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Larry Jansen
Lawrence Joseph Jansen

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 17, 1947
Final Game September 25, 1956
Born July 16, 1920 in Verboort, OR

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1947 26 NYG NL  21   5  42  30  20   1   5  1  248.0  241  102   87  23   57  104   1   2   985       1  3.16  4.07  129 1.202 MVP-7,RoY-2
 1948 27 NYG NL  18  12  42  36  15   4   4  2  277.0  283  125  111  25   54  126   3   0  1137       0  3.61  3.95  110 1.217 MVP-28
 1949 28 NYG NL  15  16  37  35  17   3   0  0  259.7  271  130  111  36   62  113   2   4  1101       0  3.85  4.00  104 1.282
 1950 29 NYG NL  19  13  40  35  21   5   4  3  275.0  238  106   92  31   55  161   1   0  1093       0  3.01  4.10  136 1.065 MVP-33,AS
 1951 30 NYG NL  23  11  39  34  18   3   5  0  278.7  254  102   94  26   56  145   3   3  1133       0  3.04  3.92  129 1.112 MVP-14,AS
 1952 31 NYG NL  11  11  34  27   8   1   5  2  167.3  183   91   76  16   47   74   6   0   716       0  4.09  3.69   90 1.375
 1953 32 NYG NL  11  16  36  26   6   0   3  1  184.7  185   96   85  24   55   88   2   1   786       0  4.14  4.32  104 1.300
 1954 33 NYG NL   2   2  13   7   0   0   3  0   40.7   57   32   27   5   15   15   1   0   189       0  5.98  4.07   68 1.770
 1956 35 CIN NL   2   3   8   7   2   0   1  1   34.7   39   20   20   5    9   16   1   0   151   1   0  5.19  3.92   76 1.385
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .578 122  89 291 237 107  17  30 10 1765.7 1751  804  703 191  410  842  20  10  7291   1   1  3.58  4.01  112 1.224
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  11  37  30  13   2   3  1  227.3  225  103   90  24   52  108   2   1   938   0   0  3.58  4.01  112 1.224
 Career High     23  16  42  36  21   5   5  3  278.7  283  130  111  36   62  161   6   4  1137   1   1  3.01  4.32  136 1.065

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 26 NYG NL  42   86    6   16   2  0   0    7   0      3  13  .186  .213  .209   12   18   9           0   4 MVP-7,RoY-2
 1948 27 NYG NL  42   95    4   13   3  0   0    7   0      4  22  .137  .172  .168   -8   16   7           0   2 MVP-28
 1949 28 NYG NL  37   97    2   16   3  1   0    4   0      4  18  .165  .198  .216   11   21   6           0   1
 1950 29 NYG NL  40   96    6   16   2  0   1   13   0      3  26  .167  .192  .219    7   21   9           0   1 MVP-33,AS
 1951 30 NYG NL  39   96    5    9   0  0   0    5   0  0   7  33  .094  .155  .094  -32    9  12           0   2 MVP-14,AS
 1952 31 NYG NL  34   45    7    8   1  0   0    9   0  0  11  13  .178  .339  .200   52    9   6           0   0
 1953 32 NYG NL  36   60    5    8   0  0   0    2   0  0   6  21  .133  .212  .133   -8    8   3           0   0
 1954 33 NYG NL  13   14    1    4   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .286  .286  .357   66    5   0   0       0   0
 1956 35 CIN NL   8   11    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .000  .083  .000  -75    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      291  600   37   90  12  1   1   48   0  0  39 157  .150  .202  .178    2  107  52   0   0   0  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        334   21   50   7  1   1   27   0  0  22  87  .150  .202  .178    2   60  29   0   0   0   6
 Career High     42   97    7   16   3  1   1   13   0  0  11  33                          21  12   0   0   0   4
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 26 NYG NL   98   83    4   1.3   107| .186  .275| .213  .351| .209  .408| .422  .759|  12  .087 -11.1  -1.1     
 1948 27 NYG NL  106   91    3   0.9   103| .137  .270| .172  .345| .168  .400| .340  .744|  -8  .049 -14.7  -1.5     
 1949 28 NYG NL  107   88    4   1.2   104| .165  .270| .198  .344| .216  .405| .414  .749|  11  .082 -12.6  -1.3     
 1950 29 NYG NL  108   90    4   1.2   109| .167  .271| .192  .348| .219  .420| .411  .768|   7  .074 -13.4  -1.3     
 1951 30 NYG NL  115  101    1   0.3   104| .094  .269| .155  .343| .094  .407| .249  .750| -32  .006 -18.3  -1.9   0%
 1952 31 NYG NL   62   43    3   1.9    98| .178  .263| .339  .336| .200  .391| .539  .727|  52  .189  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1953 32 NYG NL   69   55    2   1.0   112| .133  .276| .212  .348| .133  .431| .345  .779|  -8  .049  -9.8  -0.9   0%
 1954 33 NYG NL   14   10    1   2.7   110| .286  .275| .286  .347| .357  .426| .643  .772|  66  .256  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1956 35 CIN NL   12   12    0   0.0   107| .000  .270| .083  .337| .000  .426| .083  .763| -75  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       691  573   22   1.0   105| .150  .271| .202  .345| .178  .410| .380  .755|   2  .060 -85.8  -8.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1947 26 NYG NL   P   42     19   42    4    3  .938  .967  1.45  0.91  2.21  2.12   30  248.0
 1948 27 NYG NL   P   42     20   56    1    7  .987  .963  1.81  0.91  2.47  2.11   36  277.0
 1949 28 NYG NL   P   37     14   57    1    1  .986  .953  1.92  0.91  2.46  2.04   35  259.7
 1950 29 NYG NL   P   40     30   45    1    7  .987  .962  1.88  0.97  2.45  2.12   35  275.0 AS
 1951 30 NYG NL   P   39     29   54    1    3  .988  .962  2.13  0.96  2.68  2.14   34  278.7 AS
 1952 31 NYG NL   P   34      9   38    3    5  .940  .953  1.38  0.98  2.53  2.18   27  167.3
 1953 32 NYG NL   P   36     11   27    0    2 1.000  .957  1.06  0.87  1.85  2.06   26  184.7
 1954 33 NYG NL   P   13      3   12    0    3 1.000  .962  1.15  0.87  3.32  2.08    7   40.7
 1956 35 CIN NL   P    8      3    4    0    0 1.000  .972  0.88  0.82  1.82  2.05    7   34.7

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1947 26 NYG NL   P   42     19   42    4    3  .938  .967  1.45  0.91  2.21  2.12   30  248.0
 1948 27 NYG NL   P   42     20   56    1    7  .987  .963  1.81  0.91  2.47  2.11   36  277.0
 1949 28 NYG NL   P   37     14   57    1    1  .986  .953  1.92  0.91  2.46  2.04   35  259.7
 1950 29 NYG NL   P   40     30   45    1    7  .987  .962  1.88  0.97  2.45  2.12   35  275.0
 1951 30 NYG NL   P   39     29   54    1    3  .988  .962  2.13  0.96  2.68  2.14   34  278.7
 1952 31 NYG NL   P   34      9   38    3    5  .940  .953  1.38  0.98  2.53  2.18   27  167.3
 1953 32 NYG NL   P   36     11   27    0    2 1.000  .957  1.06  0.87  1.85  2.06   26  184.7
 1954 33 NYG NL   P   13      3   12    0    3 1.000  .962  1.15  0.87  3.32  2.08    7   40.7
 1956 35 CIN NL   P    8      3    4    0    0 1.000  .972  0.88  0.82  1.82  2.05    7   34.7

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 291    138  335   11   31  .977  .960  1.63  0.92  2.41  2.11  237 1765.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       291    138  335   11   31  .977  .960  1.63  0.92  2.41  2.11  237   1766
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   3   2   6.30  0  2  0  0  10     8   7   4   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1951   WS    NYG NYY     L   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1950   NYG NL      0  0  0   5     1   0   0   0   6  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1951   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1950   NYG NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 1951   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1950 *
1951

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1947-NL-7-0.27
1948-NL-28-0.01
1950-NL-33-0.01
1951-NL-14-0.08
Car-510-0.37 shares

Sac. Hits
1950 NL-9-9
1951 NL-12-7

ERA
1947 NL-3.16-9
1950 NL-3.01-3
1951 NL-3.04-5

Wins
1947 NL-21-2
1948 NL-18-3
1949 NL-15-8
1950 NL-19-4
1951 NL-23-1

Won-Loss %
1947 NL-.808-1
1948 NL-.600-10
1951 NL-.676-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1947 NL-1.202-5
1948 NL-1.217-5
1949 NL-1.282-9
1950 NL-1.065-1
1951 NL-1.112-3
1953 NL-1.300-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1950 NL-7.79-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1947 NL-2.07-1
1948 NL-1.75-2
1949 NL-2.15-4
1950 NL-1.80-2
1951 NL-1.81-2
1952 NL-2.53-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1948 NL-4.09-9
1950 NL-5.27-5
1951 NL-4.68-6

Games
1948 NL-42-9

Saves
1950 NL-3-10

Innings
1947 NL-248.0-5
1948 NL-277.0-2
1949 NL-259.7-3
1950 NL-275.0-5
1951 NL-278.7-5

Strikeouts
1947 NL-104-8
1948 NL-126-4
1949 NL-113-3
1950 NL-161-3
1951 NL-145-4

Games Started
1947 NL-30-9
1948 NL-36-2
1949 NL-35-5
1950 NL-35-5
1951 NL-34-6

Comp. Games
1947 NL-20-4
1948 NL-15-6
1949 NL-17-4
1950 NL-21-4
1951 NL-18-6

Shutouts
1948 NL-4-2
1949 NL-3-8
1950 NL-5-1
1951 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1947 NL-23-1
1948 NL-25-2
1949 NL-36-1
1950 NL-31-4
1951 NL-26-5
1953 NL-24-10

Hits Allowed
1947 NL-241-4
1948 NL-283-2
1949 NL-271-4
1951 NL-254-4

SO to Walk
1947 NL-1.82-2
1948 NL-2.33-3
1949 NL-1.82-6
1950 NL-2.93-1
1951 NL-2.59-1

Losses
1949 NL-16-5
1953 NL-16-4

Earned Runs Allow.
1947 NL-87-8
1948 NL-111-2
1949 NL-111-2

Hit Batsmen
1952 NL-6-4

Batters Faced
1947 NL-985-6
1948 NL-1137-2
1949 NL-1101-3
1950 NL-1093-9
1951 NL-1133-5

Adjusted ERA+
1947 NL-129-9
1950 NL-136-4
1951 NL-129-2

          

Black Ink: Pitching - 10 (230) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 113 (171) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 20.0 (293) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 43.0 (300) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1940 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

July 23, 1940: Granted Free Agency.

October 1, 1946: Purchased by the New York Giants from the San Francisco (PCL). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 12, 1954: Released by the New York Giants.

Before 1956 Season: Obtained by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Seattle (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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