New Ulm HALL OF FAME Member

Larry Jensen

Pitcher

Selected 1996

Lifetime Baseball Batting Stats Page

Lifetime Baseball Pitching Stats Page

          A rare, 12-win season during a state championship year and a string of 10 seasons have enabled Larry Jensen to be selected to the New Ulm Baseball Hall of Fame.

          Jensen won 12 games in the 1980 season, including two wins in the state tournament when the Kaiserhoff won the state championship.  He was named to the all-tournament team and posted a 1.51 earned run average that season.

          Larry played with the Kaiserhoff from 1972 through 1983, except for several years of pro ball in the Cincinnati farm system.  After he returned from pro ball, he compiled a 19-6 record, averaged better than a strikeout per inning, and had a 1.87 ERA.

          In all, Jensen played in 151 games and pitched 105 times, with overall 40-17 record and a career 2.68 ERA.

          Larry was also part of New Ulm history at the plate. Only once in New Ulm's baseball history have three consecutive batters hit home runs, and Jensen's his blow against Fairfax on Aug. 7, 1975 at Johnson Park followed shots from Ron Schmidt and Dan Hirth.

          In high school Larry had a 1.70 ERA and an 8-3 record. In Legion ball he was 7-3 with an 1.11 ERA. 

          Jensen pitched for Mankato State and signed a pro contract in 1977.