Larry Jansen

Full Name: Lawrence Joseph Jansen	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/190	First Game: April 17, 1947
Birthdate: July 16, 1920	Final Game: September 25, 1956
Birthplace: Verboort, Oregon	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on July 16, 1920 in Verboort, Oregon, Larry Jansen (Lawrence Joseph Jansen) played for the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 9 year career. Jansen broke into the bigs on April 17, 1947 with the New York Giants, and put up a 3.16 ERA in 248 innings pitched in 1947, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Larry Jansen's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1951, when he posted a 3.04 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 145 batters. However, others believe that it was 1950, when he posted a 3.01 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 161 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1947	NY	N	42	30	21	5	3.16	104	102	87	20	1	1	248	241	23	57	0	2	1
1948	NY	N	42	36	18	12	3.61	126	125	111	15	4	2	277	283	25	54	0	0	3
1949	NY	N	37	35	15	16	3.85	113	130	111	17	3	0	259.2	271	36	62	0	4	2
1950	NY	N	40	35	19	13	3.01	161	106	92	21	5	3	275	238	31	55	0	0	1
1951	NY	N	39	34	23	11	3.04	145	102	94	18	3	0	278.2	254	26	56	0	3	3
1952	NY	N	34	27	11	11	4.09	74	91	76	8	1	2	167.1	183	16	47	0	0	6
1953	NY	N	36	26	11	16	4.14	88	96	85	6	0	1	184.2	185	24	55	0	1	2
1954	NY	N	13	7	2	2	5.98	15	32	27	0	0	0	40.2	57	5	15	2	0	1
1956	CIN	N	8	7	2	3	5.19	16	20	20	2	0	1	34.2	39	5	9	1	0	1
Total			291	237	122	89	3.58	842	804	703	107	17	10	1765.2	1751	191	410	3	10	20

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	AVG
1947	NY	N	P	42	0	0	19	42	4	3	0	0	.938
1948	NY	N	P	42	0	0	20	56	1	7	0	0	.987
1949	NY	N	P	37	0	0	14	57	1	1	0	0	.986
1950	NY	N	P	40	0	0	30	45	1	7	0	0	.987
1951	NY	N	P	39	0	0	29	54	1	3	0	0	.988
1952	NY	N	P	34	0	0	9	38	3	5	0	0	.940
1953	NY	N	P	36	0	0	11	27	0	2	0	0	1.000
1954	NY	N	P	13	7	40.2	3	12	0	3	1	2	1.000
1956	CIN	N	P	8	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	291	7	40.2	138	335	11	31	1	2	.977

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1947	NY	N	42	86	6	16	0	7	.186	.213	.209	2	0	3	13	9	4
1948	NY	N	42	95	4	13	0	7	.137	.172	.168	3	0	4	22	7	2
1949	NY	N	37	97	2	16	0	4	.165	.198	.216	3	1	4	18	6	1
1950	NY	N	40	96	6	16	1	13	.167	.192	.219	2	0	3	26	9	1
1951	NY	N	39	96	5	9	0	5	.094	.155	.094	0	0	7	33	12	2
1952	NY	N	34	45	7	8	0	9	.178	.339	.200	1	0	11	13	6	0
1953	NY	N	36	60	5	8	0	2	.133	.212	.133	0	0	6	21	3	0
1954	NY	N	13	14	1	4	0	1	.286	.286	.357	1	0	0	4	0	0
1956	CIN	N	8	11	1	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	0	0	1	7	0	1
Total			291	600	37	90	1	48	.150	.202	.178	12	1	39	157	52	11

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1940).
Granted free agency (July 23, 1940).
Sold by San Francisco (PCL) to New York Giants (@October 1, 1946).
Released by New York Giants (July 12, 1954).

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