LF Larry Novacek #41
Age: 23 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Normal
08/11/1975
LF LARRY NOVACEK #41 - AGE: 23 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
49 45 8 1 1 0 1 4 10 .178 .245 .244 0 -0.3
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/10/1975 DMD Win, 8-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09/1975 DMD Loss, 0-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/08/1975 DMD Win, 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/05/1975 OMA Win, 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/04/1975 OMA Win, 5-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/01/1975 @ TUL Win, 5-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/31/1975 DEN Loss, 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/30/1975 DEN Loss, 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/29/1975 DEN Win, 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1975 @ IND Win, 6-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:05/02/1952
Born in:Hampton, VA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 18th Pick in Round 10
LONE STAR ASSOCIATION 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 9 20 9 3 0 0 2 5 1 1 .450 .476 .600 1.076 .440 .150 158
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 3 22 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 3 0 1 0.0 5.1 10.64 .1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Versus Right   18 9 3 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .526 .667 1.193
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
June   17 8 3 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 .471 .500 .647 1.147
July   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Last Year   78 30 6 1 2 17 13 15 11 1 1 0 .385 .479 .564 1.043
2 Years Ago   57 16 4 0 1 9 6 4 7 1 0 0 .281 .323 .404 .726
Career   156 55 13 1 3 28 24 20 19 2 2 0 .353 .421 .506 .928
Home   7 4 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .571 .571 1.000 1.571
Road   13 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 .385 .429 .385 .813
Grass   20 9 3 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 .450 .476 .600 1.076
Day   6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Night   14 7 3 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .533 .714 1.248
As Starter   14 8 3 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 .571 .600 .786 1.386
As Reliever / Substitution   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
CENTURY LEAGUE 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 49 45 8 1 1 0 1 5 4 10 .178 .245 .244 .489 .237 .067 31
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 2 0.0 2.5 1.70 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .182 .000 .182
Versus Right   36 8 1 1 0 1 5 2 8 0 0 0 .222 .263 .306 .569
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
April   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
May   15 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 0 0 0 .067 .263 .067 .330
June   6 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
July   17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .118 .118 .176 .294
August   5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career   45 8 1 1 0 1 5 4 10 0 0 0 .178 .245 .244 .489
Home   24 5 0 0 0 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 .208 .321 .208 .530
Road   21 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429
Grass   45 8 1 1 0 1 5 4 10 0 0 0 .178 .245 .244 .489
Day   17 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 .235 .316 .353 .669
Night   28 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 7 0 0 0 .143 .200 .179 .379
As Reliever / Substitution   45 8 1 1 0 1 5 4 10 0 0 0 .178 .245 .244 .489
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
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
1970 Waterloo - R 18 37 59 16 1 0 0 4 9 6 0 0 18 0 0 .271 .338 .288 .627 65 66 -0.0
1970 Tacoma - A 18 5 17 4 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 5 1 1 .235 .381 .235 .616 67 73 -0.1
1971 Waterloo - R 19 28 51 19 4 3 0 13 6 6 0 0 9 1 2 .373 .439 .569 1.007 171 175 0.6
1971 Tacoma - A 19 22 60 25 5 0 0 3 9 6 0 0 12 2 0 .417 .470 .500 .970 158 165 0.7
1972 Waterloo - R 20 22 22 10 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 .455 .478 .636 1.115 196 208 0.3
1972 Tacoma - A 20 20 64 16 1 0 1 8 11 9 0 1 15 0 0 .250 .338 .312 .650 74 67 -0.2
1972 Cedar Rapids - A 20 64 200 45 3 2 2 17 19 24 1 2 42 1 5 .225 .308 .290 .598 70 70 -0.2
1972 Austin - AA 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -126 -0.0
1973 Tacoma - A 21 10 24 3 0 0 0 2 4 8 0 0 3 0 0 .125 .344 .125 .469 25 30 -0.1
1973 Cedar Rapids - A 21 86 218 69 12 4 5 32 33 24 0 3 35 4 5 .317 .380 .477 .857 134 135 1.2
1973 Austin - AA 21 23 57 16 4 0 1 9 6 4 0 1 7 0 2 .281 .323 .404 .726 86 87 0.0
1974 Tacoma - A 22 61 224 78 9 0 4 36 44 53 1 2 30 7 2 .348 .471 .442 .913 144 148 3.3
1974 Cedar Rapids - A 22 69 237 67 10 1 11 42 40 33 0 2 29 3 0 .283 .368 .473 .840 129 132 2.0
1974 Austin - AA 22 24 78 30 6 1 2 17 13 15 0 1 11 2 1 .385 .479 .564 1.043 170 179 1.1
1975 Austin - AA 23 9 20 9 3 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 .450 .476 .600 1.076 170 158 0.1
1975 Oklahoma City - AAA 23 49 45 8 1 1 0 1 5 4 0 0 10 0 2 .178 .245 .244 .489 26 31 -0.3
Total HL 219 655 181 25 7 18 91 92 81 1 7 106 8 10 .276 .353 .418 .772 113 114
Total COW 118 389 126 15 0 5 50 69 80 1 3 65 10 3 .324 .438 .401 .839 123 126
Total LSA 57 156 55 13 1 3 28 24 20 0 2 19 2 4 .353 .421 .506 .928 140 143
Total UMVA 87 132 45 6 3 1 20 18 13 0 0 30 1 2 .341 .400 .455 .855 128 131
Total CL 49 45 8 1 1 0 1 5 4 0 0 10 0 2 .178 .245 .244 .489 26 31
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Tacoma - A LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 -0.1 1.041
1970 Waterloo - R LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Waterloo - R CF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 +0.3 1.044
1970 Tacoma - A RF 4 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 35.0 1.80 -0.7 .900
1970 Waterloo - R RF 6 6 5 2 0 7 0 1.000 53.0 1.19 +0.1 1.077
1971 Waterloo - R LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 +0.0 1.047
1971 Tacoma - A CF 2 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 17.0 2.12 -0.1 1.037
1971 Tacoma - A RF 11 11 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 95.0 1.14 -0.7 .965
1971 Waterloo - R RF 12 6 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 66.2 1.62 +0.4 1.077
1972 Cedar Rapids - A LF 7 7 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 54.1 2.32 -0.3 .965
1972 Waterloo - R LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Cedar Rapids - A CF 25 24 47 0 0 47 0 1.000 201.0 2.10 -0.8 .953
1972 Tacoma - A CF 10 10 20 0 0 20 0 1.000 87.1 2.06 -1.7 .864
1972 Waterloo - R CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Cedar Rapids - A RF 24 22 34 0 0 34 0 1.000 189.1 1.62 +2.4 1.065
1972 Tacoma - A RF 6 6 11 0 0 12 1 .917 52.0 1.90 +0.2 1.043
1972 Waterloo - R RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Austin - AA LF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.0 1.003
1973 Cedar Rapids - A LF 15 14 21 0 0 23 2 .913 129.0 1.47 -1.4 .931
1973 Tacoma - A LF 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 25.0 1.08 +0.2 1.041
1973 Austin - AA CF 3 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 22.0 0.82 -0.2 1.030
1973 Cedar Rapids - A CF 20 17 29 0 0 29 0 1.000 157.0 1.66 -0.6 1.005
1973 Tacoma - A CF 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 11.0 1.64 +0.0 1.038
1973 Austin - AA RF 8 8 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 69.1 1.69 +0.7 1.112
1973 Cedar Rapids - A RF 22 15 29 0 0 30 1 .967 146.0 1.79 -1.3 .968
1973 Tacoma - A RF 2 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 17.0 2.65 +0.6 1.056
1974 Austin - AA LF 22 20 37 0 0 37 0 1.000 180.2 1.84 +1.1 1.048
1974 Cedar Rapids - A LF 25 25 31 0 0 32 1 .969 217.2 1.28 -1.7 .925
1974 Tacoma - A LF 36 36 52 0 0 54 2 .963 310.0 1.51 +2.8 1.062
1974 Austin - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Cedar Rapids - A CF 25 20 34 0 0 34 0 1.000 181.2 1.68 -4.7 .875
1974 Tacoma - A CF 11 9 16 1 0 17 0 1.000 83.2 1.83 -0.7 .971
1974 Austin - AA RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 8.0 2.25 +0.0 1.026
1974 Cedar Rapids - A RF 13 13 18 0 0 19 1 .947 117.0 1.38 +0.9 1.093
1974 Tacoma - A RF 15 13 24 0 0 24 0 1.000 111.0 1.95 +1.3 1.092
1975 Oklahoma City - AAA LF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.0 9.00 +0.0 1.022
1975 Austin - AA LF 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 18.0 1.00 -0.1 1.006
1975 Oklahoma City - AAA CF 12 0 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 23.2 3.04 +0.2 1.026
1975 Oklahoma City - AAA RF 9 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 16.0 1.69 +0.0 1.023
1975 Austin - AA RF 2 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 12.1 2.92 +0.1 1.015
TOTAL LF 117 110 168 0 0 173 5 .971 963.1 1.57 +0.7 1.005
TOTAL CF 112 87 165 1 0 166 0 1.000 795.1 1.88 -8.1 .942
TOTAL RF 136 108 179 2 0 184 3 .984 988.2 1.65 +4.2 1.041
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft out of high school (Rich Square; Rich Square, NC) by the Chicago Chiefs. (Round 10, Pick 18, 234th overall pick).
09/15/1970 Wins the 1970 Upper Mississippi Valley Association UMVA Championship Series with the Waterloo Chiefs!
06/14/1973 Was selected to the 1973 Heartland League All-Star Game.
04/15/1974 Wins the HL Player of the Week Award.
06/03/1974 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
09/02/1974 Wins the LSA Player of the Week Award.
09/03/1974 Injured (knee inflammation),day-to-day for 5 days.
09/13/1974 Was suspended for 2 games.
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