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Larry Demery

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: June 4, 1953 in Bakersfield, CA us

Died: February 15, 2024 in Bakersfield, CA

Buried: Shafter Memorial Park, Shafter, CA

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 22nd round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA) and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 7th round of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: Los Angeles City College (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 2, 1974 (Age 20-363d, 13,496th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.2 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1977 (Age 24-112d)
vs. CHC 2.2 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Lawrence Calvin Demery

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

ERA

3.72

139

445.1

217

WHIP

1.374

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	PIT		STL	L,6-12		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	2	Apr 9	PIT		STL	L,2-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	3	Apr 10	PIT		STL	L,7-8		8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
4	10 (6)	Apr 19	PIT	@	MON	L,0-6	GS	22	5.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	16 (5)	Apr 29	PIT		HOU	L,3-11		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	21 (4)	May 4	PIT	@	ATL	W,8-0	GS	27	7.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
7	26 (4)	May 10 (2)	PIT		ATL	W,2-1	GS	26	6.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	30 (3)	May 14	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS	23	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	35 (4)	May 20	PIT		LAD	L,1-6	GS	22	4.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
10	43 (7)	May 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	GS	15	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	49 (5)	Jun 7	PIT		SFG	L,6-7	GS	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	56 (6)	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	L,1-10	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
13	61 (4)	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS	7	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	65 (3)	Jun 24	PIT		MON	W,6-5		14	4.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	68 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	PIT		MON	L,3-6		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	70	Jun 28 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	73 (2)	Jun 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8		18	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	76 (2)	Jul 3	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-11	GF	6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	78 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		STL	W,4-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	84 (5)	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,12-10		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	89 (4)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	NYM	L,1-6		8	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
23	102 (12)	Jul 30	PIT	@	ATL	W,10-6		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	103	Jul 31	PIT	@	ATL	L,3-8		11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	105 (1)	Aug 2	PIT	@	HOU	W,6-3		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	109 (3)	Aug 6	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	113 (3)	Aug 10	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	116 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	PIT		NYM	W,6-5	GF	18	4.0	1	2	0	3	0	PR P
29	119 (2)	Aug 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	123 (3)	Aug 20	PIT		SFG	L,1-5		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	126 (2)	Aug 23	PIT		SDP	W,7-6		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	128 (1)	Aug 25	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	GF	13	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	134 (5)	Sep 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-10		18	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	138 (3)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,1-11		10	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
35	141 (2)	Sep 8	PIT		STL	W,9-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	143 (1)	Sep 10	PIT		MON	L,2-4		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	145 (1)	Sep 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	148 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,7-10		7	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	155 (6)	Sep 24	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-3		12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
							39gm		90.1	5	14	2	21	0