A 12-time All Star, three-time Gold Glove Award winner, nine-time recipient of the Silver Slugger Award and NL MVP of the 1995 season, Barry Larkin distinguished himself as one of the league’s preeminent shortstop talents during his 19-year professional career. His achievements and impact on the sport were recognized by the Baseball Writers Association of America, whose members elected him as the sole inductee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Larkin, who was a two-time NCAA first-team All-American and two-time Big Ten Player of the Year during his time with the University of Michigan, was the fourth overall pick of the 1985 draft. Selected by Cincinnati, Larkin spent the entirety of his MLB career with the Reds, helping the team win the World Series in 1990 and recording a career batting average of .295 with 2,340 hits and 960 RBIs and a career fielding percentage of .975 before retiring in 2004. A former MLB Network studio analyst, Larkin currently serves as an analyst for ESPN on Baseball Tonight. He also was named to the Capital One Cup Advisory Board, a group tasked with promoting the positive values of college athletics and recognizing the country’s top men’s and women’s Division I college athletic programs. A major advocate for the importance of teaching the fundamentals of baseball, Larkin has immersed himself into the world of youth sports and has aligned himself and his Team Larkin Baseball curriculum with Club Diamond Nation, the ultimate online virtual baseball and softball academy expected to launch early in 2012 to a worldwide audience.

Born: April 28, 1964 | Height: 6’0” | Weight: 185lb. | Bats: Right | Throws: Right | College: University of Michigan 

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