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Norm Larker

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Full Name: Norman Howard John Larker Primary Position: 1B,OF,LF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185 First Game: April 15, 1958
Birthdate: December 27, 1930 Final Game: September 28, 1963
Birthplace: Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: March 12, 2007
Deathplace: Long Beach, California
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Norm Larker (Norman Howard John Larker) was born on December 27, 1930 in Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1958 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .277 with 4 home runs and 29 RBI. Larker played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Colt .45s, San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Norm Larker's best season was 1960, when he hit for a .323 average and knocked in 78 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1958 LA N 99 253 32 70 4 29 .277 .352 .427 16 5 29 21 3 1 1 0 8
1959 LA N 108 311 37 90 8 49 .289 .344 .418 14 1 26 25 2 8 0 1 12
1960 LA N 133 440 56 142 5 78 .323 .368 .430 26 3 36 24 1 7 1 2 9
1961 LA N 97 282 29 76 5 38 .270 .326 .387 16 1 24 22 1 2 0 7 11
1962 HOU N 147 506 58 133 9 63 .263 .358 .374 19 5 70 47 7 4 1 7 10
1963 SF N 19 14 0 1 0 0 .071 .188 .071 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
1963 MIL N 64 147 15 26 1 14 .177 .297 .238 6 0 24 24 2 1 0 2 2
1963 TOT N 83 161 15 27 1 14 .168 .288 .224 6 0 26 26 2 1 0 2 3
Total 667 1953 227 538 32 271 .275 .347 .390 97 15 211 165 16 23 3 19 53

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Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 LA N OF 43 43 327 61 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .985
1958 LA N RF 2 2 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 LA N LF 41 41 311 58 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1958 LA N 1B 25 22 186.1 178 14 4 18 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1959 LA N LF 23 23 179 34 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 LA N 1B 55 50 456.1 456 42 5 53 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1959 LA N RF 7 7 41 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 LA N OF 30 30 220 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 LA N LF 2 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 LA N OF 2 1 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 LA N 1B 119 112 933.2 914 80 7 81 0 0 0 0 0 .993
1961 LA N RF 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 LA N OF 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1961 LA N 1B 86 79 633 589 52 3 68 0 0 0 0 0 .995
1962 HOU N 1B 135 130 1144.1 1148 103 11 103 0 0 0 0 0 .991
1962 HOU N LF 6 5 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 HOU N OF 6 5 36 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 SF N 1B 11 1 24 24 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .929
1963 MIL N 1B 42 35 310.2 320 33 3 23 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1963 TOT N 1B 53 36 334.2 344 35 5 26 0 0 0 0 0 .987
Total LF 72 70 533 99 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
Total OF 82 79 595 104 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .991
Total 1B 473 429 3688.1 3629 326 35 349 0 0 0 0 0 .991
Total RF 10 9 62 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Los Angeles Dodgers in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
  • Traded by Houston Colt .45s to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Jim Bolger, Don Nottebart and Connie Grob (November 30, 1962).
  • Sold by Milwaukee Braves to San Francisco Giants (August 8, 1963).

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