Larry McWilliams

Q: How old is Larry McWilliams?

Larry McWilliams is 70 years old.

Q: When was Larry McWilliams born?

Larry McWilliams was born on February 10, 1954.

Q: Where was Larry McWilliams born?

Larry McWilliams was born in Wichita, KS .

Q: How tall is Larry McWilliams?

Larry McWilliams is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Larry McWilliams weigh when playing?

Larry McWilliams weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Larry McWilliams play?

Larry McWilliams played 13 seasons.

Q: Is Larry McWilliams in the Hall of Fame?

Larry McWilliams has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Larry McWilliams drafted?

Larry McWilliams was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (6th) of the 1974 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Paris Junior College (Paris, TX) .

Q: What position did Larry McWilliams play?

Larry McWilliams was a Pitcher.

Q: How many strikeouts did Larry McWilliams have?

Larry McWilliams had 940 strikeouts over his career.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 180lb (196cm, 81kg)

Born: February 10, 1954 in Wichita, KS us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (6th) of the 1974 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Paris Junior College (Paris, TX).

School: Paris Junior College (Paris, TX)

Debut: July 17, 1978 (Age 24-157d, 14,062nd in major league history)
vs. NYM 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 12, 1990 (Age 36-091d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Full Name: Larry Dean McWilliams

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.8

ERA

3.99

370

224

1558.1

940

WHIP

1.341

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1974	20	ATL-min	A	4	3	.571	2.81	11	11		1	0	0	64.0	64	26	20	2	23	0	61	6	2	2				1.359	9.0	0.3	3.2	8.6	2.65	GRW WCRS
1975	21	ATL-min	A	8	4	.667	2.81	17	13		4	2	0	93.0	83	36	29	0	18	0	71	5	1	2				1.086	8.0	0.0	1.7	6.9	3.94	GRW WCRS
1976	22	ATL-min	AA,A	5	10	.333	3.84	24	22		4	0	1	122.0	122	60	52	7	46	4	81	8	1	8				1.377	9.0	0.5	3.4	6.0	1.76	SAV,GRW SOUL,WCRS
1977	23	ATL-min	AA	8	9	.471	3.36	26	25		9	3	1	158.0	153	70	59	11	64	0	139	4	0	2				1.373	8.7	0.6	3.6	7.9	2.17	SAV SOUL
1978	24	ATL-min	AAA	6	5	.545	2.83	15	15		7	0	0	108.0	87	36	34	5	41	0	78	3	2	4				1.185	7.3	0.4	3.4	6.5	1.90	RMD IL
1978	24	ATL	NL	9	3	.750	2.81	15	15	0	3	1	0	99.1	84	38	31	11	35	4	42	2	0	2	417	146	4.30	1.198	7.6	1.0	3.2	3.8	1.20
1979	25	ATL	NL	3	2	.600	5.56	13	13	0	1	0	0	66.1	69	41	41	4	22	2	32	4	0	2	287	73	3.73	1.372	9.4	0.5	3.0	4.3	1.45
1980	26	ATL	NL	9	14	.391	4.95	30	30	0	4	1	0	163.2	188	97	90	27	39	2	77	7	1	5	715	75	4.80	1.387	10.3	1.5	2.1	4.2	1.97
1981	27	ATL-min	AAA	13	10	.565	4.35	29	28	1	8	3	0	178.0	174	98	86	13	79	1	157	7	2	9				1.421	8.8	0.7	4.0	7.9	1.99	RMD IL
1981	27	ATL	NL	2	1	.667	3.11	6	5	0	2	1	0	37.2	31	13	13	2	8	0	23	0	0	0	147	117	2.71	1.035	7.4	0.5	1.9	5.5	2.88
1982	28	TOT	NL	8	8	.500	3.84	46	20	6	2	2	1	159.1	158	79	68	12	44	6	118	6	1	3	678	98	3.16	1.268	8.9	0.7	2.5	6.7	2.68
1982	28	ATL	NL	2	3	.400	6.21	27	2	5	0	0	0	37.2	52	30	26	3	20	5	24	2	1	1	185	61	4.23	1.912	12.4	0.7	4.8	5.7	1.20
1982	28	PIT	NL	6	5	.545	3.11	19	18	1	2	2	1	121.2	106	49	42	9	24	1	94	4	0	2	493	121	2.82	1.068	7.8	0.7	1.8	7.0	3.92
1983	29	PIT	NL	15	8	.652	3.25	35	35	0	8	4	0	238.0	205	99	86	19	87	7	199	3	4	9	1002	114	3.26	1.227	7.8	0.7	3.3	7.5	2.29	CYA-5
1984	30	PIT	NL	12	11	.522	2.93	34	32	1	7	2	1	227.1	226	86	74	18	78	7	149	2	3	3	957	124	3.54	1.337	8.9	0.7	3.1	5.9	1.91
1985	31	PIT	NL	7	9	.438	4.70	30	19	2	2	0	0	126.1	139	70	66	9	62	11	52	7	0	4	568	77	4.43	1.591	9.9	0.6	4.4	3.7	0.84
1986	32	PIT	NL	3	11	.214	5.15	49	15	11	0	0	0	122.1	129	75	70	16	49	5	80	7	0	5	545	75	4.54	1.455	9.5	1.2	3.6	5.9	1.63
1987	33	ATL-TEX-min	AA,AAA	2	6	.250	7.81	14	13	0	0	0	0	55.1	77	53	48	4	46	1	40	6	0	6				2.223	12.5	0.7	7.5	6.5	0.87	GRV,OKC SOUL,AA
1987	33	ATL	NL	0	1	.000	5.75	9	2	4	0	0	0	20.1	25	15	13	2	7	1	13	2	0	1	95	77	4.20	1.574	11.1	0.9	3.1	5.8	1.86
1988	34	STL	NL	6	9	.400	3.90	42	17	12	2	1	1	136.0	130	64	59	10	45	7	70	4	3	9	581	90	3.78	1.287	8.6	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.56
1989	35	TOT	MLB	4	13	.235	4.11	48	21	6	3	1	0	153.1	154	82	70	5	57	5	78	7	3	8	667	88	3.42	1.376	9.0	0.3	3.3	4.6	1.37
1989	35	PHI	NL	2	11	.154	4.10	40	16	6	2	1	0	120.2	123	67	55	3	49	4	54	4	3	6	531	87	3.51	1.425	9.2	0.2	3.7	4.0	1.10
1989	35	KCR	AL	2	2	.500	4.13	8	5	0	1	0	0	32.2	31	15	15	2	8	1	24	3	0	2	136	95	3.10	1.194	8.5	0.6	2.2	6.6	3.00
1990	36	KCR	AL	0	0		9.72	13	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	10	9	9	2	9	1	7	1	0	1	43	41	7.85	2.280	10.8	2.2	9.7	7.6	0.78
13 Yrs				78	90	.464	3.99	370	224	44	34	13	3	1558.1	1548	768	690	137	542	58	940	52	15	52	6702	94	3.82	1.341	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.73
162 Game Avg.				9	10	.464	3.99	42	26	5	4	1	0	178	177	88	79	16	62	7	108	6	2	6	767	94	3.82	1.341	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.73
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
ATL (6 yrs)				25	24	.510	4.53	100	67	9	10	3	0	425.0	449	234	214	49	131	14	211	17	2	11	1846	86	4.25	1.365	9.5	1.0	2.8	4.5	1.61
PIT (5 yrs)				43	44	.494	3.64	167	119	15	19	8	2	835.2	805	379	338	71	300	31	574	23	7	23	3565	102	3.63	1.322	8.7	0.8	3.2	6.2	1.91
KCR (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	5.27	21	5	2	1	0	0	41.0	41	24	24	4	17	2	31	4	0	3	179	75	4.06	1.415	9.0	0.9	3.7	6.8	1.82
PHI (1 yr)				2	11	.154	4.10	40	16	6	2	1	0	120.2	123	67	55	3	49	4	54	4	3	6	531	87	3.51	1.425	9.2	0.2	3.7	4.0	1.10
STL (1 yr)				6	9	.400	3.90	42	17	12	2	1	1	136.0	130	64	59	10	45	7	70	4	3	9	581	90	3.78	1.287	8.6	0.7	3.0	4.6	1.56

NL (12 yrs)				76	88	.463	3.95	349	219	42	33	13	3	1517.1	1507	744	666	133	525	56	909	48	15	49	6523	94	3.81	1.339	8.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.73
AL (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	5.27	21	5	2	1	0	0	41.0	41	24	24	4	17	2	31	4	0	3	179	75	4.06	1.415	9.0	0.9	3.7	6.8	1.82

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1978	24	ATL	NL	-0.4	15	36	32	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	.063	.063	.125	.188	-51	.081	-122	4	0	0	4	0	0	1
1979	25	ATL	NL	0.2	13	28	24	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.208	.231	.292	.522	38	.232	10	7	0	0	2	1	0	1
1980	26	ATL	NL	0.0	30	60	51	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	24	.157	.232	.157	.389	10	.193	-14	8	0	0	4	0	0	1
1981	27	ATL	NL	0.0	6	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.100	.182	.100	.282	-19	.148	-53	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1982	28	2TM	NL	0.0	47	49	38	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.184	.205	.184	.389	8	.182	-44	7	0	0	10	0	0	1/H
1982	28	ATL	NL	0.1	27	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	28	.232	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1982	28	PIT	NL	-0.1	20	41	32	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.188	.188	.188	.375	4	.171	-56	6	0	0	9	0	0	1/H
1983	29	PIT	NL	-0.3	35	90	79	5	9	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	32	.114	.125	.127	.252	-31	.137	-64	10	0	0	10	0	0	1	CYA-5
1984	30	PIT	NL	-0.4	36	86	74	1	9	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	22	.122	.122	.122	.243	-31	.130	-67	9	0	0	12	0	0	1/H
1985	31	PIT	NL	-0.1	32	45	40	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	19	.125	.146	.150	.296	-16	.160	-37	6	1	0	4	0	0	1/H
1986	32	PIT	NL	0.0	50	34	29	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.138	.194	.172	.366	1	.175	-30	5	0	0	3	0	0	1/H
1987	33	ATL	NL	0.0	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	.180	-21	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	34	STL	NL	0.2	45	40	37	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	.162	.205	.189	.394	14	.211	13	7	0	2	1	0	0	1/H
1989	35	PHI	NL	-0.1	41	30	27	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	.111	.111	.185	.296	-16	.129	-59	5	0	0	3	0	0	1/H
12 Yrs				-1.0	359	515	446	26	60	6	2	0	15	1	2	12	193	.135	.161	.157	.317	-12	.159	-44	70	1	2	54	1	0	1H
162 Game Avg				-0.5	162	232	201	12	27	3	1	0	7	0	1	5	87	.135	.161	.157	.317	-12	.159	-44	32	0	1	24	0	0

ATL (6 Yrs)				-0.2	100	149	128	8	18	2	1	0	2	0	0	8	71	.141	.190	.172	.362	-1	.172	-36	22	0	0	12	1	0	1
PIT (5 Yrs)				-0.9	173	296	254	11	33	3	0	0	10	1	2	4	96	.130	.143	.142	.285	-20	.147	-56	36	1	0	38	0	0	1/H
STL (1 Yr)				0.2	45	40	37	6	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	.162	.205	.189	.394	14	.211	13	7	0	2	1	0	0	1/H
PHI (1 Yr)				-0.1	41	30	27	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	.111	.111	.185	.296	-16	.129	-59	5	0	0	3	0	0	1/H

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Larry McWilliams?

Larry McWilliams is 70 years old.

When was Larry McWilliams born?

Larry McWilliams was born on February 10, 1954.

Where was Larry McWilliams born?

Larry McWilliams was born in Wichita, KS.

How tall is Larry McWilliams?

Larry McWilliams is 6-5 (196 cm) tall.

How much did Larry McWilliams weigh when playing?

Larry McWilliams weighed 180 lbs (81 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Larry McWilliams play?

Larry McWilliams played 13 seasons.

Is Larry McWilliams in the Hall of Fame?

Larry McWilliams has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Larry McWilliams drafted?

Larry McWilliams was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (6th) of the 1974 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Paris Junior College (Paris, TX).

What position did Larry McWilliams play?

Larry McWilliams was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Larry McWilliams have?

Larry McWilliams had 940 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Larry McWilliams played for?

Larry McWilliams played for 5 teams; the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals and Philadelphia Phillies.

When did Larry McWilliams retire?

Larry McWilliams last played in 1990.

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