Dan Larson

Full Name: Daniel James Larson	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175	First Game: July 18, 1976
Birthdate: July 4, 1954	Final Game: June 1, 1982
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 4, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, Dan Larson (Daniel James Larson) played for the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 7 year career. Larson broke into the bigs on July 18, 1976 with the Houston Astros, and put up a 3.02 ERA in 92.1 innings pitched in 1976, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dan Larson's best season was 1976, when he posted a 3.02 ERA.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1976	HOU	N	13	13	5	8	3.02	42	40	31	5	0	92.1	81	3	28	1	1	1
1977	HOU	N	32	10	1	7	5.81	44	72	63	1	1	97.2	108	13	45	2	9	2
1978	PHI	N	1	0	0	0	9.00	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0
1979	PHI	N	3	3	1	1	4.26	9	9	9	0	0	19	17	1	9	0	0	1
1980	PHI	N	12	7	0	5	3.15	17	24	16	0	0	45.2	46	4	24	6	1	0
1981	PHI	N	5	4	3	0	4.18	15	13	13	1	0	28	27	4	15	1	2	0
1982	CHI	N	12	6	0	4	5.67	22	30	25	0	0	39.2	51	4	18	0	1	2
Total			78	43	10	25	4.40	151	189	158	7	1	323.1	331	30	140	10	14	6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1976	HOU	N	P	13	13	92.1	7	13	0	2	3	12	4	0	1.000
1977	HOU	N	P	32	10	97.2	11	14	2	0	1	19	7	0	.926
1978	PHI	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000
1979	PHI	N	P	3	3	19	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	1.000
1980	PHI	N	P	12	7	45.2	4	4	0	0	0	10	5	0	1.000
1981	PHI	N	P	5	4	28	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1982	CHI	N	P	12	6	39.2	10	7	0	2	0	3	3	0	1.000
Total			P	78	43	323.1	39	44	2	5	5	47	20	1	.976

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1976	HOU	N	14	31	5	9	6	.290	.313	.387	1	1	1	3	2	0
1977	HOU	N	33	28	1	6	1	.214	.241	.214	0	0	1	7	0	1
1978	PHI	N	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	PHI	N	3	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	1	0
1980	PHI	N	12	13	0	2	0	.154	.214	.231	1	0	1	1	0	0
1981	PHI	N	5	9	2	1	0	.111	.273	.111	0	0	2	0	1	0
1982	CHI	N	12	11	2	3	0	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total			80	97	10	21	7	.216	.255	.258	2	1	5	15	4	1

[edit] Transactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (21st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1972).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Houston Astros (October 14, 1974) completing trade in which Houston Astros traded Claude Osteen to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ron Selak and a player to be named later (August 15, 1974).
Traded by Houston Astros to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Dan Warthen (September 2, 1978).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Keith Moreland and Dickie Noles to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Mike Krukow and cash (December 8, 1981).

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