Larry
Lintz
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 165
 
Born: October 10, 1949 in Usa, CA, MARTINEZ
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 9 10 10 6 6 6
1974 24 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 9 10 10 6 6 6
1975 25 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
1976 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
1977 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
1978 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 9 10 9 6 6 6
1979 29 NYG NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 9 10 10 6 6 6
1980 30 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6
1981 31 NYG NL $ 1,600,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6
1982 32 NYG NL $ 353,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6
1983 33 NYG NL $ 353,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 9 9 6 6 6
1984 34 DET AL $ 353,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5
1985 35 DET AL $ 353,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5
1986 36 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,600,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 10 10 10 6 6 6
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
1973 23 AA   78 294 37 65 8 2 2 19 21 6 51 42 .221 .336 .282 .619 34.4  
    A   26 84 19 32 2 1 0 12 13 3 21 8 .381 .505 .429 .933 20.5  
1974 24 AA   128 498 82 137 12 1 10 42 42 10 98 72 .275 .394 .363 .758 84.1  
1975 25 AAA   135 416 68 92 11 2 4 52 26 16 107 89 .221 .380 .286 .667 58.1  
1976 26 NYG NL 150 501 78 98 7 2 6 31 75 32 92 86 .196 .321 .253 .575 50.3 1.0
1977 27 NYG NL 136 472 55 115 6 2 0 23 72 38 69 59 .244 .343 .265 .607 49.2 4.2
1978 28 NYG NL 149 418 56 81 6 3 2 24 59 28 83 66 .194 .327 .237 .564 43.2 2.7
1979 29 NYG NL 144 393 65 97 6 1 2 36 66 23 62 45 .247 .349 .282 .632 49.3 7.7
1980 30 NYG NL 152 463 64 123 8 4 5 34 66 31 50 63 .266 .337 .333 .670 57.7 9.5
1981 31 NYG NL 139 382 47 79 7 1 1 28 51 22 50 58 .207 .299 .238 .537 32.2 0.9
1982 32 NYG NL 149 405 43 86 4 4 2 29 47 24 54 61 .212 .307 .257 .564 36.9 1.2
1983 33 NYG NL 123 351 48 66 11 1 4 28 29 17 38 72 .188 .269 .259 .528 26.2 0.0
1984 34 DET AL 73 229 31 51 3 1 0 11 23 5 31 43 .223 .315 .245 .560 21.3 2.2
    AAA   70 203 31 45 2 0 1 16 11 1 48 37 .222 .371 .246 .617 26.7  
1985 35 DET AL 106 265 27 57 6 0 1 15 34 16 33 56 .215 .300 .249 .549 23.1 0.1
1986 36 DET AL 99 157 18 20 2 0 1 4 20 6 20 41 .127 .229 .159 .388 5.8 0.0
11 Years Sim 1420 4036 532 873 66 19 24 263 542 242 582 650 .216 .316 .260 .576 395.2 29.5
2 Years AAA 205 619 99 137 13 2 5 68 37 17 155 126 .221 .376 .273 .649 84.8  
2 Years AA 206 792 119 202 20 3 12 61 63 16 149 114 .255 .372 .333 .705 118.5  
1 Years A 26 84 19 32 2 1 0 12 13 3 21 8 .381 .500 .429 .929 20.5  
5 Years Minors 437 1495 237 371 35 6 17 141 113 36 325 248 .248 .381 .314 .695 223.8  
162 Game Average 460 60 99 7 2 2 30 61 27 66 74 .216 .316 .260 .576 45.1  
Career Highs 152 501 78 123 11 4 6 36 75 38 92 86 .266 .349 .333 .670 57.7  
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   2824 389 613 43 14 19 203 384 152 403 443 .217 .315 .262 .577 286.6
vs LH   1212 143 260 23 5 5 60 158 90 179 207 .215 .318 .254 .572 111.6
Home 690 1965 254 422 33 9 18 132 268 107 271 332 .215 .310 .268 .579 198.1
Away 730 2071 278 451 33 10 6 131 274 135 311 318 .218 .321 .252 .573 200.1
RISP   816 0 182 20 1 2 231 0 0 132 108 .223 .326 .257 .583 81.8
Pinch Hitting   14 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .071 .211 .071 .282 0.3
Close/Late   322 45 70 3 2 3 7 0 0 38 65 .217 .299 .267 .566 28.3
Mar/Apr 223 669 88 147 11 4 2 37 92 29 84 129 .220 .310 .257 .567 65.7
May 245 709 85 147 10 3 5 47 92 45 107 128 .207 .310 .251 .561 66.6
June 229 645 93 137 15 3 5 45 92 36 99 102 .212 .319 .268 .587 68.1
July 230 654 81 155 12 2 5 56 82 42 84 96 .237 .323 .284 .608 67.9
August 255 689 92 150 7 4 5 45 100 48 110 105 .218 .326 .261 .588 71.7
Sep/Oct 238 670 93 137 11 3 2 33 84 42 98 90 .204 .306 .239 .544 58.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1976 26 NYG NL SS 100 99 799.0 98 337 15 58 .967 4.90   4.7
    2B 50 50 398.0 97 181 8 44 .972 6.29   1.2
1977 27 NYG NL SS 136 136 1098.3 168 523 19 87 .973 5.66   6.6
1978 28 NYG NL SS 146 145 1202.0 205 522 25 91 .967 5.44   5.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 1 1 .667 6.00   0.0
1979 29 NYG NL SS 97 96 780.0 145 347 21 72 .959 5.68   3.5
    2B 48 46 375.7 85 166 5 37 .980 6.01   1.7
    3B 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 30 NYG NL 2B 149 147 1230.0 267 534 21 118 .974 5.86   4.0
    SS 9 0 12.7 5 7 0 2 1.000 8.53   0.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 31 NYG NL 2B 139 137 1123.3 249 473 16 96 .978 5.78   6.3
1982 32 NYG NL 2B 148 147 1191.7 226 458 14 81 .980 5.17   3.8
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 33 NYG NL SS 121 121 983.7 156 375 18 67 .967 4.86   4.5
1984 34 DET AL SS 68 68 571.0 84 264 9 41 .975 5.49   2.9
    2B 4 4 36.0 8 12 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 35 DET AL 3B 30 28 252.0 14 69 1 7 .988 2.96   1.0
    2B 39 14 180.7 37 84 4 21 .968 6.03   0.8
    SS 21 12 123.7 20 51 6 12 .922 5.17   0.5
1986 36 DET AL 2B 63 50 436.3 105 184 7 45 .976 5.96   1.6
    SS 14 0 26.3 5 11 3 1 .842 5.47   0.1
    3B 7 0 13.0 0 2 1 0 .667 1.38   0.0
  SS 713 677 5598.6 886 2437 116 431 .966 5.34   27.8
  2B 640 595 4971.6 1074 2092 75 444 .977 5.73   19.4
  3B 41 28 273.0 14 73 3 8 .967 2.87   1.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1395 1300 10844.3 1974 4602 194 883 .971 5.46   48.2
Career Highs   159 149 1243.7 272 541 26 120 .980 5.88    
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
1979 29 NYG NL 7 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 .167 .318 .167 .485
1980 30 NYG NL 11 32 6 8 1 0 0 1 4 2 5 4 .250 .368 .281 .650
1981 31 NYG NL 16 43 5 12 1 0 0 5 6 5 6 8 .279 .367 .302 .670
1982 32 NYG NL 7 19 3 7 1 0 0 2 4 2 1 2 .368 .400 .421 .821
1983 33 NYG NL 5 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 .167 .167 .222 .389
Career Post-Season Batting 46 130 16 33 4 0 0 10 15 12 16 19 .254 .340 .285 .625
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
1976-1-75
1977-1-72
1978-2-59
1979-1-66
1980-2-66
1981-4-51
1982-5-47
1983-10-29
1985-8-34
CAR-11-542
Caught Stealing
1976-1-32
1977-2-38
1978-2-28
1979-2-23
1980-2-31
1981-3-22
1982-3-24
1983-5-17
1985-8-16
CAR-9-242
Walks
1976-7-92
1978-8-83
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Maury Wills (860)
  7. Benny McCoy (855)
  8. Gene Mauch (852)
  9. John Donaldson (842)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1973
Injured on 5/14/1973 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/27/1974 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/2/1976, off Pat Dobson (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1976, off Ed Figueroa (TOR)
Injured on 8/31/1977 with a Strained Back, out for one week
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/4/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Injured on 8/13/1979 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,600,000 through salary arbitration
9/1/1981: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $353,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
4/3/1982: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/1/1984 (Going to NYG: SS Roy Smalley. Going to DET: SS Larry Lintz)
Injured on 7/11/1984 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week