Larry Yellen

{{Short description|American baseball player (1943–2023)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Larry Yellen

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|mf=yes|1943|1|4}}

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2023|7|18|1943|1|4}}

|death_place=Union City, Georgia, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 26

|debutyear=1963

|debutteam=Houston Colt .45s

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 3

|finalyear=1964

|finalteam=Houston Colt .45s

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=12

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.23

|teams=

• Houston Colt .45s ({{mlby|1963}}–{{mlby|1964}})

}}

Lawrence Alan Yellen (January 4, 1943 − July 18, 2023) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was Jewish.{{cite journal |title=Big League Jews|journal=Jewish Sports Review |date=January–February 2020 |volume=12 |issue=137 |page=21}} Yellen pitched in 14 games in Major League Baseball for the Houston Colt .45s in 1963 and 1964.{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=yellela01|title=Larry Yellen Baseball Stats|accessdate=June 9, 2008|publisher=Baseball Almanac}}

Yellen died on July 18, 2023, at the age of 80.{{Cite web |publisher=Bill Head Funeral Homes |access-date=July 22, 2023 |url=https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/28485919/lawrence-larry-alan-yellen/duluth/georgia/bill-head-funeral-homes |title=Lawrence "Larry" Alan Yellen}}