Larry Hardy (baseball) explained

Larry Hardy
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:10 January 1948
Birth Place:Goose Creek, Texas
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 28
Debutyear:1974
Debutteam:San Diego Padres
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:May 16
Finalyear:1976
Finalteam:Houston Astros
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:9–4
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:5.29
Stat3label:Innings pitched
Stat3value:126
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Howard Lawrence Hardy (born January 10, 1948) is an American former pitcher, coach and manager in professional baseball. Hardy threw and batted right-handed, stood 5feet tall and weighed in his playing days.[1]

Hardy attended Bellaire High School (Texas), and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in business administration.[2] Selected in the 23rd round of the amateur draft by the San Diego Padres, he reached Major League Baseball with the 1974 Padres, appearing in 76 games as a rookie, all but one of them as a relief pitcher, winning nine games, saving two, and losing four. He would appear in only 18 more MLB games in 1975–1976, with the Padres and Houston Astros, and spend the rest of his playing career at the Triple-A level of minor league baseball. He had been traded along with Joe McIntosh from the Padres to the Astros for Doug Rader on December 11, 1975.[3] In his MLB career, he posted a career earned run average of 5.29 in 94 games to accompany his 9–4 (.692) record.

Hardy's coaching career began in 1978 as the pitching coach of the Charleston Charlies of the Triple-A International League, then Houston's top farm club. He switched to the Toronto Blue Jays' system in 1980 and served as a manager at the Double-A level as well as a minor league instructor.

After coaching in the San Francisco Giants' organization, Hardy returned to Major League Baseball as a coach with the Texas Rangers where he was a member of manager Johnny Oates' coaching staff from through .[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Larry Hardy Statistics and History. baseball-reference.com. sports-reference.com. March 17, 2015.
  2. Howe News Bureau, 1985 Toronto Blue Jays Organization Book. St. Petersburg, Florida: The Baseball Library, 1985
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/12/archives/yanks-send-bonds-to-angels-for-pair-and-medich-to-pirates-for-3.html Durso, Joseph. "Yanks Send Bonds to Angels for Pair And Medich to Pirates for 3 Players," The New York Times, Friday, December 12, 1975.
  4. Web site: Larry Hardy. retrosheet.org. March 17, 2015.