Barry Larkin

Full Name: Barry Louis Larkin	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: August 13, 1986
Birthdate: April 28, 1964	Final Game: October 3, 2004
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio	MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
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[edit] Biography

Barry Louis Larkin (born April 28, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball player. He attended Moeller High School in suburban Cincinnati, graduating in 1982. Larkin was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds of the National League in the second round of the Amateur Baseball draft, and was offered a football scholarship at the University of Notre Dame and football and baseball scholarships at University of Michigan. He chose to play baseball only at Michigan, and was again drafted by the Reds in 1985, this time in the first round (4th overall). Larkin played shortstop for the Reds from 1986 to 2004 and was one of the pivotal players on the 1990 Reds' World Series winning club.

After arriving in the majors, Larkin battled fellow prospect Kurt Stillwell for the starting shortstop spot but soon established himself as the logical heir to Dave Concepción's notable legacy. A member of the 1984 Baseball Olympic team, Larkin has long been considered one of the best shortstops in the game. After starting with Cincinnati in 1986, over the next several seasons he not only improved his overall play, but also grew into the role of team leader, being named the Reds' captain before the 1997 season (the first player to hold the honor since Concepción's retirement). Also, he learned Spanish in order to build a rapport with his Hispanic teammates.

Larkin won the Gold Glove Award from 1994-96, was the NL's MVP in 1995, and has been a 12-time All-Star: in the 1988-91, 1993-97, 1999, 2000, and 2004 seasons. He became the first major league shortstop to join the 30-30 club when he had 33 home runs and 36 stolen bases in 1996.

In his 18-year career with Cincinnati, Larkin batted for a .295 batting average, with 2340 hits, 198 home runs, 960 runs batted in, 1329 runs scored and 379 stolen bases. Baseball historian and expert Bill James has called Larkin one of the greatest shortstops of all time, ranking him #6 all time in his New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract.

Larkin called off a planned retirement ceremony scheduled for October 2, 2004 because he was not sure if he would retire. He did indeed retire, and is now working in the Washington Nationals organization.

The Reds have not issued his #11 jersey in the past three seasons, and it is virtually taken for granted that it will be formally retired.

Larkin's brother, Stephen also played in the majors (and with the Reds).

[edit] Career Highlights

12 Time All-Star: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1986	CIN	N	41	159	27	45	3	19	.283	.320	.403	4	3	9	21	0	0	8	1	2
1987	CIN	N	125	439	64	107	12	43	.244	.306	.371	16	2	36	52	5	5	21	3	8
1988	CIN	N	151	588	91	174	12	56	.296	.347	.429	32	5	41	24	8	10	40	3	7
1989	CIN	N	97	325	47	111	4	36	.342	.375	.446	14	4	20	23	2	2	10	5	7
1990	CIN	N	158	614	85	185	7	67	.301	.358	.396	25	6	49	49	7	7	30	3	14
1991	CIN	N	123	464	88	140	20	69	.302	.378	.506	27	4	55	64	3	3	24	1	7
1992	CIN	N	140	533	76	162	12	78	.304	.377	.454	32	6	63	58	4	2	15	8	13
1993	CIN	N	100	384	57	121	8	51	.315	.394	.445	20	3	51	33	1	1	14	6	13
1994	CIN	N	110	427	78	119	9	52	.279	.369	.419	23	5	64	58	0	5	26	3	6
1995	CIN	N	131	496	98	158	15	66	.319	.394	.492	29	6	61	49	3	3	51	2	6
1996	CIN	N	152	517	117	154	33	89	.298	.410	.567	32	4	96	52	7	0	36	3	20
1997	CIN	N	73	224	34	71	4	20	.317	.440	.473	17	3	47	24	3	1	14	6	3
1998	CIN	N	145	538	93	166	17	72	.309	.397	.504	34	10	79	69	2	4	26	5	12
1999	CIN	N	161	583	108	171	12	75	.293	.390	.420	30	4	93	57	2	5	30	5	12
2000	CIN	N	102	396	71	124	11	41	.313	.389	.487	26	5	48	31	1	2	14	0	10
2001	CIN	N	45	156	29	40	2	17	.256	.373	.372	12	0	27	25	2	0	3	2	2
2002	CIN	N	145	507	72	124	7	47	.245	.305	.367	37	2	44	57	3	6	13	9	13
2003	CIN	N	70	241	39	68	2	18	.282	.345	.382	16	1	22	32	1	1	2	0	7
2004	CIN	N	111	346	55	100	8	44	.289	.352	.419	15	3	34	39	1	2	2	1	16
Total			2180	7937	1329	2340	198	960	.295	.371	.444	441	76	939	817	55	59	379	66	178

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1986	CIN	N	SS	36	34	306.2	47	119	4	21	0	.976
1986	CIN	N	2B	3	2	18.1	4	6	0	1	0	1.000
1987	CIN	N	SS	119	114	1011	168	358	19	72	0	.965
1988	CIN	N	SS	147	147	1278.1	231	470	29	67	0	.960
1989	CIN	N	SS	82	82	691	142	267	10	31	1	.976
1990	CIN	N	SS	156	154	1344	254	469	17	86	0	.977
1991	CIN	N	SS	119	119	1032	226	372	15	65	0	.976
1992	CIN	N	SS	140	140	1208	233	408	11	67	0	.983
1993	CIN	N	SS	99	98	845.2	159	281	16	56	0	.965
1994	CIN	N	SS	110	108	960.1	178	312	10	62	0	.980
1995	CIN	N	SS	130	130	1090.2	192	341	11	72	1	.980
1996	CIN	N	SS	151	148	1243.1	230	426	17	80	0	.975
1997	CIN	N	SS	63	63	502.2	77	171	5	33	0	.980
1997	CIN	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	CIN	N	SS	145	142	1236	207	361	12	79	0	.979
1999	CIN	N	SS	161	160	1372.2	220	401	14	77	0	.978
2000	CIN	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	CIN	N	SS	102	100	844.2	153	249	11	43	0	.973
2001	CIN	N	SS	44	42	341.1	65	108	9	23	0	.951
2002	CIN	N	SS	135	131	1092.1	190	370	12	89	0	.979
2003	CIN	N	SS	60	58	469.2	71	159	9	36	0	.962
2004	CIN	N	SS	85	81	684.1	105	216	4	33	0	.988
Total			DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			SS	2084	2051	17554.2	3148	5858	235	1092	2	.975
Total			2B	3	2	18.1	4	6	0	1	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1982).
Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (4th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1985).
Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).