MLB / Players

Barry Larkin

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 185 lb

BornApril 28, 1964 · Cincinnati, OH, USA

MLB debutAugust 13, 1986

Final gameOctober 3, 2004

Seasons19 (1986–2004)

Cincinnati Reds 1986–2004

Percentile snapshot

2002 season — qualified batters

145

34.4

567

25.3

507

32.5

34.4

124

77.9

28.6

8.4

RBI

7.1

27.3

70.1

.245

8.4

OBP

.305

9.1

SLG

.367

OPS

.672

8.4

wRC+

69.7

5.2

OPS+

75.2

6.5

wOBA

.297

7.1

sWAR

0.4

9.7

of 155 qualified 2002 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

118.9

77.6

OPS+

116.7

74.1

sWAR

62.1

99.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1986	41	169	159	27	45	4	3	3	19	9	21	8	0	.283	.320	.403	.722	94.4	95.4	.328	0.7
1987	125	488	439	64	107	16	2	12	43	36	52	21	6	.244	.306	.371	.678	75.4	76.3	.306	0.7
1988	151	652	588	91	174	32	5	12	56	41	24	40	7	.296	.347	.429	.776	122.4	119.0	.356	4.8
1989	97	357	325	47	111	14	4	4	36	20	23	10	5	.342	.375	.446	.821	132.1	132.0	.370	3.0
1990	158	681	614	85	185	25	6	7	67	49	49	30	5	.301	.358	.396	.753	108.1	104.4	.347	3.8
1991	123	527	464	88	140	27	4	20	69	55	64	24	6	.302	.378	.506	.884	149.0	144.1	.400	5.6
1992	140	609	533	76	162	32	6	12	78	63	58	15	4	.304	.377	.454	.831	135.9	132.0	.378	5.5
1993	100	440	384	57	121	20	3	8	51	51	33	14	1	.315	.394	.445	.839	128.1	125.5	.378	3.5
1994	110	501	427	78	119	23	5	9	52	64	58	26	2	.279	.369	.419	.788	110.6	107.0	.356	2.9
1995	131	567	496	98	158	29	6	15	66	61	49	51	5	.319	.394	.492	.886	137.1	133.7	.395	5.2
1996	152	627	517	117	154	32	4	33	89	96	52	36	10	.298	.410	.567	.977	156.5	155.1	.426	7.3
1997	73	276	224	34	71	17	3	4	20	47	24	14	3	.317	.440	.473	.913	143.5	138.6	.410	2.7
1998	145	626	538	93	166	34	10	17	72	79	69	26	3	.309	.397	.504	.901	137.9	134.7	.398	5.7
1999	161	687	583	108	171	30	4	12	75	93	57	30	8	.293	.390	.420	.810	107.9	103.9	.366	3.7
2000	102	447	396	71	124	26	5	11	41	48	31	14	6	.313	.389	.487	.876	123.1	118.7	.389	3.2
2001	45	185	156	29	40	12	0	2	17	27	25	3	2	.256	.373	.372	.745	96.1	90.9	.339	0.7
2002	145	567	507	72	124	37	2	7	47	44	57	13	4	.245	.305	.367	.672	69.7	75.2	.297	0.4
2003	70	265	241	39	68	16	1	2	18	22	32	2	0	.282	.345	.382	.726	93.7	90.5	.330	1.0
2004	111	386	346	55	100	15	3	8	44	34	39	2	0	.289	.352	.419	.771	102.1	99.9	.343	1.8

Career totals

2,180

156th-most career G

9,057

158th-most career PA

7,937

161st-most career AB

1,329

117th-most career R

2,340

143rd-most career H

441

123rd-most career 2B

319th-most career 3B

198

393rd-most career HR

RBI

960

348th-most career RBI

939

158th-most career BB

817

379

90th-most career SB

.2948

312th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3705

277th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4444

OPS

.8149

387th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1991-06-28	HOU @ CIN Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	3	6	1	12
2000-06-24	SD @ CIN Gameday	5	4	5	0	0	2	4	0	11
1995-05-13	CIN @ ATL Gameday	3	2	3	0	1	2	3	2	11
1998-07-11	CIN @ AZ Gameday	5	2	3	1	0	2	5	0	10
1994-08-02	CIN @ SF Gameday	4	3	3	1	0	2	3	0	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2012 (BBWAA)

9× Silver Slugger3× Gold Glove1× Most Valuable Player12× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.