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Larry Gura
Lawrence Cyril Gura

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School Arizona State University

Debut April 30, 1970
vs. ATL 1.3 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 27, 1985
Born November 26, 1947 in Joliet, IL

Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1969. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1970 22 CHC NL   1   3  20   3   1   0  10  1   38.0   35   18   16   6   23   21   1   0   167   3   0  3.79  4.46  118 1.526
 1971 23 CHC NL   0   0   6   0   0   0   2  1    3.0    6    3    2   0    1    2   0   1    18   1   0  6.00  3.92   65 2.333
 1972 24 CHC NL   0   0   7   0   0   0   2  0   12.3   11    5    5   3    3   13   0   1    49   1   0  3.65  3.80  104 1.135
 1973 25 CHC NL   2   4  21   7   0   0   6  0   64.7   79   39   35  10   11   43   1   1   282   0   0  4.87  3.93   81 1.392
 1974 26 NYY AL   5   1   8   8   4   2   0  0   56.0   54   17   15   2   12   17   0   0   230   1   0  2.41  3.55  147 1.179
 1975 27 NYY AL   7   8  26  20   5   0   3  0  151.3  173   65   59  13   41   65   3   0   640   1   0  3.51  3.71  106 1.414
 1976 28 KCR AL   4   0  20   2   1   1   7  1   62.7   47   20   16   4   20   22   1   2   249   3   0  2.30  3.52  153 1.069
 1977 29 KCR AL   8   5  52   6   1   1  24 10  106.3  108   43   37   8   28   46   1   4   445   4   1  3.13  4.07  130 1.279
 1978 30 KCR AL  16   4  35  26   8   2   1  0  221.7  183   73   67  13   60   81   4   1   890   3   1  2.72  3.85  142 1.096 MVP-23,CYA-7
 1979 31 KCR AL  13  12  39  33   7   1   1  0  233.7  226  137  116  29   73   85   7   5   991   4   1  4.47  4.27   96 1.280
 1980 32 KCR AL  18  10  36  36  16   4   0  0  283.3  272  107   93  20   76  113   5   2  1175   6   0  2.95  4.04  137 1.228 CYA-6,AS
 1981 33 KCR AL  11   8  23  23  12   2   0  0  172.3  139   61   52  11   35   61   4   3   680   0   0  2.72  3.59  132 1.010 CYA-9
 1982 34 KCR AL  18  12  37  37   8   3   0  0  248.0  251  124  111  31   64   98   6   6  1042   2   0  4.03  4.08  101 1.270
 1983 35 KCR AL  11  18  34  31   5   0   1  0  200.3  220  119  109  23   76   57   8   0   881   6   0  4.90  4.08   83 1.478
 1984 36 KCR AL  12   9  31  25   3   0   1  0  168.7  175  102   97  26   67   68   4   0   732   3   0  5.18  4.04   78 1.435
 1985 37 TOT      0   3   8   4   0   0   2  1   24.7   41   25   25   5   10    9   1   1   125   0   0  9.12  3.99   44 2.068
         KCR AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  1    4.3    7    6    6   1    4    2   0   1    23   0   0 12.46  4.15   33 2.538
         CHC NL   0   3   5   4   0   0   0  0   20.3   34   19   19   4    6    7   1   0   102   0   0  8.41  3.96   47 1.967
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 16 Yr WL% .565 126  97 403 261  71  16  60 14 2047.0 2020  958  855 204  600  801  46  27  8596  38   3  3.76  3.97  106 1.280
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   9  41  26   7   1   6  1  209.3  206   98   87  20   61   82   4   2   880   3   0  3.76  3.97  106 1.280
 Career High     18  18  52  37  16   4  24 10  283.3  272  137  116  31   76  113   8   6  1175   6   1  2.30  4.27  153 1.010
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 22 CHC NL  20   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1971 23 CHC NL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 24 CHC NL   7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1973 25 CHC NL  22   15    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .200  .250  .200   23    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1985 37 TOT      5    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL   5    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   4  .000  .143  .000  -58    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons      62   33    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  15  .091  .143  .091  -36    3   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         86    3    8   0  0   0    3   0  0   5  39  .091  .143  .091  -36    8   8   0   0   0   0
 Career High     22   15    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   5                           3   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 22 CHC NL   11   11    0   0.0   112| .000  .279| .000  .354| .000  .427| .000  .781|-100  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1971 23 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   102| .000  .274| .000  .342| .000  .401| .000  .743|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1972 24 CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0    99| .000  .268| .000  .337| .000  .395| .000  .732|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1973 25 CHC NL   18   14    1   1.9   102| .200  .271| .250  .341| .200  .402| .450  .743|  23  .188  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1985 37 TOT       7    6    0   0.0   103| .000  .271| .143  .341| .000  .404| .143  .745| -58  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL    7    6    0   0.0   103| .000  .271| .143  .341| .000  .404| .143  .745| -58  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons       38   33    1   0.8   105| .091  .273| .143  .344| .091  .410| .234  .754| -36  .045  -6.5  -0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1970 22 CHC NL   P   20      1    6    0    1 1.000  .946  0.35  0.71  1.66  1.85    3   38.0
 1971 23 CHC NL   P    6      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.78  0.00  1.80    0    3.0
 1972 24 CHC NL   P    7      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.43  0.73  2.20  1.76    0   12.3
 1973 25 CHC NL   P   21      7   13    0    0 1.000  .948  0.95  0.73  2.78  1.88    7   64.7
 1974 26 NYY AL   P    8      4    8    0    0 1.000  .945  1.50  0.82  1.93  1.82    8   56.0
 1975 27 NYY AL   P   26      8   21    0    2 1.000  .939  1.12  0.85  1.73  1.87   20  151.3
 1976 28 KCR AL   P   20      4   12    0    2 1.000  .952  0.80  0.85  2.30  1.87    2   62.7
 1977 29 KCR AL   P   52      6   18    2    1  .923  .949  0.46  0.84  2.03  1.95    6  106.3
 1978 30 KCR AL   P   35     13   44    1    2  .983  .955  1.63  0.85  2.31  1.90   26  221.7
 1979 31 KCR AL   P   39     15   38    2    5  .964  .950  1.36  0.81  2.04  1.92   33  233.7
 1980 32 KCR AL   P   36      9   50    0    3 1.000  .956  1.64  0.77  1.87  1.85   36  283.3 AS
 1981 33 KCR AL   P   23      9   30    0    4 1.000  .963  1.70  0.81  2.04  1.98   23  172.3
 1982 34 KCR AL   P   37      7   50    2    6  .966  .958  1.54  0.73  2.07  1.80   37  248.0
 1983 35 KCR AL   P   34     12   42    0    5 1.000  .957  1.59  0.73  2.43  1.80   31  200.3
                 DH    1
 1984 36 KCR AL   P   31      6   30    0    1 1.000  .957  1.16  0.70  1.92  1.79   25  168.7
 1985 37 TOT      P    8      6    4    0    0 1.000  .952  1.25  0.69  3.66  1.90    4   24.6
         KCR AL   P    3      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.70  4.19  1.88    0    4.3
         CHC NL   P    5      4    4    0    0 1.000  .952  1.60  0.68  3.55  1.91    4   20.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1983 35 KCR AL  DH    1

 1970 22 CHC NL   P   20      1    6    0    1 1.000  .946  0.35  0.71  1.66  1.85    3   38.0
 1971 23 CHC NL   P    6      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.78  0.00  1.80    0    3.0
 1972 24 CHC NL   P    7      0    3    0    0 1.000  .938  0.43  0.73  2.20  1.76    0   12.3
 1973 25 CHC NL   P   21      7   13    0    0 1.000  .948  0.95  0.73  2.78  1.88    7   64.7
 1974 26 NYY AL   P    8      4    8    0    0 1.000  .945  1.50  0.82  1.93  1.82    8   56.0
 1975 27 NYY AL   P   26      8   21    0    2 1.000  .939  1.12  0.85  1.73  1.87   20  151.3
 1976 28 KCR AL   P   20      4   12    0    2 1.000  .952  0.80  0.85  2.30  1.87    2   62.7
 1977 29 KCR AL   P   52      6   18    2    1  .923  .949  0.46  0.84  2.03  1.95    6  106.3
 1978 30 KCR AL   P   35     13   44    1    2  .983  .955  1.63  0.85  2.31  1.90   26  221.7
 1979 31 KCR AL   P   39     15   38    2    5  .964  .950  1.36  0.81  2.04  1.92   33  233.7
 1980 32 KCR AL   P   36      9   50    0    3 1.000  .956  1.64  0.77  1.87  1.85   36  283.3
 1981 33 KCR AL   P   23      9   30    0    4 1.000  .963  1.70  0.81  2.04  1.98   23  172.3
 1982 34 KCR AL   P   37      7   50    2    6  .966  .958  1.54  0.73  2.07  1.80   37  248.0
 1983 35 KCR AL   P   34     12   42    0    5 1.000  .957  1.59  0.73  2.43  1.80   31  200.3
 1984 36 KCR AL   P   31      6   30    0    1 1.000  .957  1.16  0.70  1.92  1.79   25  168.7
 1985 37 TOT      P    8      6    4    0    0 1.000  .952  1.25  0.69  3.66  1.90    4   24.6
         KCR AL   P    3      2    0    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.70  4.19  1.88    0    4.3
         CHC NL   P    5      4    4    0    0 1.000  .952  1.60  0.68  3.55  1.91    4   20.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 403    107  369    7   32  .986  .954  1.18  0.78  2.09  1.87  261 2047.0
                 DH    1   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       403    107  369    7   32  .986  .954  1.18  0.78  2.09  1.87  261   2047

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1976   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   2   2   4.22  0  1  0  0  10.2  18   5   1   4 
 1977   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   2   1  18.00  0  1  0  0   2     7   4   1   2 
 1978   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   1   1   2.84  1  0  0  0   6.1   8   2   2   2 
 1980   ALCS  KCR NYY     W   1   1   2.00  1  0  0  1   9    10   2   1   4 
        WS    KCR PHI     L   2   2   2.19  0  0  0  0  12.1   8   3   3   4 
 1981   ALDS  KCR OAK     L   1   1  20.25  0  1  0  0   1.1   7   3   3   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     1-3   6   5   4.18  2  2  0  1  28    43  13   5  12 
  6 Postseason Ser      1-5   9   8   4.10  2  3  0  1  41.2  58  19  11  19 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1976   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1977   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1978   ALCS  KCR NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1980   ALCS  KCR NYY     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR PHI     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   ALDS  KCR OAK     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     1-3   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   1-5   9   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1980   KCR AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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
1980

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-23-0.02
Car-1327-0.02 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-7-0.01
1980-AL-6-0.01
1981-AL-9-0.01
Car-222-0.03 shares

ERA
1978 AL-2.72-6
1980 AL-2.95-5
1981 AL-2.72-7

Wins
1980 AL-18-8
1981 AL-11-10
1982 AL-18-2

Won-Loss %
1978 AL-.800-3
1980 AL-.643-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1978 AL-1.096-4
1981 AL-1.010-2

Hits Allowed/9IP
1978 AL-7.43-3
1981 AL-7.26-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1981 AL-1.83-3

Innings
1980 AL-283.3-3
1981 AL-172.3-8
1982 AL-248.0-7

Games Started
1980 AL-36-4
1981 AL-23-9
1982 AL-37-5

Comp. Games
1980 AL-16-4
1981 AL-12-4

Shutouts
1980 AL-4-3
1981 AL-2-8
1982 AL-3-4

Home Runs Allow.
1979 AL-29-6
1982 AL-31-6
1984 AL-26-8

Hits Allowed
1980 AL-272-4
1982 AL-251-5

Losses
1983 AL-18-1

Earned Runs Allow.
1979 AL-116-4
1982 AL-111-7
1983 AL-109-8

Hit Batsmen
1979 AL-7-8
1983 AL-8-4

Batters Faced
1980 AL-1175-1
1981 AL-680-10
1982 AL-1042-7

Adjusted ERA+
1978 AL-142-6
1980 AL-137-4
1981 AL-132-7

Gray Ink: Pitching - 55 (451) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (385) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 25.0 (497) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1969.
November 14, 1973: Sent by the Chicago Cubs to the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal made on August 31, 1973. The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Mike Paul. The Chicago Cubs sent Larry Gura (November 14, 1973) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
May 7, 1974: Traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for Duke Sims.
May 16, 1976: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Kansas City Royals for Fran Healy.
November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.
November 13, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
May 18, 1985: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
May 28, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
August 14, 1985: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1980	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1978-AL-23-0.02 Car-1327-0.02 shares	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1978-AL-7-0.01 1980-AL-6-0.01 1981-AL-9-0.01 Car-222-0.03 shares	ERA 1978 AL-2.72-6 1980 AL-2.95-5 1981 AL-2.72-7	Wins 1980 AL-18-8 1981 AL-11-10 1982 AL-18-2	Won-Loss % 1978 AL-.800-3 1980 AL-.643-10
BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1978 AL-1.096-4 1981 AL-1.010-2	Hits Allowed/9IP 1978 AL-7.43-3 1981 AL-7.26-8	Bases on Balls/9IP 1981 AL-1.83-3	Innings 1980 AL-283.3-3 1981 AL-172.3-8 1982 AL-248.0-7	Games Started 1980 AL-36-4 1981 AL-23-9 1982 AL-37-5	Comp. Games 1980 AL-16-4 1981 AL-12-4
Shutouts 1980 AL-4-3 1981 AL-2-8 1982 AL-3-4	Home Runs Allow. 1979 AL-29-6 1982 AL-31-6 1984 AL-26-8	Hits Allowed 1980 AL-272-4 1982 AL-251-5	Losses 1983 AL-18-1	Earned Runs Allow. 1979 AL-116-4 1982 AL-111-7 1983 AL-109-8	Hit Batsmen 1979 AL-7-8 1983 AL-8-4
Batters Faced 1980 AL-1175-1 1981 AL-680-10 1982 AL-1042-7	Adjusted ERA+ 1978 AL-142-6 1980 AL-137-4 1981 AL-132-7