Norm Larker

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 27, 1930 in Beaver Meadows, PA us

Died: March 12, 2007 in Long Beach, CA

Buried: All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, CA

High School: Hazleton HS (Hazleton, PA)

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 27-109d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1963 (Age 32-275d)
vs. PIT 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Norman Howard John Larker

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.4

1953

538

.276

227

RBI

271

OBP

.347

SLG

.390

OPS

.737

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 17	LAD		CHC	L,4-9	GS	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
2	7	Apr 18	LAD		CHC	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
3	8	Apr 19	LAD		CHC	W,8-3	GS	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
4	9	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
5	10	Apr 21	LAD		SFG	W,9-7	GS	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
6	12 (1)	Apr 24	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
7	13	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	23	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	20 (6)	May 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
9	25 (4)	May 7	LAD	@	SFG	W,2-1	GF	26	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
10	26	May 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
11	27	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
12	30 (2)	May 12	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
13	31	May 13	LAD		PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
14	32	May 14	LAD		PIT	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
15	33	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
16	34	May 17	LAD		MLN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
17	35	May 18	LAD		CIN	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
18	36	May 19	LAD		CIN	W,6-4	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
19	37	May 20 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
20	38	May 20 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
21	40 (1)	May 23	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
22	41	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	56 (14)	Jun 10	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
24	78 (21)	Jun 30	LAD		SFG	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	90 (11)	Jul 15	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-0	GS	21	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
26	91	Jul 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	92	Jul 18	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	93	Jul 19 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	96 (2)	Jul 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
30	98 (1)	Jul 23	LAD		CHC	W,5-3	GF	14	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
31	99	Jul 24	LAD		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
32	100	Jul 25	LAD		STL	L,2-4	CG	43	10.0	13	4	0	17	1	1B
33	101	Jul 26	LAD		STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B
34	102	Jul 28	LAD		PIT	W,9-4	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
35	103	Jul 29	LAD		PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
36	104	Jul 30	LAD		PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	12.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
37	105	Jul 31	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	106	Aug 1	LAD		PHI	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
39	107	Aug 2	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
40	108	Aug 4	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
41	109	Aug 5	LAD		CIN	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
42	110	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
43	111	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	L,7-8	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
44	112	Aug 11	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	9.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
45	113	Aug 12	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	8	2	1	11	3	1B
46	114	Aug 13	LAD	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
47	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
48	116	Aug 15	LAD	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
49	117	Aug 16	LAD	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
50	118	Aug 17 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	11	0	2	13	2	1B
51	119	Aug 17 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
52	120	Aug 18	LAD	@	MLN	W,7-6	GS	46	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
53	121	Aug 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
54	122	Aug 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
55	123	Aug 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
56	124	Aug 22	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
57	126 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	47	9.2	8	1	0	9	0	1B
58	127	Aug 24	LAD	@	PHI	W,8-2	GS	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
59	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
60	129	Aug 28	LAD		SFG	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	131 (1)	Aug 31	LAD		SFG	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	132	Sep 1	LAD		STL	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
63	133	Sep 2	LAD		STL	W,9-6	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
64	134	Sep 3	LAD		STL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	136 (1)	Sep 6 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	137	Sep 7	LAD		CHC	W,7-1	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	138	Sep 9	LAD		PHI	W,1-0	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	139	Sep 10	LAD		PHI	W,5-0	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	140	Sep 11 (1)	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	142 (1)	Sep 13	LAD		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
71	143	Sep 14	LAD		MLN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	144	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	145	Sep 16	LAD		CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
74	146	Sep 17	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
75	149 (2)	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-2	GS	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	150	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	L,10-11	GS	25	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
77	151	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	W,3-0	GS	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
78	152	Sep 25	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
79	153	Sep 26	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	154	Sep 27	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-1	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
81	155	Sep 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
82	156	Sep 29	LAD		MLN	W,6-5	GS	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							85gm		676.1	495	48	5	548	53