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Lary Sorensen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 4, 1955 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 8th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI).

High School: L'Anse Creuse HS (Mount Clemens, MI)

School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Debut: June 7, 1977 (Age 21-246d, 13,892nd in major league history)
vs. BAL 6.1 IP, 7 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 24, 1988 (Age 32-356d)
vs. LAD 2.1 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Lary Alan Sorensen

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.0

103

ERA

4.15

346

235

1736.1

569

WHIP

1.360

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-19 / in Starts: 14-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 5

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	95	2	Apr 12	MIL		BOS	W,18-1	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.50	2.92	25	11	5	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.30	0.100	.47	0.10%	1.92	1t start tie	6t 3 out a12
2	96	5	Apr 17	MIL	@	TOR	L,0-1	CG	L(1-1)	4	8.1	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	1.26	3.66	29	15	7	0	1	4	72			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	0.206	1.80	0.18%	3.47	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d1
3	97	9	Apr 21	MIL		CLE	W,7-5	GS-6		3	6.0	5	3	2	3	0	0	0	1.77	3.83	24	11	5	0	0	5	49			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.01	0.048	1.56	0.05%	-0.08	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
4	98	12	Apr 25	MIL		TOR	L,3-5	GS-4	L(1-2)	3	4.0	8	4	3	2	0	0	0	2.59	3.90	20	5	5	0	0	8	30			0	1	1	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.271	1.82	-0.29%	-2.05	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	99	19	May 5	MIL	@	CHW	L,7-11	GS-5		9	4.0	9	7	4	1	2	1	0	3.49	4.16	24	11	2	0	0	8	23			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.28	-0.627	1.89	-0.56%	-5.64	1b start a 2	5b -2- 0 out tie
6	100	24	May 10	MIL		BAL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(2-2)	4	7.2	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.50	4.09	31	12	8	1	0	6	56			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	0.252	1.17	0.18%	0.67	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
7	101	28	May 15	MIL		CHW	L,4-6	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	6.2	12	6	6	2	3	1	0	4.22	4.18	33	8	8	0	0	12	27			0	0	0	31	0	2	1	1	0	0	.78	-0.103	1.02	-0.08%	-0.36	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d2
8	102	33	May 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,14-5	GS-7	W(3-3)	4	7.0	10	4	4	0	5	1	0	4.35	4.04	31	9	7	1	0	10	46			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	1	0	.42	-0.076	.41	-0.05%	-0.45	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a10
9	103	37	May 25	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	3	1	0	3.99	3.96	32	10	13	3	0	6	70			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.437	1.12	0.28%	2.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
10	104	42	May 30	MIL	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-5	L(4-4)	4	4.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.45	4.08	20	7	2	0	0	8	27			0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.196	1.29	-0.19%	-2.50	1b start tie	5b -2- 0 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	105	47	Jun 4	MIL	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS-8	W(5-4)	4	8.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.20	3.88	32	14	6	2	1	8	60			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.344	1.79	0.34%	1.97	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
12	106	52	Jun 11	MIL		TEX	W,7-1	CG	W(6-4)	6	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.84	3.82	35	13	12	2	0	5	72			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.96	0.314	1.49	0.29%	3.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
13	107	57	Jun 16(1)	MIL	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.0	10	4	3	2	2	0	0	3.89	3.77	29	6	9	0	0	10	38			0	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.000	1.51	0.00%	-0.27	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 0 out a3
14	108	63	Jun 21	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-1	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	9	1	1	3	0	0	1	3.61	3.80	36	12	11	3	0	9	62			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	4	0	0	.87	0.338	.91	0.21%	3.52	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
15	109	68	Jun 27	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-8		5	7.1	10	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.62	3.75	32	14	7	0	1	10	43			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.18	0.157	1.81	0.14%	1.00	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	110	73	Jul 2	MIL		OAK	L,3-5	GS-9		4	9.0	10	3	3	2	1	1	0	3.57	3.82	35	7	15	0	0	10	54			0	1	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.18	0.104	1.92	0.10%	1.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
17	111	79	Jul 10(2)	MIL		BOS	L,0-7	GS-3	L(7-5)	7	2.1	7	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.81	3.91	14	4	0	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	13	3	0	0	1	0	0	.81	-0.300	1.04	-0.23%	-3.71	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d4
18	112	84	Jul 14	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS-3		3	3.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.95	3.86	16	2	5	0	2	8	32			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.172	1.25	-0.12%	-1.42	1b start tie	3b 3 out tie
19	113	86	Jul 16	MIL		BAL	L,4-10	6-8		1	2.2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.01	3.95	12	3	4	1	1	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.030	.12	-0.02%	-0.77	6t --- 1 out d5	8t 3 out d6
20	114	92	Jul 22(1)	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-5	L(7-6)	5	4.1	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.91	20	7	6	0	1	7	35			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.119	1.92	-0.13%	-1.21	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d3
21	115	97	Jul 27	MIL	@	BAL	L,4-5	12-GF(12)		4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.91	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.30	-0.293	4.04	-0.17%	-1.49	12b 12- 1 out tie	12b end d 1
22	116	99	Jul 30	MIL	@	CHW	L,5-6	7-8	L(7-7)	2	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.90	6	4	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.96	-0.410	2.63	-0.22%	-1.61	7b 1-- 0 out tie	8b -23 0 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	117	102	Aug 2	MIL		NYY	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.16	3.92	4	2	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.056	.40	0.02%	1.83	9t 1-3 0 out d2	9t end d 2
24	118	106	Aug 6	MIL	@	BOS	W,9-4	GS-7	W(8-7)	3	6.1	9	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.24	3.97	30	9	8	2	0	9	39			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.23	-0.075	.24	-0.01%	-0.56	1b start a 2	7b --- 1 out a3
25	119	112	Aug 12(1)	MIL		TOR	L,1-3	CG	L(8-8)	5	9.0	11	3	2	3	5	0	1	4.09	3.91	40	11	9	1	0	11	57			0	1	1	33	0	0	1	1	1	1	1.54	-0.026	.28	0.00%	1.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
26	120	119	Aug 17(2)	MIL	@	CLE	W,11-1	GS-8	W(9-8)	4	8.0	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	3.87	3.82	32	12	9	1	0	9	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	2	.24	0.129	.11	0.03%	3.06	1b start a 2	8b 3 out a10
27	121	125	Aug 23	MIL	@	TEX	L,5-7	GS-3		5	2.2	7	4	3	1	0	0	0	3.98	3.82	14	4	3	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	.88	-0.283	.20	-0.04%	-2.78	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d2
28	122	130	Aug 28	MIL	@	DET	L,7-11	GS-6		4	5.1	11	5	4	2	1	1	0	4.08	3.89	26	8	6	1	0	9	27			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.85	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	123	135	Sep 3	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG(10)	W(10-8)	5	10.0	8	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.89	3.90	38	10	15	2	2	8	73			2	1	0	36	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.36	0.540	.01	0.00%	4.02	1b start tie	10b 3 out a2
30	124	140	Sep 9	MIL	@	MIN	L,2-15	GS-4	L(10-9)	5	3.1	9	5	5	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.88	18	6	3	1	0	9	22			0	0	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.173	.00	0.00%	-2.07	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d3
31	125	148	Sep 18(2)	MIL		MIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(11-9)	8	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.87	3.83	32	15	10	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.52	0.284	.00	0.00%	4.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	126	154	Sep 24	MIL		CAL	W,6-0	SHO	W(12-9)	5	9.0	7	0	0	4	5	0	0	3.69	3.79	37	12	10	0	3	6	74			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.387	.00	0.00%	4.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
33	127	158	Sep 29	MIL	@	CAL	L,2-6	GS-5	L(12-10)	4	5.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.73	3.77	21	8	4	0	1	7	41			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	2	0	0	1.24	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-0.57	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
34	128	160	Oct 1	MIL	@	CAL	W,10-7	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71	3.76	3	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	0.178	.00	0.00%	1.47	9b 12- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
35	129	162	Oct 5	MIL		OAK	W,5-4	8-10		3	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.68	3.78	7	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.60	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.39	8t -2- 2 out d2	10t 12- 1 out tie
							16-19		W-L:12-10,Sv:1	4.2	195.2	242	91	80	45	54	13	2	3.68	3.78	839	1.30		5%	3%	231	48	8	13%	5	6	3	777	35	6	6	28	8	11	.99	0.561	.91	-0.18%	12.23

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