Larry Gura

Full Name: Lawrence Cyril Gura	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/170	First Game: April 30, 1970
Birthdate: November 26, 1947	Final Game: July 27, 1985
Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Left

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Born on November 26, 1947 in Joliet, Illinois, Larry Gura (Lawrence Cyril Gura) played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 16 year career. Gura broke into the bigs on April 30, 1970 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.87 ERA in 64.2 innings pitched in 1973, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Larry Gura's best season was 1980, when he posted a 2.95 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 113 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1970	CHI	N	20	3	1	3	3.79	21	18	16	1	0	1	38	35	6	23	3	0	1
1971	CHI	N	6	0	0	0	6.00	2	3	2	0	0	1	3	6	0	1	1	1	0
1972	CHI	N	7	0	0	0	3.65	13	5	5	0	0	0	12.1	11	3	3	1	1	0
1973	CHI	N	21	7	2	4	4.87	43	39	35	0	0	0	64.2	79	10	11	0	1	1
1974	NY	A	8	8	5	1	2.41	17	17	15	4	2	0	56	54	2	12	1	0	0
1975	NY	A	26	20	7	8	3.51	65	65	59	5	0	0	151.1	173	13	41	1	0	3
1976	KC	A	20	2	4	0	2.30	22	20	16	1	1	1	62.2	47	4	20	3	2	1
1977	KC	A	52	6	8	5	3.13	46	43	37	1	1	10	106.1	108	8	28	4	4	1
1978	KC	A	35	26	16	4	2.72	81	73	67	8	2	0	221.2	183	13	60	3	1	4
1979	KC	A	39	33	13	12	4.47	85	137	116	7	1	0	233.2	226	29	73	4	5	7
1980	KC	A	36	36	18	10	2.95	113	107	93	16	4	0	283.1	272	20	76	6	2	5
1981	KC	A	23	23	11	8	2.72	61	61	52	12	2	0	172.1	139	11	35	0	3	4
1982	KC	A	37	37	18	12	4.03	98	124	111	8	3	0	248	251	31	64	2	6	6
1983	KC	A	34	31	11	18	4.90	57	119	109	5	0	0	200.1	220	23	76	6	0	8
1984	KC	A	31	25	12	9	5.18	68	102	97	3	0	0	168.2	175	26	67	3	0	4
1985	KC	A	3	0	0	0	12.46	2	6	6	0	0	1	4.1	7	1	4	0	1	0
1985	CHI	N	5	4	0	3	8.41	7	19	19	0	0	0	20.1	34	4	6	0	0	1
1985	Total		8	4	0	3	9.12	9	25	25	0	0	1	24.2	41	5	10	0	1	1
Total	NL		59	14	3	10	5.01	86	84	77	1	0	2	138.1	165	23	44	5	3	3
Total	AL		344	247	123	87	3.67	715	874	778	70	16	12	1908.2	1855	181	556	33	24	43
Total			403	261	126	97	3.76	801	958	855	71	16	14	2047	2020	204	600	38	27	46

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1970	CHI	N	P	20	3	38	1	6	0	1	0	3	3	0	1.000
1971	CHI	N	P	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1972	CHI	N	P	7	0	12.1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1973	CHI	N	P	21	7	64.2	7	13	0	0	1	2	3	2	1.000
1974	NY	A	P	8	8	56	4	8	0	0	0	2	3	1	1.000
1975	NY	A	P	26	20	151.1	8	21	0	2	0	3	7	1	1.000
1976	KC	A	P	20	2	62.2	4	12	0	2	0	4	4	2	1.000
1977	KC	A	P	52	6	106.1	6	18	2	1	0	5	3	1	.923
1978	KC	A	P	35	26	221.2	13	44	1	2	0	12	7	2	.983
1979	KC	A	P	39	33	233.2	15	38	2	5	3	12	9	6	.964
1980	KC	A	P	36	36	283.1	9	50	0	3	0	17	13	4	1.000
1981	KC	A	P	23	23	172.1	9	30	0	4	0	5	2	1	1.000
1982	KC	A	P	37	37	248	7	50	2	6	1	8	10	5	.966
1983	KC	A	P	34	31	200.1	12	42	0	5	2	11	10	4	1.000
1983	KC	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	KC	A	P	31	25	168.2	6	30	0	1	0	8	5	1	1.000
1985	KC	A	P	3	0	4.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	CHI	N	P	5	4	20.1	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
1985	Total		P	8	4	24.2	6	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.000
Total			P	403	261	2047	107	369	7	32	7	96	80	30	.986
Total			DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH
1970	CHI	N	20	10	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	5	1
1971	CHI	N	6	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1972	CHI	N	7	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0
1973	CHI	N	22	15	1	3	1	.200	.250	.200	1	5	2
1974	NY	A	8	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1975	NY	A	26	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1976	KC	A	20	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1977	KC	A	52	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1978	KC	A	35	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1979	KC	A	39	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1980	KC	A	36	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1981	KC	A	23	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1982	KC	A	37	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1983	KC	A	35	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1984	KC	A	31	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1985	KC	A	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
1985	CHI	N	5	6	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	1	4	0
1985	Total		8	6	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	1	4	0
Total	NL		60	33	1	3	1	.091	.143	.091	2	15	3
Total	AL		345	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Total			405	33	1	3	1	.091	.143	.091	2	15	3

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Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969 - signed June 25, 1969).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Texas Rangers (November 14, 1973) completing trade in which Texas Rangers traded Mike Paul to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (August 31, 1973).
Traded by Texas Rangers with cash to New York Yankees in exchange for Duke Sims (May 7, 1974).
Traded by New York Yankees to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Fran Healy (May 16, 1976).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (November 13, 1978).
Released by Kansas City Royals (May 18, 1985).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (May 28, 1985).
Released by Chicago Cubs (August 14, 1985).

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