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Sorensen		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 4, 1955 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1984   
All-Star Selections 1978    1980    1986   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 21 IND AL $ 300,000 8 2 3 2 8 9 8 7 8 7
1978 22 IND AL $ 300,000 8 2 3 2 8 9 9 7 8 8
1979 23 IND AL $ 300,000 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 8 9 8
1980 24 IND AL $ 1,878,571 8 2 3 3 9 10 10 8 9 8
1981 25 IND AL $ 2,442,857 8 2 3 3 9 10 9 8 9 8
1982 26 IND AL $ 4,128,571 8 2 3 3 9 9 9 8 9 8
1983 27 IND AL $ 4,128,571 8 2 3 2 9 9 9 8 8 8
1984 28 IND AL $ 1,600,000 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 8 7
1985 29 IND AL $ 1,600,000 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 8 7
1986 30 IND AL $ 1,600,000 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7
1987 31 IND AL $ 1,600,000 8 2 2 2 9 9 9 6 7 7
1988 32 BOS AL $ 1,500,000 8 2 3 2 9 9 9 6 7 6
1989 33 BOS AL $ 1,500,000 7 2 3 3 8 9 8 6 7 6
1990 34 BOS AL $ 1,500,000 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 7 2 2 2 8 9 8 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,128,571 8 2 3 3 9 10 10 8 9 8
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
1977 21 IND AL 6 17 .261 29 29 10 2 0 218.0 253 113 17 52 57 4.67 .296 .336 .403 .739 9.9
1978 22 IND AL 15 9 .625 27 27 18 4 0 218.0 204 73 12 43 51 3.01 .250 .288 .346 .633 23.2
1979 23 IND AL 15 17 .469 35 35 11 2 0 265.7 301 111 15 50 61 3.76 .286 .318 .372 .690 21.2
1980 24 IND AL 16 16 .500 35 35 13 1 0 262.0 302 115 16 41 57 3.95 .287 .314 .380 .694 13.7
1981 25 IND AL 15 4 .789 26 26 10 2 0 214.0 209 71 11 30 59 2.99 .254 .281 .344 .625 17.5
1982 26 IND AL 9 5 .643 17 17 5 1 0 127.0 129 51 2 28 32 3.61 .259 .297 .315 .612 8.4
    AAA   5 0 1.000 7 7 2 2 0 57.3 44 10 1 9 35 1.57 .207 .239 .254 .492  
1983 27 IND AL 13 7 .650 27 27 9 2 0 199.3 248 109 18 27 61 4.92 .307 .329 .447 .776 6.2
1984 28 IND AL 10 10 .500 25 25 7 1 0 176.0 208 77 7 27 42 3.94 .289 .315 .395 .710 7.9
1985 29 IND AL 20 9 .690 32 32 10 2 0 242.3 255 97 11 35 75 3.60 .270 .296 .362 .658 15.1
1986 30 IND AL 20 7 .741 32 32 8 1 0 261.0 273 86 18 30 72 2.97 .267 .288 .358 .646 22.4
1987 31 IND AL 11 10 .524 32 32 3 0 0 217.0 238 93 21 33 80 3.86 .280 .307 .416 .723 15.1
1988 32 BOS AL 15 7 .682 31 30 2 2 0 197.7 227 97 18 46 72 4.42 .285 .322 .403 .724 8.7
1989 33 BOS AL 2 2 .500 17 0 0 0 1 25.0 43 23 4 6 15 8.28 .368 .398 .590 .988 0.0
1990 34 BOS AL 6 5 .545 56 0 0 0 6 79.0 103 44 11 21 26 5.01 .319 .359 .477 .836 3.1
14 Years Sim 173 125 .581 421 347 106 20 7 2702.0 2993 1160 181 469 760 3.86 .280 .310 .385 .695 172.4
1 Years AAA 5 0 1.000 7 7 2 2 0 57.3 44 10 1 9 35 1.57 .207 .239 .254 .492  
Season Average 12 8 .600 30 24 7 1 0 193.0 213 82 12 33 54 3.86 .280 .310 .385 .695  
Career Highs 20 17 .789 56 35 18 4 6 265.7 302 115 21 52 80 8.28 .368 .398 .590 .988  
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   1364 556 85 189 422   .270 .296 .367 .664
vs LH   1629 604 96 280 338   .290 .323 .401 .724
Home 86 63 .577 217 178 45 12 1 1370.6 1561 607 89 253 368 3.99 .286 .317 .390 .707
Away 87 62 .584 204 169 61 8 8 1331.3 1432 553 92 216 392 3.74 .275 .304 .380 .683
Mar/Apr 29 19 .604 68 54 12 1 2 417.0 459 166 27 82 108 3.58 .276 .310 .371 .681
May 24 25 .490 77 63 18 3 1 488.3 541 220 30 89 123 4.06 .281 .312 .386 .699
June 33 22 .600 76 66 17 3 0 492.0 571 243 30 109 140 4.45 .293 .330 .389 .719
July 29 23 .558 69 58 19 6 1 459.3 495 187 31 66 134 3.66 .274 .300 .379 .679
August 31 14 .689 67 54 21 5 0 433.0 482 177 29 53 130 3.68 .282 .303 .396 .700
Sep/Oct 27 22 .551 64 52 19 2 5 412.3 445 167 34 70 125 3.65 .275 .305 .386 .691
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1977 21 IND AL P 29 29 218.0 14 48 2 4 .969 2.56    
1978 22 IND AL P 27 27 218.0 22 47 4 4 .945 2.85    
1979 23 IND AL P 35 35 265.7 25 35 2 2 .968 2.03    
1980 24 IND AL P 35 35 262.0 12 50 0 1 1.000 2.13    
1981 25 IND AL P 26 26 214.0 19 43 1 5 .984 2.61    
1982 26 IND AL P 17 17 127.0 14 18 2 0 .941 2.27    
1983 27 IND AL P 27 27 199.3 18 35 4 5 .930 2.39    
1984 28 IND AL P 25 25 176.0 13 41 1 3 .982 2.76    
1985 29 IND AL P 32 32 242.3 17 44 1 4 .984 2.27    
1986 30 IND AL P 32 32 261.0 26 51 3 3 .963 2.66    
1987 31 IND AL P 32 32 217.0 14 36 1 3 .980 2.07    
1988 32 BOS AL P 31 30 197.7 14 29 3 2 .935 1.96    
1989 33 BOS AL P 17 0 25.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.08    
1990 34 BOS AL P 56 0 79.0 9 13 1 0 .957 2.51    
Career Totals   421 347 2702.0 217 493 25 36 .966 2.36    
Career Highs   56 35 265.7 26 51 4 5 1.000 2.85    
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
1981 25 IND AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.3 3 2 1 1 1 7.73 .273 .333 .545 .879
1983 27 IND AL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 1 9.3 12 5 4 1 3 4.82 .316 .333 .763 1.096
1984 28 IND AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 18.0 20 9 1 2 3 4.50 .286 .306 .400 .706
1985 29 IND AL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 9.7 21 10 2 1 5 9.32 .467 .478 .622 1.100
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 12 4 1 0 2 39.3 56 26 8 5 12 5.95 .341 .361 .555 .916
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1978-2-3.01
1981-7-2.99
1986-7-2.97
 Wins
1979-7-15
1980-10-16
1985-3-20
1986-1-20
1988-5-15
 Losses
1977-5-17
1979-8-17
1980-9-16
 Winning Pct
1981-1-.789
1983-10-.650
1985-7-.690
1986-4-.741
1988-5-.682
 Games Started
1979-4-35
1980-6-35
 Complete Games
1978-2-18
1979-4-11
1980-4-13
1981-4-10
1983-7-9
1985-8-10
1986-3-8
1987-6-3
Shutouts
1977-6-2
1978-1-4
1979-9-2
1981-6-2
1983-6-2
1985-10-2
1988-4-2
 Innings Pitched
1979-2-265.7
1980-5-262.0
1986-2-261.0
 Hits Allowed
1979-1-301
1980-2-302
1985-5-255
1986-3-273
1987-6-238
1988-6-227
 Walks per 9IP
1977-8-2.1
1978-6-1.8
1979-6-1.7
1980-4-1.4
1981-2-1.3
1983-2-1.2
1984-2-1.4
1985-4-1.3
1986-1-1.0
1987-4-1.4
CAR-25-1.6
 WHiP
1978-3-1.13
1981-5-1.12
1986-9-1.16
 OOBP
1978-4-.288
1981-5-.281
1986-8-.288
OSLG
1978-4-.346
1981-9-.344
 OOPS
1978-3-.633
1981-7-.625
1986-9-.646
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 101    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 26th overall pick, by Indianapolis II in 1977
Earned first career win on 5/21/1977
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1978, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Injured on 8/7/1978 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 5/27/1979, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,878,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,128,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/30/1982 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,128,571 through salary arbitration
9/22/1983: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $1,600,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1983, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 8/21/1984 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1984
Was selected to the 1986 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1986, winning 2 games with a 0.51 ERA
10/13/1987: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Indianapolis to Boston (A) on 3/4/1988 (Going to IND: CF Ron Shepherd. Going to BOS: 1B Dave Stapleton, P Lary Sorensen, 2B Paul Molitor)
 
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