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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: 22-15 / in Starts: 21-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	24	3	Apr 9	MIL		BAL	W,13-5	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	8	5	4	5	0	0	0	4.50	4.46	37	17	7	2	0	8	43			0	0	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	2	.61	0.011	1.01	0.01%	-0.61	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a9
2	25	6	Apr 14	MIL	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	6.2	7	6	5	3	6	0	0	5.52	3.40	30	12	2	1	0	7	41			0	0	0	26	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.25	-0.362	2.33	-0.41%	-3.11	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d2
3	26	11	Apr 18	MIL	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-6		3	5.1	8	5	3	3	2	0	0	5.40	3.44	27	8	14	7	0	0	35			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.47	-0.148	2.52	-0.15%	-1.80	1b start a 2	6b --3 1 out a2
4	27	15	Apr 23	MIL	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	8.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.50	3.62	30	10	12	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	0.360	1.64	0.31%	1.65	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
5	28	18	Apr 28	MIL	@	KCR	L,6-7	GS-6		4	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.50	3.44	27	10	5	2	0	7	47			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.77	0.050	.97	0.04%	-0.12	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a2
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
6	29	21	May 2	MIL		CHW	L,3-5	GS-9	L(2-2)	3	8.2	11	5	5	1	3	2	0	4.64	3.80	38	11	13	0	0	10	44			1	0	0	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.01	-0.250	1.01	-0.15%	-1.18	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out d3
7	30	24	May 6	MIL		KCR	W,4-3	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	11	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.35	3.84	35	12	8	1	4	10	54			1	4	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.007	.69	-0.01%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
8	31	27	May 10	MIL		TEX	L,3-4	CG	L(3-3)	3	9.0	5	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.30	3.94	35	12	10	2	2	5	61			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.78	-0.086	.61	-0.04%	0.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
9	32	32	May 16	MIL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	W(4-3)	5	9.0	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.13	3.81	37	15	11	0	2	5	61			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.69	0.367	1.12	0.15%	1.24	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
10	33	37	May 21	MIL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	1	0	3.78	3.84	34	10	12	0	0	5	74			1	0	0	30	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	0.511	.90	0.20%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
11	34	41	May 27	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	W(6-3)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.59	3.70	35	15	9	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.373	.88	0.16%	2.07	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
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
12	35	46	Jun 1	MIL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(6-4)	4	8.0	9	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.67	3.59	32	9	15	1	0	7	49			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.11	-0.154	.93	-0.08%	-0.12	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
13	36	51	Jun 6	MIL		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(7-4)	4	9.0	9	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.44	3.43	33	13	7	1	0	9	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.78	0.274	.52	0.11%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
14	37	55	Jun 11(1)	MIL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	W(8-4)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	3.25	3.27	31	10	11	1	0	5	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.51	0.498	1.00	0.20%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
15	38	61	Jun 16	MIL	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS-8		4	8.0	7	6	6	2	0	2	0	3.48	3.49	33	10	14	1	0	7	42			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.721	.91	-0.41%	-2.27	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
16	39	66	Jun 21	MIL		BAL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(9-4)	4	7.1	8	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.49	3.41	29	14	5	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.094	.76	0.06%	0.23	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out a3
17	40	71	Jun 26	MIL		MIN	W,8-2	CG	W(10-4)	4	9.0	9	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.39	3.43	39	15	10	2	0	9	58			3	0	0	34	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.07	0.120	.67	0.05%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
18	41	76	Jul 1	MIL	@	SEA	W,4-0	SHO	W(11-4)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.18	3.32	33	18	5	0	0	6	77			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.452	1.25	0.31%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
19	42	80	Jul 5	MIL	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(11-5)	3	8.0	11	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.19	3.29	36	10	14	0	0	10	48			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	2	0	1.04	-0.096	.93	-0.05%	0.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
20	43	86	Jul 15	MIL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(12-5)	9	9.0	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.07	3.32	32	11	15	3	0	5	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.98	0.436	.96	0.26%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	44	90	Jul 19	MIL		BOS	L,2-8	GS-8	L(12-6)	3	7.1	9	6	5	0	1	0	0	3.20	3.27	30	11	9	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.334	2.35	-0.40%	-1.39	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d2
22	45	95	Jul 24	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-5	GS-7	L(12-7)	4	7.0	10	4	4	1	1	0	1	3.28	3.27	32	11	9	1	2	9	41			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.01	-0.103	1.78	-0.11%	-0.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
23	46	100	Jul 29	MIL	@	TOR	L,3-4	GS-7	L(12-8)	4	6.1	8	4	2	0	2	1	1	3.27	3.31	28	12	5	2	0	8	47			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.321	1.53	-0.36%	-1.56	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
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
24	47	103	Aug 2	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	3.31	2	0	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.03	0.313	13.98	0.37%	1.50	9b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 2
25	48	105	Aug 4	MIL		BOS	W,6-2	CG	W(13-8)	1	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	1	3.20	3.30	34	13	13	2	5	3	67			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	2	0	.63	0.191	1.53	0.28%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
26	49	109	Aug 9	MIL	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS-8		4	7.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.22	3.35	30	11	8	1	4	7	51			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.98	0.000	.84	0.00%	-0.18	1b start a 3	8b 1-- 0 out a3
27	50	115	Aug 14	MIL	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-9	W(14-8)	4	8.0	13	3	2	2	3	0	0	3.18	3.32	38	9	12	2	2	12	47			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	2	0	1.60	0.025	.60	0.01%	0.60	1b start a 1	9b -2- 0 out a1
28	51	120	Aug 18	MIL		DET	W,2-0	SHO	W(15-8)	3	9.0	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.05	3.30	35	10	13	2	1	8	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.27	0.529	.65	0.16%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	52	125	Aug 23	MIL		CLE	W,9-4	GS-5		4	4.1	10	4	4	0	0	1	0	3.15	3.34	22	6	6	0	1	10	27			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.01	-0.289	.72	-0.12%	-2.53	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d2
30	53	129	Aug 27	MIL	@	DET	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(15-9)	3	8.0	7	4	4	2	3	0	0	3.20	3.32	33	10	11	0	6	7	53			1	0	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.183	.39	-0.06%	-0.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
31	54	134	Sep 1	MIL		TEX	L,4-5	CG	L(15-10)	4	9.0	10	5	5	1	3	1	0	3.27	3.33	38	12	14	1	6	8	49			1	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.241	.15	-0.04%	-0.76	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
32	55	139	Sep 6	MIL	@	TOR	W,7-0	SHO	W(16-10)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.15	3.30	31	14	12	0	2	4	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.335	.30	0.09%	4.28	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
33	56	144	Sep 11	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS-8	W(17-10)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.17	3.27	30	7	12	0	1	8	50			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.139	.74	0.06%	-0.11	1b start a 2	8b 1-- 0 out a2
34	57	149	Sep 16	MIL		MIN	L,2-5	GS-4	L(17-11)	4	3.2	7	5	3	0	1	0	1	3.23	3.27	19	8	2	2	0	7	32			0	1	1	18	2	1	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.279	.48	-0.11%	-3.54	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d5
35	58	153	Sep 20	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-4	GS-7		3	6.1	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.29	3.25	29	11	6	3	0	9	40			1	0	0	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.210	.05	-0.01%	-1.53	1b start a 2	7b 12- 1 out d1
36	59	158	Sep 26	MIL	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS-10	L(17-12)	5	9.0	8	4	3	0	2	1	1	3.28	3.27	36	16	9	0	3	8	59			0	0	1	33	3	0	0	0	1	1	1.26	-0.133	.01	0.00%	0.70	1b start a 1	10b 1-- 0 out tie
37	60	162	Oct 1	MIL	@	OAK	W,9-0	GS-6	W(18-12)	4	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.21	3.27	20	10	8	0	2	1	69			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.200	.00	0.00%	2.66	1b start tie	6b 3 out a7
							22-15		W-L:18-12,Sv:1	3.9	280.2	277	111	100	50	78	14	5	3.21	3.27	1150	1.18		5%	6%	254	54	3	0%	12	8	3	1071	33	5	4	18	13	12	1.03	1.361	.95	0.31%	21.52

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