Larry Twitchell Notable

b. February 18, 1864 · Detroit Wolverines 1886–1888, Cleveland Spiders 1889, Cleveland Infants 1890, Buffalo Bisons 1890, Columbus Solons 1891, Washington Senators 1892, Louisville Colonels 1893–1894

Larry Twitchell played for seven clubs across nine seasons as a left fielder, opening with the Detroit Wolverines in 1886 and closing with the Louisville Colonels in 1894.

Across 639 games he batted .263, with 676 hits and 362 runs. He finished with 19 home runs, 103 doubles and 84 stolen bases. He went 17 and 11 with a 4.62 earned run average, pitching 280.7 innings in 42 games. He struck out 70 and completed 26 of his 29 starts.

He led the league in saves once, in 1887, with 1. He played 608 games in the outfield, with 937 putouts and 124 errors.

He was born in Cleveland, OH, USA on February 18, 1864, and died on April 23, 1930. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1886	DTN	4	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.063
1887	DTN	65	264	44	88	14	6	0	51	8	19	12	.333
1888	DTN	131	524	71	128	19	4	5	67	28	45	14	.244
1889	CLV	134	549	73	151	16	11	4	95	29	37	17	.275
1890	BUF/CLE	100	405	57	90	9	4	4	53	40	29	8	.222
1891	COL	57	224	32	62	9	4	2	35	20	28	10	.277
1892	WHS	51	192	20	42	9	5	0	20	11	31	8	.219
1893	LOU	45	187	37	58	11	3	2	31	17	20	7	.310
1894	LOU	52	210	28	56	16	3	2	32	15	20	8	.267
Career	—	639	2571	362	676	103	40	19	384	168	231	84	.263

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1886	DTN	0	2	4	4	0	25.0	35	18	12	6	6.48
1887	DTN	11	1	15	12	1	112.1	120	54	36	24	4.33
1888	DTN	0	0	2	0	1	4.0	6	3	0	3	6.75
1889	CLV	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	0	0.00
1890	BUF	5	7	13	12	0	104.1	112	53	72	29	4.57
1891	COL	1	1	6	1	0	31.0	29	14	13	8	4.06
1894	LOU	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	5	2	1	0	6.00
Career	—	17	11	42	29	2	280.2	307	144	135	70	4.62

On this day & linked events

1864

Born February 18, 1864

Cleveland, OH, USA

1930

Died April 23, 1930

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