Larry Hisle
Philadelphia Phillies 1968–1971; Minnesota Twins 1973–1977; Milwaukee Brewers 1978–1982
Percentile snapshot
1978 season — qualified batters
of 140 qualified 1978 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .417 | .455 | .871 | 176.3 | 161.4 | .411 | 0.2 |
| 1969 | 145 | 537 | 482 | 75 | 128 | 23 | 5 | 20 | 56 | 48 | 152 | 18 | 8 | .266 | .338 | .459 | .797 | 123.0 | 123.6 | .361 | 3.6 |
| 1970 | 126 | 468 | 405 | 52 | 83 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 53 | 139 | 5 | 5 | .205 | .299 | .353 | .652 | 76.2 | 74.7 | .303 | 0.1 |
| 1971 | 36 | 82 | 76 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .197 | .256 | .237 | .493 | 35.0 | 41.5 | .234 | -0.5 |
| 1973 | 143 | 618 | 545 | 88 | 148 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 64 | 64 | 128 | 11 | 4 | .272 | .351 | .422 | .773 | 117.1 | 114.3 | .357 | 3.3 |
| 1974 | 143 | 576 | 510 | 68 | 146 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 79 | 48 | 112 | 12 | 6 | .286 | .353 | .465 | .818 | 132.0 | 131.3 | .372 | 3.7 |
| 1975 | 80 | 289 | 255 | 37 | 80 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 51 | 27 | 39 | 17 | 3 | .314 | .376 | .494 | .870 | 142.9 | 143.3 | .393 | 2.1 |
| 1976 | 155 | 661 | 581 | 81 | 158 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 96 | 56 | 93 | 31 | 18 | .272 | .335 | .394 | .730 | 112.0 | 111.7 | .340 | 2.4 |
| 1977 | 141 | 620 | 546 | 95 | 165 | 36 | 3 | 28 | 119 | 56 | 106 | 21 | 10 | .302 | .369 | .533 | .902 | 143.9 | 144.3 | .394 | 5.1 |
| 1978 | 142 | 600 | 520 | 96 | 151 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 115 | 67 | 90 | 10 | 6 | .290 | .374 | .533 | .906 | 155.0 | 153.1 | .405 | 5.1 |
| 1979 | 26 | 108 | 96 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .281 | .352 | .448 | .800 | 113.0 | 115.7 | .353 | 0.3 |
| 1980 | 17 | 76 | 60 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .283 | .421 | .583 | 1.004 | 173.2 | 177.1 | .436 | 0.7 |
| 1981 | 27 | 97 | 87 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .289 | .414 | .702 | 103.4 | 105.8 | .319 | 0.1 |
| 1982 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .129 | .250 | .323 | .573 | 63.5 | 60.7 | .267 | -0.1 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-06-30 | MIL @ SEA Gameday | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 1976-06-04 | MIN @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 1975-04-21 | MIN @ LAA Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1969-06-17 | NYM @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1978-07-08 | NYY @ MIL Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
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
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.