Larry DeFillipo
Larry DeFillipo is a retired aerospace engineer who first joined SABR in the early 2000s then rejoined in 2021. He worked on numerous spacecraft and launch vehicle projects in his 40-year career, including the Cassini mission to Saturn, the New Horizons mission to Pluto, and the Antares launch vehicle which delivers cargo to the International Space Station. Larry earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree from SUNY Stony Brook (now Stony Brook University), where he reached the pinnacle of his baseball career as a walk-on left-handed relief pitcher for the university’s then-Division III team. Before college, he continually confused his parents over whether he was left-handed or right-handed; switching from a right to left-handed thrower in Little League and from a right to left-handed bowler before joining the high school bowling team. Larry is a lifelong Mets fan, courtesy of his maternal grandfather Bill who rooted for the Brooklyn Superbas/Robins/Dodgers until they fled westward. Larry wrote for The National Pastime in 2004 and recently began writing stories for the Games and Biography Projects. Larry loves traveling, hiking and going to baseball games with his wife, Kelly, a lifelong Braves fan.
SABR BioProject biographies written by Larry DeFillipo
SABR Games Project stories written by Larry DeFillipo
- May 17, 1936: Elon Hogsett puts the brakes on Browns’ historically bad start
- September 23, 1932: Jumbo Brown tosses first career shutout as Yankees defeat worst-ever Red Sox team
- September 28, 1930: Dizzy Dean makes debut and dazzles in season finale for World Series-bound Cardinals
- June 18, 1927: Lucky Lindy helps Cardinals raise pennant as Rogers Hornsby returns to Mound City
- October 18, 1925: Oscar Charleston’s Lincoln Giants fall to Lou Gehrig and the Bronx Giants in an avalanche of runs
- July 18, 1923: Phillies outlast Cubs but lose ‘landmark’ decision to 11-year-old over a foul ball
- September 28, 1919: Giants and Phillies record 51 outs in 51 minutes, the fastest game in major-league history
- July 31, 1912: Honus Wagner hits game-winner for Pirates in 19-inning marathon
- October 9, 1911: Ben Houser has a one-of-a-kind game, hitting grand slam and sealing triple play
- September 3, 1908: Rube Marquard, the $11,000 Beauty, throws minor-league no-hitter for Indianapolis
- April 26, 1902: Addie Joss dodges a Toledo sheriff, then stifles the Browns for a one-hit shutout in his debut
- June 21, 1901: Reds’ Doc Parker allows record 26 hits to Superbas in first game after 5-year absence
- September 17, 1898: Chicago’s Bill Phyle shuts out Washington in historic debut as first Native American pitcher
- September 7, 1891: Washington’s Kid Carsey becomes major leagues’ youngest umpire, later pinch-hits in game
- August 26, 1891: John McGraw beats back butterflies to ignite game-winning rally in debut
SABR Journal Articles written by Larry DeFillipo
SABR Research Topics written by Larry DeFillipo
SABR Research Articles written by Larry DeFillipo
SABR Ballparks written by Larry DeFillipo