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Norm Larker

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Full name Norman Howard John Larker
Born December 27, 1930, Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania
Died March 12, 2007, Long Beach, California
Buried at All Souls Cemetery, Long Beach, California
First Game: April 15, 1958; Final Game: September 28, 1963
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 0" Weight: 185
Ejections: 1959 (1), 1960 (4), 1961 (1), 1962 (2), 1963 (1). Total: 9
SABR Biography

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                       Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team 1958 LA N Daily Splits 99 253 32 70 16 5 4 29 29 0 21 3 1 5 0 8 8 1 1 .277 .352 .427 -0.3 1958 LA N 1959 LA N Daily Splits 108 311 37 90 14 1 8 49 26 1 25 2 8 4 0 6 12 0 1 .289 .344 .418 -0.1 1959 LA N 1960 LA N Daily Splits 133 440 56 142 26 3 5 78 36 2 24 1 7 9 0 8 9 1 0 .323 .368 .430 0.8 1960 LA N 1961 LA N Daily Splits 97 282 29 76 16 1 5 38 24 7 22 1 2 3 0 5 11 0 0 .270 .326 .387 -0.9 1961 LA N 1962 HOU N Daily Splits 147 506 58 133 19 5 9 63 70 7 47 7 4 3 0 10 10 1 1 .263 .358 .374 0.2 1962 HOU N 1963 MIL N Daily Splits 64 147 15 26 6 0 1 14 24 2 24 2 1 2 0 5 2 0 2 .177 .297 .238 -0.6 1963 MIL N 1963 SF N Daily Splits 19 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .071 .188 .071 -0.3 1963 SF N 1963 TOT N 83 161 15 27 6 0 1 14 26 2 26 2 1 2 0 5 3 0 2 .168 .288 .224 -0.9 1963 TOT N Total ( 6 Years) Splits 667 1953 227 538 97 15 32 271 211 19 165 16 23 26 0 42 53 3 5 .275 .347 .390 -1.2 Total Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team

          World Series Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1959 LA N Daily Splits 6 16 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .278 .188 1959 LA N

         All-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team 1960 NL Daily Splits 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 1960 NL 

                       Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1958 LA N Daily Splits OF 43 43 22 327 61 3 1 0 0 .985 41 0 2 1958 LA N LF 41 41 20 311 58 3 1 0 0 .984 1958 LA N 1B 25 22 16 186.1 178 14 4 18 0 .980 1958 LA N RF 2 2 2 16 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1959 LA N Daily Splits 1B 55 50 43 456.1 456 42 5 53 0 .990 1959 LA N OF 30 30 10 220 35 6 0 0 0 1.000 23 0 7 1959 LA N LF 23 23 10 179 34 5 0 0 0 1.000 1959 LA N RF 7 7 0 41 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1960 LA N Daily Splits 1B 119 112 57 933.2 914 80 7 81 0 .993 1960 LA N LF 2 1 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1960 LA N OF 2 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 1961 LA N Daily Splits 1B 86 79 37 633 589 52 3 68 0 .995 1961 LA N RF 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 1961 LA N OF 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1962 HOU N Daily Splits 1B 135 130 111 1144.1 1148 103 11 103 0 .991 1962 HOU N LF 6 5 1 36 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 1962 HOU N OF 6 5 1 36 5 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 0 0 1963 MIL N Daily Splits 1B 42 35 21 310.2 320 33 3 23 0 .992 1963 SF N Daily Splits 1B 11 1 0 24 24 2 2 3 0 .929 1963 TOT N 1B 53 36 21 334.2 344 35 5 26 0 .987 Total ( 6 Years) Splits 1B 473 429 285 3688.1 3629 326 35 349 0 .991 Total ( 5 Years) OF 82 79 33 595 104 9 1 0 0 .991 72 0 10 Total ( 4 Years) LF 72 70 31 533 99 8 1 0 0 .991 Total ( 3 Years) RF 10 9 2 62 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1959 LA N Daily Splits OF 6 6 3 40 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 3 1959 LA N RF 3 3 1 17 8 0 0 0 0 1.000 1959 LA N LF 3 3 2 23 4 1 0 0 0 1.000

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1960 NL Daily Splits 1B 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1.000

Ejection Information

Date Team Umpire Reason 6-28-1959 BOX LA N Stan Landes Balls and strikes (not in game) 5-13-1960 BOX LA N Augie Donatelli Bench jockeying 6- 4-1960 BOX LA N Stan Landes Balls and strikes 7-31-1960 BOX LA N Jocko Conlan Call at 1B 8- 2-1960 BOX LA N Ken Burkhart Call at 1B 4-30-1961(1) BOX LA N Frank Secory Call at 1B 8- 1-1962 BOX HOU N Augie Donatelli Balls and strikes 9-29-1962(1) BOX HOU N Stan Landes Call at 1B 5- 4-1963 BOX MIL N Ed Vargo Call at 1B

Transaction Information

Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Los Angeles Dodgers (23rd pick overall) 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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