Larry Gura
Born: November 26, 1947, Joliet, ILHeight: 6'0" Weight: 170 Bats: Both Throws: Left
College: Arizona State
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Pitching Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1970 Chicago NL 22 1 3 3.79 20 3 1 7 10 1 0 38.0 35 167 18 16 6 20 3 1 21 1971 Chicago NL 23 0 0 6.00 6 0 0 4 2 1 0 3.0 6 18 3 2 0 0 1 0 2 1972 Chicago NL 24 0 0 3.65 7 0 0 5 2 0 0 12.1 11 49 5 5 3 2 1 0 13 1973 Chicago NL 25 2 4 4.87 21 7 0 8 6 0 0 64.2 79 282 39 35 10 11 0 1 43 1974 New York AL 26 5 1 2.41 8 8 4 0 0 0 2 56.0 54 230 17 15 2 11 1 0 17 1975 New York AL 27 7 8 3.51 26 20 5 3 3 0 0 151.1 173 640 65 59 13 40 1 3 65 1976 Kansas City AL 28 4 0 2.30 20 2 1 11 7 1 1 62.2 47 249 20 16 4 17 3 1 22 1977 Kansas City AL 29 8 5 3.13 52 6 1 22 24 10 1 106.1 108 445 43 37 8 24 4 1 46 1978 Kansas City AL 30 16 4 2.72 35 26 8 8 1 0 2 221.2 183 890 73 67 13 57 3 4 81 1979 Kansas City AL 31 13 12 4.47 39 33 7 5 1 0 1 233.2 226 991 137 116 29 69 4 7 85 1980 Kansas City AL 32 18 10 2.95 36 36 16 0 0 0 4 283.1 272 1175 107 93 20 70 6 5 113 1981 Kansas City AL 33 11 8 2.72 23 23 12 0 0 0 2 172.1 139 680 61 52 11 35 0 4 61 1982 Kansas City AL 34 18 12 4.03 37 37 8 0 0 0 3 248.0 251 1042 124 111 31 62 2 6 98 1983 Kansas City AL 35 11 18 4.90 34 31 5 2 1 0 0 200.1 220 881 119 109 23 70 6 8 57 1984 Kansas City AL 36 12 9 5.18 31 25 3 5 1 0 0 168.2 175 732 102 97 26 64 3 4 68 1985 2 Teams 37 0 3 9.12 8 4 0 2 2 1 0 24.2 41 125 25 25 5 10 0 1 9 TOTALS 126 97 3.76 403 261 71 82 60 14 16 2047.0 2020 8596 958 855 204 562 38 46 801
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 Chicago NL 20 138 18 35 61 6 1 6 5 0 3 3 20 3 1 21 3 .254 .442 .364 1971 Chicago NL 6 15 3 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .400 .400 .438 1972 Chicago NL 7 44 5 11 24 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 13 0 .250 .545 .298 1973 Chicago NL 21 267 39 79 129 18 1 10 2 1 2 3 11 0 1 43 3 .296 .483 .325 1974 New York AL 8 218 17 54 69 7 1 2 0 0 2 3 11 1 0 17 0 .248 .317 .287 1975 New York AL 26 587 65 173 237 19 3 13 5 4 3 7 40 1 3 65 18 .295 .404 .342 1976 Kansas City AL 20 221 20 47 68 7 1 4 1 6 4 4 17 3 1 22 6 .213 .308 .274 1977 Kansas City AL 52 406 43 108 156 16 4 8 3 7 5 3 24 4 1 46 10 .266 .384 .310 1978 Kansas City AL 35 798 73 183 272 46 2 13 18 10 12 7 57 3 4 81 16 .229 .341 .283 1979 Kansas City AL 39 892 137 226 371 42 8 29 10 9 12 9 69 4 7 85 21 .253 .416 .312 1980 Kansas City AL 36 1068 107 272 396 50 7 20 14 12 17 13 70 6 5 113 20 .255 .371 .304 1981 Kansas City AL 23 623 61 139 209 27 5 11 9 9 5 2 35 0 4 61 11 .223 .335 .265 1982 Kansas City AL 37 961 124 251 398 46 4 31 4 7 8 10 62 2 6 98 20 .261 .414 .309 1983 Kansas City AL 34 775 119 220 353 44 10 23 5 17 11 10 70 6 8 57 24 .284 .455 .347 1984 Kansas City AL 31 651 102 175 299 34 6 26 4 6 8 5 64 3 4 68 19 .269 .459 .338 1985 2 Teams 8 111 25 41 66 8 1 5 3 0 10 0 1 9 2 .369 .595 .426
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Show partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1970 Chicago NL 22 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 .000 .000 .000 1971 Chicago NL 23 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1972 Chicago NL 24 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 1973 Chicago NL 25 22 15 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 .200 .200 .250 1974 New York AL 26 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 New York AL 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Kansas City AL 28 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Kansas City AL 29 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Kansas City AL 30 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 Kansas City AL 31 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Kansas City AL 32 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 Kansas City AL 33 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Kansas City AL 34 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Kansas City AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 Kansas City AL 36 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 2 Teams 37 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .000 .000 .143 TOTALS 370 33 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 15 0 .091 .091 .143
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1970 Chicago NL P 38.0 3 20 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.66 3 3 0 1971 Chicago NL P 3.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1972 Chicago NL P 12.1 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.19 0 1 0 1973 Chicago NL P 64.2 7 21 7 13 0 0 1.000 2.78 2 3 2 1974 New York AL P 56.0 8 8 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.93 2 3 1 1975 New York AL P 151.1 20 26 8 21 0 2 1.000 1.72 3 7 1 1976 Kansas City AL P 62.2 2 20 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.30 4 4 2 1977 Kansas City AL P 106.1 6 52 6 18 2 1 .923 2.03 5 3 1 1978 Kansas City AL P 221.2 26 35 13 44 1 2 .983 2.31 12 7 2 1979 Kansas City AL P 233.2 33 39 15 38 2 5 .964 2.04 12 9 6 1980 Kansas City AL P 283.1 36 36 9 50 0 3 1.000 1.87 17 13 4 1981 Kansas City AL P 172.1 23 23 9 30 0 4 1.000 2.04 5 2 1 1982 Kansas City AL P 248.0 37 37 7 50 2 6 .966 2.07 8 10 5 1983 Kansas City AL P 200.1 31 34 12 42 0 5 1.000 2.43 11 10 4 1984 Kansas City AL P 168.2 25 31 6 30 0 1 1.000 1.92 8 5 1 1985 Kansas City AL P 4.1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 0 0 0 1985 Chicago NL P 20.1 4 5 4 4 0 0 1.000 3.54 4 0 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1969 - signed June 25, 1969).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Texas Rangers (November 14, 1973) completing trade in which Texas Rangers traded Mike Paul to Chicago Cubs in exchange for a player to be named later (August 31, 1973).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with cash to New York Yankees in exchange for Duke Sims (May 7, 1974).
- Traded by New York Yankees to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Fran Healy (May 16, 1976).
- Placed on disabled list by Kansas City Royals (June 1, 1976)
- Activated by Kansas City Royals (June 23, 1976)
- Granted free agency (November 2, 1978).
- Signed by Kansas City Royals (November 13, 1978).
- Released by Kansas City Royals (May 18, 1985).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (May 28, 1985).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (August 14, 1985).
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