Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1978
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1978
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 370
- W
- 78
- L
- 90
- ERA
- 3.99
- IP
- 1558.1
- K
- 940
- BB
- 542
- WHIP
- 1.34
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | ATL | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2.81 | 99.1 | 42 | 35 | 1.20 |
| 1979 | ATL | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5.56 | 66.1 | 32 | 22 | 1.37 |
| 1980 | ATL | 30 | 9 | 14 | 4.95 | 163.2 | 77 | 39 | 1.39 |
| 1981 | ATL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3.11 | 37.2 | 23 | 8 | 1.04 |
| 1982 |  ATL/PIT | 46 | 8 | 8 | 3.84 | 159.1 | 118 | 44 | 1.27 |
| 1983 | PIT | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3.25 | 238.0 | 199 | 87 | 1.23 |
| 1984 | PIT | 34 | 12 | 11 | 2.93 | 227.1 | 149 | 78 | 1.34 |
| 1985 | PIT | 30 | 7 | 9 | 4.70 | 126.1 | 52 | 62 | 1.59 |
| 1986 | PIT | 49 | 3 | 11 | 5.15 | 122.1 | 80 | 49 | 1.46 |
| 1987 | ATL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5.75 | 20.1 | 13 | 7 | 1.57 |
| 1988 | STL | 42 | 6 | 9 | 3.90 | 136.0 | 70 | 45 | 1.29 |
| 1989 |  PHI/KC | 48 | 4 | 13 | 4.11 | 153.1 | 78 | 57 | 1.38 |
| 1990 | KC | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 8.1 | 7 | 9 | 2.28 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 34
- SHO
- 13
- K/9
- 5.4
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | ATL | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | ATL | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | ATL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | ATL/PIT | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | PIT | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | PIT | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | STL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI/KC | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Larry McWilliams's career stats?
Larry McWilliams played 13 seasons for the Braves, the Pirates, the Cardinals and the Royals. He had 78 wins and 940 strikeouts with a 3.99 ERA over 1,558.1 innings. His best season was 1983: 15 wins, a 3.25 ERA and 199 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
13 seasons, 1978 to 1990
Larry McWilliams finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
Season top 10 finishes
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1983 (4th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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