Larry Gura

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 170 lb

BornNovember 26, 1947 · Joliet, IL, USA

MLB debutApril 30, 1970

Final gameJuly 27, 1985

Seasons16 (1970–1985)

Chicago Cubs 1970–1973; New York Yankees 1974–1975; Kansas City Royals 1976–1984; Chicago Cubs 1985; Kansas City Royals 1985

Percentile snapshot

1984 season — qualified pitchers

17.2

6.5

31.2

19.4

SHO

175

18.3

50.5

9.7

8.6

168.7

4.3

ERA

5.18

2.2

WHIP

1.435

20.4

K/9

3.63

12.9

FIP

5.21

FIP-

130.1

1.1

ERA+

77.3

1.1

sWAR

-0.6

3.2

of 94 qualified 1984 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

105.7

59.6

sWAR

25.3

95.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1970	20	11	10	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-131.4	-100.0	.000	0.5
1971	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-144.4	-100.0	.000	-0.1
1972	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-141.4	-100.0	.000	0.1
1973	22	18	15	1	3	1	1	5	.200	.250	.200	.450	19.0	23.0	.222	-0.1
1974	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3
1975	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
1976	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1977	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.2
1978	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.2
1979	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.9
1980	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6.4
1981	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.6
1982	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1983	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
1984	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6
1985	8	7	6	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-62.8	-58.4	.107	-1.3

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1970	20	3	1	3	1	1	0	35	16	23	21	6	38.0	3.79	1.526	4.97	5.69	128.3	117.1	0.5
1971	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	2	0	3.0	6.00	2.333	6.00	2.21	57.1	64.5	-0.1
1972	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5	3	13	3	12.3	3.65	1.135	9.49	4.31	115.1	102.6	0.1
1973	21	7	2	4	0	0	0	79	35	11	43	10	64.7	4.87	1.392	5.98	3.79	97.4	79.9	-0.1
1974	8	8	5	1	0	4	2	54	15	12	17	2	56.0	2.41	1.179	2.73	3.07	86.3	147.6	1.3
1975	26	20	7	8	0	5	0	173	59	41	65	13	151.3	3.51	1.414	3.87	3.69	99.4	105.7	1.9
1976	20	2	4	0	1	1	1	47	16	20	22	4	62.7	2.30	1.069	3.16	3.75	106.8	152.8	1.6
1977	52	6	8	5	10	1	1	108	37	28	46	8	106.3	3.13	1.279	3.89	3.67	90.5	129.7	2.2
1978	35	26	16	4	0	8	2	183	67	60	81	13	221.7	2.72	1.096	3.29	3.45	89.8	141.2	5.2
1979	39	33	13	12	0	7	1	226	116	73	85	29	233.7	4.47	1.280	3.27	4.68	109.2	95.9	1.9
1980	36	36	18	10	0	16	4	272	93	76	113	20	283.3	2.95	1.228	3.59	3.74	91.5	138.3	6.4
1981	23	23	11	8	0	12	2	139	52	35	61	11	172.3	2.72	1.010	3.19	3.34	92.1	133.5	3.6
1982	37	37	18	12	0	8	3	251	111	64	98	31	248.0	4.03	1.270	3.56	4.37	106.8	101.6	2.6
1983	34	31	11	18	0	5	0	220	109	76	57	23	200.3	4.90	1.478	2.56	5.01	122.9	83.2	0.1
1984	31	25	12	9	0	3	0	175	97	67	68	26	168.7	5.18	1.435	3.63	5.21	130.1	77.3	-0.6
1985	8	4	0	3	1	0	0	41	25	10	9	5	24.7	9.12	2.068	3.28	5.88	147.7	43.6	-1.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

405

RBI

.0909

OBP

.1429

SLG

.0909

OPS

.2338

Pitching

G (P)

403

261

493rd-most career GS

126

402nd-most career W

SHO

354th-most career SHO

2,047

433rd-most career IP

SO (P)

801

BB allowed

600

ERA

3.759

WHIP

1.2799

470th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

3.52

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	RBI	BB	TB
1973-06-19	CHC @ PIT Gameday	4	0	1	1	0	1
1973-04-22	PIT @ CHC Gameday	2	1	1	0	1	1
1973-07-01	NYM @ CHC Gameday	1	0	1	0	0	1
1970-04-30	CHC @ ATL Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970-06-24	NYM @ CHC Gameday	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1978-08-09	KC @ BAL Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	4	7	0
1980-05-25	KC @ LAA Gameday	9.0	5	3	2	2	7	1
1980-07-18	KC @ NYY Gameday	9.0	3	1	0	4	7	0
1982-06-08	KC @ MIN Gameday	8.0	8	4	4	1	7	3
1980-07-23	CWS @ KC Gameday	7.0	8	2	2	3	7	0

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

1× 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.