CF Romain Larue #18
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: L | Morale: Very Good
05/12/1959
OA: 50 POT: 50
CF ROMAIN LARUE #18 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: L - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
6 22 8 1 0 0 1 5 4 .364 .481 .409 0 0.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
BABIP 55 55 55 55
Avoid K's 35 35 35 35
Gap 55 55 55 55
Power 65 65 65 65
Eye 50 50 45 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 30 60
Errors: - 30 70
Arm: 20 45 65
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 25 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 55
1st Base: - Center Field: 55
2nd Base: - Right Field: 65
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 25
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/10/1959 NY Win, 4-2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
05/09/1959 NY Win, 6-3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
05/08/1959 NY Win, 5-3 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
05/07/1959 ICE Loss, 1-3 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
05/06/1959 ICE Win, 5-3 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/05/1959 ICE Win, 6-5 6 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
05/02/1959 ICE Loss, 4-5 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
05/01/1959 @ MOB Loss, 3-4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/30/1959 LIS Loss, 1-3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/29/1959 SIC Win, 6-1 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
A good head on his shoulders.
Birthday:12/31/1930
Born in:Grenade, MID
Nationality:French
Height:6' 2"
Weight:215 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$46,720
Signed Through:1959 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 18 Days
Service This Yr:7 Days
40-Man Service:1 Year, 11 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
TRANS-OCEANIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION 1959 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 6 22 8 1 0 0 1 6 5 4 .364 .481 .409 .891 .406 .045 177
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 6 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0.0 5.0 9.56 .2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   12 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 .333 .385 .333 .718
Versus Right   10 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 .400 .571 .500 1.071
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   22 8 1 0 0 1 6 5 4 0 0 0 .364 .481 .409 .891
May   22 8 1 0 0 1 6 5 4 0 0 0 .364 .481 .409 .891
Spring Training   52 19 1 1 2 15 6 3 12 0 0 3 .365 .431 .538 .969
Last Year   348 89 9 3 20 45 49 35 80 3 1 2 .256 .325 .471 .796
2 Years Ago   329 95 6 3 17 65 47 33 73 0 1 2 .289 .357 .480 .837
Career   1483 386 38 11 70 217 198 146 322 8 2 10 .260 .329 .442 .771
Home   22 8 1 0 0 1 6 5 4 0 0 0 .364 .481 .409 .891
Grass   22 8 1 0 0 1 6 5 4 0 0 0 .364 .481 .409 .891
Day   6 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Night   16 5 1 0 0 1 5 2 2 0 0 0 .312 .389 .375 .764
As Starter   22 8 1 0 0 1 6 5 4 0 0 0 .364 .481 .409 .891
Close/Late   8 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .625 .625 .750 1.375
Inning 1-3   7 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Inning 4-6   6 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .167 .444 .167 .611
Inning 7-9   7 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .429 .500 .571 1.071
Extra Innings   2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
0 Outs   8 4 1 0 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 .500 .636 .625 1.261
1 Outs   7 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .571 .625 .571 1.196
2 Outs   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Scoring Position   5 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 .400 .625 .400 1.025
Bases Empty   11 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 .273 .385 .273 .657
Runner on 1st   6 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .667 1.167
Runner on 2nd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   3 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .667 .800 .667 1.467
Runner on 1st & 3rd   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Bases Loaded   1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   12 3 0 0 0 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 .250 .438 .250 .688
First Pitch   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 0-1   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 0-2   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 1-0   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 1-1   3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Count 1-2   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 2-2   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Full Count   1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .800 .000 .800
Behind in Count   7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
Ahead in Count   3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 .667 1.417
Batting 5th   22 8 1 0 0 1 6 5 4 0 0 0 .364 .481 .409 .891
Low Leverage   9 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .111 .273 .111 .384
Medium Leverage   6 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .333 .429 .333 .762
High Leverage   7 5 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 .714 .778 .857 1.635
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1954 Paris - TOBA 23 47 178 45 4 1 6 19 17 18 3 2 28 0 1 .253 .328 .388 .716 100 106 0.8
1955 Paris - TOBA 24 84 319 81 7 3 15 46 42 27 1 1 71 1 1 .254 .313 .436 .749 106 110 1.5
1956 Paris - TOBA 25 77 287 68 11 1 12 41 37 28 2 2 66 1 4 .237 .307 .408 .715 100 102 -0.0
1957 Paris - TOBA 26 84 329 95 6 3 17 65 47 33 2 0 73 3 2 .289 .357 .480 .837 128 133 0.9
1958 Paris - TOBA 27 83 348 89 9 3 20 45 49 35 2 3 80 7 0 .256 .325 .471 .796 121 124 1.5
1959 Paris - TOBA 28 6 22 8 1 0 0 1 6 5 0 0 4 0 0 .364 .481 .409 .891 157 177 0.2
Total TOBA 381 1483 386 38 11 70 217 198 146 10 8 322 12 8 .260 .329 .442 .771 113 117 4.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1952 Paris A - A 21 76 296 83 10 3 11 41 45 25 1 1 77 4 1 .280 .337 .446 .783 106 106 1.3
1953 Paris A - A 22 63 234 62 11 1 16 39 37 20 2 4 71 0 2 .265 .323 .526 .849 115 108 1.6
1954 France - EBT 23 8 29 11 3 0 3 8 7 6 1 0 4 0 0 .379 .500 .793 1.293 247 254 0.8
1954 Paris A - A 23 31 94 22 2 0 12 29 16 13 0 1 30 1 0 .234 .324 .638 .962 150 137 0.9
1955 Paris - CUP 24 23 87 16 2 0 3 11 9 8 2 0 20 1 2 .184 .268 .310 .578 55 54 -0.3
1956 France - BI 25 12 50 17 4 0 5 14 6 3 0 0 7 0 0 .340 .377 .720 1.097 179 186 0.4
1956 Paris - CUP 25 11 44 8 0 0 1 4 3 4 0 0 13 0 0 .182 .250 .250 .500 33 30 -0.4
1956 Total - CUP 25 23 94 25 4 0 6 18 9 7 0 0 20 0 0 .266 .317 .500 .817 110 112 0.0
1957 France - EBT 26 8 31 9 0 1 3 8 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 .290 .371 .645 1.017 180 195 0.5
1957 Paris - CUP 26 14 51 16 2 0 2 5 8 5 0 0 10 1 0 .314 .375 .471 .846 143 146 0.5
1957 Total - CUP 26 22 82 25 2 1 5 13 16 9 0 0 15 1 0 .305 .374 .537 .910 157 165 1.0
1958 France - CPC 27 7 25 9 0 1 4 14 8 7 0 1 2 0 0 .360 .485 .920 1.405 168 163 0.5
1959 France - BI 28 12 44 16 5 0 4 11 10 6 0 0 7 0 1 .364 .440 .750 1.190 226 207 0.7
Total TCA 170 624 167 23 4 39 109 98 58 3 6 178 5 3 .268 .330 .505 .835 116 112
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1956 Paris - TOBA 25 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 13 15 -1.4
1957 Paris - TOBA 26 5 20 4 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 .200 .227 .400 .627 69 62 -1.6
Total TOBA 7 27 5 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 1 9 0 1 .185 .233 .333 .567 54 49
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1952 Paris A - A CF 20 20 56 0 0 56 0 1.000 170.0 2.96 +1.0 .991
1952 Paris A - A RF 57 56 144 1 0 146 1 .993 474.0 2.75 +4.2 1.054
1953 Paris A - A LF 4 4 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 36.0 2.75 -0.5 1.025
1953 Paris A - A CF 49 48 112 4 0 119 3 .975 421.0 2.48 -0.6 .977
1953 Paris A - A RF 9 7 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 62.0 2.61 +0.8 1.142
1954 Paris - TOBA LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 .994
1954 Paris A - A LF 4 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 31.0 1.74 -0.0 1.017
1954 Paris - TOBA CF 47 47 103 1 0 106 2 .981 417.2 2.24 -5.4 .941
1954 Paris A - A CF 28 19 57 0 0 58 1 .983 180.2 2.84 -0.4 .998
1954 France - EBT RF 8 8 29 0 0 30 1 .967 72.0 3.62 +0.6 1.017
1955 Paris - TOBA CF 84 84 211 5 1 220 4 .982 723.0 2.69 -8.6 .959
1955 Paris - CUP CF 23 23 59 0 0 59 0 1.000 201.0 2.64 -3.9 .945
1956 Paris - TOBA CF 75 73 155 7 0 165 3 .982 659.0 2.21 -9.0 .934
1956 Paris - CUP CF 11 11 21 1 0 23 1 .957 95.1 2.08 -1.0 .966
1956 Paris - TOBA RF 1 0 3 1 1 4 0 1.000 7.0 5.14 +0.2 1.008
1956 France - BI RF 12 12 20 1 0 22 1 .955 103.1 1.83 -1.4 1.004
1957 Paris - TOBA LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Paris - TOBA CF 84 84 163 16 3 181 2 .989 733.2 2.20 -14.5 .909
1957 Paris - CUP CF 13 13 35 1 0 36 0 1.000 120.0 2.70 -1.1 .975
1957 Paris - TOBA RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 -0.3 .998
1957 France - EBT RF 8 8 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 71.0 2.66 -0.3 1.015
1958 France - CPC LF 2 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 16.0 2.81 -0.2 .825
1958 Paris - TOBA CF 83 83 138 5 0 143 0 1.000 736.2 1.75 -10.3 .914
1958 France - CPC CF 5 5 23 0 0 23 0 1.000 37.0 5.59 +0.2 1.002
1958 France - CPC RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1959 France - BI RF 12 12 27 1 0 30 2 .933 107.0 2.36 -0.1 1.000
1959 Paris - TOBA CF 6 6 10 2 0 12 0 1.000 57.0 1.89 -2.0 .983
TOTAL LF 12 10 23 0 0 23 0 1.000 89.1 2.32 -0.8 .967
TOTAL CF 528 516 1143 42 4 1201 16 .987 4552.0 2.34 -55.6 .947
TOTAL RF 110 103 263 4 1 272 5 .982 907.0 2.65 +3.7 1.042
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1952 Drafted in the 1952 inaugural draft by the Paris Lions. (Round 45, Pick 2, 354th overall pick).
05/02/1952 Named the #10 prospect in the TOBA
08/20/1952 Wins the 1952 TCA Great Glove Award at RF.
01/01/1953 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 40 (45).
01/01/1954 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 65 (65); Eye: 45 (45).
03/08/1954 Named to the 1954 European Baseball Tournament for the France.
08/17/1954 Wins the 1954 TOBA Class A Round 1 with the Paris A Orioles!
09/23/1954 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $6,200.
01/01/1955 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
08/18/1955 Injured (flu),day-to-day for 1 day.
10/13/1955 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $6,300.
01/01/1956 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
03/12/1956 Named to the 1956 Baseball Internationale for the France.
09/26/1956 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $13,975.
01/01/1957 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
03/11/1957 Named to the 1957 European Baseball Tournament for the France.
07/03/1957 Was selected to the 1957 Trans-Oceanic Baseball Association All-Star Game.
07/29/1957 Wins the TOBA Player of the Week Award.
08/01/1957 Goes 5-5 against the Iceland Aurora, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 2 R.
09/18/1957 Wins the 1957 TOBA Silver Slugger Award at CF.
11/21/1957 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $28,125.
01/01/1958 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 65 (65); Eye: 50 (50).
03/03/1958 Named to the 1958 Crown Prince Challenge for the France.
07/09/1958 Was selected to the 1958 Trans-Oceanic Baseball Association All-Star Game.
08/17/1958 Goes 5-6 against the New York Skyliners, with 2 RBI and 3 R.
10/09/1958 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $46,720.
01/01/1959 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 65 (65); Eye: 45 (45).
03/09/1959 Named to the 1959 Baseball Internationale for the France.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1957 84 10
1958 7 10
Year H Rank
1956 17 10
Year K Rank
1955 71 2
1956 66 6
1957 73 2
1958 80 2
Year TB Rank
1955 139 10
1956 36 3
1957 158 6
1958 23 8
1958 164 4
1959 33 6
Year 2B Rank
1956 4 6
1959 5 2
Year 3B Rank
1958 1 3
Year HR Rank
1955 15 3
1956 5 1
1957 17 3
1958 4 4
1958 20 1
1959 4 4
Year SB Rank
1958 7 8
Year RBI Rank
1956 14 2
1957 65 1
1958 14 1
1959 11 8
Year R Rank
1959 10 10
Year IBB Rank
1959 1 4
Year HP Rank
1954 3 9
Year SF Rank
1958 1 4
Year EBH Rank
1956 9 1
1958 5 7
1958 32 9
1959 9 3
Year SLG Rank
1956 .720 9
1957 .480 8
1958 .920 4
Year RC Rank
1957 57.30 9
1958 12.29 8
Year RC/27 Rank
1957 6.42 8
1958 19.51 10
Year ISO Rank
1956 .380 7
1957 .191 8
1958 .560 2
1958 .216 8
1959 .386 10
Year wOBA Rank
1957 .369 7
Year OPS Rank
1957 .837 8
1958 1.405 6
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