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Barry Larkin

Birthdate:

4/28/1964

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 190 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Cincinnati, OH, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Born and raised in the Queen City of Cincinnati, it was a dream of Larkin’s to play for the Cincinnati Reds. Larkin was drafted out of high school by the Reds in 1982. In addition, Larkin received scholarships from University of Michigan and University of Notre Dame to play football and baseball, but choose to only play baseball at Michigan. In 1985, after three years in Michigan, Larkin was drafted fourth overall by the Reds for a second time.

It took only one year for Larkin to establish his dominance and skill at shortstop. Throughout Larkin’s 19 year career, he was selected to 12 All-Star games, won the Sliver Slugger award 9 times, was voted National League MVP in 1995, and won the Gold Glove three times. Larkin was also the first short stop to ever join the 30-30 club when he hit 33 home runs and stole 36 bases in 1996. Barry Larkin played during the time of Ozzie Smith, one of the best short-stops ever, but in 1996, Smith passed the torch onto Larkin at the All-Star Game. Despite the fact that Larkin played part of his career during the Ozzie Smith era, he was one of the best shortstops to ever play the game.

Barry Larkin was a fan favorite in Cincinnati for many years, but not just because of his play. He showed all three qualities to be defined as a fan favorite in Cincinnati. Reds fans look for hard play, fan friendless, and of course, a great smile. These seemed to be a characteristic that fans discovered Larkin had every night at the ballpark. Barry enjoyed playing baseball, and enjoyed the fans. Barry played his final game on October 3, 2004 and is currently working for the Washington Nationals organization.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
19 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1986	CIN (NL)	41	159	27	45	4	3	3	19	9	21	8	0	1	0	0	1	.283	.320	SLG
1987	CIN (NL)	125	439	64	107	16	2	12	43	36	52	21	6	3	5	5	3	.244	.306	SLG
1988	CIN (NL)	151	588	91	174	32	5	12	56	41	24	40	7	3	8	10	5	.296	.347	SLG
1989	CIN (NL)	97	325	47	111	14	4	4	36	20	23	10	5	5	2	2	8	.342	.375	SLG
1990	CIN (NL)	158	614	85	185	25	6	7	67	49	49	30	5	3	7	7	4	.301	.358	SLG
1991	CIN (NL)	123	464	88	140	27	4	20	69	55	64	24	6	1	3	3	2	.302	.378	SLG
1992	CIN (NL)	140	533	76	162	32	6	12	78	63	58	15	4	8	4	2	7	.304	.377	SLG
1993	CIN (NL)	100	384	57	121	20	3	8	51	51	33	14	1	6	1	1	3	.315	.394	SLG
1994	CIN (NL)	110	427	78	119	23	5	9	52	64	58	26	2	3	0	5	5	.279	.369	SLG
1995	CIN (NL)	131	496	98	158	29	6	15	66	61	49	51	5	2	3	3	4	.319	.394	SLG
1996	CIN (NL)	152	517	117	154	32	4	33	89	96	52	36	10	3	7	0	7	.298	.410	SLG
1997	CIN (NL)	73	224	34	71	17	3	4	20	47	24	14	3	6	3	1	1	.317	.440	SLG
1998	CIN (NL)	145	538	93	166	34	10	17	72	79	69	26	3	5	2	4	3	.309	.397	SLG
1999	CIN (NL)	161	583	108	171	30	4	12	75	93	57	30	8	5	2	5	4	.293	.390	SLG
2000	CIN (NL)	102	396	71	124	26	5	11	41	48	31	14	6	0	1	2	0	.313	.389	SLG
2001	CIN (NL)	45	156	29	40	12	0	2	17	27	25	3	2	2	2	0	0	.256	.373	SLG
2002	CIN (NL)	145	507	72	124	37	2	7	47	44	57	13	4	9	3	6	7	.245	.305	SLG
2003	CIN (NL)	70	241	39	68	16	1	2	18	22	32	2	0	0	1	1	0	.282	.345	SLG
2004	CIN (NL)	111	346	55	100	15	3	8	44	34	39	2	0	1	1	2	3	.289	.352	SLG
19 years		2180	7937	1329	2340	441	76	198	960	939	817	379	77	66	55	59	67	.295	.371	.SLG

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