1953
Born November 3, 1953
Sunflower, MS, USA
Larry Herndon Marquee
b. November 3, 1953 · St. Louis Cardinals 1974, San Francisco Giants 1976–1981, Detroit Tigers 1982–1988
Larry Herndon hit a three-run home run in the opening game of the 1984 World Series and caught the final out of the fifth, which bracketed Detroit's championship neatly. He had also hit the home run that won the Tigers' opening game of that season, the start of their 35-5 beginning.
He came up with San Francisco and spent six seasons there in center field before the trade to Detroit in 1982, where he moved to left and had the two best years of his career, batting .292 and .280 with real power.
Born in Sunflower, Mississippi in 1953, Herndon batted .274 with 1,334 hits and 107 home runs across fifteen seasons, and later coached for the Tigers.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Week | 1 | 1982 |
| The Sporting News Rookie Player of the Year | 1 | 1976 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | STL | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1976 | SFG | 115 | 337 | 42 | 97 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 45 | 12 | .288 |
| 1977 | SFG | 49 | 109 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 4 | .239 |
| 1978 | SFG | 151 | 471 | 52 | 122 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 35 | 71 | 13 | .259 |
| 1979 | SFG | 132 | 354 | 35 | 91 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 70 | 8 | .257 |
| 1980 | SFG | 139 | 493 | 54 | 127 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 19 | 91 | 8 | .258 |
| 1981 | SFG | 96 | 364 | 48 | 105 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 20 | 55 | 15 | .288 |
| 1982 | DET | 157 | 614 | 92 | 179 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 88 | 38 | 92 | 12 | .292 |
| 1983 | DET | 153 | 603 | 88 | 182 | 28 | 9 | 20 | 92 | 46 | 95 | 9 | .302 |
| 1984 | DET | 125 | 407 | 52 | 114 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 63 | 6 | .280 |
| 1985 | DET | 137 | 442 | 45 | 108 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 33 | 79 | 2 | .244 |
| 1986 | DET | 106 | 283 | 33 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 40 | 2 | .247 |
| 1987 | DET | 89 | 225 | 32 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 23 | 35 | 1 | .324 |
| 1988 | DET | 76 | 174 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 37 | 0 | .224 |
| Career | — | 1537 | 4877 | 605 | 1334 | 186 | 76 | 107 | 550 | 353 | 793 | 92 | .274 |
On this day & linked events
1974
Major-league debut: Larry Herndon
Larry Herndon made a major-league debut on September 4, 1974.
1982
Larry Herndon's Three-Home-Run Game, 1982
Larry Herndon hit three home runs for the Detroit Tigers against the Oakland Athletics on May 18, 1982.
1988
Final major-league game: Larry Herndon
Larry Herndon played a final major-league game on October 2, 1988.