  N Daily  OF  149  121  115  1148.1   369    3   10    0   0  .974     0  149    0 
1978 SF  N        CF  149  121  115  1148.1   363    3   10    0   0  .973
1979 SF  N Daily  OF  121   81   62   804     196   10    8    2   0  .963    39   82   13 
1979 SF  N        CF   82   36   33   428.2   120    4    5    2   0  .961
1979 SF  N        LF   39   34   24   291.1    63    5    3    1   0  .958
1979 SF  N        RF   13   11    5    84      13    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 SF  N Daily  OF  122  114   89  1031.1   247    8   11    1   0  .959    53   58   24 
1980 SF  N        CF   58   42   38   425     133    1    5    0   0  .964
1980 SF  N        LF   53   50   32   406.1    93    6    5    1   0  .952
1980 SF  N        RF   24   22   19   200      40    1    0    0   0 1.000
1981 SF  N Daily  OF   93   90   82   816.2   207    8    5    1   0  .977    83    7   11 
1981 SF  N        LF   83   78   72   709.1   182    7    5    0   0  .974
1981 SF  N        RF   11    8    7    68      14    1    0    1   0 1.000
1981 SF  N        CF    7    4    3    39.1    11    0    0    0   0 1.000
1982 DET A Daily  OF  156  151  146  1348     328   11    6    3   0  .983   156    0    0 
1982 DET A        LF  156  151  146  1348     331   11    6    2   0  .983
1982 DET A        DH    2    1    1                                      -
1983 DET A Daily  OF  133  129  124  1156     283    6   15    1   0  .951   132    0    1 
1983 DET A        LF  132  128  123  1147     285    6   15    1   0  .951
1983 DET A        DH   19   19   19                                      -
1983 DET A        RF    1    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1984 DET A Daily  OF  118   98   75   896.1   199    7    3    0   0  .986   118    0    0 
1984 DET A        LF  118   98   75   896.1   200    6    3    0   0  .986
1984 DET A        DH    4    0    0                                      -
1985 DET A Daily  OF  136  110  107  1076     273    7    7    4   0  .976   136    0    0 
1985 DET A        LF  136  110  107  1076     275    7    7    4   0  .976
1986 DET A Daily  OF   83   71   58   630.2   156    2    2    0   0  .988    83    0    0 
1986 DET A        LF   83   71   58   630.2   158    2    2    0   0  .988
1986 DET A        DH   18    0    0                                      -
1987 DET A Daily  OF   57   39   19   352.1    82    4    1    1   0  .989    32    0   26 
1987 DET A        LF   32   17   14   189.1    41    4    1    1   0  .978
1987 DET A        RF   26   22    5   163      41    0    0    0   0 1.000
1987 DET A        DH   23   18    8                                      -
1988 DET A Daily  DH   53   46   27                                      -
1988 DET A        LF   15   10    2    80      21    0    0    0   0 1.000
1988 DET A        OF   15   10    2    80      21    0    0    0   0 1.000    15    0    0 
Total             OF 1338 1116  974 10339.2  2675   76   80   17   0  .972   847  451   75 
Total             LF  847  747  653  6774.1  1649   54   47   10   0  .973
Total             CF  451  305  284  3041.1   940   18   32    6   0  .968
Total             DH  119   84   55                                      -
Total             RF   75   64   37   524     109    2    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1984 DET A Daily  OF    2    2    1    15       0    0    0    0   0     -     2    0    0 
1984 DET A        LF    2    2    1    15       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1987 DET A Daily  OF    2    2    1    16       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    2 
1987 DET A        RF    2    2    1    16       2    0    1    0   0  .667
1987 DET A        DH    1    0    0                                      -
Total             OF    4    4    2    31       0    0    0    0   0     -     2    0    2 
Total             RF    2    2    1    16       2    0    1    0   0  .667
Total             LF    2    2    1    15       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             DH    1    0    0                                      -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1984 DET A Daily  OF    5    3    3    34       0    0    0    0   0     -     5    0    0 
1984 DET A        LF    5    3    3    34       6    0    1    0   0  .857

TransactionsTransactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 8,
1971).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Luis Gonzalez to San Francisco Giants in exchange
for Ron Bryant (May 9, 1975).

Traded by San Francisco Giants to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dan Schatzeder and
Mike Chris (December 9, 1981).

Released by Detroit Tigers (November 12, 1986).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 8, 1986).

Released by Detroit Tigers (November 9, 1987).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 14, 1987).

Released by Detroit Tigers (November 4, 1988).

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