Norm Larker stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1958
Bio
- Debut
- 1958
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 667
- AB
- 1,953
- R
- 227
- H
- 538
- HR
- 32
- RBI
- 271
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .275
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | LAD | 99 | 253 | 32 | 70 | 4 | 29 | 1 | .277 |
| 1959 | LAD | 108 | 311 | 37 | 90 | 8 | 49 | 0 | .289 |
| 1960 | LAD | 133 | 440 | 56 | 142 | 5 | 78 | 1 | .323 |
| 1961 | LAD | 97 | 282 | 29 | 76 | 5 | 38 | 0 | .270 |
| 1962 | HOU | 147 | 506 | 58 | 133 | 9 | 63 | 1 | .263 |
| 1963 |  ATL/SF | 83 | 161 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 0 | .168 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- AB
- 16
- R
- 2
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .188
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,229
- TB
- 761
- XBH
- 144
- HBP
- 16
- IBB
- 19
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | LAD | 291 | 108 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | LAD | 351 | 130 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | LAD | 493 | 189 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | LAD | 312 | 109 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | HOU | 590 | 189 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | ATL/SF | 192 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 4.3
- RC
- 287.2
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .114
- SECA
- .221
- BB/K
- 1.28
- AB/HR
- 61.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | LAD | 0.9 | 41 | 5.8 | .150 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 63.3 | 0 |
| 1959 | LAD | 0.9 | 47.3 | 5.5 | .129 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 38.9 | 0 |
| 1960 | LAD | 2.4 | 73.9 | 6.4 | .107 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 88 | 0 |
| 1961 | LAD | -0.1 | 38 | 4.9 | .117 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 56.4 | 0 |
| 1962 | HOU | 0.7 | 75.5 | 5.4 | .111 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 56.2 | 0 |
| 1963 | ATL/SF | -0.5 | 11.6 | 2.2 | .056 | 0.2 | 1 | 161 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Norm Larker's career stats?
Norm Larker played 6 seasons for the Dodgers and the Astros. He was a career .275 hitter with 538 hits, 32 home runs and 271 RBI. His best season was 1960: a .323 batting average, 5 home runs and 78 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
6 seasons, 1 postseason, 1958 to 1963
Championships
- 1959 World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers