Larry Demery
[edit] Biography
Born on June 4, 1953 in Bakersfield, California, Larry Demery (Lawrence Calvin Demery) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his entire 4 year career. Demery broke into the bigs on June 2, 1974 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 4.25 ERA in 95.1 innings pitched in 1974, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Larry Demery's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1976, when he posted a 3.17 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 72 batters. However, others believe that it was 1975, when he posted a 2.90 ERA and struck out 59 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1974
| PIT
| N
| 19
| 15
| 6
| 6
| 4.25
| 51
| 47
| 45
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 95.1
| 95
| 12
| 51
| 5
| 2
| 0
|
| 1975
| PIT
| N
| 45
| 8
| 7
| 5
| 2.90
| 59
| 40
| 37
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 114.2
| 95
| 7
| 43
| 6
| 3
| 3
|
| 1976
| PIT
| N
| 36
| 15
| 10
| 7
| 3.17
| 72
| 56
| 51
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 145
| 123
| 8
| 58
| 8
| 0
| 2
|
| 1977
| PIT
| N
| 39
| 8
| 6
| 5
| 5.08
| 35
| 59
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 90.1
| 100
| 13
| 47
| 3
| 6
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 139
| 46
| 29
| 23
| 3.72
| 217
| 202
| 184
| 7
| 1
| 7
| 445.1
| 413
| 40
| 199
| 22
| 11
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1974
| PIT
| N
| P
| 19
| 15
| 95.1
| 6
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 6
| 0
| .941
|
| 1975
| PIT
| N
| P
| 45
| 8
| 114.2
| 7
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 0
| .952
|
| 1976
| PIT
| N
| P
| 36
| 15
| 145
| 9
| 21
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 4
| 1
| .938
|
| 1977
| PIT
| N
| P
| 39
| 8
| 90.1
| 5
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 7
| 0
| .905
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 139
| 46
| 445.1
| 27
| 58
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 9
| 28
| 20
| 1
| .934
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1974
| PIT
| N
| 21
| 33
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 3
| .152
| .200
| .242
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 15
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1975
| PIT
| N
| 49
| 24
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .250
| .208
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| PIT
| N
| 40
| 40
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .125
| .163
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| PIT
| N
| 47
| 20
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .150
| .150
| .250
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 157
| 117
| 11
| 16
| 0
| 4
| .137
| .190
| .197
| 1
| 3
| 8
| 49
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 8, 1971).
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 12, 1972).
- Claimed on waivers by Toronto Blue Jays from Pittsburgh Pirates (March 27, 1978).
- Returned to Pittsburgh Pirates (March 31, 1978).
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