Lary Sorensen
Milwaukee Brewers 1977–1980; St. Louis Cardinals 1981; Cleveland Indians 1982–1983; Oakland Athletics 1984; Chicago Cubs 1985; Montreal Expos 1987; San Francisco Giants 1988
Percentile snapshot
1984 season — qualified pitchers
of 94 qualified 1984 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
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 | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9 |
| 1978 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7 |
| 1979 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.9 |
| 1980 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.5 |
| 1981 | 23 | 52 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .065 | .085 | .087 | .172 | -74.5 | -51.5 | .085 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.4 |
| 1983 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.1 |
| 1984 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.5 |
| 1985 | 45 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | -62.8 | -58.4 | .107 | 0.4 |
| 1987 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | -71.7 | -67.6 | .083 | 0.1 |
| 1988 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -124.2 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 147 | 69 | 36 | 57 | 10 | 142.3 | 4.36 | 1.286 | 3.60 | 3.64 | 89.3 | 93.3 | 0.9 |
| 1978 | 37 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 277 | 100 | 50 | 78 | 14 | 280.7 | 3.21 | 1.165 | 2.50 | 3.23 | 85.6 | 117.7 | 4.7 |
| 1979 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 250 | 104 | 42 | 63 | 30 | 235.3 | 3.98 | 1.241 | 2.41 | 4.48 | 106.5 | 105.6 | 2.9 |
| 1980 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 242 | 80 | 45 | 54 | 13 | 195.7 | 3.68 | 1.467 | 2.48 | 3.79 | 96.5 | 106.8 | 2.5 |
| 1981 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 149 | 51 | 26 | 52 | 3 | 140.3 | 3.27 | 1.247 | 3.33 | 2.78 | 78.0 | 109.2 | 1.6 |
| 1982 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 251 | 118 | 55 | 62 | 19 | 189.3 | 5.61 | 1.616 | 2.95 | 4.26 | 103.8 | 73.2 | -1.4 |
| 1983 | 36 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 238 | 105 | 65 | 76 | 21 | 222.7 | 4.24 | 1.361 | 3.07 | 4.27 | 101.3 | 99.3 | 2.1 |
| 1984 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 100 | 44 | 63 | 21 | 183.3 | 4.91 | 1.549 | 3.09 | 4.37 | 114.8 | 77.5 | -0.5 |
| 1985 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 39 | 24 | 34 | 8 | 82.3 | 4.26 | 1.336 | 3.72 | 4.08 | 103.4 | 92.5 | 0.4 |
| 1987 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 25 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 47.7 | 4.72 | 1.427 | 3.97 | 4.84 | 115.7 | 88.6 | 0.1 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 16.7 | 4.86 | 1.620 | 4.86 | 2.95 | 89.0 | 68.2 | -0.2 |
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
Pitching
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-05-10 | PIT @ STL Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1981-04-12 | PHI @ STL Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981-09-16 | STL @ WSH Gameday | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981-04-17 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981-04-22 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-08-10 | CLE @ BAL Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 1981-04-22 | CHC @ STL Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983-05-18 | CLE @ TEX Gameday | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977-07-16 | BAL @ MIL Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 1977-09-17 | ATH @ MIL Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 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
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.