Frank Lary

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: April 10, 1930 in Northport, AL us

Died: December 14, 2017 in Northport, AL

Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL

High School: Tuscaloosa County HS (Northport, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: September 14, 1954 (Age 24-157d, 11,180th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1965 (Age 35-164d)
vs. DET 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Frank Strong Lary

Nicknames: Mule, Taters or The Yankee Killer

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Relatives: Brother of Al Lary

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

128

116

ERA

3.49

350

292

2162.1

1099

WHIP

1.267

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	20-20 / in Starts: 17-18
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 86 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	54 (32-16-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 86 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	53 (27-16-8)

Most Driven In
R Samford	1
B Tuttle	1
C Maxwell	1
J Groth	1
F House	0
F Bolling	0

Most Driven In By
C Maxwell	2
H Kuenn	1
J Groth	1

1957 Batting Game Log

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1957 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	81	1	Apr 16	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.17	-0.135	5.80	-0.22%	-1.00	P
2	82	4 (2)	Apr 20	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	.49	0.084	.93	0.10%	0.77	P
3	83	9 (4)	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-0	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.18	-0.047	1.98	-0.05%	-0.50	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	84	14 (4)	May 1	DET		NYY	L,4-7	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.27	-0.029	2.25	-0.03%	-0.35	P
5	85	18 (3)	May 5	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.89	-0.067	1.80	-0.08%	-0.48	P
6	86	22 (3)	May 9	DET		WSH	L,5-8	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	9	1.91	-0.009	4.23	-0.01%	-0.22	P
7	87	26 (3)	May 15	DET	@	BOS	L,8-11	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.267	.154	.421	9	.88	0.006	1.73	0.01%	0.03	P
8	88	31 (4)	May 20	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.278	.188	.465	9	.82	-0.010	1.73	-0.01%	-0.06	P
9	89	33 (1)	May 22	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	9	3.48	-0.079	7.63	-0.10%	-0.33	P
10	90	36 (2)	May 27	DET		CLE	W,11-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.167	.417	9	.78	-0.028	1.37	-0.03%	-0.29	P
11	91	41 (4)	May 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.217	.143	.360	9	.95	-0.071	2.62	-0.12%	-0.55	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	92	46 (4)	Jun 5	DET		WSH	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.292	.561	9	1.66	0.199	2.22	0.16%	1.15	P
13	93	48 (1)	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,6-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.269	.292	.561	3						P
14	94	51 (2)	Jun 10	DET		NYY	W,9-4	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.269	.519	9	.37	0.017	.87	0.03%	-0.20	P
15	95	56 (4)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.226	.241	.467	9	1.06	-0.081	2.66	-0.12%	-0.76	P
16	96	60 (3)	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.212	.226	.438	9	.93	-0.045	2.38	-0.07%	-0.37	P
17	97	62 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	BAL	W,2-1	13-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.212	.226	.438	9						P
18	98	65 (2)	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.206	.219	.425	9	1.70	-0.082	2.36	-0.07%	-0.74	P
19	99	69 (3)	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,4-12	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.200	.212	.412	9	1.57	-0.035	2.29	-0.03%	-0.47	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	100	72 (2)	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,2-4	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.216	.229	.445	9	1.04	0.081	1.12	0.05%	0.65	P
21	101	77 (4)	Jul 6	DET		KCA	L,1-3	GS-12	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.220	.231	.450	9	.97	-0.031	.50	-0.01%	-0.16	P
22	102	79 (1)	Jul 11	DET		BOS	L,7-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.214	.225	.439	9	1.46	-0.061	.48	-0.01%	-0.57	P
23	103	84 (4)	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,4-10	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.205	.214	.419	9	1.32	-0.064	.59	-0.02%	-0.51	P
24	104	88 (3)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.159	.196	.205	.400	9	.97	-0.062	.08	0.00%	-0.54	P
25	105	92 (3)	Jul 25	DET	@	BAL	L,0-3	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.191	.200	.391	9	.72	-0.017	.09	0.00%	-0.14	P
26	106	94 (1)	Jul 27	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.191	.200	.391	9						P
27	107	97 (2)	Jul 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.149	.184	.191	.375	9	1.28	-0.059	.12	0.00%	-0.46	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	108	99 (1)	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,7-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.149	.184	.191	.375	9						P
29	109	102 (2)	Aug 4	DET	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.180	.188	.368	9	.99	-0.025	.02	0.00%	-0.22	P
30	110	107 (4)	Aug 10	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.192	.184	.376	9	.68	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
31	111	112 (4)	Aug 14	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.200	.192	.392	9	.67	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.44	P
32	112	116 (3)	Aug 18 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.164	.207	.200	.407	9	1.48	0.286	.00	0.00%	1.89	P
33	113	120 (3)	Aug 22	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.153	.194	.186	.380	9	.71	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-1.69	P
34	114	124 (3)	Aug 26	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.145	.185	.177	.362	9	.73	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.96	P
35	115	129 (4)	Aug 31	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.179	.172	.351	9	1.51	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	116	132 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.134	.171	.164	.336	9	.19	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.62	P
37	117	135 (2)	Sep 7	DET		CLE	L,4-5	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.134	.171	.164	.336	9						P
38	118	138 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.159	.326	9	1.00	0.039	.00	0.00%	1.14	P
39	119	143 (4)	Sep 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.127	.162	.155	.317	9	.55	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
40	120	153 (9)	Sep 28	DET		KCA	L,3-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.123	.158	.151	.309	9	.80	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.38	P
							20-20		86	73	4	9	0	1	0	4	3	0	22	0	9	0	1	2	0	0	.123	.158	.151	.309		1.03	-0.672	1.19	-0.65%	-8.71

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