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.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
2	2	Apr 12	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	GS	28	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
3	3	Apr 13	LAD		PHI	L,7-8	GS	25	6.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
4	5 (1)	Apr 15	LAD		PIT	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	5	1B
5	6	Apr 16	LAD		PIT	W,13-6	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
6	7	Apr 17	LAD		STL	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
7	8	Apr 18	LAD		STL	W,5-4	GS	39	8.0	8	1	1	10	2	1B
8	9	Apr 19	LAD		STL	W,7-2	GS	31	7.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
9	11 (1)	Apr 21	LAD		CIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	2	1B
10	12	Apr 22	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
11	13	Apr 23	LAD		CIN	W,5-1	GS	24	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
12	14	Apr 25	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
13	16 (1)	Apr 29	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-4	GF	8	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
14	17	Apr 30 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
15	18	Apr 30 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	19	May 2	LAD	@	MLN	W,11-9	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
17	21 (1)	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10	GS	32	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
18	22	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-0	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
19	24 (1)	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
20	25	May 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
21	26	May 9	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	20	5.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
22	27	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-0	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
23	28	May 12	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
24	29	May 13	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
25	30	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,8-10	CG	53	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
26	31	May 15	LAD		MLN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
27	32	May 16	LAD		MLN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
28	36 (3)	May 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
29	37	May 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
30	38	May 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS	29	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
31	39	May 24	LAD	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
32	40	May 25	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	47 (6)	Jun 2	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
34	49 (1)	Jun 4	LAD		SFG	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
35	50	Jun 5	LAD		PIT	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
36	52 (1)	Jun 7	LAD		PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
37	53	Jun 8	LAD		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
38	54	Jun 9	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
39	60 (5)	Jun 15	LAD		CHC	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
40	64 (3)	Jun 20	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-0	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
41	66 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
42	67	Jun 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS	23	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
43	68	Jun 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	13	2.1	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
44	69	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-7	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
45	70	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
46	71	Jun 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-5	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
47	73 (1)	Jun 29	LAD	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
48	74	Jun 30	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-6	GS	14	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	75	Jul 1	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
50	76	Jul 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
51	77	Jul 3	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
52	79 (1)	Jul 5	LAD		STL	L,1-9	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
53	80	Jul 6	LAD		STL	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
54	81	Jul 7 (1)	LAD		CIN	L,7-11	GS	32	7.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
55	82	Jul 7 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
56	83	Jul 8	LAD		CIN	W,10-1	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
57	84	Jul 9	LAD		CIN	L,3-14	CG	51	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
58	85	Jul 13	LAD		PHI	W,7-2	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
59	86	Jul 14	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	GS	19	4.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
60	89 (2)	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	GS	30	8.0	9	1	0	10	3	1B
61	90	Jul 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-3	GS	26	7.0	6	0	1	7	3	1B
62	91	Jul 20	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
63	93 (1)	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	W,5-4	GS	21	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
64	94	Jul 23	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
65	96 (1)	Jul 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
66	98 (1)	Jul 28	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS	27	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
67	99	Jul 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	101 (1)	Aug 2	LAD		SFG	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
69	108 (6)	Aug 12	LAD		STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
70	109	Aug 13	LAD		STL	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
71	110	Aug 14	LAD		STL	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
72	111	Aug 15	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	GS	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
73	112	Aug 16 (1)	LAD		CIN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
74	114 (1)	Aug 18	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	20	6.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
75	115	Aug 19	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	9	1	1	11	3	1B
76	116	Aug 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,8-11	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
77	117	Aug 22	LAD	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.2	11	1	0	12	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	141 (23)	Sep 16	LAD		MLN	W,8-7		15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
79	142	Sep 17	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
80	143	Sep 18	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
81	144	Sep 19	LAD		CHC	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
82	145	Sep 20	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
83	147 (1)	Sep 23	LAD	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
84	148	Sep 24	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B RF
85	149	Sep 26 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
86	151 (1)	Sep 27	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
							87gm		638.0	589	52	3	644	68