What years did Barry Larkin play?

Barry Larkin played in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 2004.

Was Barry Larkin a pitcher?

No. Barry Larkin was a position player (Shortstop).

How many home runs did Barry Larkin hit?

Barry Larkin hit 198 career home runs with 2340 hits.

Is Barry Larkin in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. Barry Larkin was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.

Barry Larkin

Shortstop · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1986-2004)

⭐ Hall of Fame 2012

AVG .295

HR 198

RBI 960

H 2,340

OPS .815

PIV 17,788

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 185 lb
Born: 4/28/1964 in Cincinnati, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1986-08-13
Last Game: 2004-10-03
Hall of Fame: Inducted 2012 (BBWAA)
Awards: 12× All-Star · MVP · 3× Gold Glove · 9× Silver Slugger · Roberto Clemente Award

Full name: Barry Louis Larkin

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Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,180	7,937	1,329	2,340	441	76	198	960	379	939	817	.295	.371	.444	.815	17,788

Career AVG .295 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — +12.0% above league average.

Career OBP .371 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — +11.5% above league average.

Career SLG .444 vs. league average .411 across their career seasons — +8.2% above league average.

Career OPS .815 vs. league average .743 across their career seasons — +9.7% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1986	CIN	NL	41	159	27	45	4	3	3	19	8	9	21	.283	.257 (+10%)	.325 (-2%)	.395 (+2%)	.720 (avg)	-26.3
1987	CIN	NL	125	439	64	107	16	2	12	43	21	36	52	.244	.262 (-7%)	.331 (-7%)	.415 (-11%)	.746 (-9%)	-664.6
1988	CIN	NL	151	588	91	174	32	5	12	56	40	41	24	.296	.254 (+16%)	.317 (+9%)	.377 (+13%)	.695 (+12%)	1299.3
1989	CIN	NL	97	325	47	111	14	4	4	36	10	20	23	.342	.254 (+34%)	.319 (+17%)	.375 (+19%)	.694 (+18%)	1001.5
1990	CIN	NL	158	614	85	185	25	6	7	67	30	49	49	.301	.257 (+17%)	.324 (+10%)	.385 (+3%)	.710 (+6%)	839.0
1991	CIN	NL	123	464	88	140	27	4	20	69	24	55	64	.302	.255 (+18%)	.323 (+17%)	.384 (+32%)	.708 (+25%)	2258.9
1992	CIN	NL	140	533	76	162	32	6	12	78	15	63	58	.304	.255 (+19%)	.322 (+17%)	.377 (+20%)	.699 (+19%)	2021.1
1993	CIN	NL	100	384	57	121	20	3	8	51	14	51	33	.315	.265 (+19%)	.332 (+19%)	.403 (+10%)	.735 (+14%)	1180.1
1994	CIN	NL	110	427	78	119	23	5	9	52	26	64	58	.279	.269 (+3%)	.338 (+9%)	.424 (-1%)	.763 (+3%)	386.6
1995	CIN	NL	131	496	98	158	29	6	15	66	51	61	49	.319	.266 (+19%)	.337 (+17%)	.417 (+18%)	.755 (+17%)	1847.6
1996	CIN	NL	152	517	117	154	32	4	33	89	36	96	52	.298	.269 (+10%)	.340 (+20%)	.426 (+33%)	.767 (+27%)	3262.7
1997	CIN	NL	73	224	34	71	17	3	4	20	14	47	24	.317	.266 (+19%)	.336 (+31%)	.419 (+13%)	.756 (+21%)	1094.5
1998	CIN	NL	145	538	93	166	34	10	17	72	26	79	69	.309	.266 (+16%)	.335 (+18%)	.420 (+20%)	.755 (+19%)	2314.8
1999	CIN	NL	161	583	108	171	30	4	12	75	30	93	57	.293	.271 (+8%)	.344 (+13%)	.433 (-3%)	.778 (+4%)	825.4
2000	CIN	NL	102	396	71	124	26	5	11	41	14	48	31	.313	.270 (+16%)	.344 (+13%)	.437 (+11%)	.782 (+12%)	1035.2
2001	CIN	NL	45	156	29	40	12	0	2	17	3	27	25	.256	.263 (-3%)	.332 (+12%)	.426 (-13%)	.758 (-2%)	47.3
2002	CIN	NL	145	507	72	124	37	2	7	47	13	44	57	.245	.261 (-6%)	.331 (-8%)	.416 (-12%)	.747 (-10%)	-919.5
2003	CIN	NL	70	241	39	68	16	1	2	18	2	22	32	.282	.264 (+7%)	.332 (+4%)	.422 (-10%)	.754 (-4%)	-113.4
2004	CIN	NL	111	346	55	100	15	3	8	44	2	34	39	.289	.266 (+9%)	.335 (+5%)	.427 (-2%)	.762 (+1%)	97.8
Career · 19 seasons			2,180	7,937	1,329	2,340	441	76	198	960	379	939	817	.295	—	—	—	—	17,788

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
17	71	11	24	5	2	0	3	7	4	.338

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1995	NLCS	CIN	4	18	1	7	2	1	0	1	1	.389
1995	NLDS2	CIN	3	13	2	5	0	0	1	1	2	.385
1990	NLCS	CIN	6	23	5	6	2	0	1	3	1	.261
1990	WS	CIN	4	17	3	6	1	1	1	2	0	.353

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1121	3974	712	1180	109	532	.297
Away	1058	3960	617	1160	89	428	.293

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
2004-10-03	CIN	PIT	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2004-10-02	CIN	PIT	L	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
2004-10-01	CIN	PIT	W	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
2004-09-30	CIN	CHC	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004-09-29	CIN	CHC	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004-09-26	CIN	PIT	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2004-09-23	CIN	ATL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004-09-18	CIN	CHC	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
2004-09-15	CIN	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004-09-13	CIN	PHI	W	3	0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2B	3	2	4	6	0	1
SS	2085	2054	3150	5858	235	1092

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1986	CIN	2B	3	2	4	6	0	1
1986	CIN	SS	36	34	47	119	4	21
1987	CIN	SS	119	114	168	358	19	72
1988	CIN	SS	148	148	231	470	29	67
1989	CIN	SS	82	82	142	267	10	31
1990	CIN	SS	156	154	254	469	17	86
1991	CIN	SS	119	120	226	372	15	65
1992	CIN	SS	140	140	233	408	11	67
1993	CIN	SS	99	98	159	281	16	56
1994	CIN	SS	110	108	178	312	10	62
1995	CIN	SS	130	131	192	341	11	72
1996	CIN	SS	151	148	230	426	17	80
1997	CIN	SS	63	63	77	171	5	33
1998	CIN	SS	145	142	207	361	12	79
1999	CIN	SS	161	160	220	401	14	77
2000	CIN	SS	102	100	153	249	11	43
2001	CIN	SS	44	42	65	108	9	23
2002	CIN	SS	135	131	191	370	12	89
2003	CIN	SS	60	58	71	159	9	36
2004	CIN	SS	85	81	106	216	4	33

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Second Base	3
Shortstop	2084
Designated Hitter	3

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1999	Silver Slugger	SS
1999	TSN All-Star	SS
1998	Player of the Week	Week of 1998-07-11
1998	Silver Slugger	SS
1998	TSN All-Star	SS
1997	Player of the Week	Week of 1997-05-31
1996	Gold Glove	SS
1996	Silver Slugger	SS
1996	TSN All-Star	SS
1995	Gold Glove	SS
1995	Most Valuable Player
1995	Silver Slugger	SS
1995	TSN All-Star	SS
1994	Gold Glove	SS
1994	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1994	TSN All-Star	SS
1993	Roberto Clemente Award
1992	Silver Slugger	SS
1992	TSN All-Star	SS
1991	Player of the Month	June
1991	Player of the Week	Week of 1991-06-29
1991	Silver Slugger	SS
1991	TSN All-Star	SS
1990	Player of the Week	Week of 1990-04-21
1990	Silver Slugger	SS
1990	TSN All-Star	SS
1989	Silver Slugger	SS
1988	Silver Slugger	SS
1988	TSN All-Star	SS

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
2004	CIN	NL	$700,000
2003	CIN	NL	$9,000,000
2002	CIN	NL	$9,000,000
2001	CIN	NL	$9,000,000
2000	CIN	NL	$5,300,000
1999	CIN	NL	$5,300,000
1998	CIN	NL	$5,300,000
1997	CIN	NL	$5,350,000
1996	CIN	NL	$5,700,000
1995	CIN	NL	$5,900,000
1994	CIN	NL	$4,400,000
1993	CIN	NL	$5,750,000
1992	CIN	NL	$4,350,000
1991	CIN	NL	$2,100,000
1990	CIN	NL	$750,000
1989	CIN	NL	$302,500
1988	CIN	NL	$127,500
1987	CIN	NL	$77,500
1986	CIN	NL	$60,000
Total Career Earnings			$78,467,500

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	MI	1983, 1984, 1985

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1999	Most Valuable Player	NL	22th	7.0	448	0
1996	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	29.0	392	0
1995	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	281.0	392	11
1992	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	12.0	336	0
1991	Most Valuable Player	NL	17th	2.0	336	0
1990	Most Valuable Player	NL	7th	82.0	336	0
1986	Rookie of the Year	NL	7th	1.0	120	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Barry Larkin

What years did Barry Larkin play?: Barry Larkin played in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 2004.
Was Barry Larkin a pitcher?: No. Barry Larkin was a position player (Shortstop).
How many home runs did Barry Larkin hit?: Barry Larkin hit 198 career home runs with 2340 hits.
Is Barry Larkin in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Barry Larkin was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.