Barry Larkin
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Barry Louis Larkin, born April 28, 1964, is a retired Major League Baseball (MLB) player who played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds from 1986 to 2004. Larkin, a born and raised in Cincinnati, attended the University of Michigan, where he played college baseball.
He appeared in the minor leagues briefly before making his MLB debut in 1986.
He jumped right into the Reds' starting shortstop job and had a long line with the team.
Larkin suffered with a string of injuries between 1997 and 2003, limiting his playing time in several seasons. Larkin retired after the 2004 season and spent several years with the Washington Nationals as a baseball analyst.
He served as a coach for the American team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic and supervised Brazil's national team in the qualifying tournament for the same event in 2013. Larkin is regarded as one of the best players of his time, winning nine Silver Slugger awards, three Gold Glove awards, and the 1995 National League Most Valuable Player Award.
He has been selected to the Major League All-Star Game twelve times, and he was one of the 1990 Reds' World Series championship team's most pivotal players.
In January 2012, Larkin was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in January 2012 and inducted on July 22, 2012.
Early life and education
Larkin, a native of Cincinnati and raised Catholic, attended Archbishop Moeller High School.
Larkin won a football scholarship to the University of Michigan to play for coach Bo Schembechler, but he turned to baseball exclusively in his freshman year. In 1983 and 1984 (the last time until 2019), he was a two-time All-American and led the Wolverines to berths in two College World Series contests. In 1984 and 1985, Larkin was also named Big Ten Player of the Year. By the time Larkin's number 16 was withdrawn by the academy on May 1, 2010, it was unemployed.
Larkin was playing for the United States team at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Stephen Larkin, Larkin's brother, was also a professional baseball player, and he made it to the major leagues for one game with the Reds. Byron Larkin, a second-team All-American basketball player at Xavier University and the color commentator on Xavier basketball radio broadcasts, is a brother of Byron Larkin. Mike Larkin, Larkin's eldest brother, was a captain of Notre Dame's football team in 1985. They were all raised Catholic.
Brielle D'Shea and Cymber's two children, as well as Shane, are Larkin and his partner Lisa's. The family lives in Orlando, Florida. Shane spent two seasons at the University of Miami before deciding he was eligible for the 2013 NBA Draft. Shane was then traded to the Dallas Mavericks and made his NBA debut in November 2013. Shane began as a Boston Celtics guard in 2017. The daughters of Larkin play lacrosse. Brielle D'Shea was named in honor of Shea Stadium, because Larkin loved playing there.
Minor league career
Barry Larkin was a member of the Vermont Reds in 1985 and 1986, where he was Rookie of the Year and AAA Player of the Year with the Denver Zephyrs. In all, he played only 177 minor league games in his career.
MLB career
Before arriving in the majors, Larkin met fellow prospect Kurt Stillwell for the starting shortstop position before establishing himself as the starter in 1987. In 1988, Larkin led all major leaguers by striking out only 24 times in 588 at bats. In the 1990 World Series, Larkin batted.353 to help the Reds beat the Oakland Athletics in a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics. Larkin was the first shortstop to reach five home runs in a span of two consecutive games on June 27-28, 1991. He made his fourth straight All-Star Game pick this season.
Larkin wondered if the Reds had a desire to win after the 1991 season. He said he was going to leave the team when his deal came to an end next year, but he was rewarded when the Reds acquired pitchers Tim Belcher and Greg Swindell in the offseason. In January 1992, the Reds signed him to a five-year, $25.6 million contract. Only four players had longer deals at the time, and Larkin was the highest-paid shortstop. Larkin was not chosen as an All-Star in 1992, but he received his fifth consecutive Silver Slugger Award.
In 1993, he received the Roberto Clemente Award, which honors athletes who demonstrate sportsmanship, community service, and on-field potential. Larkin won the National League's MVP award in 1995, the first since Maury Wills in 1962. During the series loss to the eventual champions of the Atlanta Braves, he led the Reds to the National League Central division championship and the 1995 National League Championship Series, where he hit.389. In 1996, Larkin scored a career-high 33 home runs and stole 36 bases, becoming the first shortstop in Major League history to join the 30-30 team. He had arguably better season in 1996 than he did in 1995, with both his on-base percentage and slugging percentage increasing.
Before the 1997 season, Larkin was named the Reds' captain, making him the first player to hold the award since Dave Concepción's retirement. Larkin suffered with a string of injuries over the course of his career, beginning in the season. Due to injuries to his calf and Achilles tendon, he missed 55 games this year. About three weeks before the 1998 season started, Larkin decided to have neck surgery for a perforated disk. He was not in pain, but he was unable to lift his arm enough to play his defensive position.
For the last game of the 1998 season, Barry, his brother Stephen Larkin, second baseman Bret Boone, and third baseman Aaron Boone all played together, making it the first time in MLB history that two sets of siblings were together.
In 1999, Larkin was almost traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He later claimed that a Los Angeles clubhouse attendant handed him a Dodgers jersey with his name on it. As trade talks progressed, the jersey had been set to attend a trade-related press conference. In 1999, Larkin served as a pre-game analyst for NBC's coverage of the World Series alongside host Hannah Storm.
In July 2000, Larkin blocked a trade to the New York Mets to remain with the Reds. In exchange for Larkin, three players, including top minor league outfielder Alex Escobar, pitcher Eric Cammack, and pitcher Jason Saenz, would have been sent by the Mets to the Reds. According to Larkin, he would have travelled to New York if he enjoyed playing there, but the Mets didn't want to commit him to a multi-year contract. He was signed by the Reds to a three-year contract extension worth $27 million. Since breaking his finger twice and suffering a knee sprain, Larkin missed 59 games in the 2000 season. In April and September, he underwent finger surgery.
In 2001, Larkin suffered with a groin injury, sparking further investigation of his play. On air, Broadcaster Joe Nuxhall said Larkin had "lost it." The injury had limited Larkin to 45 games by August. He underwent season-ending surgery for a hernia that had been identified during an investigation of the groin injury. Larkin played in 145 games during his first full season in the major leagues, but set the lowest batting average (.245) since his first full year in the major leagues. Despite the fact that he did not miss many games, Larkin dealt with injuries to his rib cage, hamstring, shoulder, neck, and toe.
By late May, Larkin had been on the disabled list for two stints due to calf injuries. Larkin almost left the team during tense labor talks with Reds COO John Allen in late 2003. The Reds and Larkin have agreed to a one-year deal in 2004. Larkin cancelled a planned retirement celebration scheduled for October 2, 2004 because he was uncertain if he'd retire. In that season, Larkin had a.289 batting average. In February 2005, he announced his resignation.
Terence Moore, a sports columnist, compared Larkin's retirement after such a good season, compared it to Ted Williams' retirement. "Barry Larkin was not quite Williams at the end," he said, but he was in the area when it came to the big game; he did, but he still showed what a healthy Larkin might do better than just about every other player in baseball history."
Larkin's 19-year tenure with Cincinnati culminated in.295 runs, 198 home runs, 960 RBI, 1,329 runs scored, and 379 stolen bases. In his New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, baseball historian and expert Bill James has named Larkin one of the top shortstops of all time, naming him #6 all time. Despite losing significant playing time in six seasons, Larkin claimed the Gold Glove Award three times (1994–1996), 1999, 2000, and 2004). In 1996, he was the first major league shortstop to join the 30-30 team.