Gene Larkin
HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 195 lb
BornOctober 24, 1962 · Flushing, NY, USA
MLB debutMay 21, 1987
Final gameAugust 11, 1993
Seasons7 (1987–1993)
Minnesota Twins 1987–1993
Percentile snapshot
1989 season — qualified batters
of 126 qualified 1989 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 85 | 262 | 233 | 23 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 4 | .266 | .340 | .382 | .722 | 88.9 | 89.2 | .320 | -0.1 |
| 1988 | 149 | 594 | 505 | 56 | 135 | 30 | 2 | 8 | 70 | 68 | 55 | 3 | 2 | .267 | .368 | .382 | .750 | 112.3 | 109.2 | .345 | 1.4 |
| 1989 | 136 | 520 | 446 | 61 | 119 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 54 | 57 | 5 | 2 | .267 | .353 | .368 | .721 | 100.7 | 99.0 | .335 | 0.6 |
| 1990 | 119 | 457 | 401 | 46 | 108 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 42 | 55 | 5 | 3 | .269 | .343 | .392 | .734 | 102.5 | 100.6 | .339 | 0.7 |
| 1991 | 98 | 291 | 255 | 34 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .286 | .361 | .373 | .734 | 102.9 | 101.0 | .338 | 0.5 |
| 1992 | 115 | 373 | 337 | 38 | 83 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 43 | 7 | 2 | .246 | .308 | .359 | .667 | 80.6 | 85.2 | .303 | -0.3 |
| 1993 | 56 | 173 | 144 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | .264 | .357 | .347 | .704 | 90.5 | 90.3 | .324 | 0.1 |
Career totals
G
758
PA
2,670
AB
2,321
R
275
H
618
2B
131
3B
12
HR
32
RBI
266
BB
268
SO
278
SB
23
BA
.2663
OBP
.3482
SLG
.3744
OPS
.7226
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-09-05 | MIN @ TEX Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1990-08-27 | CWS @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1990-05-26 | BOS @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 1988-08-13 | NYY @ MIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1992-09-07 | SEA @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
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.