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Henry Larkin

Full Name: Henry E. Larkin

Positions: Centerfielder, Rightfielder and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb

Team: Philadelphia Athletics

Born: January 12, 1860 in Reading, PA

Died: January 31, 1942 in Reading, PA

League Debut: March 30, 1885 (PAT @ STL, box score) • Age 25

Real-life MLB career: 1884–1893 • Baseball-Reference page ↗

1886

Career

WAR

1.7

7.1

295

1004

336

.325

.335

227

RBI

177

148

OBP

.391

.389

SLG

.444

.466

OPS

.836

.855

OPS+

139

150

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1885	25	PAT	AA	161	766	709	161	240	46	9	11	139	121	51	50	25	.339	.388	.475	.863	154	337		7				CF-RF
1886	26	PAT	AA	67	327	295	66	96	17	9	0	38	27	16	30	11	.325	.391	.444	.836	139	131	2	2	0	0	1	CF-LF-RF
2 Yrs				228	1093	1004	227	336	63	18	11	177	148	67	80	36	.335	.389	.466	.855	150	468	2	9	0	0	1

Bold = led the league. OPS+ compares OBP and SLG with the league average (100 = average; no park adjustment). Blank GIDP/SH/SF/IBB cells: that season's source data didn't track them (PA there = AB+BB+HBP).

Value Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	Pos
1885	25	PAT	AA	766	43.3	4.8	-13.1	35.0	3.1	26.2	61.2	5.4	5.4	-1.1	CF-RF
1886	26	PAT	AA	327	13.1	-0.9	-4.6	7.6	0.7	11.2	18.8	1.7	1.7	-0.4	CF-LF-RF
2 Yrs				1093	56.4	3.9	-17.7	42.6	3.8	37.4	80.0	7.1	7.1	-1.6

Runs above average from batting (Rbat), baserunning (Rbaser) and position (Rpos); RAA/WAA = runs/wins above average, Rrep = replacement runs, RAR = runs above replacement (see how WAR is calculated).

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GB%	SB%	P/PA	RC	eBA	Clutch	WIS WAR
1885	25	PAT	AA	766	.340	.137	1.4	3.3	6.5	8.6	27.5			70.3
1886	26	PAT	AA	327	.338	.119	0.0	3.4	9.2	8.0	27.1	2.36	70.2	62.8	3.05	51.5	.391	30.9	2.4
2 Yrs				1093	.340	.131	1.0	3.3	7.3	8.4	27.4	2.36	70.2	68.8	0.91	51.5			2.4

BAbip = batting average on balls in play; ISO = SLG − BA; HR%, SO%, BB%, XBH% are per plate appearance; X/H% = extra-base hits per hit; GB/FB and P/PA come from the sim's batted-ball and pitch counts; RC = runs created. eBA, Clutch and WIS WAR are WhatIfSports' own metrics (1886 onward).

Batting Splits

Year	Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip
1886	Home	32	154	139	28	42	10	4	17	10	8	14	4	.302	.370	.432	.802	.311
1886	Away	35	173	156	38	54	7	5	21	17	8	16	7	.346	.410	.455	.866	.362
1886	vs LH Starter	19	64	57	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	7	1	.211	.297	.263	.560	.214
1886	vs RH Starter	62	261	238	0	84	14	9	0	0	0	23	10	.353	.410	.487	.897	.368

Splits come from the WhatIfSports season export (available from 1886). Traded players' splits combine all of their teams that season.

Appearances

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF
1885	25	PAT	AA	161	161	161	161		161	18
1886	26	PAT	AA	67	67	67	67	3	64	10
2 Yrs				228	228	228	228	3	225	28

Games by position come from the fielding data; GS = games started; PH/PR = games entered as a pinch hitter or pinch runner (counted from the box scores).

Standard Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	+Plays
1885	25	PAT	AA	CF	161	161	1379.7	445	400	3	42	.906	.904	2.63	2.73	2.50	6
1885	25	PAT	AA	RF	18	0	34.0	8	8	0	0	1.000	.883	2.12	1.52	0.44	1
1886	26	PAT	AA	LF	3	3	29.0	9	8	0	1	.889	.895	2.48	2.38	2.67	0
1886	26	PAT	AA	CF	64	64	546.3	189	172	1	16	.915	.893	2.85	2.72	2.70	0
1886	26	PAT	AA	RF	10	0	19.0	4	4	0	0	1.000	.892	1.89	1.56	0.40	2
Career				LF	3	3	29.0	9	8	0	1	.889		2.48		2.67	0
Career				CF	225	225	1926.0	634	572	4	58	.909		2.69		2.56	6
Career				RF	28	0	53.0	12	12	0	0	1.000		2.04		0.43	3

Positions listed in scorebook order (P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF). Ch = chances (PO+A+E); RF/9 = 9×(PO+A)/Inn; RF/G = (PO+A)/G; lgFld% and lgRF9 = league average at that position. +Plays/−Plays are the sim's good and poor defensive plays. For pitchers, SB/CS are runners stealing while he pitched.

Leaderboards, Awards, & Honors

WAR for Position Players

1885 AA 5.4 (6th)
1886 AA 1.7 (10th)

Batting Average

1885 AA .339 (5th)
1886 AA .325 (8th)

On-Base %

1885 AA .388 (6th)
1886 AA .391 (9th)

Slugging %

1885 AA .475 (4th)
1886 AA .444 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging

1885 AA .863 (5th)
1886 AA .836 (8th)

Runs Scored

1885 AA 161 (6th)
1886 AA 66 (3rd)

Hits

1885 AA 240 (5th)
1886 AA 96 (5th)

Total Bases

1885 AA 337 (2nd)
1886 AA 131 (5th)

Doubles

1885 AA 46 (1st) ★
1886 AA 17 (2nd)

Triples

1886 AA 9 (1st) ★

Home Runs

1885 AA 11 (3rd)

Runs Batted In

1885 AA 139 (2nd)

Stolen Bases

1885 AA 121 (7th)
1886 AA 27 (7th)

Top-10 finishes in each league. Rate stats require 3.1 plate appearances (batters) or 1 inning pitched (pitchers) per team game.

Transactions

1885: Drafted 3.09 by Philadelphia Athletics in the 1885 Draft.