Larry Gura Stats

Larry Gura was born on Wednesday, November 26, 1947, in Joliet, Illinois. Gura was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 30, 1970, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Larry Gura baseball stats page.

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"If I can put the ball where I want it I don't have a lot of problems, especially with our defense." - Larry Gura in Baseball Digest (March 1979, Larry Gura, Page 18)

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Larry 'Stoney' Gura Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#38)

Larry 'Stoney' Gura Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#38)

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Birth Name:   Lawrence Cyril Gura
Nickname:   Larry or Stoney
Born On:   11-26-1947  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Joliet, Illinois
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   East High School (Joliet, IL)
College:   Arizona State University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-30-1970 (Age 22)
Last Game:   07-27-1985
Draft:   1969 : 2nd Round (40th)

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Larry Gura Pitching Stats

1970 23 Cubs 20 3 10 1 3 .250 3.79 1 0 1 38.0 167 35 16 18 6 23 3 21 0 1 0 -
1971 24 Cubs 6 0 2 0 0 .000 6.00 0 0 1 3.0 18 6 2 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 -
1972 25 Cubs 7 0 2 0 0 .000 3.65 0 0 0 12.1 49 11 5 5 3 3 1 13 1 0 0 -
1973 26 Cubs 21 7 6 2 4 .333 4.87 0 0 0 64.2 282 79 35 39 10 11 0 43 1 1 0 -
1974 27 Yankees 8 8 0 5 1 .833 2.41 4 2 0 56.0 230 54 15 17 2 12 1 17 0 0 0 0
1975 28 Yankees 26 20 3 7 8 .467 3.51 5 0 0 151.1 640 173 59 65 13 41 1 65 0 3 0 -
1976 29 Royals 20 2 7 4 0 1.000 2.30 1 1 1 62.2 249 47 16 20 4 20 3 22 2 1 0 -
1977 30 Royals 52 6 24 8 5 .615 3.13 1 1 10 106.1 445 108 37 43 8 28 4 46 4 1 1 -
1978 31 Royals 35 26 1 16 4 .800 2.72 8 2 0 221.2 890 183 67 73 13 60 3 81 1 4 1 -
1979 32 Royals 39 33 1 13 12 .520 4.47 7 1 0 233.2 991 226 116 137 29 73 4 85 5 7 1 -
1980 33 Royals 36 36 0 18 10 .643 2.95 16 4 0 283.1 1,175 272 93 107 20 76 6 113 2 5 0 0
1981 34 Royals 23 23 0 11 8 .579 2.72 12 2 0 172.1 680 139 52 61 11 35 0 61 3 4 0 0
1982 35 Royals 37 37 0 18 12 .600 4.03 8 3 0 248.0 1,042 251 111 124 31 64 2 98 6 6 0 0
1983 36 Royals 34 31 1 11 18 .379 4.90 5 0 0 200.1 881 220 109 119 23 76 6 57 0 8 0 -
1984 37 Royals 31 25 1 12 9 .571 5.18 3 0 0 168.2 732 175 97 102 26 67 3 68 0 4 0 -
1985 38 Royals 3 0 2 0 0 .000 12.46 0 0 1 4.1 23 7 6 6 1 4 0 2 1 0 0 -
1985 38 Cubs 5 4 0 0 3 .000 8.41 0 0 0 20.1 102 34 19 19 4 6 0 7 0 1 0 -
16 Years 403 261 60 126 97 .565 3.76 71 16 14 2,047.0 8,596 2,020 855 958 204 600 38 801 27 46 3 0

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Larry Gura Hitting Stats

1970 23 Cubs 20 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1971 24 Cubs 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1972 25 Cubs 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1973 26 Cubs 22 15 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 .200 .250 .200
1974 27 Yankees 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1975 28 Yankees 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1976 29 Royals 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1977 30 Royals 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1978 31 Royals 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1979 32 Royals 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1980 33 Royals 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1981 34 Royals 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1982 35 Royals 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1983 36 Royals 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1984 37 Royals 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 38 Royals 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1985 38 Cubs 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000
16 Years 405 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 15 3 0 0 0 .091 .143 .091

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Larry Gura Fielding Stats

1970 Cubs P 20 3 114 7 0.4 7 1 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.66
1971 Cubs P 6 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1972 Cubs P 7 0 37 3 0.4 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.19
1973 Cubs P 21 7 194 20 1.0 20 7 13 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.78
1974 Yankees P 8 8 168 12 1.5 12 4 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93
1975 Yankees P 26 20 454 29 1.1 29 8 21 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.72
1976 Royals P 20 2 188 16 0.8 16 4 12 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.30
1977 Royals P 52 6 319 26 0.5 24 6 18 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .923 2.03
1978 Royals P 35 26 665 58 1.7 57 13 44 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.31
1979 Royals P 39 33 701 55 1.4 53 15 38 2 5 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.04
1980 Royals P 36 36 850 59 1.6 59 9 50 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.87
1981 Royals P 23 23 517 39 1.7 39 9 30 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.04
1982 Royals P 37 37 744 59 1.6 57 7 50 2 6 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.07
1983 Royals P 34 31 601 54 1.6 54 12 42 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.43
1984 Royals P 31 25 506 36 1.2 36 6 30 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.92
1985 Royals P 3 0 13 2 0.7 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.15
1985 Cubs P 5 4 61 8 1.6 8 4 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.54
P Totals 403 261 6,141 483 1.2 476 107 369 7 32 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.09
16 Years 403 261 6,141 483 1.2 476 107 369 7 32 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.09

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Larry Gura Miscellaneous Stats

1970 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.91 4.97 5.45
1971 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 6.00 3.00
1972 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 4.33 9.49 2.19
1973 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 1 n/a 0.0 3.0 15.0 3.91 5.98 1.53
1974 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.42 2.73 1.93
1975 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.59 3.87 2.44
1976 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.10 3.16 2.87
1977 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.64 3.89 2.37
1978 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.35 3.29 2.44
1979 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.16 3.27 2.81
1980 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.49 3.59 2.41
1981 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.74 3.19 1.83
1982 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.53 3.56 2.32
1983 Royals 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.75 2.56 3.41
1984 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.01 3.63 3.58
1985 Royals 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.50 4.15 8.31
1985 Cubs 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.17 3.10 2.66
16 Years 0 0 .000 0 2 1 0.0 2.2 33.0 1.34 3.52 2.64

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Larry Gura Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1970 Chicago Cubs 40 $12,000.00 - -
1971 Chicago Cubs 40 $12,750.00 - -
1972 Chicago Cubs 40 $13,500.00 - -
1973 Chicago Cubs 40 $15,000.00 - -
1974 New York Yankees 39 $25,000.00 - -
1975 New York Yankees 39 $25,000.00 - -
1976 Kansas City Royals 37 $26,000.00 - -
1977 Kansas City Royals 37 $45,000.00 - -
1978 Kansas City Royals 32 $85,000.00 - -
1979 Kansas City Royals 32 $125,000.00 - -
1980 Kansas City Royals 32 $125,000.00 Stats Stats
1981 Kansas City Royals 32 $125,000.00 - -
1982 Kansas City Royals 32 $125,000.00 - -
1983 Kansas City Royals 32 $125,000.00 - -
1984 Kansas City Royals 32 Undetermined - -
1985 Kansas City Royals 32 Undetermined - -
1985 Chicago Cubs 32 Undetermined - -

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Lawrence Cyril Gura was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Chicago Cubs (1970–1973, 1985), New York Yankees (1974–1975) and Kansas City Royals (1976–1985). Larry was a standout pitcher at Joliet High School (inaugural hall of famer) and earned a scholarship to Arizona State University where he helped the Sun Devils win a national championship!

In 1992, Larry Gura was inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame, a two-time Royals Pitcher of the Year who won 99 games across seven seasons (1979-1984) in KC - just the fourth starting pitcher ever enshrined, joining Steve Busby (1986), Paul Splittorff (1987) and Dennis Leonard (1989).

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