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AS , SS. Over Larkin's long career he was a staple at shortstop for the Reds, however, over the course of his year career, Larkin's numbers rank nowhere close to HoF status, in my opinion. After 19 seasons, Larkin is still nearly hits short of 3,, ranks only st in total bases and is short of 1, RBI.
So, after 19 years of opportunities to rack up hits, total bases and RBI, Larkin is short of all these milestones. I would say, statistically, Larkin's career would be in the category of very good, but not great, and surely not Hall of Fame worthy. In , Larkin attributed his lack of injuries to a more relaxed off-season training regimen. He played his last game in Cincinnati on October 3, , and formally announced his retirement at age 40 in February, , after 19 years in the major leagues.
Larkin has kept busy in retirement. He opened Champions Sports Complex in Orlando, a 92, square-foot player development and training facility for multiple sports. In he joined the Washington Nationals as special assistant to his former GM in Cincinnati, Jim Bowden, who even tried to get Larkin to come out of retirement to help the team on the field he declined.
In he was the bench coach for the U. Also in , he was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, followed in by retirement of his number 16 by the University of Michigan. That year he also continued his world-wide baseball ambassadorship in the U.
Finally, in his third year of eligibility in , Barry Larkin was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame with I considered myself a complementary player.
My approach to the game was how do I help this team win as opposed to how do I get my numbers. There are no complementary players in the Hall of Fame.
A man of high character, Larkin was a leader, teacher, motivator, big brother and most of all, a winner. He knew when to give a teammate a kick in the butt, a pat on the back, a motivational lecture, a lesson on work ethic, or a tip on how to improve his fielding, hitting, throwing mechanics or base running.
When a player needed to work on his leads and breaks, Larkin was out early to work with him. As Casey once put it to me: Larkin was like having an extra coach and teacher on the field; it was always team first, Larkin second.
Larkin congratulated his fellow inductees and after thanking the baseball writers and his family, thanked and gave credit to nearly everyone who contributed to his success in baseball and in life. To the many Latin players he had come to know, he extended his thanks in Spanish Larkin began to learn the language in the minor leagues to better communicate with his teammates.
He mentioned coaches from Little League to high school and college to the minor leagues, and even recognized the Stowe family, who have managed the clubhouses in Cincinnati for decades. Is there more? Could I do something a little bit different? Something better? Can I try harder? Is this the right thing to do? I ask myself that question because I took a lot of pride in representing not only myself and my family, the Reds organization, the city of Cincinnati. I acknowledge that at times I acted out.
I made plenty of mistakes. Barry Larkin. History Talk 0. Universal Conquest Wiki. August 13 , for the Cincinnati Reds. October 3 , for the Cincinnati Reds.
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