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
- August 19, 1891: King Kelly slides back into Boston for Reds win before jumping to Beaneaters
- April 19, 1890: Rochester registers its first win in American Association
- July 6, 1889: Columbus starts lefties at second base, third base, and shortstop in loss to St. Louis
- May 27, 1888: Bridegroom Adonis Terry no-hits Louisville on a Sunday in Queens
- October 18, 1886: Chicago’s John Clarkson ‘calcimines’ the Browns in World Series opener
- July 11, 1886: The Cincinnati Beer Glass Riot
- April 22, 1886: Visiting Athletics walk off Metropolitans in inaugural game at St. George Grounds
- June 8, 1885: Presto Change! Cannonball Morris dominates after overhand pitching is suddenly legalized
- September 15, 1884: White Stockings outshine Eclipse at Louisville’s ‘lit’ Southern Exposition
- July 10, 1880: Cleveland’s Jim McCormick, Fred Dunlap end Chicago’s 21-game winning streak
- May 13, 1880: Cincinnati battery of Will White, John Clapp does it all in one-hit shutout of Cleveland
- May 8, 1878: Rookie Sam Weaver tosses 1-hitter according to official scorer, but not all his colleagues
- August 8, 1877: Brown Stockings’ Mike Dorgan wears a catcher’s mask and widespread adoption soon follows
- July 3, 1877: Louisville’s Charley Snyder becomes first major leaguer to wear a catcher’s mask
- August 10, 1876: Short-handed Athletics borrow substitute from Mutuals, as both teams careen toward expulsion
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