Terry Larkin

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Terry Larkin

|position=Pitcher

|image=Terry Larkin.JPG

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date=1856

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

|death_date={{death date|1894|9|16}}

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

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 20

|debutyear=1876

|debutteam=New York Mutuals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 13

|finalyear=1884

|finalteam=Richmond Virginians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=89–80

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.43

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=406

|teams=

New York Mutuals ({{Baseball year|1876}})
Hartford Dark Blues ({{Baseball year|1877}})
Chicago White Stockings ({{Baseball year|1878}}–{{Baseball year|1879}})
Troy Trojans ({{Baseball year|1880}})
Richmond Virginians ({{Baseball year|1884}})

|highlights=

}}

Frank S. "Terry" Larkin (1856{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/larkite01.shtml|title=Terry Larkin's career statistics|publisher=baseball-reference.com|accessdate=2008-08-19}} – September 16, 1894) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for five teams during a six-season career.

Career

Larkin, a right-hander, debuted on May 20, {{Baseball year|1876}} for the New York Mutuals, pitching a complete game in his only appearance of the season. He pitched in {{Baseball year|1877}} for the Hartford Dark Blues, posting a 29–25 record while pitching 501 innings. He then moved to the Chicago White Stockings for the {{Baseball year|1878}} and {{Baseball year|1879}} seasons, going 29–26 in 1878 and 31–23 in 1879, pitching over 500 innings each season. Larkin was a good hitter for a pitcher and finished 8th in the National League with 32 runs batted in (RBI), while hitting for a .288 average in 1878.

Post-career

In April 1883, Larkin was arrested and hospitalized after shooting his wife, shooting at the responding police officers and then attempting to cut his own throat with a razor.{{cite news |title=Bloodthirsty |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94472715/bloodthirsty/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=The Brooklyn Union |date=25 April 1883 |pages=1}} The following month, while still hospitalized, he attempted to kill himself again. He blamed his condition on having "been a sufferer for a long time with malaria."{{cite news |title=Larkin Again Attempts Suicide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94472859/wayne-county-herald/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=Wayne County Herald |date=3 May 1883 |pages=3}} In August of that year, he was sent to prison for six months after being accused of beating his wife.{{cite news |title=Frank Larkin Sent to Prison |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94472454/daily-freeman/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=Daily Freeman |date=3 August 1883 |pages=4}} After his release from prison, his father took him into his home. Within a week of his release, Larkin was arrested for pulling his father out of bed at 3:00 in the morning, pulling a gun on him and threatening to shoot him.{{cite news |title=Frank Larkin Again |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94473185/frank-larkin-again/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |work=The Brooklyn Union |date=18 February 1884 |pages=1}}

Larkin was later institutionalized after challenging his former employer to a duel with pistols, and while apparently still hospitalized committed suicide{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/suicides.html|title=Suicides|publisher=thedeadballera.com|accessdate=2008-08-19}} by slitting his throat with a razor on September 16, 1894 in Brooklyn, New York. He is interred at Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Plarkt101.htm|title=Terry Larkin's career statistics|publisher=retrosheet.org|accessdate=2008-08-19}}