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Larry
Jansen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 16, 1920 in Usa, OR, VERBOORT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1947   
All-Star Selections 1947   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 26 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
1948 27 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1949 28 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3
1950 29 BOS AL $ 2,600,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3
1951 30 BOS AL $ 2,600,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3
1952 31 SEM AL $ 2,600,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3
1953 32 SEM AL $ 2,600,000 8 5 6 6 8 8 8 3 3 3
1954 33 SEM AL   8 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1955 34 MIN AL $ 400,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3
1956 35 MIN AL $ 400,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1948 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1949 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1950 29 BOS AL $ 2,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1951 30 BOS AL $ 2,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1952 31 SEM AL $ 2,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1953 32 SEM AL $ 2,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1954 33 SEM AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1955 34 MIN AL $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1956 35 MIN AL $ 400,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1947 26 BOS AL 18 12 .600 37 37 13 4 0 294.0 264 99 23 79 115 3.03 .238 .288 .360 .649 28.6
1948 27 BOS AL 15 10 .600 33 33 6 0 0 249.3 274 126 29 73 97 4.55 .281 .328 .452 .780 14.1
1949 28 BOS AL 13 9 .591 30 30 8 0 0 230.3 232 101 24 91 100 3.95 .261 .330 .416 .745 18.9
1951 30 BOS AL 12 9 .571 49 22 7 0 1 215.3 209 98 27 64 81 4.10 .250 .303 .402 .705 16.5
1952 31 BOS AL 6 3 .667 14 6 2 0 0 110.0 108 42 14 23 60 3.44 .257 .294 .421 .715 10.3
  SEM AL 5 4 .556 27 13 4 1 2 59.7 60 29 8 19 19 4.37 .261 .315 .426 .741 4.2
  TOT   11 7 .611 41 19 6 1 2 169.7 168 71 22 42 79 3.77 .258 .301 .423 .724 14.5
1953 32 SEM AL 3 3 .500 45 0 0 0 8 46.7 52 29 5 25 26 5.59 .284 .365 .432 .797 2.4
1954 33 SEM AL 2 3 .400 24 1 0 0 7 30.0 35 20 2 15 15 6.00 .287 .362 .402 .764 1.5
1955 34 MIN AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 1 7 3 6.43 .276 .417 .414 .830 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 47 0 0 0 7 39.0 40 22 5 12 24 5.08 .268 .323 .416 .739  
1956 35 AAA   3 3 .500 40 0 0 0 1 77.0 67 25 8 22 59 2.92 .238 .293 .365 .658  
8 Years Sim 74 53 .583 266 142 40 5 18 1242.3 1242 549 133 396 516 3.98 .259 .314 .409 .723 96.5
2 Years AAA 5 5 .500 87 0 0 0 8 116.0 107 47 13 34 83 3.65 .248 .303 .383 .686  
Season Average 9 6 .600 33 17 5 0 2 155.3 155 68 16 49 64 3.98 .259 .314 .409 .723  
Career Highs 18 12 .611 49 37 13 4 8 294.0 274 126 29 91 115 6.43 .287 .417 .452 .830  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   585 263 66 178 252   .252 .305 .404 .709
vs LH   657 286 67 218 264   .266 .326 .414 .740
Home 40 27 .597 131 73 22 5 6 643.0 662 291 60 200 250 4.07 .265 .319 .410 .729
Away 34 26 .567 135 69 18 0 12 599.3 580 258 73 196 266 3.87 .253 .312 .409 .721
Mar/Apr 14 7 .667 58 25 6 3 8 229.0 235 90 22 71 89 3.54 .264 .319 .395 .714
May 12 10 .545 40 21 6 1 1 198.0 195 89 24 54 100 4.05 .257 .307 .422 .729
June 9 8 .529 38 24 6 0 1 193.0 197 97 25 59 65 4.52 .265 .319 .437 .756
July 18 5 .783 42 26 5 1 4 218.0 206 95 22 79 93 3.92 .248 .314 .405 .718
August 10 12 .455 51 23 6 0 3 206.0 215 95 20 77 106 4.15 .266 .330 .413 .742
Sep/Oct 11 11 .500 37 23 11 0 1 198.3 194 83 20 56 63 3.77 .256 .307 .386 .693
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 26 BOS AL 37 97 3 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 36 .155 .178 .175 .353 1.9 0.0
1948 27 BOS AL 33 86 5 13 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 25 .151 .178 .198 .375 3.0 0.0
1949 28 BOS AL 30 81 3 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 18 .210 .210 .235 .444 3.5 0.0
1951 30 BOS AL 49 64 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .109 .108 .141 .248 -0.8 0.0
1952 31 BOS AL 14 36 6 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .278 .289 .333 .623 4.0 0.3
  SEM AL 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
  TOT   41 46 6 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .217 .229 .261 .490 3.2 0.3
1953 32 SEM AL 45 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
1954 33 SEM AL 24 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.2
7 Years Sim 259 378 19 64 9 0 1 19 0 0 7 103 .169 .183 .201 .384 11.6 0.5
162 Game Average 236 11 40 5 0 0 11 0 0 4 64 .169 .183 .201 .384 7.2  
Career Highs 49 97 6 17 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 36 .500 .500 .500 1.000 3.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   269 10 42 4 0 0 16 0 0 6 70 .156 .172 .171 .343 2.1
vs LH   109 9 22 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 33 .202 .209 .275 .484 5.0
Home 105 186 7 32 4 0 0 8 0 0 4 48 .172 .188 .194 .381 3.5
Away 129 192 12 32 5 0 1 11 0 0 3 55 .167 .178 .208 .386 3.7
RISP   90 0 17 1 0 0 18 0 0 0 26 .189 .181 .200 .381 1.7
Close/Late   25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .120 .120 .120 .240 -0.6
Mar/Apr 53 65 2 15 3 0 0 7 0 0 0 17 .231 .224 .277 .501 3.4
May 34 56 7 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 17 .179 .207 .250 .457 2.4
June 24 60 2 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .183 .180 .200 .380 1.0
July 29 72 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17 .097 .133 .097 .231 -1.7
August 37 64 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .156 .156 .156 .313 -0.2
Sep/Oct 23 61 5 11 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 16 .180 .203 .246 .449 2.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1947 26 BOS AL P 37 37 294.0 23 57 2 3 .976 2.45    
1948 27 BOS AL P 33 33 249.3 19 52 0 2 1.000 2.56    
1949 28 BOS AL P 30 30 230.3 18 45 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1951 30 BOS AL P 49 22 215.3 23 46 1 1 .986 2.88    
1952 31 BOS AL P 14 6 110.0 6 25 1 1 .969 2.54    
  SEM AL P 27 13 59.7 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.72    
  TOT   P 41 19 169.7 10 39 1 1 .980 2.60    
1953 32 SEM AL P 45 0 46.7 3 11 0 1 1.000 2.70    
1954 33 SEM AL P 24 1 30.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1955 34 MIN AL P 7 0 7.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.86    
Career Totals   266 142 1242.3 97 258 4 8 .989 2.57    
Career Highs   49 37 294.0 23 57 2 3 1.000 3.86    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1948 27 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.7 19 11 3 9 5 6.32 .306 .394 .532 .927
1952 31 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 4 4 1 0 0 109.09 .800 .800 1.600 2.400
1953 32 SEM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 .167 .167 .167 .333
1955 34 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 8.7 6 1 1 4 3 1.04 .188 .278 .313 .590
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 5 3 0 0 0 26.7 30 16 5 13 9 5.40 .286 .364 .495 .860
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 27 BOS AL 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1955 34 MIN AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1947-2-3.03
1949-7-3.95
1951-9-4.10
1952-7-3.77
 Wins
1947-9-18
1948-9-15
 Winning Pct
1949-9-.591
1952-9-.611
 Saves
1953-8-8
 Complete Games
1947-6-13
1949-10-8
 Shutouts
1947-1-4
1952-10-1
Walks per 9IP
1947-1-2.4
1948-3-2.6
1951-5-2.7
1952-6-2.2
 Hits per 9IP
1947-8-8.1
1949-8-9.1
1951-10-8.7
 WHiP
1947-1-1.17
1949-7-1.40
1951-3-1.27
1952-3-1.24
 OAVG
1947-7-.238
1949-8-.261
1951-8-.250
 OOBP
1947-1-.288
1948-10-.328
1949-7-.330
1951-3-.303
1952-3-.301
 OSLG
1947-8-.360
OOPS
1947-4-.649
1951-6-.705
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Spud Chandler (962)
  2. Charlie Williams (958)
  3. Chris Short (953)
  4. Oil Can Boyd (953)
  5. Ossie Orwoll (951)
  6. Lew Krausse (951)
  7. Howie Koplitz (948)
  8. Carl Willis (945)
  9. Don Robinson (945)
  10. Eddie Smith (942)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jim Perry (996)
  2. Bob Lemon (996)
  3. Bill Werle (994)
  4. Pete Richert (991)
  5. Harry Gumbert (991)
  6. Tim McNamara (989)
  7. Tony Cloninger (989)
  8. Randy Gumpert (988)
  9. Lum Davenport (988)
  10. Clint Brown (988)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1947
Earned first career win on 4/2/1947
Had first career hit on 4/20/1947, off Bill Voiselle (MON)
Was selected to the 1947 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1947, winning 2 games with a 1.59 ERA
Won Bronze Rookie in 1947, going 18-12, 3.03 ERA
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1948, off Bill Wight (MON)
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
Injured on 4/23/1949 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 7/9/1949 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1950: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,600,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,600,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (A) to Seattle on 6/1/1952 (Going to SEM: P Larry Jansen. Going to BOS: P Cal Mclish)
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,600,000 through salary arbitration
10/20/1953: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $1,100,000 per year, for 2 years
10/20/1953: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $1,100,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/27/1954 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Released by Seattle on 9/1/1954
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/7/1955 to a 2-year deal worth $400,000 per year
Injured on 4/13/1955 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
 
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