Norm Larker
1958–1963 · bats L / throws L · Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Braves, NLS, San Francisco Giants
667G
.275AVG
.347OBP
.390SLG
More career statistics
538H
32HR
271RBI
3SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,229 | 2,230 |
| Batting · Runs | 227 | 226 |
| Batting · Walks | 211 | 212 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 667 | 2,229 | 1,953 | 227 | 538 | 97 | 15 | 32 | 271 | 211 | 165 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 761 | .275 | .347 | .390 | .737 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1960-06-15 to 1960-06-30
23longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1958-07-01 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1960-08-26 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1962-05-05 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 345 | 1147 | 253 | 10 | 127 | 123 | 83 | .256 | .328 | .353 |
| Away | 322 | 1083 | 285 | 22 | 144 | 89 | 82 | .295 | .345 | .427 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 66 | 215 | 41 | 3 | 18 | 28 | 15 | .229 | .321 | .341 |
| May | 119 | 401 | 99 | 8 | 51 | 35 | 40 | .280 | .334 | .408 |
| June | 105 | 323 | 84 | 2 | 31 | 29 | 21 | .294 | .350 | .371 |
| July | 128 | 436 | 116 | 10 | 64 | 41 | 24 | .304 | .360 | .455 |
| August | 136 | 488 | 111 | 6 | 51 | 44 | 43 | .256 | .318 | .376 |
| September | 111 | 358 | 85 | 3 | 55 | 33 | 22 | .271 | .330 | .354 |
| October | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .444 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 96 | 295 | 78 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 15 | .302 | .369 | .438 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 93 | 330 | 87 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 20 | .295 | .339 | .447 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 92 | 295 | 73 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 21 | .274 | .305 | .350 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 90 | 330 | 79 | 3 | 39 | 29 | 29 | .272 | .327 | .379 |
| chicago-cubs | 84 | 271 | 55 | 4 | 38 | 38 | 19 | .249 | .343 | .371 |
| san-francisco-giants | 83 | 267 | 51 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 29 | .215 | .281 | .316 |
| milwaukee-braves | 79 | 280 | 81 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 20 | .325 | .386 | .450 |
| new-york-mets | 25 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | .246 | .351 | .354 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 99 | 253 | 70 | 4 | 29 | 1 | .277 | – | – |
| 1959 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 108 | 311 | 90 | 8 | 49 | – | .289 | – | – |
| 1960 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 133 | 440 | 142 | 5 | 78 | 1 | .323 | – | – |
| 1961 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 97 | 282 | 76 | 5 | 38 | – | .270 | – | – |
| 1962 |  Houston Astros | 147 | 506 | 133 | 9 | 63 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1963 | Milwaukee Braves, San Francisco Giants | 83 | 161 | 27 | 1 | 14 | – | .168 | – | – |